Customer Reviews

Bio Ionic Retex Hair Straightening System, Retex Kit

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I read the descriptions of the product and said very clearly that inside the box I should find the relaxer, the neutralizer and the instruction booklet. Unfortunately the booklet was not inside the box. So I had to go on the internet to try to find the instructions to apply the product. It seems this is "recommended to use by a profesional"..oh., please. A beauty parlor charges you more than 500 dollars for this. This, believe me, you can do it your self. So in order for me to help all others who suffered the same as I, of not finding the instructions, here it goes:
To apply all steps you will need:
-Hair dryer (doesn't need to be Bio Ionic)
-Bio Ionic Conditioning straightener iron (Mus be Bio IOnic)
-Intensive Mosturizing Shampoo (if you buy the trio this product is inside)
-Intensive mosturizing reconstructor (if you buy the trio this product is inside)
- SHine sealer (if you buy the trio this product is inside)
-Hair coloring brush
-Plastic gloves
-Comb
This are the steps:
1- Wash the hair with the Bio Ionic Shampoo, rinse and towel dry.
2- Divide the head in 5 or 6 sections, and cover your hands with gloves.
3- Put the gloves on and tart applying the #1 Product. No not apply to scalp, leave 1/2 inch. Work fast, and the maximum time depending on the type of hair is 30 minutes (fine hair less time). Then start massaging each section. Te product on this step smells bad, so it's normal. Use a fine comb to work the roots near the face. After time is out. Rinse very well. Do not shampoo, but make sure you rinse well.
4-Blow dry the hair with the hands and dryer, then start using the Iron and make sure you do it very well from the root to the ends.
5- After you have finish ironing the hair, then you will need to apply the #2 (neutralizer). This will neutralize the #1 product still in your hair and will take all the bad odor from the hair and will stop the alcaline process from the number 1 product.
6- Rinse well and shampoo 3 times with the Bio Ionic Shampoo. Rinse and then apply the mosturizing reconstructor. Massage and wear a plastic cap for like 30 minutes. Rinse well.
7- Towel Dry your hair. Apply shine sealer to wet hair. Then blow dry hair. If you prefer blow drying with a hair dryer or the Bio Ionic Iron.
This is a very time consuming process, but believe me it's worth it. No wonder why hair salons charges so much money. But you can do it at home.
It's recommended not to wear any rubber bands, bobby pins or anything that can leave a wave in you hair. . Avoid sweat, don't wet you hair during shower, and sleep with a satin pillowcase.All this measures just for 72 hours.
I wrote this steps because I did not like not receiving the intruction booklet. I think this is somewhat a way to make you go to a professional salon. Hair pro's are human and intellingent like me and you, If they cand do it so can we, so there you go, do it yourself and don't spend money in a beauty parlor. Good bye to you all!

I am so glad I tried this Bio-Ionic Retex System, Japanese Hair Straightening System... It was so easy to use with an amazing result. Just folow the simpole steps on how to do it and in one snap you will have the best hair ever straight and not even dry. I would definitely recommend this to all my friends...... The shipping as promise came on time. Amazing .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought this to do myself, even though it is professional use only. I have short hair that is very unruly, coarse and thick. I could get it smooth and straight on my own, but it took too much time. I refused to pay $300 at the salon, so I did this at home.

Results: WAY LESS POOFY! Easy to style (it literally took off 20 mins of stlying time.) Shiny and smooth! No damage, it feels better than before!

Tips: I did not leave the product on long enough on the more resistant parts of my hair as I should have. I was nervous about damaging my hair, but next time I will leave it longer.

-It does not come with gloves or a brush so be prepared. I have short hair so it was easy, if you have longer hair team up with a friend.
-Smells bad but do not panic, as soon as you use the 2nd cream the smell goes away.

Not salon results the first time, but i'll get better at it! Highly reconmend it, but READ THE DIRECTIONS! Get the trio kit (shampoo, conditioner & gloss), it is amazeing.

