Curly to Straight and Back Again Beatiful Texture

Recently, social media has been abuzz with word and photos of a revolutionary system that allows natural women to become from textured, to straight, and dorsum to textured hair in the blink of an eye. That organization is the Texture Manageability Organization by Beautiful Textures, subsidiary of Strength of Nature. If y'all follow pop bloggers like @tarenguy, @msvaughntv, @lexiwiththecurls, and @chimeedwards on Instagram, you saw that this product unveiling came with a Miami getaway, videos, salon events, and a photograph shoot.

All of those things are fab, and I'm really happy for the ladies involved (I actually am and I'm challenge my own big opportunities in 2014!), but at the cease of the day 1 question remains –

Is the Texture Manageability System worth it?

Let's explore.

I received a Texture Manageability System (TMS) as a part of my March OnyxBox. I couldn't pass upward 3 full size products plus the TMS for but $fifteen. Beyond the product junkie in me that wanted 3 products, I was genuinely curious about TMS and all the social media fanfare surrounding it. I needed to know how it worked, why it worked and if there would be whatsoever adverse consequences (because of class, no make is going to tell you what'due south wrong with their product). I was also curious to run into if the system would permit me to wear flat ironed hair for more than a week (which is what I typically get when I straighten using my own methods).

The arrangement consists of a shampoo, go out-in conditioner, and anti-reversion shampoo and conditioner duo. There is also a pamphlet for instructions and general guidelines based upon texture and desired goal. Warnings of not using too much heat reappear throughout the literature. Only, earlier I go into my own assay, permit'due south offset of with what Beautiful Textures has to say about their production (via beautifultextures.com):

Strength of Nature — the makers of African Pride, Beautiful Textures, Elasta QP, MegaGrowth, TCB, Pro-line and Soft & Beautiful — is revolutionizing the pilus industry with a ground-breaking product:

Reversible™ Straightening Texture Manageability™

This revolutionary system has created a totally new category in pilus care. Never before has pilus been able to accept it all — total manageability and versatility. For natural girls, it's the flexibility to Flip™ back-and-forth from curly to straight and then back once more, and if you have relaxed hair the system extends the time you need to touch-upward between relaxer new growth applications.

The secret is the Inner-Active™ Get out-In Conditioner, which is infused with essential oils, natural butters and amino acids, and has no harsh chemicals. The Inner Active™ leave-in conditioner penetrates the hair, causing it to elongate and soften while making information technology easier to detangle. Once the detangling process is complete, the pilus is blow-stale and apartment ironed, creating beautifully straight, touchable soft hair with unmatched torso, movement and shine — all in a fraction of the time of most traditional straightening methods.

Now in 4 quick steps, curly girls can get from natural curls to straight styles and dorsum once more without compromising or permanently altering their curl pattern. The arrangement gives Reversible™ Straightening that lasts up to six weeks, plus the benefit to stop damaging your hair from daily estrus straightening, or the option to terminate using harsh chemicals to permanently relaxed pilus. But remember, the Texture Manageability™ System gives you lot the choice to go back to natural at any time because the Inner-Active Conditioners do not permanently alter your hair texture.

Marketing jargon aside, what does TMS actually do — and how does information technology work? I stayed upward late one nighttime doing research, and reading information from a number of cosmetic chemistry sources. Here's what I came up with (y'all can catch this excerpt on my Instagram every bit well):

The active ingredient in TMS is in the leave-in, which is glyoxyloyl carbocysteine. There is some interesting data from a corrective chemistry briefing about what information technology does to curly and textured hair. Long story brusque, the Texture Manageability System is a low pH, formaldehyde-free, amino acid-rich protein treatment that deposits inside the cortex, closes the cuticle tightly/fills stress cracks, and makes hair super shiny and strong. When combined with heat, the deposits inside the hair cause a reversible, structural elongation of the cortex. Essentially, this matter is a huge deep workout/protein treatment activated past oestrus.

Satisfied with that information, I did what I customarily do when trying any new product — a patch examination. Hither were my results using the shampoo and get out-in (via Instagram):

I was able to easily straighten this small segment of hair with slightly lower temperatures (around 370, I normally straighten at 380 degrees Fahrenheit). The hair felt soft and silky, and had great shine. I immediately washed it twice with tgin Moisture Rich Sulfate Gratis Shampoo, which resulted in a frizz-free, somewhat elongated version of my texture (which is where the "manageability" function comes in). To completely remove the arrangement from my pilus, I followed up with Lawrence Ray Concepts Consummate Cleanse Shampoo, which contains SLS. My hair returned to normal, just withal possessed the shine and softness. At this detail point, I was convinced that nothing terrible would happen to my hair, and so I made plans to straighten it that weekend.

