Hair Products for Rebonded/Brazillian Keratin Treated Hair

Since I have my hair rebonded and brazillian keratin treated, the salon staff recommended me to use Sulfate free shampoo to prolong the keratin treatment that they did on my hair. I also need to use conditioner and hair treatments to replenish the moisturize and strength that my hair lost during several time of torturing it by coloring and bleaching. So I am going to share with you my current hair products which I love.

I will be posting a separated article which will details more about them one by one.

1.) Finnesse Shampoo. Since I am having hard time searching for an affordable sulfate free shampoo, I opted for this one since it is Paraben, Dye, Sulfate Free. It only cost P189.00 (bought at Sta Lucia Dept store). I've been using this for a week and it doesn't lather that much (since it's sulfate free) but it stop the itch on my scalp and make my hair feel so clean.

2.) Rigenol Conditioner - Shout out to Mars Salon for this compliment hair treatment! This may be costly but this do wonders to my hair. It makes my hair shiny and super smooth. I applied this after I shampoo my hair and wrap it with shower cap. Mars and Hair Salon sell this for P1500.00.

3.) Sunsilk Silky Straight Conditioner - I don't know what makes me picked this up in Watsons, but maybe because it is meant for straight hair. I mix this with the Reginol or sometimes applied this after reginol. It's P92.00 at Watson's.

4.)VO5 Anti-Breakage Conditioner - I bought this at Dollar Store for only P85.00 only. I use this alternately with Sunsilk conditioner. It's very lightweight!

4.) Mondes Hair Wax Treatment - I was using this product together with Sunsil Sily Straight conditioner when my hair is not yet cut. I used this almost 2 3 weeks after my hair rebonded to prolong the effect of hair cellophane. I think it somehow expand the cellophane treatment on my hair. Bought this Buy 1 Take 1 at Wastson's for only P105.00.

5.) Vitress Hair Serum - I use this after I washed my hair. When my hair is 70% dry I apply this specially at the ends of my hair strands. It doesn't give you that super oily hair. What I like about this product is that it is non-sticky, affordable and smells amazing. This one is only P89.00.

Upon using the said products for 3 months since I have my hair rebonded and keratin brazillian treated, my hair is still straight and very soft, it also helps my hair to become a little bit shiny. 

How do you take care of your rebonded hair?

Mars Hair and Salon Experience

I've had my hair rebonded for 3 times since 2009 and all of the salons that I had my hair rebonded didn't satisfy me. Click HERE for my previous rebond history. So last year someone (anonymous) recommended me to have my hair rebonded on Mars Hair Salon which is located in Muntinlupa. I hesitated at first because it is too far away from my place and I am still thinking that time if I will let my curly hair to grow or have it rebonded. So, I browse the internet if I can search a review about the salon but there's still no blog review about it, but it has a lot of comments on SPOT.PH until I found their facebook account. And hey, it has 45k likes ha, it makes me wonder more na maganda talaga ang service nila.

Until last month, June, me and my friend decided to have our hair rebonded on Mars Salon. It took us 4 rides and  almost 2 hours to get to the salon. We arrive around 11:30 am which allows us to save some bucks because of their Happy Hour Promo.

(I am not going to give a long details about the salon, since I want to focus on the result and the experience we had there. But you can visit MARS Hair Salon facebook account to know more about their background and their current promo).

The Salon is located at Parkhomes subdivision, Tunasan Muntinlupa. It is a simple and small salon. The staffs are very friendly and accommodating. I already set an appointment with them through facebook. Mars Salon is very fast when it comes to answering my queries and giving me the instructions on how to get to the salon, and reminding me about my appointment. Yes, one of the best service a salon can offer.

Here are some of the pictures I took inside the salon.

Super maginaw inside! 

They also have free wifi. So WI-FI pa more!

Choco is my stylist, and Ricky is my friend's stylist.  At first, we signed some forms for salon records. Then our stylist gave us the treatment that our hair needs, and the outcome of the treatment. 

