. It would have been so much easier if it was already damp when I started putting the treatment in that way it wouldn't have dried up on some parts when it was time to blow dry with the treatment on.
wave recommended her stylist (http://www.iamericamakeup.com/index) who's absolutely amazing - I can't recommend her enough. I haven't had anyone touch my hair in years b/c of all of the stylist madness I've been through but she definitely knows her stuff, is very professional and she's also a really sweet person. I'll absolutely be going back to her for my treatments in the future. 
. It's so soft and the curls are looser, but my hair is still curly and feels very moisturized. Last week my hair was snapping off at the ends and the last few times I cowashed, my hair was breaking like crazy. I've been watching closely for any breakage and I don't know if it was the henna or the BKT, but I see a big difference between the number of hairs in my comb last week and today.
Hi Ladies,
After reading all the BKT threads, I decided to try it on my VERY fine-stranded natural 4a/4b hair. NaturalToBe
I asked her about henna and she said to do it before the BKT, so I did it 2 days before the treatment.
She used Rejuvenol so my hair was straight for 4 days then I washed my hair with Yes To Carrots conditioner. I put in some Knot Today, twisted my hair into about 12 sections, and put Miss Jessie's buttercream on the ends. This morning when I untwisted my hair
As always, thanks so much ladies. I'd never heard of BKT before reading the board, but this definitely feels like a winner.
I dry my hair before I put the liquid on but I'm not natural, I'm textlaxed. The thing that worries me about putting it on damp hair is how can you gauge if you coated each strand sufficiently? Or if didn't over coat the strand. I figured out how to do that first blow dry without damage, I don't try to get it straight I just get it dry and then I take my time to detangle and section off before applying the BKT.Where have I been. I didn't know you guys were doing this. Ya'll should have seen me trying to blowdry my already half dry, stiff, sticky hair with the softliss in it
By the way the shampoo made my hair so soft. I'm surprised some of you guys don't like it.
Man, that is tough, MissRissa. I would think maybe do a test patch? And if it works out ok, do the full head once you've hit MBL
That would give you enough time to decide if it would work for you or not and hopefully not jack your hair all up. I don't wan any parts of that jacking hair business
I focus on moisture before, during and after my BKT with occasional reconstructs. I actually do 2 reconstructs per week but that's because I cowash every day. If I were a once a week washer I would reconstruct once a week followed up by a moisturizing DC. I figure BKT will fill any protein deficiency but if it "seals the hair" I want it to lock my moisturized hair in and protect the outside with the additional keratin coating. Method seems to be working out ok so far.
) I will try to do the aphogee 2 minute reconstructer or the rusk keratin thingie once a week until then (1 month) and see if it is better the second time around. I would probably be better off getting the rusk keratin jobbie. I wonder if the rusk smoother is used like a moisturizing leave in that could be put in before rollersets?I had planned on using the Johnson's baby shampoo when I do the BKT thing in September with Zene escova progress. But now that I think about it, I remember using baby shampoo years ago, and how hard and stripped my hair felt. I'll pass on the baby shampoo, and use a sulfate free clarifying shampoo like Aubrey Organics swimmers shampoo, or Giovanni's golden wheat clarifying shampoo. The whole purpose of the clarifying shampoo is to rid the hair of product, and lift the cuticles to prepare them for the BKT treatment. Either one of these shampoos should be able to do that. You all got me scared now, and thinking I need to do a little BKT pre-test on a small section of my hair like a few of you have already done. I know my hair and body is sensitive to a lot of things, so I will definitely be trying Zene-there is no formaldehyde or aldehydes in it, and supposedly nothing in it to harm the hair.???? I e-mailed Enrico the main contact guy in Brazil with a few questions about this product. I contacted him through the Zene escova website as listed above. He's very friendly, and doesn't mind answering questions. When I asked about the straightening agent in the product, he said the active ingredient was keratin, as formaldehyde use in products has been banned in Brazil for about 2 years now.The first ingredient on the Zene ingredient list is citric acid, (from corn?) which is not an aldehyde, but I'm suspecting it could be damaging if not handled correctly. So, when and if I do it, I'll let you ladies know how it turns out. I will stay tuned to this thread, and thanks to all the brave ladies that have tried it already, you are true pioneers on the BKT trail!!!! Hugs to the ladies that are experiencing problems, you know you've got an expert support group here to help.
