Lovely Ladies and Gents,

As promised, here is a little bit of info regarding various protein types and how it affects your hair. Hair itself is made up of protein, specifically keratin. Your nails are also made of the same protein. Deficiency in protein can cause hair to lose its elasticity and strength, and processes like relaxers and heat styling can cause a loss of protein in the hair.

People use protein treatments to improve the strength of the hair and the elasticity. Elasticity is important because that dictates how far your can stretch the hair out of its coil or curl before it snaps. If it is brittle and weak you will not be able to stretch it far or brush or comb your hair much before it snaps off, leaving you with split ends and loss of length.

As it is, natural blakc hair tends to be very dry, sometimes brittle and often fragile. Once again, intensive chemical services cause their hair to be even more weak. By using protein treatments or protein conditioners one can improve the state of their hair. BE SURE TO CONDITION PROPERLY AFTERWARD, ACTUALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND DEEP CONDITION AFTER A MASSIVE PROTEIN TREATMENT. If you are doing something short like the aPHogee 2-minute Keratin Reconstructor, you only need to condition after ward and let the conditioner stay on your hair for maybe 5 minutes or more


Also please know that each protein has a different affect on your hair, here are some examples:

Silk Protein - Silk is the strongest natural fibers and has very small molecules that can penetrate the hair shaft. It is excellent for deep conditioning as it's known to soften the hair.