My Friend Vidah, and Ricky

Choco and me

Since I have super DRY, COLOR TREATED AND BLEACHED HAIR, Choco told me that the outcome of the rebond treatment on my hair is not super straight. The ends will not be the same with my virgin hair. So he needs to apply KERATIN TREATMENT prior to rebonding to protect the hair from chemicals that the rebonding process will do. 

My Hair background : I have super thick hair. I have my hair colored last August and bleached it (ombre) last September. It is also curly, unruly, rebellious and dry. It is very chemically treated which leads into having split ends. I am very afraid if what will be the outcome. My hair will truly challenge Choco.

My treatment : Matrix Rebond (P1,600.00 any hair length), Keratin Treatment (P500.00) and Cellophane (Free, Happy Hour promo) + Free Mani/Pedi.

As per Mars Salon, here's what they did to my hair:
 1. If the hair was previously chemically treated, apply the Keratin treatment to the areas of concern. 

#Selfie while having keratin treatment

Waiting for 2nd procedure.

 2. Moist the hair and apply the rebonding creme.  
3. After 45-60mins, perform a strand test and elasticity test to the hair. Apply the synthesized creme.
 4. Wait for 25-30mins before rinsing. Dry the hair after rinsing, blowdry, and iron. 

Ironing part, they use 2 kinds of Flat Irons.

With Choco again:


5. Apply the neutralizer and the cellophane treatment. 
6. Wait for 15mins and then rinse & wash the hair with a conditioning treatment. 
7. Blow dry the hair.

There's too much tugging while Choco is combing my hair. My hair ends is very frizzy because of the bleached part. Honestly saying, my neck hurts a bit during the combing and ironing process. 

Oh and by the way, their stylist is not that talkative, but they make fun of my hair because it is very thick. Sabi nga ni Choco "Million Hair" daw ako, and "Bukas pa daw matatapos" bago matuyo ang hair ko. Well, I hate it when stylist make fun of my hair, but truth hurts ika nga. Hehe (well in case you're reading this Choco, don't worry  hindi naman ako naoffend, makapal talaga hair ko hehe ). 
The staff who is doing the "washing and shampooing has the super gaan hands!Also to ate who is doing the mani/pedi, super gaan din ng kamay.

My stylist had hard time fixing my hair. It is very resistant daw kasi sa gamot. So it took almost 8 hours to finish my hair. And here it is:

Choco did trim my hair, almost 3-4 inches to get rid of the dry ends. Since I have free cellophane, I opted for burgundy cello. We left the salon around quarter to 8pm. Here's the final result:

We arrive home almost 12pm, it was a long ride.

As we all know, the real outcome will show after you washed your hair 3 days after the rebonding process. Here's my hair after I washed it:

You can clearly see that the ends are frizzy and kinky. So I immediately informed the salon through FB to let them know my hair status and they immediately respond to my message. They asked me to send pictures of my hair. After the assessment they told me to drop by to the salon so they can make an adjustment or treatment to my hair. They also gave me a complimentary hair treatment. And that will be a second part of my experience at Mars Salon. I will blog about it next time so stay tune for it.

My Verdict : Mars Salon staffs are very accomodating. They are professional and they really know what they are doing. They are very honest when it comes to the outcome of your hair treatment. They are also very informative about the chemicals they are putting on your hair. Am I satisfied with the result? Choco bought our meryenda the time when we were getting hungry, so thanks Choco!Honestly saying, YES! I am still satisfied even though my hair didn't look so much straight. RESULTS ALWAYS VARY DEPENDING ON YOUR HAIR TYPE. So avoid expecting too much. At least they did not burn my hair unlike the other salons I had been. Mars Salon is by far the best salon I have my hair rebonded. They are professional and they are giving the best they can.

I am highly  recommending this salon!
One of the best accommodating salon ever.

Thanks Ms. Nel and to all Mars Salon Staff.

I am not paid nor asked by the said salon to make this review. All of the statement above are base on my honest opinion.

Makeover: Hair Rebond at Salon De Poseur

Hello there!

