Brazil Protein Supreme Repair Home Care Duo is a beauty as well set of two Brazil Protein products: the Supreme Repair Shampoo 300 ml and the Supreme Repair Moisturizing Cream 250 g. Each front prints the same hair line and the same two actives, and both actives are on each list. The shampoo is the wash, the cream the conditioning 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 cream is the conditioning step; its tub calls it the conditioner and says after washing your hair with shampoo, apply the conditioner, wait a few minutes and rinse. The set keeps the two on one shelf, for the client who takes both home after a colour or a chemical service.

Key ingredients: the shampoo

From the complete ingredient list of the shampoo

• Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil: castor oil; 12th on the list.
• Tocopherol: vitamin E; 10th.
• Disodium Laureth-Sulfosuccinate: the main cleansing agent, 2nd.
• Hydrolyzed Silk: a silk-derived conditioning ingredient, 6th.

Complete list:
Aqua (Water), Disodium Laureth-Sulfosuccinate, Cocamide Dea, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycol Distearate,
Hydrolyzed Silk, Panthenol, Parfum (Fragrance), Propylene Glycol, Tocopherol,
Hydroxyethylcellulose, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Rosa Rubiginosa Seed Oil, Disodium Edta, Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone.

Key ingredients: the cream

From the complete ingredient list of the cream

• Ricinus Communis Seed Oil: castor oil; 8th on the list.
• Tocopheryl Acetate: vitamin E ester; 5th. Tocopherol follows at 23rd.
• Behentrimonium Methosulfate: the conditioning agent, 3rd.
• Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil: linseed oil, 6th.

Complete list:
Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Paraffinum Liquidum, Tocopheryl Acetate,
Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Ricinus Communis Seed 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, Tocopherol, Sodium Benzoate, Benzoic Acid,
Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool.

What to expect

From the shampoo: clean hair, ready for the conditioning step. From the cream: softer lengths that comb through easily after washing. We would not promise more on either's behalf.

Who it is for

• The hair line both fronts print, word for word the same on the shampoo and the cream
• The client who takes both steps home after a colour or a chemical service
• Salons that stock the wash and the conditioning step by the set

Who it is not for

• The shampoo: clients sensitive to methylchloroisothiazolinone or methylisothiazolinone, 15th on its list, or to fragrance, 8th; the silk entry is 6th
• The cream: clients sensitive to hexyl cinnamal or linalool, declared at the end of its list
• Anyone expecting a repair treatment: Supreme Repair is the line name, and the chemical service is a separate step

Professional tip

For the cream, the cue is the hair, not the clock: when the lengths feel slippery under the comb, it has done its work, so rinse. For the shampoo, lather at the roots and let the rinse clean the lengths. Those two habits are what we would send home with the duo.

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.

The bottle's original printed directions read: 'With wet hair, apply the Supreme Repair Shampoo until you thoroughly clean the strands. Rinse and repeat the application if necessary.'

Method A: the cream, as printed

1. After washing your hair with shampoo, apply the conditioner, wait a few minutes and rinse.
2. If you prefer, use it to untangle your hair, rinse completely 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: treated hair does not need the heat.
2. Lather at the roots 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 clean, as the label allows.
4. Follow with the cream of the same line on the lengths.

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

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. After the shampoo of the line, squeeze the water out of the lengths.
2. Take a walnut-sized amount from the tub with clean, dry fingers: water in the tub shortens its life.
3. Mid-lengths and ends, section by section on thick hair.
4. Leave it the few minutes of Method A.
5. Detangle while it is in, with a wide-tooth comb from the ends upward; then rinse completely and style as usual.

Where it fits in the Brazil Protein range

The two are also sold as singles: the Supreme Repair Shampoo 300 ml and the Supreme Repair Moisturizing Cream 250 g. The other home-care duos are the Nutrition Power Home Care Duo and Blond Vegan 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.