mrl234

I had what appeared to be a protein reaction about a week and a half ago - it suddenly went completely dry, harsh, strawlike, feeling scratchy and horrible even when I was in the shower.

Someone mentioned that the Biolage Conditioning Balm I was using had protein in it, so I stopped using that and the V05 extra body conditioner that I'd been using occasionally (just in case) and just switched to cowashing with the v05 vanilla mint tea conditioner. My hair is now almost fully recovered.

However, I've noticed a couple people recommending the Biolage as a DT to people who've had bad protein reactions as a good way to repair it. Does the Biolage Conditioning Balm have protein or not? If it doesn't, what on earth could I have had that reaction to?

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fia 2C/3A-F-iii, sensitive to some proteins
CGish since 10-16-08
Low-poo: Yes to Carrots Daily Pampering Shampoo (1-2x/week)
Rinse outs: Yes to Carrots Pampering Mud Conditioner
Styling: a little bit of leave in and a little bit of KCCC, diffusing
Olive oil DTs, honey rinses in the summer

mrl234

Oh, wait, it turns out the V05 extra body conditioner has collagen in it, which is definitely a protein. Still, is the Biolage safe or not? I've had people on the forums tell me both ways...

Thanks

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fia 2C/3A-F-iii, sensitive to some proteins
CGish since 10-16-08
Low-poo: Yes to Carrots Daily Pampering Shampoo (1-2x/week)
Rinse outs: Yes to Carrots Pampering Mud Conditioner
Styling: a little bit of leave in and a little bit of KCCC, diffusing
Olive oil DTs, honey rinses in the summer

redcelticcurls

What's in it?

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Med/Coarse, porous curly.

WurlyLox

Water, Propylene Glycol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Decyl Oleate, Rosemary Extract (Rosemarinus Officinalis), Goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis), Algae Extract, Chitosan PCA, Quaternium 79 Hydrolyzed Keratin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea, Fragrance

I use it occasionally as a DT, and it doesn't bother me - I must be OK w/some keratins like Redcelticcurls, but I have to be careful of other proteins.

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Current Main Rotation: MG217 medicated or Aim2Health 'poos as scalp needs, YTCarrots or Elucence cond., Spiral Solutions Protein Trtmt & Deeply Decadent Cond., CJCCCC reg or lite, KCCC, AO Mandarin Magic, Giovanni LA Hold Hair Spritz + lots more, sporadically

HG Method: Super Soaker-ing + Smasters-ing, short upside down diffusing then clips or clamps & air dry. Blend gray w/henna glosses

www.fotki.com/auntnett

redcelticcurls

Thanks auntnett!

The algae may be proteiny too.

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Med/Coarse, porous curly.

mrl234

Thanks! The fact that I was using two things with proteins explains why it was so bad...

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fia 2C/3A-F-iii, sensitive to some proteins
CGish since 10-16-08
Low-poo: Yes to Carrots Daily Pampering Shampoo (1-2x/week)
Rinse outs: Yes to Carrots Pampering Mud Conditioner
Styling: a little bit of leave in and a little bit of KCCC, diffusing
Olive oil DTs, honey rinses in the summer

Beagles

My Biolage conditioning balm does not have any protein in it, not the hydrolyzed keratin anyways, which my hair hates. (It does have algae in it.) Is this something they have just added recently, has there been a reformulation?

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somewhere between 2c/3a, I think

no longer on CG routine

s/c daily
deep oil treatments at least twice a week: olive oil or coconut oil once, and Ojon R.T. once

WurlyLox

IDK - I copied the ingredient list from drugstore.com since my actual jar was at home. This is the Biolage Conditioning Hydrating Balm, not the Ultra-Hydrating Balm. Maybe yours is the latter? Or maybe the ingredients are incorrect on the website, although I've found them to be very accurate in the past.

Biolage could, of course, have changed them since it was posted or since you bought yours.

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Current Main Rotation: MG217 medicated or Aim2Health 'poos as scalp needs, YTCarrots or Elucence cond., Spiral Solutions Protein Trtmt & Deeply Decadent Cond., CJCCCC reg or lite, KCCC, AO Mandarin Magic, Giovanni LA Hold Hair Spritz + lots more, sporadically

HG Method: Super Soaker-ing + Smasters-ing, short upside down diffusing then clips or clamps & air dry. Blend gray w/henna glosses

www.fotki.com/auntnett

Beagles

Ok, thanks.
I have both and checked both, and neither have it. But as you say, they could be older. Dang, I loved the conditioning balm because it didn't have protein.

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somewhere between 2c/3a, I think

no longer on CG routine

s/c daily
deep oil treatments at least twice a week: olive oil or coconut oil once, and Ojon R.T. once

mrl234

Okay, here's the ingredient list on mine.

Water, propylene glycol, myristyl alcohol, cetrimonium chloride, cetearyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, parfum fragrance, propylparaben, hexyl cinnamal, rosmarinus officinalys/rosemary leaf extract, canadensis/golden seal extract, fucus vesiculosis/bladderwrack, methyl-2-octynoate

Aside from the fact that it's very chemical-y...is any of that protein?

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fia 2C/3A-F-iii, sensitive to some proteins
CGish since 10-16-08
Low-poo: Yes to Carrots Daily Pampering Shampoo (1-2x/week)
Rinse outs: Yes to Carrots Pampering Mud Conditioner
Styling: a little bit of leave in and a little bit of KCCC, diffusing
Olive oil DTs, honey rinses in the summer