Here's my experience on Salon De Poseur last Saturday when I had my hair rebonded.

Cost: P1,500 + 500 for hair color

Where: Taytay, Rizal

Satisfactory: B

Salon De poseur is located at National Road Taytay Rizal beside Puregold and at Lifehomes Pasig City.

Just a short recap, It's my third time to have my hair rebonded. The first time that I've tried it was way back 2009 when I was graduating college, and the second was year 2011 month of February and the 3rd was this month, last Saturday. I really have curly hair, a frizzy one, dry and having lots of volume.

Here's the picture way back 2009:

This was the so called Milk-Rebonding,with free cellophane, I got this from 8 Salon at Taytay Rizal for 1,300.00. See it still has lots of volume no?Super thick kasi ng hair ko.

2011:

And this one was done at Bago Salon at Angono, Rizal for p1,600.00 without cellophane, I just colored my hair after 2 weeks, hehe pasaway ako e, I find it boring kasi kapag black yung hair ko so yeah, the right bottom picture was after I colored my hair.

I am really tired of styling it everyday, I can't even loose it because it will surely rumbled and super buhaghag talaga. As in!

I am planning to have my hair straightened at Japanese Straight, but a friend of mine told me that Salon De Poseur is having a promo which you can avail hair rebond + hair color for only P1500, but when we (mom) visited the salon, the receptionist told me that I need to add 500 pesos for the hair color since they're going to use Loreal. Hmmm, so it will cost me 2k to have my hair rebonded and as well as coloring. Naconvinced naman ako ng receptionist, so ayon, tinamad na kong magtransfer sa Japanese Straight tho it will cost me the same (last month kasi they told me that I can avail the Japanese straight for only 1500 with free hair color, but when I asked them last week they told me that they are no longer having their promo) so ayun dahil lang sa katamaran tho I really want my hair to be done at Japanese Straight I opted for Salon de Poseur.

I forgot to take photos of my hair before the session so just to give you an idea how my hair looks like here it is:

Sorry, I made a mistake with the caption.

See I have curly hair. Blame it to dad! haha ang daming mamanahin yung hair pa.

When my stylist loose my hair, and comb it and separated my hair at center, my gosh! Para syang yung aswang.. haha nakapony kasi hair ko so nagcurve sya lalo then parang tineased sya. Anyway here are some of the pictures I took inside the salon.

Its moi! With the Clutch that I've got from TBJ.

The first process was, they shampooed my hair.
Next is, they applied the 1st solution which is a relaxant or softeners.
(this process that I really really hate, because the chemical smells like pee. As in mapanghe!)
He also applied hotoil at my hair ends since it has color.
After 1 or 1 1/2 hours they washed my hair again. Blow dry it and partition my hair in shafts and he ironed it. He used 3 kinds of hair irons, but at the middle of the process, the other stylist borrowed one of the iron so 2 nalang sya.

I noticed that he was not actually ironing my roots, so ayun, kulot pa ngayon yung mga baby bangs ko. Sabi nga ni mama mas okay daw talaga pag becky ang nagrerebond sayo kasi masinsin.

Then afterwards, they applied neutralizer on my hair. Waited for 1 to 1 1 1/2 hours again then washed it again.

After that, he blowed dry my hair while combing it with plastic brush. I can see that the ends of my hair are horrible, it was frizzy and dry, but I fret not, because I usually experienced it before since may color nga yung hair ko, he will trim my hair naman after the rebonding process.

The lady there was having her hair colored.

By the way, Beebop Smith, son of Pepe Smith also went to this Salon to had his haircut. Well, I thought kamukha lang nya, muka kasing ordinaryong nilalalang lang e. hehe Pero sya pala yon. Ang payat payat! ahaha

So after he blow dry it, we proceed with hair coloring. I chose the Golden Blonde but we opted for lower Hydrogen peroxide (solution) kasi sabi nya di na daw pwedeng irebond yung hair ko next time pag masyadong light yung color. So para matapos na sabi ko sige okay na yung 9.0.

