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Topic: Keratin fusion turning white??
Posted By: asinnamon
Subject: Keratin fusion turning white??
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 8:30pm
Hi all.  I have strand bystrand fusion in right now and have some problems.  It has been a week and a half.  I pretipped everything in amber keratin and/or the fusion chips from YHS.  I only use pureology, and I air dry completely.  Here is the problem:  about 3/4 of them are turning white or white-ish and some of them are very soft and pliable.  The soft ones I can easily remove the extension strand from my hair.

Whats going on?  Did I do something wrong?  Could it be from an oily scalp?  Have you gals tried certain brands that work better then others? 

thanks!


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Posted By: amm
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 12:07am
You've done nothing wrong.

What is keratin? It's a fibrous protein.

Fibrous proteins swell in alkaline solutions. What is alkaline? Lots of things we run through out hair but, really, look no further than your water.

Weak, acidic water is the best for skin care while alkaline water is for human consumption. Most of us probably live in cities with treated water that is alkaline for us to drink. This same water is piped in your shower.

With the alkaline swelling the keratin, the integrity of the protein molecules start to break down. One can use Pureology (or any sulfoacetate shampoo -- stay away from sulfates [or what we soapers call "flash foam"]) and blow drying the bonds certainly can harden up the bond somewhat but the water has already caused the damage.

The whiteness is merely oxidation occuring.



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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 12:13am
thanks for that great info amm!

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Posted By: asinnamon
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 6:19am
Would that also apply to someone like me who lives in the sticks and has a well?  No water softener either, so we get very hard water....Never thought it could be the water!!

What can I do about it?  I do use pureology.... 

Posted By: MaginOC
Date Posted: July 22 2006 at 8:15pm
Thanks for the scientific explanation Amm. I wonder if this is why GL and other professional fusion lines stress the use of a ph balancing rinse after shampooing and conditioning? I'm a certified Cinderella extensionist, and in the training they stressed the importance of using their "PH Balancer". I think GL calls theirs Anti-Tap. I would also highly recomend completely blowdrying the bonds with fusion asinnamon. I think moisture can stay trapped in the bonds thus causing them to deteriorate faster.

Posted By: asinnamon
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 3:55pm
If it's a PH thing, would applying vinegar before or after shampooing help?  Or maybe some type of citrus?

Posted By: MaginOC
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 10:38am
Hmmmmm...dunno about vinegar. I do know that you're not supposed to rinse the anti-tap/ph balancer out after shampooing. It's the final step after shampoo and condition, so it stays in the hair. When I do Cinderella I shampoo the hair twice with "clarifying shampoo" (dawn diswashing liquid). Then I pour about 8 oz of a diluted mixture of the ph balancer over the entire head, dry the hair completely and then begin installing. You would think that after washing with Dawn and no conditioner that the hair would be super hard to comb through, but the ph balancer kinda acts like a conditioner. It also seems to make the hair super shiny for some reason.


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