Hi Ladies,
After reading all the BKT threads, I decided to try it on my VERY fine-stranded natural 4a/4b hair. NaturalToBe
I asked her about henna and she said to do it before the BKT, so I did it 2 days before the treatment.
She used Rejuvenol so my hair was straight for 4 days then I washed my hair with Yes To Carrots conditioner. I put in some Knot Today, twisted my hair into about 12 sections, and put Miss Jessie's buttercream on the ends. This morning when I untwisted my hair
As always, thanks so much ladies. I'd never heard of BKT before reading the board, but this definitely feels like a winner.
I finally bought Silicon Mix and have it in my hair right now. I did a dc first with the whale sperm conditioner for 20 minutes (with heat).
It was so soft I just put some Blended Cutie Butter Me Up and called it a day. (I hope that doesn't have salt in it cause I sure didn't check the ingredients) Anyway I had NO shrinkage and minimal frizz. Usually if I do a wash n go the next day my hair is super tangled but today it's not tangled at all. WOW
. I know my hair and body is sensitive to a lot of things, so I will definitely be trying Zene-there is no formaldehyde or aldehydes in it, and supposedly nothing in it to harm the hair.???? I e-mailed Enrico the main contact guy in Brazil with a few questions about this product. I contacted him through the Zene escova website as listed above. He's very friendly, and doesn't mind answering questions. When I asked about the straightening agent in the product, he said the active ingredient was keratin, as formaldehyde use in products has been banned in Brazil for about 2 years now.
Hello LHCF,
My name is Cameron and I am a new user to the site
After lurking for weeks I decided to join and share my BKT experience.
I did my hair with the Zene Escova Progress about one month ago (I chose Zene mainly because of price, Softliss was too pricey to ship to Toronto). I got great results! Swingy hair, soft etc etc, the process was long but since Zene is the 2 day formula not as long as the Softliss users.
Some notes:
My hair was relaxed and colored (the color was about 6 weeks old) and almost the same colour as my hair, dark brown; after the flat iron part my hair turned ORANGE! I was alarmed but it looked kinda cool *ha*, so I went with it.
After the 2 day wash, the color went back for the most part, but now it is definitely lighter than before.
I have a few questions though about hair treatments and BKT, I read the thread but just want to clarify/get suggestions:
1: I have some breakage and just purchased the ApHogee two step treatment, is this ok to use with BKT hair?
2: The ApHogee advises to use before a relaxer, but what about after a relaxer? I plan on relaxing next week and did not want to wash again beforehand.
Thanks in advance, this thread is great.
Edit to add:
Is anyone using Zene or the products sold on their site?
Hello LHCF,
My name is Cameron and I am a new user to the site
After lurking for weeks I decided to join and share my BKT experience.
I did my hair with the Zene Escova Progress about one month ago (I chose Zene mainly because of price, Softliss was too pricey to ship to Toronto). I got great results! Swingy hair, soft etc etc, the process was long but since Zene is the 2 day formula not as long as the Softliss users.
Some notes:
My hair was relaxed and colored (the color was about 6 weeks old) and almost the same colour as my hair, dark brown; after the flat iron part my hair turned ORANGE! I was alarmed but it looked kinda cool *ha*, so I went with it.
After the 2 day wash, the color went back for the most part, but now it is definitely lighter than before.
I have a few questions though about hair treatments and BKT, I read the thread but just want to clarify/get suggestions:
1: I have some breakage and just purchased the ApHogee two step treatment, is this ok to use with BKT hair?
