Owners of naughty curls often dream of taming them, and radically. But not all hair straightening methods give a lasting effect. To preserve the result for several months, the most suitable option is to use keratin-based products. Manufacturers today offer all kinds of compositions for smoothing wavy curls.
Features
With the help of special shampoos, masks, balms, oils and much more, you can achieve a significant improvement in the quality and appearance of hair. Among such a variety, each curly beauty will find the very miracle remedy that is suitable specifically for her hair.
Products designed to smooth the structure of curly strands are professional and designed for independent use at home. This fact must be taken into account when choosing a composition for straightening your curls.
The most difficult thing is to use liquid keratin on your own. It is important to apply it qualitatively along the entire length of the strands and then smooth it out with a hot iron. It is better to entrust this process to an experienced master. Especially if the preference is given to an expensive professional drug.
According to experts, in order to achieve the greatest effectiveness, it is advisable to use not one drug, but a whole set of a certain brand. For example, like TM KeraFill. The complex includes special shampoos, working compounds and softening conditioner. Keratin preparations suitable for use at home are convenient in texture, volume and other criteria.
Varieties
Keratin hair straighteners are expensive products. And the recovery procedure itself is long and laborious.Therefore, it is most often carried out in salons by experienced craftsmen. Professional products not only smooth hair, but also restore it, returning it shine, smoothness and the desired level of hydration. The composition of straightening complexes for professional use often includes amino acids, vitamins, proteins of silk, wheat and more.
Popular remedies also with natural oils: olives, almonds, coconut and others. Contrary to stereotypes, they do not make strands heavier and not just help smooth them, but restore the structure along its entire length. Keratin products for home treatments are attractive at an affordable price with high quality and effectiveness. Means with keratin for home care are different in appearance and composition.
Serum
It differs in a more fluid and lighter consistency unlike shampoos, thick masks and balms. The product is easily applied along the length of the hair and fills all damage and voids in its structure, preventing a further section of the ends.
Regular use of serum helps maintain smoothness of the hair, makes it obedient in styling and healthy in appearance. The softness and density of curls pleases after a single use of the product.
Thermal spray
A cosmetic product with protection of hair from high temperatures for their nutrition, smoothing and moisturizing. Organic substances in its composition as quickly as possible return the curls shine and silkiness.
Thanks to the spray, the composition is very easy to apply to the hair in the right dosage. At the same time, there is no weighting inherent in straightening balms and products with a dense texture. It is advisable to apply the spray along the entire length on wet strands, and then blow dry with a hairdryer, pulling them with a brush or using an iron.
Balm
It is similar in principle to a mask, but has its own characteristics - it is applied for a shorter time. After rinsing with curls, leaves a thin protective film on them that prevents dry hair. Gives them softness and radiance.
Shampoo
A professional, potent creamy cream rich in liquid keratin. Excellent support for injured hair on the road to recovery. Suitable for healthy hair, which wants to give more smoothness and strength. In this case, the shampoo is used once every 10 days. Due to the liquid consistency of keratin, it is easier for substances to penetrate into the hair and demonstrate a lasting and lasting result.
In addition to keratin shampoo, lovers of smooth hairstyles appreciate sulfate-free detergents. They very carefully affect the hair, because instead of harmful substances usually contain extracts from oats, coconut and avocado extracts.
Gel
Similar to shampoo in action and consistency. Provides healthy hair gloss and luxurious shimmer. The convenient texture allows you to easily apply the composition to the strands, enveloping each hair.
Cream
Keratin cream is suitable for smoothing even the most capricious hair. Used in many systems (for example, the Ollin Keratin System). Delicately levels hair structure for up to 3 months. It does not contain formaldehyde and other chemically active components, but it is saturated with useful substances such as hydrolyzed keratin, D-panthenol and others.
Thanks to the heat-shielding property, it maintains a moisture balance in the hair from the inside. Restores radiance and elasticity of hair, seals the cuticle and split ends.
Butter
It is used at the final stage of creating perfectly smooth, flowing curls. Despite the oily structure, it is incredibly light and perfectly covers the hair. It is not recommended to apply on the basal area. It is applied to dried combed hair, previously washed with shampoo with keratin. For a better result, the treated hair is placed under a PVC cap for half an hour. After each lock is pulled out with an iron.
Hair is gradually restored and transformed from brittle and dull to elastic and radiant. The production of hair straightening oils is carried out by domestic and foreign companies. To obtain the desired effect, you must adhere to the instructions indicated on the bottle with the product. Some compounds are applied along the entire length, but there are those that process only the tips. The same can be said about whether to wash off the oil from the hair after treatment or not. The manufacturer's recommendations will tell you how to proceed in order to get the most out of the procedure.
Top Professional Tools
Cadiveu professional
Cadiveu Professional is one of the best-selling brands specializing in the production of smoothness and beauty hairstyles. Cadiveu offers a professional complex based on liquid keratin - "Brasil Cacau". The tool is supplied in a volume of 0, 5 liters and 0.98 liters. The manufacturer made sure that it fits hair with any structure. Each set contains three bottles: shampoo for deep cleaning, working composition and mask. To inform customers attached instructions. Which set to purchase, each consumer decides independently. A smaller volume is beneficial in price, a larger one in terms of the number of procedures. The hairstyle looks gorgeous immediately after the procedure. It is permissible on the same day to wash your hair, style and pin hair, without worrying about the appearance of creases on them.
Hair gets the necessary hydration and nourishment, their color is noticeably revived. The pigment is washed out much more slowly than on unprocessed keratin hair. When styling, the hairstyle does not actually need a hair dryer. If desired, and for the benefit of the hair, you can let them rest from the hot effects of this device. Proper care after the procedure will provide tresses of silk for a period of up to six months. This is a considerable period, which cannot but impress. After all, keratin alignment is an expensive and lengthy procedure. Often repeating such manipulations is unprofitable and inconvenient.
