OLAPLEX: Hair Game Changer?

Britt said:
BUMP!
I got my hair colored again last Saturday and my stylist used this. I told her I have issues with reversion and my hair staying straight. She heavily suggested this product to use at home. She did her thing with my hair at the salon. I washed my hair on Saturday and I noticed my hair just felt different. It felt smoother, then I figured it might have been since I just got it freshly colored? Idk. As it sat under the hair dryer and was combing my hair out it just felt different. The heat damaged areas coiled up more too which caught me off guard. I think it's the Olaplex. I told her to order me 2 bottles. Idk how long it will take her to get it so I just ordered once bottled off Ebay that I should have before the week is up. I can't wait to use it. I ordered the #3 for home use. My roots feel smoother, my hair just feels different and in a good way.

My plan is to shampoo as usual to remove all build up, etc... but how long should I leave the product on for? It says 10 min at least, but is this something I leI dont think ve on for like 30 minutes? Do I use heat? My steamer? I'm wondering if it's like a deep conditioner? After I rinse it out I proceed to apply my conditioner and then rinse?
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Keep it on for the time stated but no longer than 20 minutes. I don't think there is a need to extend the time excessively.
 
No after doing the Olaplex 3 treatment...Ooops......:rolleyes: I'm doing a hot coconut oil treatment now and will use Matrix Biolage Hydrating Conditioning Balm with my steamer for about thirty minutes. I use Carol's Daughter hair milk as a leave in an AS I Am cocoa butter for softness. I do a twistout and my hair will feel somewhat moisturized tomorrow when I take it down...but it just seems like I need something stronger.....:badcop:
 
The Carmeltini treatment sounds like what I need and I am a definite product junkie...LOL
I have to stay away from the board to get my budget back in order. I don't want to buy if it can't restore my moisture.
 
carolb21 said:
No after doing the Olaplex 3 treatment...Ooops......:rolleyes: I'm doing a hot coconut oil treatment now and will use Matrix Biolage Hydrating Conditioning Balm with my steamer for about thirty minutes. I use Carol's Daughter hair milk as a leave in an AS I Am cocoa butter for softness. I do a twistout and my hair will feel somewhat moisturized tomorrow when I take it down...but it just seems like I need something stronger.....:badcop:
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If you feel like you are really low porosity, how Re you managing coconut oil? Maybe you are high porosity. If you are low porosity and using coconut oil, that would tend to block your cuticles even further so whatever you do after that really isn't moisturizing because it can't get in.

If its taking you 3 sessions to get moisture back you have something else going on
 
So I shouldn't use coconut oil, so I will need to clarify before I use the Keratase mask, I forgot I had that in my cabinet...lol
 
faithVA said:
Try putting the coconut oil aside for a while. Actually leave all oils alone for a while. Clarify and then deep condition.

I have never been able to use coconut oil. My hair feels hard, dry and wiry no matter when I use it.
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that's exactly how my hair feels, I am going to stop with the coconut oil. getting ready to clarify and deep condition, might sleep in it, kind of tired
 
I want this

I'm cutting off my damaged hair because it's a lost cause as far as coloring it. I want a burnt orange color and nothing I standing in my way! Sure as heck not my damaged ends. I want it for when I color my new hair now that I know how to take care of it and what I did wrong. Will I just need the #3 then and use it as a prepoo and they will use numbers 2 & 3 in the salon?
 
L.Brown1114 said:
I want this

I'm cutting off my damaged hair because it's a lost cause as far as coloring it. I want a burnt orange color and nothing I standing in my way! Sure as heck not my damaged ends. I want it for when I color my new hair now that I know how to take care of it and what I did wrong. Will I just need the #3 then and use it as a prepoo and they will use numbers 2 & 3 in the salon?
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Have you asked the salon if they use this product? If so they will use #1 and #2 before your color. They should give or sell you #3. Do not prepoo with it.

You should ask them if you have to cut off the damage. The purpose of this product is to minimize the damage so you can color. Maybe you can trim a little at a time. How much do you want to cut?
 
faithVA said:
Have you asked the salon if they use this product? If so they will use #1 and #2 before your color. They should give or sell you #3. Do not prepoo with it.

You should ask them if you have to cut off the damage. The purpose of this product is to minimize the damage so you can color. Maybe you can trim a little at a time. How much do you want to cut?
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Well I went into a salon and the woman took a small chunk of my hair and tried to bleach it. She said it lifted but it was VERY damaged. She said to do oloplex treatments before I get it colored. I looked up the price and they were $50. So I was like why not just cut off the damaged hair and use it initially with my non damaged hair to save time and money. I'm only shoulder length. I got from 2 inches to below armpit length in a year. Probably would have been bra strap length but after I bleached I had to cut 2 inches off my ends right away and a lot more after that until I got my products right. so my hair grows VERY fast. Cutting it isn't the issue, saving dead hair I have to baby and treat like a Roman God is
 
L.Brown1114 said:
Well I went into a salon and the woman took a small chunk of my hair and tried to bleach it. She said it lifted but it was VERY damaged. She said to do oloplex treatments before I get it colored. I looked up the price and they were $50. So I was like why not just cut off the damaged hair and use it initially with my non damaged hair to save time and money. I'm only shoulder length. I got from 2 inches to below armpit length in a year. Probably would have been bra strap length but after I bleached I had to cut 2 inches off my ends right away and a lot more after that until I got my products right. so my hair grows VERY fast. Cutting it isn't the issue, saving dead hair I have to baby and treat like a Roman God is
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LOL because that's my attitude about my hair, but I never made the Roman god reference. :giggle:
 
