My stylist instructed me to wash with Botanoil twice and then follow up with the emergencee she said to make sure that the hair is not too damp and to apply quite a bit of it and put on a plastic conditioning cap then sit under the dryer for 20 minutes after that make sure to rinse it out completely then follow up with Humectress and then use a leave in by matrix smoothe & sleek I can't remember the exact name of it and then proceed to rollerset,