Biosilk Silk Therapy Serum, Packaging May Vary, 5.64 Ounces
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Customer Reviews of Biosilk Silk Therapy Serum, Packaging May Vary, 5.64 Ounces
Customer Review: See, Feel, SMELL!
Summary: 5 Stars
Biosilk Silk Therapy remains as one of my mainstays in my hair care products. It is one I keep going back to again and again. I love it.
It is a medium textured serum. Biosilk's main ingredient, hydrolyzed silk, is an amazing substance that gives moisture and sheen to the hair shaft. It coats it like liquid silk. Another great ingredient is panthenol, a protein. You may use it on towel dried hair, or as a finishing gloss. Determining how much to use is according to hair length/type/condition. My hair is thick and dry, so I use about a guarter size. Rub your palms together, and run hands throughout hair. I comb mine after applying to distribute well.(when wet). I do the same when applying to dry hair either before styling, or after, for shine. Use only a small amount at first.
I also love it because it can be used on the skin as well. It's an amazing moisturizer. They have the idea right, as many hair conditioners contain some of the same ingredients as body lotions, making multi-tasking easier. Not only that, I use this stuff as a cologne! I have had so many people tell me I smelled so good, and ask what I was wearing. I say "my hair." I love all of the products by Farouk Systems..(they have a body wash and lotion). The hair product line is great when used together. (try the Biosilk Fruit Cocktail Treatment Biosilk Farouk Systems Usa Fruit Cocktail Reconstructing Treatment 11.6oz/300mlif you have dry/damaged hair). They have something for everything.
The SCENT of the Silk Therapy is one reason I stay addicted. They make a men's and women's cologne, but I don't know if they're similar to the Silk Therapy fragrance. I also don't know about any other products in the line that smell the same as this. Farouk, if you're listening..make a fragrance just like this smells!
But this product is wonderful. It works beautifully on Caucasian and African-American hair. The serum is not as thick as the CHI Silk Infusion Silk Reconstructing Complex,(Farouk sister of Biosilk). The CHI treatment smells similar to a men's fragrance. CHI Silk Infusion Reconstructing Complex 6 oz
This is all around great stuff you have to see, feel and smell to believe!
Customer Review: Know your product!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is important to know what hair types that products work on. From whatI see and have heard, it works on most anyone's. I live in the south and there is HIGH heat and HIGH humidity here as we are near the gulf.
I have long and thick African American hair type and I wash my hair and use the silk therapy while flat ironing. As a side note, I use all Ionic products from the Conair ionic brush, to the Andis ionic hairdryer and an ionic flat iron. It doesn't matter if you do or not, but ionic products enhance everything good that you can do to your hair including this product. With it, my hair bounces and flows.
If I wrap my hair faithfully every night, it lasts until my next wash without my continuing to put heat on it more than that. I have used silk therapy for years.
Things to be careful with:
1. USE A SMALL quantity!!! My hair doesn't do well with oil AT ALL. Even though this doesn't have oil in it, putting too much on it gives it the same over lubed effect.
2. Every once in a while it is good to use a shampoo that rids your hair of build up with this product. But then, I have pretty thick hair and it doesn't get limp often so I don't really care, but it may help someone else. Over time you can feel that build up on your hair...
3. There is alcohol in this product, you have to be careful not to over dry. Especially if you have a hair type that you don't have to wash daily. Wrap your hair or do something where you don't have to put the product on too much. As another person said in a post, this is a good reason to use a moisturizing shampoo.
... But this is just knowing the product. Not everyone will have ANY reason to use caution and some will have to use maybe one or two of these tips. It TOTALLY gets 5 stars!
Customer Review: Wow!
Summary: 4 Stars
[...]A little really does go a long way. I used only a dime-sized amount of the product and massaged it from my roots to my ends, especially the ends. Then, I took my flat iron (Maxiglide) and flat ironed my hair. It came out looking wonderful, and was very bouncy. People have actually been staring at my hair all day. I am African-American, but my hair, because its been relaxed for years, is sort of a cross between curly and straight, with kinky curls at the root. After using the Biosilk Therapy and the flat iron, though, my hair looks 10x better.
One word of warning though, you should not use this product everyday, as it does contain a good bit of alcohol. I would use it maybe every other day, and make sure to use a shampoo that restores moisture, as alchol will dry it out. Using only a dime-sized amount should not really affect it too much, it may in the long run, but using a moisture restoring shampoo, and not using heat tools too much may help. My flat ironed looks usually last me 2-3 days, depending on the heat, humidity, outside (I live in the south). Today it was pretty hot, but my hair did not frizz, so that's another reason to at least try this product. The smell is also very subtle. You can smell it, but its not over-powering.
I bought my Biosilk Therapy (5.64 oz) from Target for only $11.99, so I'd check there and at a local beauty supply store. For one thing they probably sell it for less (no S&H), and for another, if you don't like it then its much easier to return.
Customer Review: Not for thick, natural curly hair
Summary: 3 Stars
Amazon has the best price around. The previous reviewer must be confused. Target does not sell this size for $11.99. They sell the smallest size for that price on sale, but normally $14.99. This is the next size up and normally sells at Target for $25.99 when it is not on sale. I almost didn't buy this here because I thought it was a mistake in the listing. There is no place on earth that offers this price for this sized bottle, unless you happen to find it in TJ Max. I did that once and will never buy those kinds of products again from that store. It is not good quality and as if it has gone bad or something.
I was impressed that Amazon gave top quality Biosilk for such a great price. However, it is not for thick, unruly and natural curly hair. It will do nothing but give you a pleasing smell, and the great fragrance does not last long. This is great for those with some frizzes and excellent for bed head where you dont want to do a full hair job in the morning--yet still look good after putting a little on and rushing out the door.
I would probably not buy this again, but recommend for those with a different hair type to try this out. It is the best price around and it is good quality, not the "over-priced yard sale, worn out quality" like TJ Max and Marshalls.
Customer Review: FABULOUS product!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a black woman, whose hair is regularly permed and colored. After reading the reviews, and after the incentive of a discount if I bought this product, I decided to give it a try. It is FABULOUS!! This weekend, I wasn't feeling like going through all the work of setting my hair, so I washed, conditioned, put in setting lotion (for volume and curl) and added a quarter-sized amount of Biosilk and wrapped. It worked amazingly!!! When I un-wrapped my hair, I shook the bottle, and placed another quarter-sized amount in, rubbing thru all of my hair. Curled with my ceramic curling iron, and was AMAZED at the results!! My hair came out as if I had just come from a salon! I usually use Kiehl's creme with silk groom, but this product way surpasses the results I have gotten from that. Tonight, my daughter, who has much silkier hair than mine, blow dryed her hair and came downstairs. I suggested that she put the Biosilk on her hair and finish the blowdrying, and the results were phenomenal. I would recommend this product to ANYONE. A++++
UPDATE: After several months of using this product, my hair has grown noticeably and there is very little shedding when I wash my hair even though I use a curling iron daily (thermal), have color AND get a relaxer.