L.Brown1114 said:
Well I went into a salon and the woman took a small chunk of my hair and tried to bleach it. She said it lifted but it was VERY damaged. She said to do oloplex treatments before I get it colored. I looked up the price and they were $50. So I was like why not just cut off the damaged hair and use it initially with my non damaged hair to save time and money. I'm only shoulder length. I got from 2 inches to below armpit length in a year. Probably would have been bra strap length but after I bleached I had to cut 2 inches off my ends right away and a lot more after that until I got my products right. so my hair grows VERY fast. Cutting it isn't the issue, saving dead hair I have to baby and treat like a Roman God is
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Sounds like you have plan.
 
I'm loving my Olaplex results! I purchased the full kit from ebay, and it arrived in a week. Here's what I did:
  1. On clarified hair, I applied a mix of 150ml of Step 1 with 3 oz water (It was too much water. Next time, I'll not dilute as much)
  2. Let Step 1 sit for 15 minutes
  3. Layer Step 2 on top. It sat for an addition 20-30 minutes
  4. Rinsed
  5. Proceeded with my usual routine (moisturizing deep conditioner, detangle, style)
My hair is soft, smooth, and strong like never before. Next wash day (next weekend), I'm going to skip Olaplex but do a protein treatment with Colorful Neutral Protein Filler. The following wash day, I'll do an Olaplex treatment (steps 1 and 2). I'm working on really healthy hair. I'm trying to reduce my winter shedding (it's scary!), and I feel confident that this regimen will contribute to my goals.
 
LStreeter said:
I'm loving my Olaplex results! I purchased the full kit from ebay, and it arrived in a week. Here's what I did:
  1. On clarified hair, I applied a mix of 150ml of Step 1 with 3 oz water (It was too much water. Next time, I'll not dilute as much)
  2. Let Step 1 sit for 15 minutes
  3. Layer Step 2 on top. It sat for an addition 20-30 minutes
  4. Rinsed
  5. Proceeded with my usual routine (moisturizing deep conditioner, detangle, style)
My hair is soft, smooth, and strong like never before. Next wash day (next weekend), I'm going to skip Olaplex but do a protein treatment with Colorful Neutral Protein Filler. The following wash day, I'll do an Olaplex treatment (steps 1 and 2). I'm working on really healthy hair. I'm trying to reduce my winter shedding (it's scary!), and I feel confident that this regimen will contribute to my goals.
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Glad you had good results.

Why are you doing steps 1 & 2 again? Why not just go for step #3, especially if you aren't coloring your hair?

Just concerned that if you are hair isn't damaged, doing 1&2 again may be overkill.
 
faithVA said:
Glad you had good results.

Why are you doing steps 1 & 2 again? Why not just go for step #3, especially if you aren't coloring your hair?

Just concerned that if you are hair isn't damaged, doing 1&2 again may be overkill.
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I'm doing again b/c I have some heat damage. I don't see how another round of 1&2 could hurt. Do you mind elaborating on "overkill"? What could happen? TIA
 
I purchased the trial sized kit on Amazon. I used No 1 & 2 about 1 1/2 weeks ago. I followed up with No 3 on Sat. I have relaxed hair. While I know this is not a traditional protein treatment, this has strengthened my hair greatly. I noticed this when I took strands of shed hair and tugged on them. They felt quite strong, and took some pressure before the strand broke. I'm happy with the treatment, and haven't noticed any adverse effects.
 
this sounds like a miracle product, which steps ( only 3 or all of them?)would you ladies think should be appropriate for some color and heat damage hair?
 
g.lo said:
this sounds like a miracle product, which steps ( only 3 or all of them?)would you ladies think should be appropriate for some color and heat damage hair?
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I don't want to say it is a miracle product because that creates false expectations. I would say it is a useful product for those with damage.

If your hair is damaged, I recommend all 3 steps. You definitely want to start with 1 & 2.
 
I have a step 3 that is at least half full that i am willing to get rid of.

I trimmed my heat damage so I don't need it.
 
faithVA said:
I don't want to say it is a miracle product because that creates false expectations. I would say it is a useful product for those with damage.

If your hair is damaged, I recommend all 3 steps. You definitely want to start with 1 & 2.
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thanks
 
I used olaplex tonight. I think this was my second time using it.

I'm not sure what "repair" it's doing, but it definitely is reducing the amount of hair I loose when dc'ing.
 
So I've finally tried olaplex and I did steps 1 & 2. I cowashed and deep conditioned after rinsing it out and my hair did well with it. I have hi po hair so it doesn't act right at all. However, after using olaplex, my hair felt stronger, my hair seemed to have slight more curl definition under running water, and I had less breakage. For the first time in a long time, my deep conditioner actually felt like it penetrated my hair shaft. My hair was super soft after rinsing out my DC. I've also noticed that I am able to retain some moisture rather than my hi po hair instantly drying out like it usually does. After I take down my cornrows in a few weeks, I will do steps 1 & 2 again because I still think I have some damage that needs to be corrected. Overall, I had a good experience with this product and I have no complaints.
 
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