This is an excellent product -- but I would not try it at home unless you've had it done professionally for you a few times!!! It does come with fairly easy to follow directions, but unless you've actually seen it done, and know for sure that this product will not damage your particular hair - i just wouldn't take the chance. Also, please note that the directions that a previous reviewer has posted are not quite the same as the ones that come in the kit. Make sure that you follow the directions that come in the box! Also, note that if you have highlighted or previously straightend hair, you'll need to purchase the BioIonic Protein Spray and IonFixx to protect your hair and make the comb-out process a whole lot easier and less damaging. I did not know about these before hand, and went ahead and did it without them - but I did have a lot of breakage with the lightest of my highlights. It basically turned those strands into stretchy doll-like hair which fell like spun sugar on my bathroom floor. At the salon, the whole process took me almost 5 hours. At home, it took 3.5 - from start to finish. To be honest, it didn't come out as pin-straight as it did with my professional stylist, but I actually prefer this slightly fuller result anyway. I'd definitely use this product again at home - but I'm going to make sure to have the protein and Fixx sprays on hand! Good luck!!!

Background: Naturally, I have very unmanageable thick, dark, kinky hair that is very resistent to straightening and easily frizz-prone. I've been getting annual Japanese Thermal Reconditioning treatments for about 7 years now. Salon costs usually run from at least $150 and up, so when I found out about this home kit, I was really excited to try it out.

Packaging: There are two tubs that fit nicely into one box. The first jar is the retexturing cream used to chemically straighten out the kinks in hair and the second cream is the neutralizing cream used to stop the chemical processing of the retexturing cream.

Procedure - This is how I did it:

- Washed hair with moisturizing shampoo. Did not use conditioner like directions indicated.
- Asked my mother, who used to work in a hair salon, to section hair off into small part and apply retexturing cream #1 using a hair-dye brush and a comb to evenly distribute product.
- I have long hair up to my chest and only used a third of a jar. (I recommend doing this in a well ventilated place because the ammonia smell is quite strong).Took about 30 min to finish application, even though directions say it should only last for 6. I wanted to be extra thorough.
- Left on for another 30 minutes, like directions indicated. Looking back, I should have left it on for an hour. The hair on the bottom of the head got the full hour treatment since it was the first section for the cream to be applied, and it was much straighter when I used the flat iron than the top sections, which only got 30 min treatment. When I got this done in salons, the hairstylists would also leave it on for 45-60 minutes. I didn't this time because my hair was dyed twice in the past year and I was afraid of more damage. I do recommend the full hour leave on if you have resistent or virgin hair though. Also, for resistent hair, put hair in a shower cap (carefully, to ensure hair is still straight) and blow dry for the entire wait time for the chemicals to work more effectively.

- Wash off thoroughly without using shampoo. Hair is veryy hard and sticks together like crazy at this point.
- Blow dry thoroughly.
- Section off hair again and using a good non-drugstore ceramic hair straightener (I used a Karmin professional 1 inch iron at 400 degrees) straighten each section carefully. Directions recommend 3 passes, but I used 4-5 passes for my hair to be straight, though wasn't pin straight. I did not get a pin-straight look as a result like I normally would in the salon. But that's because they usually do 6-10 passes that makes my hair extremely fragile and thin. Pin straight hair also greatly reduces volume and makes my face look bigger. I like this result much better because it looks like I got a Brazillian Keratin treatment, natural-looking straight, frizz free hair.
- Finally, section hair off again and apply the cream #2 (this smells much better than cream #1) and wait for 10-20 minutes (directions recommend 7 min). Wash off, used conditioner on roots to detangle and follow up with leave-in protein treatment (I used Redken Extreme Anti-snap) for roots and nourishing oil (jojoba oil, emu oil, olive oil, coconut oil, etc) for the entire head.

I'm very happy with the result. It did not look like I went to the salon and got an obvious hair-straightening procedure. Rather, it looks like I was born with naturally straight hair. Still have 2/3 of the tube left and will be using again in another 6 months or so. Highly recommended!

I heard about this treatment the first time about 8 years ago. It sounded like exactly what I needed but when this first started becoming popular stylist were pretty strict on who they would do this for. I'm in Philly so we have several big salons and many of them told me flat out "no way - not with a full head of highlights" but I wasn't ready to give up on it yet. I finally found someone who would do it. He did a test on a section of my hair and when he saw there was no problem I booked an appointment. All I can say is WOW! My hair went from being course, extremely (unattractively) thick, lumpy (that's what I called it because it certainly wasn't "curly") to being silky straight, smooth, soft and healthier then ever. The Stylist said I probably would not need it done for another year. The year came and went and my hair was still exactly the same. I guess it was 3 or so years later when I went back for a touch up. I just simply loved this. I know it sounds strange but it totally changed my life. What I didn't like was the amount of time it took and the price - close to $600 both times. One day I was roaming around on line and found this for sale. I bought it and did it myself in like 2 hours. I got the exact same result and spent a whole lot less money. I would have been afraid to do it on my own the first time. The second time I had no idea there was any way I could get the product so I felt like I had no choice. The third time it was so much easier and obviously insanely cheap (compared to what I was paying) If your doing this for the first time go to a salon or at the very least have a friend who is familiar with it help you. If you have had it done before you know what you are doing probably better then the hair dresser does. If anyone out there is wondering if this products works - the answer is yes. It's like a miracle!! :)

