belle_reveuse28
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Just in case you were interested in seeing more BKT results on a natural, here are some pics and a little info on my process... Any questions, please feel free to ask!!! I used Original Keratin Chocolate from Ebay...
Enjoy...
Freshly washed hair
I had washed my hair 3x with the clarifying shampoo that was provided. It was very clean and shiny afterwards. I hadn't clarified in months and so this was a nice treat to see my curls pop like this.
Wet hair..
Just another shot! Lovin my waves but time to go bye-bye!
first blow dry without product
My hair was very soft and shiny just from the clarifying shampoo. I detangled in the shower as much as I could, but since my hair had basically no product on it, I just used my fingers and water pressure. I wouldn't suggest using anything else as the hair was basically stripped in a sense. I just used tension to dry since my hair was "raw", I didn't want to incur any damage.
Second blowdry with product
This was after I applied the product... I had applied the product outside on my back patio and let it sit for 20 minutes. I concentrated making sure I had enough product on my ends. They are my main concern. I used an applicator brush, and 2 ounces applied very sparingly so that there wasn't too much excess. In the end, I didn't need to squeeze excess out because I had applied just enough to coat the hair. I did brush it through to make sure there was even distribution.
In this pic, the side on the left was blown... Still had the right side to do... Pretty straight already with just this process... Was soooo shocked! I didn't use a brush as they suggested and still used the tension method. Because of that, my ends didn't get as smooth because I was afraid to blow them out, and I regret that because in the end, they ended up feeling better but were not smooth and felt a little rough. Lesson learned for next time.
Flat ironing begins..
Began doing the back first. My head is always sideways to show how the hair is just hanging heavily from my head. It had so much swing and bounce I couldn't believe it! I dont like my ends much. As I said, they were rough feeling because I didn't blow dry them with the brush to smooth them out. Don't make the mistake I did.
First run through of flat iron...
I had flat ironed each section 4 times on 400degrees. My flat iron goes up to 450. I didn't use that much heat until I took a chance... You will see a great difference in the straightness between this picture and the next after I did a few more passes on 450... It really does make a difference! Nex time, I will use the iron on 450 and make lesser passes. It is true, you know when you've made enough passes because the iron stops smoking and your hair gets silkier with each pass. I had to do this outside as well because the fumes were burning my eyes indoors. I didn't have a fan to create better ventilation.
Flat ironed again...
I passed two more times over my hair, making six passes altogether... These last two passes I turned the iron up to 450... I got great results. Next time I know to do 450 from the beginning and use less passes. But from this and the picture before, you can see such a huge difference.
Swingin' hair...
My hair had incredible weight and swing. All of that shine was from the product. There is nothing else in my hair.
Lovin that hang....
Et voila! C'est finis! finished product!
My hair is still shining, hanging and looking great... Truthfully, my ends suck though. They felt rough and not smooth as I liked. They were NOT split though, and so thank ya Jesus for that!
I wouldn't say it was bone straight, but it was so straight that it was straighter than when I've relaxed my hair! It was also very soft and slick feeling. After the flat ironing, I blew it over with the cold shot on my hair dryer to close my cuticles, it made it even more silky.
I loved my results.... Went and put on some makeup and a cute outfit and hit the town! LOL
Overall...
All in all, this was a huge learning process. And as stated before, there are things I would do differently like being sure to use a paddle brush to blow dry next time and make sure my ends get smooth.
During this time I had no shed hairs or breakage. My hair was very healthy and would tumble down when I was finally allowed to pin it up. Because my ends didn't get a great straightening to them, they were parched feeling and so I waited the four days and conditioned when I could wet my hair again.
For those who need daily conditioner washes as I do to lock in moisture, I can say that even after this process, on like the 6th or 7th day, my hair was thirsting for moisture. I tried adding some moisturizer and seal my ends and my hair began to shed as soon as I put the moisturizer in. It was like for some reason it got really soft and started to shed and I was getting small broken hairs. I decided to go ahead and cowash, DC, moisturize and seal, and I've had hardly no more shedding than usual. I get about 10 hairs a day, if that. No more breakage either.
First wash results...
