Brazil Protein BTOX Extreme Shine Salon & Home Care Kit is a beauty as well set of three Brazil Protein products. In it are the tub Extreme Shine 1 kg and the two Blond Vegan home-care bottles, Blond Vegan Shampoo 300 ml and Blond Vegan Conditioner 300 ml. The tub is a Hair Straightening Cream, as its front prints, with cysteamine as its reducer. It is left on for 10 to 50 minutes by hair type, then rinsed, dried and sealed with the iron at an average of 204 °C. The two bottles are the wash and the rinse-out step of their own line, each with its own directions.

Why these three together

Each member has one job, in its own words. The tub is the salon service: strand test, damp hair, strand by strand 1 cm off the root, the printed window, rinse, dry, iron until sealed. The shampoo is the wash of the Blond Vegan line: apply to wet hair, massage well, rinse, repeat if necessary. The conditioner is that line's rinse-out step: after washing your hair with shampoo, apply, wait a few minutes, rinse. The set keeps the three on one shelf; the order between them is each member's own.

Key ingredients: the tub

From the complete ingredient list of the tub

• Cysteamine HCl: the reducer, 4th on the list; Cysteine HCl is 20th.
• Butyrospermum Parkii Butter: shea butter, 5th.
• Hydrolyzed Corn Protein: the only protein entry, 8th.
• Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil: grape seed oil, the front's Fruit Extract device; 11th.
• Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil: pracaxi oil, 21st.

Complete list:
Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cysteamine HCl, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter,
Glycerin, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract,
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Allium Cepa Bulb Extract, Lactic Acid, Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract,
Parfum, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Diethylhexyl Maleate, Laminaria Saccharina Extract, Cysteine HCl,
Pentaclethra Macroloba Seed Oil, Dicaprylyl Maleate, Sorbitol, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid,
Acetic Acid, Malic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Eucheuma Spinosum Extract, Phenoxyethanol,
Polyquaternium-7, Tocopheryl Acetate, CI 60730, Sodium Benzoate, Hexyl Cinnamal,
Limonene, Citronellol, Hydroxycitronellal, Coumarin.

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 tub: smoother, shinier hair with less frizz after the iron. The front's own words, emolliency, moisturizing, shine and anti-frizz, are the only claims this page repeats. From the shampoo: clean hair without a stripped feel. From the conditioner: lengths that slip under the comb while it is in and feel softer after the rinse. The two bottles do not change a shade.

Who it is for

• The tub: the salon service, professional use only, as printed
• The tub: frizzy hair that should end smooth and shiny, with the time set by hair type
• The two bottles: the hair type both their fronts print, as the care a client takes home

Who it is not for

• The tub: anyone allergic to Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Citronellol, Hydroxycitronellal or Coumarin, all declared on its list; children, as printed; if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a doctor before application, as printed
• Home use of the tub: the pack prints Professional use
• 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

Professional tip

Keep the cream a clear centimetre off the scalp all the way round, especially at the hairline and nape where sections are fine. The pack forbids scalp contact, and the first centimetre is where it is easiest to slip; we section finer there and work slower, not faster.

How to use

Method A is each member's own printed directions, under its name. Method B is how we would work the tub in the chair; the two bottles follow their own labels.

Method A: the tub, as the EU label prints it

1. Perform a strand test before application.
2. With damp hair, apply the product strand by strand, 1 cm / 0.5 inches away from the root.
3. Leave it on for 10 to 50 minutes depending on your hair type.
4. Rinse, dry and flat iron thin strands until the strands are sealed at an average temperature of 204 °C / 400 °F.

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 tub, the Brazilian method (salon practice)

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. Strand test first, and read it before going on: the pack says to stop if the test strand is not as wanted.
2. Gloves on, room ventilated.
3. Wash, then towel-dry to damp.
4. Fine sections, strand by strand, 1 cm off the root, never on the scalp.
5. Time by hair type within the window in Method A: the lower end for fine, lightened or fragile hair, longer for coarse, resistant hair.
6. Rinse thoroughly, blow-dry fully.
7. Iron thin strands until sealed at the temperature in Method A, in slow, even passes; on lightened or fine hair, fewer passes rather than a hotter plate.

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 three are also sold as singles: the Extreme Shine 1 kg, the Blond Vegan Shampoo and the Blond Vegan Conditioner. The two bottles on their own are the Blond Vegan Home Care Duo. The other Salon & Home Care kits are the Mass Replenisher kit, the Bioplastia Vegan kit, the Nano Gel kit and the Bio Lamination kit. Everything is on the Brazil Protein brand page and under Brazil Protein value sets.

Precautions for use

Chemical smoothing treatments
Applies to: keratin treatments and Brazilian blow dry, protein treatments and nanoplastia, tannin smoothing (taninoplastia), hair botox and all other professional smoothing treatments and kits.

• For professional use only, by a trained hairdresser.
• Wear gloves and work in a well-ventilated room, also while blow-drying and ironing.
• Avoid contact with eyes and skin. Rinse immediately with plenty of water if contact occurs.
• Do not use on an irritated, damaged or sensitive scalp, or in case of a known allergy to one of the ingredients.
• Carry out a sensitivity test and a strand test before every treatment.
• Follow the processing time and the iron temperature given in the instructions. Do not combine the product with another chemical service without the manufacturer's advice.
• During pregnancy or breastfeeding, ask the client to consult her doctor first.
• If swallowed, rinse the mouth and seek medical advice.
• Keep out of reach of children. Keep the container tightly closed, cool and dry, away from heat sources.

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