2: The ApHogee advises to use before a relaxer, but what about after a relaxer? I plan on relaxing next week and did not want to wash again beforehand.
Thanks in advance, this thread is great.
Edit to add:
Is anyone using Zene or the products sold on their site?
:creatures Yay !! A new baby girl! And your trying to do your hair! Bless you I wish I were there to help.
Hello LHCF,
My name is Cameron and I am a new user to the site
After lurking for weeks I decided to join and share my BKT experience.
I did my hair with the Zene Escova Progress about one month ago (I chose Zene mainly because of price, Softliss was too pricey to ship to Toronto). I got great results! Swingy hair, soft etc etc, the process was long but since Zene is the 2 day formula not as long as the Softliss users.
Some notes:
My hair was relaxed and colored (the color was about 6 weeks old) and almost the same colour as my hair, dark brown; after the flat iron part my hair turned ORANGE! I was alarmed but it looked kinda cool *ha*, so I went with it.
After the 2 day wash, the color went back for the most part, but now it is definitely lighter than before.
I have a few questions though about hair treatments and BKT, I read the thread but just want to clarify/get suggestions:
1: I have some breakage and just purchased the ApHogee two step treatment, is this ok to use with BKT hair?
2: The ApHogee advises to use before a relaxer, but what about after a relaxer? I plan on relaxing next week and did not want to wash again beforehand.
Thanks in advance, this thread is great.
Edit to add:
Is anyone using Zene or the products sold on their site?
... I don't like their website lol it is so unprofessional. It leaves so much grey area in it's explanations.....Pretty pleeeeeease!Me??! I am no hairdresser, just a do-it-yourselfer. If you want I could though and yes it made my hair straighter, very noticeable even with the relaxer.I know you have a relaxer, but did you notice it straightening your hair even more? I don't understand that they don't have formaldehyde or ether in it but it still does the same thing as the others. Or is there ether and I just don't know its scientific name
But if you used it, I think I would try it too.
Maybe I could let you do a patch test for me on like a 1 inch piece of hair with a little of yours after I color my hair and if it works out then I would order a bottle. :scratchch
If you want to of course.
Yes, I'm asking
Hello LHCF,
My name is Cameron and I am a new user to the site
After lurking for weeks I decided to join and share my BKT experience.
I did my hair with the Zene Escova Progress about one month ago (I chose Zene mainly because of price, Softliss was too pricey to ship to Toronto). I got great results! Swingy hair, soft etc etc, the process was long but since Zene is the 2 day formula not as long as the Softliss users.
Some notes:
My hair was relaxed and colored (the color was about 6 weeks old) and almost the same colour as my hair, dark brown; after the flat iron part my hair turned ORANGE! I was alarmed but it looked kinda cool *ha*, so I went with it.
After the 2 day wash, the color went back for the most part, but now it is definitely lighter than before.
I have a few questions though about hair treatments and BKT, I read the thread but just want to clarify/get suggestions:
1: I have some breakage and just purchased the ApHogee two step treatment, is this ok to use with BKT hair?
2: The ApHogee advises to use before a relaxer, but what about after a relaxer? I plan on relaxing next week and did not want to wash again beforehand.
Thanks in advance, this thread is great.
Edit to add:
Is anyone using Zene or the products sold on their site?
I'm sorry you're experiencing some breakage (hope its not too severe) but I don't know if Apoghee 2 step protein treatment would help at this point. I'm thinking that the BKT is really similar to a hard core protein treatment, (in that it is mostly protein, and fused into the hair with heat????)applying another protein treatment on top of that one might not be what your hair needs right now. Since I don't even have the BKT yet, I suggest you listen to the pros on here that have experienced the after effects of the treatment on the hair. I did order the Bio Extractus products to use after the BKT; haven't used them yet, but some contain sulfates, and one of the shampoos contains sodium chloride!!! I'm gonna need to find out about that one..
