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free skin care · Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:25 pm

Yeah, there are safety concerns with it. For me it was an acceptable risk, but I did a lot of research first and even then my idea of an acceptable risk might not be someone else's.

free skin care · Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:24 pm

lagomorph wrote:

Yeah, there are safety concerns with it. For me it was an acceptable risk, but I did a lot of research first and even then my idea of an acceptable risk might not be someone else's.

I just thought for the ease of it I would post the links for all to have quick access to
the research. Smile

DM

free skin care · Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:51 pm

appaaaarently, the product used to have formeldehyde in it, and now it doesn't (according to my sis). regardless, hair dye, peroxide, perming solutions, all that stuff we put on our hair (and nails) is downright noxious.
i personally always do my own hair, even cuts, and never even blowdry my hair, and i try my best to stay away from chemicals. again, i am advocating the shampoo and conditioner, not the blowout itself. it seems to me to be a very good formulation.
i'm sorry, darkmoon, that you had an asthma attack from this procedure. that sounds serious!

DarkMoon wrote:

ClaudiaFE wrote:

Darkmoon... YOU ROCK!!!

NEXT PRODUCT PLEASE!!!

LMAO! Bring it on!
I just like to see informed consumers! Smile

DM

free skin care · Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:34 am

When it comes to this forum, we all rely on each other to supply non-biased information on products. I for one appreciate all information, whether positive or negative, so I am able to make an informed education decision and I am sure every one else on here feels the same way.

I am still interested in learning more about this process, but I am glad to know the information that DarkMoon has provided as it will make me study it a bit more than I would have not knowing what some of these products do contain...

As far as the shampoo goes, I cringe at the thought of paying $30+ dollars for a bottle of shampoo and equally for conditioner, but if it gives me soft, silky, manageable hair it would be worth it's weight in gold! It would also teach me a valuable lesson in using the proper amount of shampoo and conditioner at each washing!! Laughing

I have been a habitual "more is better gal" when it comes to those products and seem to go through them rather quickly...and at 30 bucks plus a pop, I would definitely think twice about that....

free skin care · Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:21 am

Thanks Bren!

avalange,

It wasn't me who had the asthma attack, that's from another forum just one stylists experience! They may have removed formaldehyde, but from
my reading they have dropped the amount to a "safe" level 1% 2%. The issue I see is some were considering buying it for home use from eBay and who ever really knows what you may get? I didn't research the shampoo or conditioner just the straightening product, it is a personal choice but if people have the information they can make informed decisions and ask the right questions before diving in without the facts!
I hope that clears up any confusion Smile

DM

free skin care · Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:05 am

I thought this was a pretty straight forward article about the bk treatment, hope this helps.

Salon Today Investigates Brazilian Keratin Services

Published: March 11, 2009
By Victoria Wurdinger

(The following report was featured in our sister publication, Salon Today magazine - March 2009. Due to the soaring level of interest in this topic, we decided to post it on ModernSalon.com as well. - Michele Musgrove, Associate Publisher & Creative Director MODERN SALON Media)

http://salontoday.com/TheBusinessof/tabid/147/ArticleLanding/tabid/130/Default.aspx?tid=1%26ContentID=237839

free skin care · Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:34 pm

Wow., thanks so much for posting this VERY informative article!
Okay! now i am much more frightened for my poor sister who is performing this procedure daily on her clients than i am for her clients!
exposure to gaseous formaldelyde is no joke, in the comfort of your own home, at a nail salon, or at a hair salon.
i don't think i'm going to try it after all. but i do think the shampoo has a lot of the keratin, which is why it makes the hair so shiny and thick. i will continue to use it.

the article seemed to state that the exposure to chemicals wasn't much worse than that you get from a perm. makes me realize that hair experts have it quite bad!
for the record, i absolutely and always applaud consumer awareness--you can look up my rants about petro-industrial by -products all over this board!

--avalange

lagomorph wrote:

I thought this was a pretty straight forward article about the bk treatment, hope this helps.

Salon Today Investigates Brazilian Keratin Services

Published: March 11, 2009
By Victoria Wurdinger

(The following report was featured in our sister publication, Salon Today magazine - March 2009. Due to the soaring level of interest in this topic, we decided to post it on ModernSalon.com as well. - Michele Musgrove, Associate Publisher & Creative Director MODERN SALON Media)

http://salontoday.com/TheBusinessof/tabid/147/ArticleLanding/tabid/130/Default.aspx?tid=1%26ContentID=237839

free skin care · Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:49 pm

This is the main reason I choose to give up being a stylist 30 years ago when I found I was pregnant with the first if 4 kids, not this specific procedure but constant exposure to the fumes in any salon! It was not a risk I would take with my unborn child!

DM Smile

avalange wrote:

Wow., thanks so much for posting this VERY informative article!
Okay! now i am much more frightened for my poor sister who is performing this procedure daily on her clients than i am for her clients!
exposure to gaseous formaldelyde is no joke, in the comfort of your own home, at a nail salon, or at a hair salon.
i don't think i'm going to try it after all. but i do think the shampoo has a lot of the keratin, which is why it makes the hair so shiny and thick. i will continue to use it.

the article seemed to state that the exposure to chemicals wasn't much worse than that you get from a perm. makes me realize that hair experts have it quite bad!
for the record, i absolutely and always applaud consumer awareness--you can look up my rants about petro-industrial by -products all over this board!