After my first cowash, my hair was bone straight while wet, and I could have dried it straight had I just tied it down but I wanted to see if my curls came back. They did, but it looks like I have a body wave versus curly hair. The bad thing is that some of my hair got so straight that it's still straight. I have to coax them into curling. I do not like this part, but its' nothing to stop me from doing this again. My hair is so straight that I will only do this maybe every four months. I am afraid ultimately that it could really change my curl pattern in a bad way if I do this too often seeing how many of the pieces of hair are still straight and some curly. I really hate it when that happens...
What other peopel thought...
The girls at my church freaked when they saw it. They loved it.. Others thought I had relaxed, to which I responded "are you crazy! LOL". Good ole' BKT done hooked me up. People kept touching my hair in disbelief that I didn't have a relaxer.
What I think...
I WISH I had this when I was younger. My hair is healthy, can be straightened easily, and in a much better condition than a relaxer. Had incredible swing and shine and felt soooo silky and still does. This is an AWESOME texturizer for those who dont want to use harsh chemicals. I have 3c, 4a hair, and right now it's curly and looks like 3a, 3b. I believe to a degree this is a "chemical" like treatment but I am hoping ALL of my curls come back as the treatment wears off. This will be a definite staple of mine throughout the year and I plan to do it at least every 4 to 6 months. For the four days I had to wait to get it wet, I did have to work outside during that time. I got almost absolutely NO reversion as I was sweating a little and it was definitely hot. By day six, I had a little teeny puffiness at the roots, but this is a miracle. My usual blowdry and flat irons last me 2 days max. This lasted 6 days and would have gone longer! I have some serious paw in head disease right now.
To be honest, I'm disappointed that I didn't really retain much of my growth from last year. Now that I have figured out how to keep my ends from splitting and keep my hair moisturized, I believe that I can push forward and accomplish my goals. I believe this will help me all the more. Wish me luck!
Warning....
Also, be sure to wear gloves on both hands. I only wore one glove and my other fingertips were burned from the formaldehyde.
erplexed (yeah, I should have known better)....
Also, the clarifying shampoo stripped all of the indigo I had in my hair, and that's why you see all of that red brownish color. I'm not sure how I will manage to keep my hair black before this treatment. I may have to do another rinse after...
Thanks for listening! I hope that someone learns something from my experience and it helps you to decide better options for your hair.
Be blessed!
Enjoy...
Freshly washed hair
I had washed my hair 3x with the clarifying shampoo that was provided. It was very clean and shiny afterwards. I hadn't clarified in months and so this was a nice treat to see my curls pop like this.
Wet hair..
Just another shot! Lovin my waves but time to go bye-bye!
first blow dry without product
My hair was very soft and shiny just from the clarifying shampoo. I detangled in the shower as much as I could, but since my hair had basically no product on it, I just used my fingers and water pressure. I wouldn't suggest using anything else as the hair was basically stripped in a sense. I just used tension to dry since my hair was "raw", I didn't want to incur any damage.
Second blowdry with product
This was after I applied the product... I had applied the product outside on my back patio and let it sit for 20 minutes. I concentrated making sure I had enough product on my ends. They are my main concern. I used an applicator brush, and 2 ounces applied very sparingly so that there wasn't too much excess. In the end, I didn't need to squeeze excess out because I had applied just enough to coat the hair. I did brush it through to make sure there was even distribution.
In this pic, the side on the left was blown... Still had the right side to do... Pretty straight already with just this process... Was soooo shocked! I didn't use a brush as they suggested and still used the tension method. Because of that, my ends didn't get as smooth because I was afraid to blow them out, and I regret that because in the end, they ended up feeling better but were not smooth and felt a little rough. Lesson learned for next time.
Flat ironing begins..Began doing the back first. My head is always sideways to show how the hair is just hanging heavily from my head. It had so much swing and bounce I couldn't believe it! I dont like my ends much. As I said, they were rough feeling because I didn't blow dry them with the brush to smooth them out. Don't make the mistake I did.
First run through of flat iron...I had flat ironed each section 4 times on 400degrees. My flat iron goes up to 450. I didn't use that much heat until I took a chance... You will see a great difference in the straightness between this picture and the next after I did a few more passes on 450... It really does make a difference! Nex time, I will use the iron on 450 and make lesser passes. It is true, you know when you've made enough passes because the iron stops smoking and your hair gets silkier with each pass. I had to do this outside as well because the fumes were burning my eyes indoors. I didn't have a fan to create better ventilation.