I bought this product after reading various reviews on this site and others. After 5 years of unprocessed hair I decided I was sick of trying to make my extremely curly/frizzy type 3b or 4a hair work. In the past I used Mazani for years at the salon with great results. Although it was expensive and time consuming. I like this a lot better and I did it myself. My hair is extremly thick and very long (small of my back now that its straight) and I was able to do it at home with just a little help from my daughter. I much perfer doing it myself than sitting at the saloon for hours on end.

The product left my hair in excellent condition all the way down to the ends. Its shiny and silky and I didn't even need to put any products in it. I did run a flat iron over it breifly after a wash but its much better than any other relaxer I have tryed and although its expensive I save money by not having to buy all kinds of conditioners and leave in that I used to use. Some say it does not work on AA hair, that is not true.

The only down side in my opinion is the missing gloves and application brush ( I just used my gloved hand and the back of a comb) and the weak directions.

I was about 13 when i first tried this product, and it worked INSTANTLY!!!! my hair was soft, silky, and long. it was amazing.i went from crazy, unmanagable hair to silky smooth and soft. I would recomend this to ANYONE. it doesnt damage your hair like other relaxers, and it lasts 6 months. it takes a little while the first time, but the retouches are a breeze. as soon as you wash the first creme out, you cant miss the difference, your hair is instantlt healthy and will stay healthy. It only takes me about 20 minutes to syle my hair right after I get this done. This is the best thing that I have ever tried on my hair, and ive been using it for 2 years now.

I just finished using this and was happy to see the final results. I started with hair that is naturally curly and took a lot of sectioned blowdrying and sectioned straightening just to get it looking decent. After using this product I was able to let it mostly air dry (which in the past I could not do if I wanted to wear it straight) then blowdry and straighten in 10 minutes without having to section and yank my hair straight with a paddle brush the whole time.

I did use this product on my own to save myself hundreds of dollars. I did a test run the night before with a single strand to make sure that my hair wouldn't have a bad reaction. I did the best I could with following the directions that come with this product. It does require you to do the application of the products quickly! This is where an experienced stylist would come in handy - the process of sectioning your hair and applying the products is tough, but do-able. You're supposed to take 10 minutes to apply the first product and I took closer to 15, but took that into account while I waited for it to process.

After rinsing and blowdrying for the first time I was discouraged. I have blonde highlights and they looked fried... like someone who's bleached their hair too many times. I kept going with the process, hoping that by the end my hair would not look so unhealthy. Thankfully, that ended up being the case. My hair feels soft and although I can tell that my ends and highlights are a bit dryer than usual, it's minimal and not something anyone else would notice - a bit of shine serum helps. I'm sure too that a salon would have gotten the hair near my hairline around my face straighter... I have small little curls around my face and some of them are still there. Since the directions say to apply 1/4 inch from the scalp, I didn't want to get too close to my hairline.

The end result is worth the 3 hours this took me. It takes me a quarter of the time to style my hair, and looks ten times better than it used to. FYI, you need additional tools to apply this product properly that aren't included. I ended up purchasing and using: an application brush/gloves/cape (got all 3 from Sallys Beauty for less than $5), fine tooth comb and wide tooth comb, Ion Protector (you apply this to your hair before processing to protect it), Bio Ionic hydrating conditioner and hydrating shampoo, flat iron, blowdryer, paddle brush or round brush, hand held mirror (if applying yourself, to see the back of your head).

This product works beautifully. However, I would NOT recommed doing a self application at home. I certainly didn't want to pay out the wazoo to get this done, so I paid for the product at cost and had a friend in the salon business do the application for me. If you don't know what you're doing or do not apply the product correctly you can really screw up your hair. The original application lasted about nine months and I recently had the touch-up application done. My hair is naturally AWFUL. Thick/wavy/frizzy/impossible to manage. It used to take me 45 minutes to an hour to get through the drying and straightening process. After the bio ionic retex I can blow dry and go. It's life changing! My hair feels soft and smooth.