--avalange

lagomorph wrote:

I thought this was a pretty straight forward article about the bk treatment, hope this helps.

Salon Today Investigates Brazilian Keratin Services

Published: March 11, 2009
By Victoria Wurdinger

(The following report was featured in our sister publication, Salon Today magazine - March 2009. Due to the soaring level of interest in this topic, we decided to post it on ModernSalon.com as well. - Michele Musgrove, Associate Publisher & Creative Director MODERN SALON Media)

http://salontoday.com/TheBusinessof/tabid/147/ArticleLanding/tabid/130/Default.aspx?tid=1%26ContentID=237839

free skin care · Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:53 pm

Lagomorph... AWESOME article... thanks...

Yeah... I can see how salon employees are really in jeopardy with their health... and honestly, since I like to do my hair stuff at home, that this would be completely unsafe in my "not ventilated" well enough environment... Plus kids...

Thanks for all the input everyone... I might even check out their shampoo... we'll see..

free skin care · Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:56 am

ClaudiaFE wrote:

Lagomorph... AWESOME article... thanks...

Yeah... I can see how salon employees are really in jeopardy with their health... and honestly, since I like to do my hair stuff at home, that this would be completely unsafe in my "not ventilated" well enough environment... Plus kids...

Thanks for all the input everyone... I might even check out their shampoo... we'll see..

On the links I posted there are the same cautions about the release of noxious gasses and those dangers. I don't beleive it's safe in a home enviorment or many salons, unless they install very high tech and expensive equipment to vent all those fumes out!

DM

free skin care · Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:22 am

Actually, I can't stand fumes of any kind. Even PER-fumes make me angry, and especially cigarette fumes...
But you know what makes me instantly allergic? those horrible chemicals they put into drugstore shampoos, conditioners, and shower gels. They instantly hurt the inside of my nose and cause me to sneeze and break out in hives!!!
I cut and color my own hair in order to avoid the salon, because it is so fume-y. even though my sister does hair at a salon. poor gal!

--avalange

DarkMoon wrote:

ClaudiaFE wrote:

Lagomorph... AWESOME article... thanks...

Yeah... I can see how salon employees are really in jeopardy with their health... and honestly, since I like to do my hair stuff at home, that this would be completely unsafe in my "not ventilated" well enough environment... Plus kids...

Thanks for all the input everyone... I might even check out their shampoo... we'll see..

On the links I posted there are the same cautions about the release of noxious gasses and those dangers. I don't beleive it's safe in a home enviorment or many salons, unless they install very high tech and expensive equipment to vent all those fumes out!

DM

free skin care · Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:36 am

We all seem to have different triggers, what bothers my (well just tearing eyes) are any artificial fragrances, yet I know people who have the exact opisite reaction they can't tolerate natural fragrances, which don't effect my in any negative way! They can use artifical fragrances without a problem!
I don't care for the fumes in salons either, always cause a major headache, I color at home too!

DM

avalange wrote:

Actually, I can't stand fumes of any kind. Even PER-fumes make me angry, and especially cigarette fumes...
But you know what makes me instantly allergic? those horrible chemicals they put into drugstore shampoos, conditioners, and shower gels. They instantly hurt the inside of my nose and cause me to sneeze and break out in hives!!!
I cut and color my own hair in order to avoid the salon, because it is so fume-y. even though my sister does hair at a salon. poor gal!

--avalange

DarkMoon wrote:

ClaudiaFE wrote:

Lagomorph... AWESOME article... thanks...

Yeah... I can see how salon employees are really in jeopardy with their health... and honestly, since I like to do my hair stuff at home, that this would be completely unsafe in my "not ventilated" well enough environment... Plus kids...

Thanks for all the input everyone... I might even check out their shampoo... we'll see..

On the links I posted there are the same cautions about the release of noxious gasses and those dangers. I don't beleive it's safe in a home enviorment or many salons, unless they install very high tech and expensive equipment to vent all those fumes out!

DM

free skin care · Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:07 pm

I did the treatment outside on my deck with a large fan blowing. In the freezing cold! Laughing

I also wore a mask. I wouldn't want to do this inside, even in a specially ventilated salon.

I hope your sister's salon provides masks,ect. and follows safety protocol.

free skin care · Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:41 am

It's amazing the things we put ourselves through for the sake of beauty Shock

....I also will opt for the shampoo only option and thanks a bunch for the article DM...my curly, sometimes unruly hair aint so bad and definitely not bad enough to put my health at risk. I think we have enough of these noxious fumes floating in our environment to deal with on a daily basis already...no need to add to the mix...

free skin care · Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:26 am

For those of you who have used the Brazilian Blowout conditioner how does it compare to Moroccan oil in terms of smoothing out the frizz? I don't have curly hair but color & age have dried out by hair to the point where it looks like straw, especially the top.
Highlights seem to be the culprit. I have tried masks, oils, mousse, anti-humidity smoothing milk, straightening lotion etc. etc. to no avail.

free skin care · Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:21 pm

Dear Bellezza,

BB blows Moroccan oil out of the water, in my opinion. My sister (who turned me on to brazilian) also sells moroccan and she succumbed to the hype for a bit, but now she claims it's not that great. it is good for curly, unruly, and couarse hair.
brazilian seems to add sheen and bounce and volume to my regular, slightly dry, and like your, highlighted, hair.

