Brazil Protein SOS Protein & Oil Trio is a beauty as well set of three Brazil Protein products. In it are the SOS Protein Mask 500 g, the SOS Protein Fluid 300 ml and the Mix Brazilian Oil 60 ml. All three fronts print Professional. The mask is the rinse-out step with a printed two-stage timing, the fluid the leave-in with silk on its list, the oil the finish for lengths and ends. Each keeps its own directions.

Why these together

Each member has one job, in its own words. The mask: after washing, length to tip, 5 to 10 minutes and rinse, or a second application for another 10 minutes, then brush and flat iron. The fluid: on clean hair strands for 10 minutes, then the mask of the line, rinse, dry and iron. The oil: a few drops in the hand, on the hair before or after brushing. The set is the backbar kit for over-processed hair, one rinse-out, one leave-in, one finishing oil, and the order between them is each member's own.

Key ingredients: the mask

From the complete ingredient list of the mask

• Cocos Nucifera Oil: coconut oil; 15th on the list.
• Tocopherol: 7th.
• Behentrimonium Methosulfate: the conditioning agent, 4th.
• Cetearyl Olivate: an olive-derived emulsifier, 9th.

Complete list:
Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol, Peg-90, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetyl Alcohol,
Cetrimonium Chloride, Tocopherol, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Cetearyl Olivate, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil,
Paraffinum Liquidum, Parfum (Fragrance), Benzyl Alcohol, Polyquaternium-39, Cocos Nucifera Oil,
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Sodium Pca, Bht,
Ethylhexylglycerin, Silk Amino Acids, Disodium Edta, Citric Acid.

Key ingredients: the fluid

From the complete ingredient list of the fluid

• Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil: coconut oil; 3rd on the list.
• Hydrolyzed Silk: a silk-derived conditioning ingredient, 8th.
• Cyclopentasiloxane: a volatile silicone, 2nd.
• Dimethicone: a silicone, 4th.

Complete list:
Aqua (Water), Cyclopentasiloxane, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Dimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone,
Benzyl Alcohol, Polyacrylamide, Hydrolyzed Silk, Laureth-7, C13-14 Isoparaffin,
Citric Acid, Disodium Edta, Dmdm Hydantoin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum (Fragrance),
Tocopherol.

What to expect

From the mask: the tub's own words, anti frizz and anti porosity action, which in the chair reads as softer, easier-to-comb hair after a chemical service. From the fluid: less frizz, the front's word, and an easier finish under the iron. From the oil: softness and shine, the carton's two words, on the ends.

Who it is for

• The mask: hair after a chemical service, lightening, colouring or a smoothing treatment, as its printed body describes its use
• The fluid: frizzy hair, as its front prints, with the mask and the iron after it
• The oil: dry or frizzy ends, before the blow-dry or after styling
• Stylists building a backbar kit who want each product's printed timing to work to

Who it is not for

• The mask: clients who avoid animal-derived ingredients (silk amino acids, 22nd on its list) or are sensitive to fragrance (12th)
• The fluid: clients sensitive to the preservative DMDM Hydantoin, 13th on its list, or who avoid animal-derived ingredients (hydrolyzed silk, 8th)
• The oil: the roots; it is a finishing oil for lengths and ends, applied in drops
• Home use: all three fronts print Professional

Professional tip

Whichever of the three goes on last, start with less. The oil is the one most often overdone: a few drops rubbed between the palms until they shine, ends first, then mid-lengths, never the roots. On fine hair too much oil weighs the lengths down and undoes the finish the mask and the iron gave.

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 mask, as printed

1. After washing your hair, apply the SOS hair mask, length to tip.
2. Leave it on for 5 to 10 minutes and rinse.
3. To intensify the result, reapply and leave to act for another 10 minutes and rinse.
4. Brush, then finish with the flat iron.

Method A: the fluid, as printed

1. Apply the SOS Fluid to clean hair strands.
2. Leave on for 10 minutes.
3. Then apply the mask of the line, for the time printed on its own pack, and rinse completely.
4. Dry, then pass the flat iron 4 to 5 times per strand. Finish as desired.

Method A: the oil, as printed

1. Spread a few drops on your hand.
2. Apply to the hair, before the brush or after it.

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

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. Wash and squeeze the water out of the lengths.
2. Apply from length to tip, section by section, and comb it through evenly.
3. Leave for the first window in Method A, then rinse.
4. On hair that has just had a chemical service, do the second application for the time in Method A, then rinse.
5. Brush out and finish with the flat iron, at the setting you use for that client's hair.

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

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. Wash, then towel-dry to damp.
2. Apply the fluid evenly, section by section, and comb it through.
3. Leave it for the time in Method A.
4. Then the SOS Protein Mask, for the time on the mask's own pack.
5. Rinse, dry, and iron each strand the number of passes in Method A, at the setting you use for that client's hair; finish as desired.

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

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. A few drops in the palm, rubbed between both hands until the palms shine.
2. Ends first, then mid-lengths; never the roots.
3. On damp hair before the brush, or on dry hair after it: both are on the pack.
4. Start with less and add a drop: on fine hair too much oil weighs the lengths down.

Where it fits in the Brazil Protein range

The three are also sold as singles: the SOS Protein Mask 500 g, the SOS Protein Fluid 300 ml and the Mix Brazilian Oil 60 ml. 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 Blond Vegan Conditioner reads blond, coloured and grey 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

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.