Flat ironed again...I passed two more times over my hair, making six passes altogether... These last two passes I turned the iron up to 450... I got great results. Next time I know to do 450 from the beginning and use less passes. But from this and the picture before, you can see such a huge difference.
Swingin' hair...My hair had incredible weight and swing. All of that shine was from the product. There is nothing else in my hair.
Lovin that hang....
Et voila! C'est finis! finished product!
My hair is still shining, hanging and looking great... Truthfully, my ends suck though. They felt rough and not smooth as I liked. They were NOT split though, and so thank ya Jesus for that!
I wouldn't say it was bone straight, but it was so straight that it was straighter than when I've relaxed my hair! It was also very soft and slick feeling. After the flat ironing, I blew it over with the cold shot on my hair dryer to close my cuticles, it made it even more silky.
I loved my results.... Went and put on some makeup and a cute outfit and hit the town! LOL
Overall...
All in all, this was a huge learning process. And as stated before, there are things I would do differently like being sure to use a paddle brush to blow dry next time and make sure my ends get smooth.
During this time I had no shed hairs or breakage. My hair was very healthy and would tumble down when I was finally allowed to pin it up. Because my ends didn't get a great straightening to them, they were parched feeling and so I waited the four days and conditioned when I could wet my hair again.
For those who need daily conditioner washes as I do to lock in moisture, I can say that even after this process, on like the 6th or 7th day, my hair was thirsting for moisture. I tried adding some moisturizer and seal my ends and my hair began to shed as soon as I put the moisturizer in. It was like for some reason it got really soft and started to shed and I was getting small broken hairs. I decided to go ahead and cowash, DC, moisturize and seal, and I've had hardly no more shedding than usual. I get about 10 hairs a day, if that. No more breakage either.
First wash results...
After my first cowash, my hair was bone straight while wet, and I could have dried it straight had I just tied it down but I wanted to see if my curls came back. They did, but it looks like I have a body wave versus curly hair. The bad thing is that some of my hair got so straight that it's still straight. I have to coax them into curling. I do not like this part, but its' nothing to stop me from doing this again. My hair is so straight that I will only do this maybe every four months. I am afraid ultimately that it could really change my curl pattern in a bad way if I do this too often seeing how many of the pieces of hair are still straight and some curly. I really hate it when that happens...
What other peopel thought...
The girls at my church freaked when they saw it. They loved it.. Others thought I had relaxed, to which I responded "are you crazy! LOL". Good ole' BKT done hooked me up. People kept touching my hair in disbelief that I didn't have a relaxer.
What I think...
I WISH I had this when I was younger. My hair is healthy, can be straightened easily, and in a much better condition than a relaxer. Had incredible swing and shine and felt soooo silky and still does. This is an AWESOME texturizer for those who dont want to use harsh chemicals. I have 3c, 4a hair, and right now it's curly and looks like 3a, 3b. I believe to a degree this is a "chemical" like treatment but I am hoping ALL of my curls come back as the treatment wears off. This will be a definite staple of mine throughout the year and I plan to do it at least every 4 to 6 months. For the four days I had to wait to get it wet, I did have to work outside during that time. I got almost absolutely NO reversion as I was sweating a little and it was definitely hot. By day six, I had a little teeny puffiness at the roots, but this is a miracle. My usual blowdry and flat irons last me 2 days max. This lasted 6 days and would have gone longer! I have some serious paw in head disease right now.
To be honest, I'm disappointed that I didn't really retain much of my growth from last year. Now that I have figured out how to keep my ends from splitting and keep my hair moisturized, I believe that I can push forward and accomplish my goals. I believe this will help me all the more. Wish me luck!
Warning....
Also, be sure to wear gloves on both hands. I only wore one glove and my other fingertips were burned from the formaldehyde.
erplexed (yeah, I should have known better)....Also, the clarifying shampoo stripped all of the indigo I had in my hair, and that's why you see all of that red brownish color. I'm not sure how I will manage to keep my hair black before this treatment. I may have to do another rinse after...
Thanks for listening! I hope that someone learns something from my experience and it helps you to decide better options for your hair.
Be blessed!
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I don't think you will have to worry about your hair not returning to it's natural state. I have a BKT and I am tex-laxed (3b/c) my hair, even with the tex-lax, is start to curl/wave right back up (2months after BKT) 
has me trippin!! I love it!!! Omg, I can't wait to see your hair after your first wash!
