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Holy Moly, I am in love with this stuff. I do have a couple of quick edits I need to make to my previous post first though.When you use the pre-treatment shampoo, you are supposed to leave it in for 2 minutes before you rinse it out. I forgot about that until I was rinsing it out but luckily I squeezed enough out to get some lathered up and left that in there for two minutes.My next reading FAIL was when the treatment goes on. I originally said you put it on and let it sit for 30 minutes and by that time it should be 80% dry. WRONG-O. After you shampoo your hair, you let it air dry until it is about 80% dry and THEN you apply the treatment. I really need two brains sometimes. I left half of mine somewhere along the way.

The pictures below are after the 48 hour waiting period. I did everything by the box and it really was simple but if you're going to do it I suggest you find someone to help you. It's not easy to get the back part of your hair and you want it to be as smooth as the front. You're dealing with high heat so it gets kinda humid in there and your arms get tired. You're supposed to sweep each section 6-7 times. That makes for some sore arms. After you get the treatment in, let it dry for 30 minutes and blow dry it straight with a brush you're going to flat iron it with a temp of at least 400 degrees.

Make sure you follow the directions that say do not over saturate because your hair is going to feel kind of thick and weird for a couple of days if you don't. The treatment itself has a fairly strong smell and the box recommends you use a well ventilated room. I do too. It's not a gross smell, it's just strong. Very coconut tanning oil-ish. After you are finished with the flat ironing, do nothing. No ponytails, clippies, buns...none of it. If your hair gets some kinks from sleeping you can run your flat iron back over it but nothing else.

48 hours later, shampoo your hair (sulfate and sodium free products are highly recommended. I have to use dandruff shampoo though so I just used s&s free conditioner) and condition like normal. When you get out of the shower, just as a test on your own. Let your hair air dry. See how it looks now. The pictures below are my hair after the treatment; air dried. I used my blow dryer a little bit at the end because I was going to bed and I didn't want it to get all kinked up while I slept but I was absolutely amazed. My hair is straight and I don't even have to flat iron it. After my second shampoo it feels a little rough so I think I'm going to grab a s&s free shampoo to alternate between my dandruff shampoos and see how that goes.

Either way. I love it. Those first 48 hours stink, literally. Your hair kind of smells like your body does when you get out of a tanning bed. Or if you have tanning lotion you leave in your glove box and it melts. Kind of burnt coconut, I guess. In my opinion, it is so very worth it.




Before, my hair was just this wild un-tameable beast and now I can roll out of bed and not have to worry about it sticking up everywhere. I can guarantee I will be buying this product again and again. I'll probably even splurge on the shampoo and conditioner they make to specifically go with this treatment.

If your hair is anything like mine, or even if you just want more shine and less work in the morning PICK THIS UP. It was $14.99 at Meijer. I know Meijer is only in a few states but it is made by the Organix brand so I am sure there are other stores that carry this line. $14.99 for 30 days of worry free hair? Hell yeah, I'm in.

I'm going to do a pic post a week in, 2 weeks in, 3 weeks in and then on my 30th day. :) Stay posted!

Here's one more pic of the actual product if you want to look it up.


Just so you know. I bought this with my own money and will continue to. I have no sponsors. Anything you see me blog about I bought with my own money unless I specifically say otherwise.

Today while I was wandering around Meijer I found Organix Brazilian Keratin Therapy (OBKT for my sanity) in the hair product aisle. I've been reading about Brazilian treatments but I didn't know of any salons in this area that did them, I wasn't sure I would be able to afford them and then the formaldehyde scandal hit and I decided NO WAY.

According to the packaging OBKT 30 day smoothing treatment is "An exclusive, high potency, keratin complex which reduces up to 95% of curl and eliminates frizz by penetrating the cuticle with keratin proteins." The OBKT box also says that it is certified formaldehyde free, so I'm going to give it a go.

It looks like a simple but long process. First you shampoo with the included shampoo (I'm thinking it's a clarifying shampoo. It says if you have very curly hair to shampoo twice with it). Do NOT condition afterward as it can prevent the product from penetrating the cuticle. Now you apply the product to two inch sections, avoiding the scalp and not over saturating the strands. And then you wait. 30 minutes of waiting. The instructions say your hair should be about 80% dry by this time but my hair holds water like crazy. It's not unheard of for it to stay wet for hours. Don't rinse the product out, just go ahead and blow dry your hair (use a brush, not just your hands) until completely dry and as straight as you can get it. Turn your flat iron on so it can be heating up.

You want your flat iron at high heat (400+). OBKT says it has ingredients to protect your hair from being scorched by such a high heat.

Leave the product in your hair for 48 hours. No ponytails, no clips. Don't tuck it behind your ears or do anything that might put a kink in it. This is going to be the hard part for me because I hate my hair in my face! I guess it's good that it's supposed to be pretty stormy this weekend so I most likely won't be going anywhere.

I have some pictures that I will post from a couple of weeks ago when I took some pictures of my hair after I had let it air dry without putting anything in it so you can see how curly/frizzy my hair was.

I guess we'll see how it goes! I'm pretty sure I've done worse to my hair :)

I want to color my hair. I was on a kick for a while where I decided I was going to go back to my natural color and just forget about coloring it. Now I'm bored and I want something new. I saw kits in Walgreen's to go green and some other colors and now I want to go black with some funky colors in it. Except I know it will tear my hair up.

So maybe just black? Maybe just some highlights? Not from school, they don't know what they're doing and I can't do them on myself. Blah. I just need a change, big time!

A few things I've bought in the last couple of days. Walgreens has some Rimmel products for 50% off and their Sinful Colors polishes are always inexpensive so I bought some :) I also bought some TreSemme dry shampoo. I'm hoping I can make a shampoo last more than one day. My hair is oily and it hates me! At Target the other day I got a Sonia Kashuk highlighting brush hoping to be able to use it for foundation but I wasn't very happy with the results. May have to keep looking on that end. I also bought a neutral (for my skin tone) lip liner since all I seem to have is reds and burgundy. I need to invest in a few more of those. As soon as I find some lipsticks that don't make me look like a goth wannabe, a hooker, or a little girl playing in mommy's makeup. Wish me luck on that one!

Jump for pics :)

Here are some new pics of my hair. Blow Dry Perfector is supposed to last through 7 shampoos and BzzAgent asked for pictures of your hair 4 shampoos in. I thought I would post them here too :) I'll also be posting some after the 7 shampoos.

Whoa, that title is a mouthful!

A couple of weeks ago I got a notification from BzzAgent for the Garnier Fructis Style Sleek and Shine Blow Dry Perfector (Firefox keeps telling me that's spelled wrong but that's what the box says!) and I immediately signed up. I HATE blow drying my hair. It's thick, frizzy, coarse, color treated and downright stubborn. Every person who has ever cut or styled my hair comments on how thick it is. When my hair was longer it could take up to 30 minutes just to get it most of the way dry. So when a product comes along with claims like "Tames Frizz; Stays Smooth & Shiny; Easier, Faster Blow Dries" I'm all over it.