HonmaTokyo
Brazilian TM comes from Japan. It has been on the market since 2008. Foreign manufacturers are attentive to working with curls of any structure. Based on this, they developed a wide line of keratin.
"Coffee premium all liss"
A suitable composition for straightening hard hair of the Caucasian type and African structure. Bottles with a three-phase complex of 1 liter are offered at a price of approximately 13,850 rubles.
"Plastica capilar"
Basic compositions for hair of various types. In addition to a cleansing shampoo, the set offers a working composition with different components to choose from: menthol, passion fruit, pitanga, acai and a finalizer. The cost ranges from 8300 rubles.
"Escova de melaleuca"
Means with keratin for light or gray hair. Similar in composition to the previous person involved in the list. The cost is more affordable - 11,800 rubles. It is saturated with amino acids and moisturizes hair well, saturating them with protein.
There is no formaldehyde in any HonmaTokyo product. To wash hair after keratin formulations of this manufacturer, it is not necessary to use sulfate-free shampoos.
"Biyouh liss"
A product with an absolutely organic composition, allowing the procedure to be carried out even on the hair of pregnant women. Cost - 13,950 rubles for a system that can be used on hair of different structures. It is allowed to lay and stain them soon after the procedure. The result is saved up to six months.
"Cocochoco"
Favorite and recognized by many products, successfully competing in the Russian market with Cadiveu. The Israeli brand is represented by keratin systems for straightening strands and a set of products for the subsequent care of them at home. CocoChoco is available for purchase in two professional formulations: Original and Pure, packaged in 1 liter and 250 ml bottles. It is profitable to buy a larger volume for the amount of 6000 rubles, but a bottle of 250 ml for 2000 rubles is more affordable.
The choice of this brand is very affordable price. The promised result lasts almost 4 months with Original and a month longer with Pure with proper care and washing with sulfate-free shampoo. In fact, the effect is most noticeable only in the first couple of months after the procedure. It is necessary to refrain from washing your hair, styling and fixing accessories for hair for 72 hours after the procedure.
Staining is best planned a week later.
Inoar
A well-known Brazilian brand with 20 years of experience in the production of means for smoothing curls. Available in Russia since 2013. The keratin line is represented by professional compounds and those designed for home care. "Moroccan Hair Keratin" - a complex with shampoo and smoothing agent. The cost varies between 8300-8500 rubles. The manufacturer insists that the healing effect lasts up to 4 months.
"G-hairKeratin" - all the same components plus a mask. Innovative development with enhanced formula. The price of the system is 9300-9500 rubles. The claimed effect is up to 5 months. Be sure to use in the hands of a professional.
Folk remedies as an analogue of keratin
If the master’s keratin straightening is not available for some reason or there is no way to carry out a home procedure, you can refer to folk recipes. Among the most popular means of the people are gelatin, vinegar and starch-honey masks.
Vinegar
- pour 2 tbsp in a bowl tablespoons of apple cider vinegar;
- add the same amount of any oil there (olive, sunflower or any other);
- pour 100 ml of warm water and mix the components thoroughly;
- apply the mixture for 30 minutes hair, covering the head with a film;
- thoroughly rinse off the mask with warm water using shampoo.
It is recommended to use the mask 1-2 times a week for a month. Then it will be possible to evaluate the result, which promises smooth and straight hair, as if after straightening with keratin.
Mask of starch and honey
- add to the bowl 2 tbsp. spoons of sour cream;
- pour there 1 tbsp. spoon of honey and introduce 1 yolk of chicken egg;
- while stirring, gradually pour in milk (50 ml);
- place the bowl in a water bath and stir until the mixture thickens;
- apply the finished mixture to the hair and cover it first with a film, and over with a terry towel;
- to withstand the mask on the hair for 40 minutes and rinse with warm water and shampoo.
It is recommended to carry out such a procedure once a week.
Gelatin mask
- in 3 tbsp. tablespoons of hot water dilute 1 tbsp. l gelatin;
- add 1 teaspoon of any shampoo (balm / mask) to the hair.
This amount of ingredients is enough for medium hair. For long curls, the proportions increase.
The optimal amount can be determined individually after the trial procedure.
How to choose?
The range of tools to give the strands smoothness and shine is extensive. Therefore, it is not easy to immediately choose something specific for the implementation of keratin alignment with a therapeutic effect. But just a few existing criteria can help make the right choice and get the best results.
- You need to purchase a tool only from a well-known manufacturer and exclusively at a specialized point. Since the modern market for products for the beauty and health of hair is rich in many brands that produce useless, and sometimes even harmful, curls. Do not buy hair systems in online stores with a dubious reputation, even at the best cost. Fakes of famous brands are often sold on the Internet. Using a surrogate on your hair will entail not just a waste of money, but also deprive your hair of health.
- Shelf life of the product. It is important to ensure that it is not fixed or interrupted. No need to buy funds for straightening through social networks. Check the expiration date of such a product is unrealistic. As well as making sure that the product is of proper quality, and not replaced by a cheap hair mask from an ordinary hypermarket.It is important to understand that a quality salon product will not be sold cheaply. You should not buy a system cheaper than 1000 rubles. With 100% probability it will be a fake.
- To study the composition of the tool. It should contain as many useful and valuable components as possible, which, in addition to the smoothing effect, will have a restorative effect.
Caring for hair these days is simple and pleasant. Allow yourself the luxury of owning a chic hairstyle with amazing radiance and smoothness.
In the next video, you will find instructions for performing keratin hair straightening on the composition of Inoar G-hair Keratin.