K18 Salon blow-out at home kit puts three K18 products for a blow-dry at home in one box. Inside are the Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask in 50 ml and the HeatBounce™ Conditioning Heat Protectant and AstroLift™ Reparative Volume Spray in 47 ml, a size sold only in this set. The mask goes on after the wash and stays in for 4 minutes; then the two sprays go on and the hair is blow-dried.

Key ingredients

The mask, from its ingredient list

• sh-Oligopeptide-78: 9th on the list
• Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein: 10th, wheat-derived

HeatBounce, from its ingredient list

• Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Barley Protein: 10th on the list, barley-derived

AstroLift, from its ingredient list

• sh-Oligopeptide-78: 10th on the list
• Palmaria Palmata Extract: 11th

What to expect

One product per step of the blow-dry. The mask cares for and strengthens damaged hair, with better elasticity and less breakage. HeatBounce is a leave-in that detangles and softens, made for all hair types and extensions; K18 states heat protection up to 232 °C. AstroLift thickens the hair fibres so the hair looks and feels fuller, resists humidity and is not sticky.

Who it is for

• Clients who blow-dry at home and want the mask and two styling sprays in one box.
• Hair that needs volume: AstroLift is described as caring for fine, fragile hair while it adds volume, ageing hair included.
• All hair types and extensions, for HeatBounce.

Who it is not for

• Anyone looking for a backbar set: this is a kit for home use.
• Anyone sensitive to the fragrance allergens on the mask's list: Geraniol, Linalool, Hexyl Cinnamal and Benzyl Alcohol.
• Anyone sensitive to fragrance allergens: HeatBounce's list names fifteen. They are Benzyl Alcohol, Amyl Salicylate, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol, Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil, Dimethyl Phenethyl Acetate, Geraniol, Geranyl Acetate, Isoeugenyl Acetate, Limonene, Linalool, Linalyl Acetate, Pinene, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes and Vanillin.
• Anyone sensitive to Benzyl Alcohol, on AstroLift's list.
• Anyone avoiding wheat- or barley-derived ingredients: the mask lists two wheat-derived entries, HeatBounce a barley-derived protein.

How to use

The kit's published directions for each product, translated from Dutch, in the order the kit lists them.

Method A: HeatBounce™ Conditioning Heat Protectant

1. Apply to the hair in sections and brush the product through well for an even distribution.
2. Use on towel-dried hair before blow-drying and on dry hair before using heat tools.

Method A: Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask

1. Wash the hair with shampoo and rinse.
2. Do not use conditioner.
3. Dry the hair thoroughly with a towel, apply the Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask and leave it on for 4 minutes.
4. Do not rinse out.
5. After 4 minutes, apply styling products if you wish and blow-dry or style the hair as desired.

Method A: AstroLift™ Reparative Volume Spray

1. Shake well before use.
2. Hold the bottle 10–15 cm from the roots and spray generously over the hair.
3. Can be applied to dry or towel-dried hair, with or without heat tools.
4. Blow-dry the hair for extra volume.

Where it fits in the K18 range

The mask is also listed alone, in sizes from 5 ml to 150 ml. HeatBounce™ and AstroLift™ also come as single bottles, HeatBounce in 118 and 236 ml and AstroLift in 15 and 118 ml; the 47 ml bottles exist only in this kit.