Brazil Protein Blond Vegan Conditioner (300 ml) is the rinse-out conditioner of the Blond Vegan line, printed for blond, coloured and grey hair. The front names avocado and açaí; on the list they are avocado oil, 8th, and açaí fruit extract, 5th. Apply after shampoo, wait a few minutes, rinse, or use it to detangle. The wash before it is the Blond Vegan Shampoo 300 ml.

What the ingredient list shows

The list is a conditioning base, cetearyl alcohol and behentrimonium methosulfate at 2nd and 3rd, which is what gives a rinse-out conditioner its slip on lightened lengths. The açaí extract sits 5th, then the oils: linseed 7th, avocado 8th, babassu 11th, with murumuru butter 14th. The directions say a few minutes, so the lever is yours: how long it stays in within that, and whether you comb through it.

Key ingredients

From the complete ingredient list

• Persea Gratissima Oil: avocado oil; 8th on the list.
• Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract: açaí fruit extract; 5th.
• Behentrimonium Methosulfate: the conditioning agent, 3rd.
• Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil: linseed oil, 7th.
• Orbignya Speciosa Kernel Oil: babassu oil, 11th.
• Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter: murumuru butter, 14th.

Complete list:
Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Paraffinum Liquidum, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract,
Tocopheryl Acetate, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer, Benzyl Alcohol,
Orbignya Speciosa Kernel Oil, Parfum, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Disodium EDTA,
BHT, Ethylhexylglycerin, C12-13 Alketh-23, C12-13 Alketh-3, Phenoxyethanol,
Citric Acid, Polyquaternium-7, CI 60730, Tocopherol, Sodium Benzoate,
Benzoic Acid.

What to expect

Lengths that comb through more easily after washing. That is what the bottle is for, and it is the whole of what we promise on its behalf.

Who it is for

• Blond, coloured and grey hair, as the front prints it
• The second step after the Blond Vegan Shampoo
• Hair that tangles after colour or lightening, where a detangling conditioner is the point

Who it is not for

• Clients sensitive to fragrance: parfum is 12th on the list
• Anyone wanting a leave-in: the directions say rinse
• Anyone looking for a colour result: this is a conditioner, and the colour service is a separate step

Professional tip

On bleached or very light blonde, detangle from the ends upward while the conditioner is still in. That is the moment the hair slips most under the comb, and it is the one habit we would not skip on lightened lengths. Leave it the few minutes the bottle gives, and rinse.

How to use

The bottle prints its directions in English, Dutch, Portuguese and French. Method A is the English as printed; Method B is how we would work it in the chair.

Method A: the manufacturer's directions

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 Brazilian method (salon practice)

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. After the shampoo, squeeze the water out of the lengths so the conditioner is not diluted.
2. Mid-lengths and ends first; little or none at the root.
3. Leave it for the few minutes of Method A.
4. Detangle while it is in, with a wide-tooth comb, from the ends upward.
5. Rinse thoroughly and style as usual.

Where it fits in the Brazil Protein range

In its line, this conditioner sits beside the Blond Vegan Shampoo; the two are sold together as the Blond Vegan Home Care Duo. It is also one of the three products in the BTOX Extreme Shine Salon & Home Care Kit. The other home-care lines say on their own fronts who they are for. The Supreme Repair Shampoo reads dry and chemically treated hair; the Nutrition Power Detox Conditioner reads mixed and oily hair. The Day by Day Shampoo completes the Brazil Protein home care range, and everything is on the Brazil Protein brand page.

Precautions for use

Care
Applies to: shampoo, conditioner, masks, treatments, leave-in, oils, serums, non-aerosol heat protectants and scalp care.

• For external use only, on hair and scalp, as directed.
• Avoid contact with eyes. Rinse immediately with water if contact occurs.
• Do not use on an irritated or damaged scalp, or in case of a known allergy to one of the ingredients.
• Stop and rinse out if redness, itching or irritation occurs.
• Salon sizes marked for professional use are applied by a hairdresser only.
• Keep out of reach of children. Do not swallow.
• Store closed, cool and dry, away from sunlight. After opening, use within the period shown on the pack.

Always read the label and the instructions of the product itself.