Lets start with what is a keratin treatment?
A keratin treatment is a chemical process that smooths and shines frizzy hair. Results can last up to six months if using the proper aftercare products. There are many different versions of the treatment that go by different names (Brazilian Blowout, Cezanne, Goldwell Kerasilk) and your hairstylist can customize a blend of the formula to suit your needs.
Other brand’s of hair keratin are dangerous as the treatment release formaldehyde when heated (more on that later), but all of our cocochoco products are formaldehyde-free. keratin treatments dive into the hair follicle and inject porous areas with keratin, an essential hair protein. Your hair will appear healthier, because it actually is.
How long does it take ?
“The length of time it takes to do a keratin treatment depends on the what product the stylist is using, as well as your hair texture, and how long/thick your hair is ” say’s Melanie. Expect your salon visit to last anywhere from two to four hours. When you arrive, your hairstylist will first wash your hair. Then, the hairstylist will either apply the keratin treatment to your wet hair and let the formula saturate each strand for about half an hour, or the hairstylist will blow-dry your hair first and then apply the treatment — again, it all depends on your hairstylist and your hair needs. “Finally, I go over any coarse strands with a flat iron on low to medium heat depending where the treatment needs to be sealed in,” Mel says, and then you’re done!
Is it different from a chemical relaxer?
Absolutely. While keratin treatments are temporary and wash out after a few months, straightening chemical relaxers are permanent.
The two treatments also use different ingredients that produce different results. Using a main ingredient of sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, or guanidine hydroxide, chemical relaxers break and restructure the bonds in curly hair so that the hair becomes weaker and straight.
Instead of altering the chemical composition of your hair, keratin treatments actually inject the porous parts of your hair with protein, so that it feels smoother. After a few months, this washes out. Some treatments may contain a solution that releases formaldehyde when exposed to heat (there are also many new formaldehyde-free options).
Types Of Keratin Treatments Offered By Cocochoco
COCOCHOCO Original Brazilian Keratin Hair Treatment is an advanced process that provide your hair
with healthy shiny and silky look. The application is based on Keratin which is the primary protein of skin, hair and nails. Keratin is a natural substance that gives your hair the ability to return to improves texture, condition and helps maintain hair’s elasticity by hydrating dry hair from the inside.
COCOCHOCO Gold Hair Treatment is a premium hair treatment whose advanced, keratin-based process will give your hair a smooth, straight, and glossy look. helps your hair revert back to its original healthy-looking state without the need to be conditioned continuously. Liquid 24k gold reduces static electricity in your hair and reduces hair water absorption, protecting it from humidity, salt water, and rain.
COCOCHOCO Pure is a limited edition, specially formulated for bright hair. Gives your hair additional softness and gleam, which will last longer.
Cocochoco pure enriched with unadulterated keratin protein, is specially formulated to repair extremely damaged hair. Clean and unadulterated ingredients like pure mineral silicone and neutral water ensure the Keratin permeates your hair follicles and repairs hair structure and rebuilds hair layers. Pure ingredients also ensure there’s no vapour during ironing.
COCOCHOCO Brazilian Keratin Hair Treatment is a unique and enhanced process, which can transform your dull or damaged hair into shiny, straight, smooth and glossy hair. As mentioned earlier, the treatment is predominantly keratin-based (the main protein in hair, nails and skin). Keratin is natural nutrient source and renders your hair with the capability to revert to its original shiny, healthy, conditioned and smooth state. COCOCHOCO Brazilian Keratin Hair Treatment ensures your hair becomes straight, without altering its texture. You can use this treatment for any hair type – virgin or treated hair (permed, colored, highlighted, bleached and relaxed). Applying this takes 1.5 – 3 hours, depending on your hair thickness and length.
Can I do this at home?
Technically yes, but don’t expect salon-results. You’ll first need to do a bit of research and buy the all the right products.
Many other treatments contain the word “keratin,” but that doesn’t automatically make them “keratin treatments.” All hair is made up of “keratin proteins,” so keratin-named products aren’t rare. To get the best experience at home, look at the products’s ingredient list.
A lot of smoothing treatments are actually intense silicone and conditioning treatments. After that, look at the instructions. Do they provide extensive instructions on how to wash, dry, and straighten your hair? If not, you probably have a standard conditioning product, and not a keratin treatment. And even if you buy an actual keratin treatment, your results won’t last as long as the salon version. Where a salon treatment can last for several months, at-home versions tend to wash out after a few weeks.
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Is it safe?
Yes our cocochoco products are 100% Formaldehyde free, It’s much better to seek formaldehyde-free treatments. Cocochoco’s range of hair keratin treatments are just as effective and long-lasting as the formaldehyde formulas, but they are much safer the only down side is they last up to 3 months instead of 6 .