Earlier I get too far into the results, permit me highlight a few things well-nigh the Texture Manageability Arrangement:

• Information technology isn't permanent. Unless yous use entirely too much heat (they warn strongly against that in the literature that comes with the kit) and end upwards with rut damage, any loosening of your texture will revert with several washes.
• Your texture won't 100% revert immediately. Again, in the literature they tell you that you can use the product to achieve a looser curl pattern if you don't want to wearable your hair straight.
• Reversion requires several washes with a SULFATE-CONTAINING shampoo. I make that distinction because there are some bloggers (no shade) who are showing their reversion results with sulfate-free shampoo. If you use a more than gentle cleansing amanuensis, the looser coil results last longer. Using a more clarifying product with sulfates will help remove the Inner-Active Leave-In more than apace.

I straightened my hair with TMS (video coming soon, I documented ev-er-ry-thang) merely to see if information technology would live up to all the hype surrounding information technology. In the concurrently, here are my preliminary thoughts:

Cleansing Shampoo

Information technology's a shampoo. Not the most moisturizing or gentle, just I tin understand the rationale for wanting to make certain pilus is completely clean before any oestrus styling. Made a mental note that *if* I decided to use TMS again, I volition exist swapping out the shampoo for one that doesn't dry out my hair every bit much.

Inner-Active Get out-In

Very liquidy, and comes with warnings of not over-applying. The bottle is slightly more than 1oz, which tin can lead a heavy-handed naturalista to believe it is not enough. Believe me when I say — it is MORE than enough. I used 75% of a canteen, and I retrieve that was too much. Goes on hands, and is able to exist worked through the hair while Moisture. But one time it dries, forget about information technology. For whatever reason during blow drying, my pilus became tangle metropolis — even though I had detangled prior to washing, and during deep conditioning, which brings me to my next betoken…

There is no deep conditioner. Or rut protectant.

To me, the absence of these 2 from any thermal straightening process or system is a glaring weakness. Whether I use TMS or not, I always, ever, alllllllllllways make certain I take a deep conditioner on deck — preferably ane with cetrimonium chloride and protein. To make up for that lack, I deep conditioned with Eva NYC Therapy Session Hair Mask after shampooing and before applying the leave-in. And even though the Inner-Active Leave-In may offer some heat protection, I didn't fully trust it. Afterwards transitioning for 21 months from rut impairment, there was no way I was leaving this one up to chance. I incorporated Tresemme Heat Tamer Spray and Garnier Fructis Marvelous Oil serum during accident drying and flat ironing for added protection.

The Straightening Procedure

TMS was supposed to help cut down on the straightening time. And whatever strides I made in flat ironing my hair more quickly were canceled out by the obscenely difficult accident drying session. As I mentioned previously with the go out-in, working it through the hair is easy when it is damp or wet. But after you exit it on the hair for the recommended 20-ish minutes, all of that is out the window. My hair was tangled and felt coated, which made it difficult for me to work through and blow dry. That feeling dissipated somewhat one time it was time to flat atomic number 26 — which I think can be attributed to the Garnier serum. Hither were my results:

For those that are curious, I apartment iron on 380 degrees Fahrenheit. That is the temperature that I take deemed safe for my hair without heat damage with proper protection. Later on apartment ironing, my hair was soft and shiny with motion — but information technology typically does when I straighten information technology. The major difference though? In the following days, my hair did feel coated and I definitely experienced some reversion in the class of poofiness (which I expect from natural hair that doesn't have estrus damage). At the end of iii days, I found my directly hair to exist more of a hassle than my curls (imagine that), and went on a mission to revert.

It took me iii wash days and SLS containing shampoos to get my curl pattern restored back 100%. You tin read all about wash twenty-four hour period number one here, and wash days 2 and three here. All and all, I'm glad I tried the Texture Manageability Organisation — if for no other reason than to quell my curiosity. Will I use information technology again? Probably not. I'grand not interested in "managing" my texture, and even though the smoothness and smoothen was nice, I can get that from a practiced deep workout.  So to respond the question posed in the get-go — is the Texture Manageability Organisation worth it? For me, not actually. Simply of course, each head of hair is different.

There are some ladies who will sing the praises of TMS, others who disagree with the notion that our hair needs to exist "managed", and some who won't care either way. Which category do you fall into, ladies?

 Would you try Texture Direction Organization?

Note: Directly hair can be a hot-button/polarizing consequence for us. Please, permit'south keep all commentary respectful toward one another.

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Source: https://bglh-marketplace.com/2014/04/my-experience-with-the-beautiful-textures-texture-manageability-system/