Wow - look what I found!

And, No, its not a traditional Brazilian straightening either. Watch these first, and then I'll tell you what it is!

First watch this:

And now watch this:

And last but not least, watch this:

Now, many of you may be familiar with Thermal Reconditioning, Japanese Straightening, or even the Progressive Brazilian. You are probably wondering, "what the heck was that?.. it looks like some kind of process, because it used a neutralizer, but it was so quick, so it wasn't a traditional thermal, hmmmmm"...

Curious?

I'll let you know what it was in my next post...

Controversy!?

Ok - so now for the big pink elephant in the room ... and that is the controversy over the safety of Brazilian keratin treatments. I hate to write about this in one of my first posts, but I feel that I at least nee4d to mention it, and will definitely have to be dealt with in detail at some future date.
For the record, I tend to be a bit of skeptic when it comes to sensationalistic "scare" pieces. I'm talking about the kind of article you find in junk woman's magazines like Allure or Glamour. Right after the "50 ways to please your Lover using Household Appliances" comes the article on "I Went to The Salon, and Woke Up in the Hospital!".
Overall I would say that I am sick of adults who expect the government to always protect them from their own lack of research. I mean, lets face it, at a salon you put chemicals in your hair, and almost none of them are something you would want to drink! So you should be careful etc, blah blah. Is inhaling nail polish any less dangerous? How about the fact that driving your car to the salon has an infinitely higher probability of killing you than any hair treatment does...
I can see right now the lady sitting in the salon getting a BKT, demanding that fans be turned on a full blast, and gas masks worn - only to have her liver swell as she downs her 5th glass of wine of the day, laced with a known poison; alcohol.
grow up people.
I am dying to hear your comments...

The beginning of it all

Well, welcome to the world of the Brazilian Keratin Treatment.

And who am I, you may ask...

Actually, I am nobody. Not a "nobody" just no one you probably ever heard of.

My name is Rina Falana, and this is my journey, my little corner of the blogosphere.



You see, I have have what you might call a huge tangled head of way too curly hair. I call the color "dusty brunette", if that means anything to you. It pretty much just like it sounds. Super long flowing locks, of a dark chocolate variety, lightly dusted with some vanilla powder.

OK, this isn't a cooking blog.

So why do I call this the Brazilian Keratin Treatment site? Its because I am a big chicken who wants to get my hair straight and under control. I have spent a long time researching all of the methods; from my years of painful blow-drying to my final bitter acceptance of this curly curse.

My research has taken me from far off Asia, the land of Japanese Straightening, all the way back to the good 'ol USA and its advance Thermal Reconditioning techniques.

I've studied them all and consider myself a bit of an expert by now. Like I say, there is one major problem. I have just been either to broke or too cautious to ever take the plunge and have one of these long term treatments done....

That leads me to the warm shores of Copacabana, where my potential saviour could well have been born.... From the back alleys of Rio's favellas to the lofty heights of Sao Paolo's glimmering skyscrapers, an ancient recipe has emerged, an alchemist's brew, the "one ring to serve them all"...

A way that my hair might one day be straight.

lovely

beautiful

deliciously

straight



Are 'ya ready?