Brazil Protein Bio Lamination Home Care Duo is a beauty as well set of two Brazil Protein products: the Bio Lamination Shampoo 300 ml and the Bio Lamination Conditioner Mask 300 ml. Both are marked Professional and both fronts print BABAÇU OIL + COCOA NUT OIL. The shampoo is the wash, the mask the rinse-out step its own sticker calls the conditioner, and each keeps its own directions.

Why these together

Each member has one job, in its own words. The shampoo is the wash: apply to wet hair, massage well, rinse without residue, repeat if necessary. The mask is the rinse-out step; its sticker says after washing your hair with shampoo, apply, wait a few minutes, rinse, or use it to detangle. The set is the pair a client takes home after the line's salon service, the Bio Lamination 1000 ml, without the tub.

Key ingredients: the shampoo

From the complete ingredient list of the shampoo

• Cocos Nucifera Oil: coconut oil, the front's COCOA NUT OIL; 7th on the list.
• Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil: babassu oil, the front's BABAÇU OIL; 8th.
• Sodium Laureth Sulfate: the main cleansing agent, 2nd.
• Cocamidopropyl Betaine: a cleansing agent, 3rd.

Complete list:
Aqua (Water), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Palm Kernelamide Dea,
Glycol Distearate, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Parfum (Fragrance), Peg-12 Dimethicone,
Polyquaternium-7, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Acrylates Copolymer, Citric Acid, Disodium Edta,
Methylchloroisothiazolinone And Methylisothiazolinone.

What to expect

From the shampoo: hair that rinses clean of styling product, with no residue. From the mask: lengths that detangle while it is in and feel softer after the rinse. Bio Lamination is the line's name; neither bottle is the salon service, and the page does not describe either as continuing it.

Who it is for

• Clients taking the Bio Lamination pair home after the salon service
• Hair that tangles after washing, where the mask's detangling step is the point
• Salons that want the wash and the rinse-out step of the line on one shelf

Who it is not for

• The shampoo: clients who avoid sulfate surfactants (sodium laureth sulfate is 2nd on its list) or are sensitive to the MCI/MI pair (16th) or to fragrance (9th)
• The mask: anyone wanting a leave-in, since the sticker says rinse; its list is not shown here until its version is settled
• Anyone looking for the salon treatment itself: that is the tub, a separate service

Professional tip

Apply the mask section by section, not in one handful, so the ends get as much as the outside layer. A rinse-out step that only coats the surface comes out patchy under the comb, and that is the fault we see most on thick lengths; the shampoo before it needs no such care.

How to use

Method A is each member's own printed directions, under its name. Method B is how we would work each one at the basin.

Method A: the shampoo, as printed

1. Apply shampoo to wet hair.
2. Massage well and rinse without leaving any residue.
3. Repeat the operation if necessary.

Method A: the mask, as printed

1. After washing your hair with shampoo, apply the conditioner.
2. Wait a few minutes and rinse.
3. If you prefer, use it to detangle your hair, rinse thoroughly and style as usual.

Method B: the shampoo, the Brazilian method (salon practice)

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. Wet the hair thoroughly before the shampoo goes on.
2. Emulsify in the hands, work it into the roots with the fingertips, and let the lather run through the lengths when you rinse rather than scrubbing the ends.
3. Rinse until nothing is left.
4. A second wash only if the first did not lather: heavy styling product, oily roots.
5. Follow with the mask of the same pair on the lengths.

Method B: the mask, the Brazilian method (salon practice)

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. After the shampoo, squeeze the water out of the lengths.
2. Mid-lengths and ends first, little or nothing at the root.
3. Leave it for the few minutes in Method A.
4. Detangle while it is in, with a wide-tooth comb, ends first.
5. Rinse thoroughly and style as usual.

Where it fits in the Brazil Protein range

The two are also sold as singles: the Bio Lamination Shampoo 300 ml and the Bio Lamination Conditioner Mask 300 ml. Both bottles are also in the BTOX Mass Replenisher Salon & Home Care Kit and the Bio Lamination Salon & Home Care Kit, each with its tub. The other home-care duos are the Supreme Repair Home Care Duo and Nutrition Power Home Care Duo, and the Blond Vegan Home Care Duo and Day by Day Home Care Duo. Everything is on the Brazil Protein brand page and under Brazil Protein value sets.