Then he applied it twice, and after almost 2 hours, they washed my hair na and blow dry it again for the last time.

After 7 hours Voila! Here's my hair!

Tah dah! I thought wala na syang pag-asa. haha meron parin pala kahit konti.

I am afraid kasi I know for sure, when I washed my hair, it will look differ, so I lower my expectation, so I will not be disappointed. Parang nirelax lang no? And take a look at the ends, mejo nagfrizz sila at nagfafly away. But it's okay, sanay na ako, from my previous rebonding sessions, ganito lagi ang output ng hair ko.

My thoughts about the Salon:

This is my honest opinion, the salon looks nice naman, but I think they lack on complimenting their clients, tho they did not say anything bad about my hair, except for saying that it was really thick. What I mean is, they should have known how to make chit-chat with you while doing a certain, they should know how to make "bola" with the customers or the right way to say is to, make a conversation with your customers wherein you can build a good terms or commitment with them, like "Ma'am if you are about to go for hair treatment on future, I would love to do it for you and I will give you discount", marketing strategy ba. 

And another thing that I notice is, the other staff there were not friendly, I can still remember this staff who was shampooing my hair, she wasn't even talking to me or give me a smile. Heck was that. And the chairs are freaking painful, I mean they aren't comfortable, I have back pain and knee pain afterwards. And normally, salons should have plenty of fashion magazine or any magazines so that the customers can read it while waiting the services to finish, and guess what, I even asked for a magazine cause I am getting bored, well they gave me something naman, an Allure magazine dated 2009! I was like? Guys, are you okay??????? O_o. I stayed there for 7 hours, and still, they are giving the same magazine to new customers. Ate, iisa lang talaga ang magazine ninyo?? Lukot na, outdated pa!

They don't have the so called waiver or terms and conditions before doing the rebonding treatment, unlike the previous salon I had last year I have this waiver / terms and conditions that I signed on in, so whether you are not satisfied with the service you can go back to the salon and complaint about it.

They don't allow the customers to see the real products that they used. Every time they get something they go to a room, and when they go out, nasa lalagyan na yung product na nakalagay sa cup na black. So I am not sure if what brand they used on my hair. Even the hair color, I'm not sure if it is really Loreal. :(

They don't even have free water or coffee or candy or anything. 

Good points:

Hindi naman puro negative lang yung napansin ko sa kanila, meron din namang good points, like this:

Giving me discount on hair color, instead of P700.00, they give it to me for only P500.00

My stylist didn't bombard me annoying comments about how ugly my hair is.

Hmm ano pa ba? oh yeah, I did not experience any hair burning or hair fall, kaya lang yung roots ng hair ko hindi masyadong naironed. 

The hair color is nice, it did not stained my pillow sheet or t-shirt or my towel.

 At least they have a nice c.r. 

Advices from My stylist:

* Don't wash hair within 3 days

* Do not highlights my  hair

*I can go with any treatment specially the hair strengthening.

(Dahil jan my P50.00 kang tip)haha ang kuripot ko no?

Final Thoughts:

Lower your expectation - Yeah, thou my hair is not really straight, it looks like ni-relax lang sya, I am still happy with it. I already told myself na di ko icocompare yung hair ko sa other kasi I really have curly and frizzy hair so of course results may vary depending on your hair condition.So no reason to blame the salon, kasi I found out that it was my hair, logically, this is my third time, and still it resulted the same from my previous rebonding sessions, so I think it depends on your hair talaga.

Learn to accept what you have - In short be contented. If you have curly or wavy hair but you can style it and    somehow it is not frizzy as how frizzy my hair is, don't go for rebonding or any straightening treatment. Instead learn how to make your hair more healthy but if you really wanted to try it then go for it. Just be ready for extra maintenance than the usual thing you do to your hair when it is not yet treated.

So that's the long story of my Rebonding process.

How bout you guys, have you tried rebonding too?

Share your thoughts or if you have advices there you can put it on comments!

Thank you!

Have a happy weekend!

JENNY