Extreme Repair Hair Mask 500ml - Cadiveu Brasil Cacau is the weekly deep-conditioning step of the Brasil Cacau Extreme Repair line, made for damaged hair: a rich mask you leave on for five to ten minutes so cocoa seed butter, hydrolyzed soy protein and cationic conditioning agents can settle into the cuticle and leave the lengths soft, supple and shiny. It is the deepest step of the routine, used once a week after the Extreme Repair Shampoo and the Extreme Repair Conditioner. It carries no keratin and no smoothing active: it conditions damaged hair, in a 500ml size.

Why the Extreme Repair Hair Mask

Damaged hair needs more than a wash and a rinse-out conditioner once in a while. This is the weekly deep step. Left on for five to ten minutes, cocoa seed butter (Theobroma Cacao), hydrolyzed soy protein and cationic conditioning agents settle into the cuticle and lay down a rich conditioning film, so porous, brittle lengths feel softer, more supple and stronger to the touch and catch more light. The cationic peptides named on the front are the plant-derived soy protein in the formula. It is the deep partner to the Extreme Repair Shampoo and the Extreme Repair Conditioner, and the three are sold together as the Extreme Repair Kit.

Key Ingredients

The conditioning story sits on cocoa seed butter (Theobroma Cacao) and hydrolyzed soy protein for softness and suppleness on damaged hair, cationic agents (cetrimonium chloride, Polyquaternium types) that coat the cuticle so the hair feels smoother, and a rich emollient base (cetyl and stearyl alcohol, dimethicone, a light mineral oil) that carries the slip and shine of a deep mask. The cationic peptides on the front are the soy protein; there is no keratin and no animal-derived input. It carries no smoothing active: it is a conditioning mask, it does not straighten the hair.

What to Expect

Straight after the five-to-ten-minute step, the lengths feel soft, supple and noticeably richer than after a rinse-out conditioner, and they comb through easily with more shine. Because it is the deepest step of the routine, damaged, porous hair feels stronger to the touch and looks healthier the more weeks it is used. It is a once-a-week treatment rather than a daily one, so the effect builds on top of the shampoo and conditioner used at every wash: together, that routine is what keeps damaged hair looking and feeling its best over time.

Who It Is For

• Dry, damaged, over-processed or brittle hair that wants a richer weekly treatment
• Anyone following the Extreme Repair routine who wants the deepest conditioning step once a week
• Coloured or chemically treated hair that needs extra softness and shine between salon visits

Who It Is Not For

• A client who wants a silicone-free or mineral-oil-free mask, which this one is not
• Very fine hair that a rich weekly mask can weigh down and that prefers a lighter conditioner
• Anyone who rinses it out the moment it lands and expects the deep step to have done its work

Professional tip: work it through clean, towel-dried mid-lengths and ends, comb it through so every strand is coated, and give it the full five to ten minutes, longer for very dry hair, before rinsing. Use it once a week on top of the Extreme Repair Shampoo and Extreme Repair Conditioner at every wash.

How to Use

Run a sensitivity test before first use. After washing with the Extreme Repair Shampoo, apply the mask to damp hair through the mid-lengths and ends, massage it in and comb it through. Leave on for five to ten minutes, then rinse with plenty of water. Use once a week or as needed. On wash days when time is short, use the Extreme Repair Conditioner instead.

Where It Fits in Your Repair Routine

The Extreme Repair Hair Mask is the weekly deep step of the Extreme Repair routine, the damaged-hair line within the Brasil Cacau home care range. Wash with the Extreme Repair Shampoo, follow with the Extreme Repair Conditioner at every wash, and swap in this mask once a week for the deeper treatment. The three are sold together as the Extreme Repair Kit. It suits damaged hair maintaining a smoothing done with any of the Brasil Cacau smoothing systems as much as damaged hair on its own.

In Short

• The weekly deep-conditioning step of the Brasil Cacau Extreme Repair line for damaged hair, in a 500ml size
• A rich cocoa-butter and soy-protein mask left on five to ten minutes, for softness, suppleness and shine
• The deepest step of the routine; use once a week on top of the shampoo and conditioner
• Not silicone-free or mineral-oil-free; no keratin (plant soy protein); a conditioning mask, not a smoothing