Brazil Protein Blond Vegan Home Care Duo is a beauty as well set of two Brazil Protein products: the Blond Vegan Shampoo 300 ml and the Blond Vegan Conditioner 300 ml. Both fronts print the same hair type, blond, coloured and grey, and name avocado and açaí; both lists carry avocado oil and açaí fruit extract. The shampoo is the wash, the conditioner the rinse-out step, 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, repeat if necessary. The conditioner is the rinse-out step; its directions say after washing your hair with shampoo, apply, wait a few minutes, rinse, or use it to detangle. The set keeps the wash station and the retail shelf on one line, for the colourist whose clients leave with lightened lengths that tangle.

Key ingredients: the shampoo

From the complete ingredient list of the shampoo

• Persea Gratissima Oil: avocado oil, named on the front; 8th on the list.
• Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract: açaí fruit extract, the front's açaí; 7th.
• Sodium Laureth Sulfate: the main cleansing agent, 2nd.
• Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil: linseed oil, 6th.

Complete list:
Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Dimethyl Lauramide/Myristamide, Lactic Acid, PEG-12 Dimethicone,
Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Persea Gratissima Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine,
Glycol Distearate, Parfum, Sodium Chloride, Orbignya Speciosa Kernel Oil, Behenamidopropyl Dimethylamine Lactate,
Corylus Avellana Leaf Extract, Ceteth-10, Polysorbate 20, Polyquaternium-22, Cocamide MEA,
Acetamide MEA, Polyquaternium-47, Aspartic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter,
Ethylhexylglycerin, PEG-8, Glycerin, Chlorphenesin, Polyquaternium-7,
Citric Acid, CI 60730, Bronopol, Sodium Benzoate, Tocopherol,
Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone.

Key ingredients: the conditioner

From the complete ingredient list of the conditioner

• 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.

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

From the shampoo: clean hair without a stripped feel, and roots that are easy to work. From the conditioner: lengths that slip under the comb while it is in, and feel softer after the rinse. The fronts' own words, the hair type and the two named plants, are the only claims this page repeats: there is no colour result in either bottle.

Who it is for

• The hair type on both fronts, and no other
• Hair that tangles after colour or lightening, where the conditioner's detangling step is the point
• Colourists who want the wash and the rinse-out step on one line for retail

Who it is not for

• The shampoo: clients sensitive to Bronopol (33rd on its list) or to the MCI/MI pair (36th); clients who avoid sulfate surfactants or sodium chloride (2nd and 13th)
• The conditioner: clients sensitive to fragrance, 12th on its list; anyone wanting a leave-in, since the directions say rinse
• Anyone looking for a colour result from either bottle: the colour service is a separate step

Professional tip

Lather at the roots, comb at the ends. The shampoo stays where the hair is strongest and the conditioner does its work from the ends upward while it is still in. On a client fresh from the lightener, that split is the whole method, and we would teach it before either bottle.

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 conditioner, 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 with lukewarm water rather than hot.
2. Lather at the roots with the fingertips, not the nails, and let the rinse carry the foam through the lengths.
3. Rinse until nothing is left. A second wash only if the first did not lather or clean, as the label allows.
4. Follow with the conditioner of the same line on the lengths.

Method B: the conditioner, 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

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

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.