Anti-Frizz Conditioner 300ml - Cadiveu Brasil Cacau is the sealing second step of the Brasil Cacau home routine: the rich conditioner you reach for straight after the Anti-Frizz Shampoo to close the cuticle, put slip back and keep a Brazilian smoothing soft between services. It works cocoa seed butter, keratin and D-Panthenol into the fibre behind a cationic conditioning base, so the hair comes out smooth, shiny and easy to comb without weighing down the result. It is the professional back-bar and take-home conditioner for smoothed hair, in a 300ml bottle. For professional use.

Why the Anti-Frizz Conditioner

A shampoo cleans the hair, but it is the conditioner that closes the job: a Brazilian smoothing looks its best when the cuticle is sealed and the fibre is soft rather than left rough and porous after the wash. This is the second step built for that. Behind a cationic conditioning base it carries cocoa seed butter, hydrolyzed keratin and D-Panthenol, with silicones for slip, so it smooths the cuticle, detangles the lengths and leaves the surface even and shiny. It is the daily partner to the Anti-Frizz Shampoo, the two-step home routine that holds a smoothing between salon visits, and it pairs the same way with the Sulfate-Free Anti-Frizz Shampoo for anyone on a sulfate-free wash. Used at every wash, it is what keeps the ends soft and the frizz down as the weeks pass.

Key Ingredients

The conditioning base is cationic (Cetrimonium Chloride on a Cetearyl Alcohol body), the chemistry that lets a conditioner cling to the fibre and lay the cuticle flat. Working with it, Theobroma Cacao seed butter adds emollience and softness, hydrolyzed keratin and D-Panthenol condition the fibre, and silicones (Dimethicone, Amodimethicone) with a rich emollient base give the slip that makes smoothed hair easy to comb and quick to dry. Because it carries silicones and rich oils it is a sealing, weighty conditioner rather than a light rinse, and it is not vegan because of the hydrolyzed keratin. There is no smoothing active here: the conditioner maintains and seals the result, it does not straighten the hair.

What to Expect

The hair comes out soft, shiny and easy to comb, the frizz still under control and the surface sealed rather than left rough by the wash. Wet-combing is easier straight away, and once dry the lengths feel smooth and look polished, with the smoothing reading fresh rather than faded. Because it seals slip back into the fibre, it also makes the hair quicker to blow-dry and smoother to style, so the salon result carries over at home. Over the weeks between services, using it at every wash behind the shampoo is what keeps the ends conditioned and the frizz down, especially followed by a finishing serum.

Who It Is For

• Clients maintaining a Brazilian smoothing who want a sealing, detangling conditioner to pair with their shampoo
• Coarse, thick or dry smoothed hair that wants a richer, weightier conditioner
• Salons that want a back-bar and take-home conditioner to sell alongside the service and the shampoo

Who It Is Not For

• A client who wants a silicone-free or oil-free formula, since this is a rich, sealing conditioner
• Fine hair that goes limp under a heavy conditioner, unless it is kept to the ends and rinsed well
• Hair a client just runs a wide-tooth comb through and leaves to air-dry

Professional tip: after rinsing the shampoo, press the water out of the hair before you apply the conditioner: on damp rather than soaking hair it clings where it is needed instead of sliding off. Work it through the mid-lengths and ends, leave it the full two minutes so the cuticle takes the slip, then rinse. Keep it off the scalp on fine hair to avoid weighing the roots.

How to Use

Run a sensitivity test before first use. After washing with the Anti-Frizz Shampoo, apply to damp hair and massage through the mid-lengths and ends. Leave on for two minutes, then rinse. Finish as usual.

Where It Fits in Your Maintenance Routine

The Anti-Frizz Conditioner is the second step of the Brasil Cacau home care routine, the aftercare that holds a smoothing done with any of the Brasil Cacau smoothing systems. Use it after the Anti-Frizz Shampoo at every wash, or after the Sulfate-Free Anti-Frizz Shampoo for a sulfate-free routine, and add the Gradual Smooth Serum to reactivate the smooth finish between services. The shampoo and conditioner are also sold together as the Anti-Frizz Shampoo and Conditioner duo.

In Short

• The sealing second step of the Brasil Cacau range: cocoa seed butter, keratin and D-Panthenol, in a 300ml bottle
• A cationic conditioning base with silicones that seals the cuticle and puts slip back, so a smoothing stays soft and combs easily
• The daily partner to the Anti-Frizz Shampoo, classic or sulfate-free, as the two-step home routine
• Professional use; a rich, sealing conditioner (contains silicones and emollients); not vegan