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(More customer reviews)I have thick, coarse, kinky-curly red hair. I had been using chemical ethnic relaxers and it was really damaging my hair, so I tried a salon keratin treatment. It worked great, but I was out $400... then I found this product. I think what helped is that I tweaked the given directions a bit to follow the stricter directions for the expensive salon treatment (namely, comb a lot of the product through my hair in small sections, use a salon-style flat iron that heats up to 450 deg, don't wash for 72 hours, and keep the hair flat and dry during the entire 72 hours). The comment regarding the smell of the product during the 72 hours is correct - it is a weird smell, almost like burnt cereal, and your hair is slightly greasy. I recommend doing the treatment over a long weekend where you don't have any major plans. Anyhow, this kit saved me the $400, it made my damaged, chemically-treated hair soft and manageable, and my hair is easy to style, curly or straight.
For curly-haired girls out there, I highly recommend the book "Curly Girl" by Lorainne Massey. The most important point from the book: stop using shampoo. It dries your hair out and makes it frizzy. Only use conditioner. These keratin products work best if you use shampoos/conditioners that DON'T have sulfates in them (this strips the keratin off the hair shaft, making it frizzy). I promise if you only use conditioner and not shampoo, your hair will not stink from not being properly "cleansed".
To sum up, I think to get the most out of this keratin product (which I've been using for 4 mo now and get salon-quality results from it) you need to nix shampoo, use salon-quality conditioners (ones with silk or keratin proteins in them) and use a high-quality high-heat flat iron when using the product. My coarse, frizzy, unmanageable hair is now a halo of soft, gorgeous wavy ringlets that I can actually run my fingers through (I could NEVER do that with my frizzy curls...)
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