The only problem is that i cannot go very long without washing my hair, which might in the end make this an expensive habit. with other shampoos/conditioners, i can go a three full days before my hair looks oily or dirty. not so with brazilian--max two days. i think a clarifying treatment probably needs to be incorporated into this regime if possible.

--avalange

Bellezza wrote:

For those of you who have used the Brazilian Blowout conditioner how does it compare to Moroccan oil in terms of smoothing out the frizz? I don't have curly hair but color & age have dried out by hair to the point where it looks like straw, especially the top.
Highlights seem to be the culprit. I have tried masks, oils, mousse, anti-humidity smoothing milk, straightening lotion etc. etc. to no avail.

free skin care · Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:03 pm

Thank you Avalange. I see BB on eBay, I'm tempted to bid on conditioner...

Have you used the BB conditioner alone, I mean after a shampoo other than BB? Do you think the conditioner alone would be sufficient to smooth out the fizz or is it advisable to use both products for desired results?

free skin care · Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:42 pm

What are the ingredients?

free skin care · Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:52 am

Never heard about this product, will be interested to know more.
Thanks for posting.

free skin care · Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:39 pm

Wow this is really interesting, now I'm looking up if there is a salon that does this in my area. I'm sure there won't be any though, lol, since I live in a small city in the praries. Would have to look out for the shampoo and conditioner as my hair has dried out from the Japanese style of hair straightening.

free skin care · Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:26 pm

avalange wrote:

Actually, I can't stand fumes of any kind. Even PER-fumes make me angry, and especially cigarette fumes...
But you know what makes me instantly allergic? those horrible chemicals they put into drugstore shampoos, conditioners, and shower gels. They instantly hurt the inside of my nose and cause me to sneeze and break out in hives!!!
I cut and color my own hair in order to avoid the salon, because it is so fume-y. even though my sister does hair at a salon. poor gal!

--avalange

DarkMoon wrote:

ClaudiaFE wrote:

Lagomorph... AWESOME article... thanks...

Yeah... I can see how salon employees are really in jeopardy with their health... and honestly, since I like to do my hair stuff at home, that this would be completely unsafe in my "not ventilated" well enough environment... Plus kids...

Thanks for all the input everyone... I might even check out their shampoo... we'll see..

On the links I posted there are the same cautions about the release of noxious gasses and those dangers. I don't beleive it's safe in a home enviorment or many salons, unless they install very high tech and expensive equipment to vent all those fumes out!

DM

For me it is those Glade and other chemical air fresheners.
I get dizzyness and headaches from them.

Even the gel ones.
The only scented thing I can use at home are candles, and I try and get natural candles after hearing so much about how burning parafin candles is like smoking inside almost.

My favorite candles is the pure beewax candle made by a local person.
The wax is not filtered so it is different shades depending on the type of honey comb used.
what sucks is the price it is like $20+ for a candle..but they smell so nice (like a honeycomb).

I was just at an ofice and someone decided to spray some air freshener in the air and that made me so dizzy and I felt like throwing up.
Not fun at all.

I can imagine working in a salon would be bad.
I know people that are nail technicians and that is bad for chemicals too.

free skin care · Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:55 pm

I will be going in for my third "Brazilian Blowout." I've gotten the Copala brand that does not use dangerous chemicals..it actually improves your hair with each treatment. My hair is getting longer and longer.

I basically makes your hair as it was when you were little. Silky smooth and youthful. I never realized how smooth silky hair makes one look so much younger. If you think about it..hair ages too. After I got my treatment...I started noticing young high school girls hair..how shinny and smooth. Mine looked just like that. It is addictive...just like Botox..because it works.
It is expensive...but I used to spend 25 dollars once or twice a week to have my hair blown out because it is naturally frizzy. Now I can always do my hair myself. That is another benefit. Blowdrying takes a fraction of the time and your hair comes out PERFECT with no need to fool with it. I can't tell you how wonderful it is.
So for me...the cost of the Copala treatment is around 350 dollars to 400..but I spend that much on getting my hair blown out over three months anyway. This way my hair looks great 24/7

Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:33 am

Hi,

I just bough Brazilian Blowout shampoo and conditioner and then I found all these writings about the treatment being quite dangerous. Does anyonw know whether the products (shampoo and conditioner) have high risks? I mean that isn´t it the heat that together with the chemicals forms the dangerous gases?

free skin care · Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:44 am

I don't think using the shampoo & conditioner poses any danger. I've used it and found it harmless, also ineffective and at the price it sells for I wouldn't rebuy it.

Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:03 pm

I know in Perth Australia and New Zealand all products and treatments were put on hold and reviewed as to how safe they were and had to change levels to be safe.

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