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12 Week Blow Dry Dublin

Posted: July 28, 2010 at 10:52 pm | Tags: 12 Week Blow Dry Dublin, 12 week blow dry price, 12 Week Blow Dry Review, 12 Week Blow Dry Review Dublin, Fusion, Fusion Hairdressers Dun Laoghaire, Keratin Complex, Keratin Complex review

Research

After months of research I finally bit the bullet & booked in for my 12 week blow dry. I have held off writing my blog post for awhile so I could really live with it & let you know my honest opinion.

What I learnt while trawling through the web was that there are many different products on the available on the market. Now all I had to do was find one that I liked the sound of with good reviews online & a hair salon I trusted to do the treatment.

I was torn between Dylan Bradshaw, Pink Hairdressing and my hairdresser Fusion in Dun Laoghaire. And I decided to go with the place I trust, Fusion.

On the days leading up to my appointment I left my hair to dry naturally with no product & naturally with some mousse to show how sometime I wear it wavy.

The Process

The first step in the process is to have your hair washed with a special shampoo which opens the hair follicles so that it can hold the Keratin. Then your hair is fully blow dried.

The Keratin is then put in, your hair is separated and it is put in like a full head of colour. Your hair feels wet again with the product, then you are left for approx 20 mins with designer plastic cap on!!!

After the 20 mins, your hair is blow dried again and then the Keratin is sealed into the hair by using a special flat iron that reaches temperatures of 450°.

For the next 72 hours I had to leave the Keratin in my hair, not clip it back, tie it up or even put it behind my ear… As I wash my hair every second day this was pure torcher… by Day 3 it was disgustingly greasey & Day 4 was unbearable…

Fusion are the only hairdressers in my research that invite you back to the salon to have the product washed out after the 72 hours, really nice touch. I was practically banging their door down at 9am to let me in to have it washed out.

By 9.30 I had gloriously shiny, soft, straight, non frizzy hair… just what I wanted.

The treatment in Fusion costs between €200 - €250 depending on length and thickness of your hair. The price includes the special Keratin Complex Shampoo & Conditioner and the complimentary blow dry to wash out the product after the 72 hours.

Having lived with the 12 Week Blow Dry for 2 weeks I have found my hair is definitely softer, it blow drys in less time & I can leave my house without running my GHD through it.

However, my hair is not as I expected it to be after the process. I cannot leave it to try naturally, it still looks like an unruly mess as in Photo 1. For nights out or when I have something on I still use my GHD.

Maybe my hair wasn’t frizzy enough in the first place to need a 12 week blow dry… maybe it didn’t work to its full potential in my hair… who knows but ladies, my advice would be save your cash! It’s not cheap treatment and I don’t feel I’ve had value for money with my hair type.

Unfortunately I will have to pack my GHD for my holidays

Fusion Hairdressing, 53A Upper Georges Street, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin TEL: 01 284 5016

Mwah

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HairMare is no more! Fixed by Fusion Hairdressers, Dun Laoghaire

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 1:20 pm | Tags: Fusion, Fusion Dun Laoghaire, Fusion Hairdressers, Fusion Hairdressers Dun Laoghaire, Peter Mark, Peter Mark Dublin

My hair is fixed, whoop whoop! I feel like shouting it from the rooftops. My hair is shiny again, the cut has shape and it’s easy to manage however it is shorter than I would like but it needed to be done to fix the mess that Peter Mark left me with.

I went to Fusion, Dun Laoghaire (01 2845016), Robbie for colour and Aideen for cut. I cannot recommend the hairdresser’s enough. They were both fantastic. Without any prompting I was informed that my hair had been lopsided , I wonder what Peter Marks would say about that if I’d gone for my “assessment”.

What have a learnt from this experience? When you find a good hairdresser, stick with them. They get to know you, your hair and they are hard to find. While people might be tempted by the Peter Mark 20% off discount like I was, my advice; don’t do it! As Daddy Kutner would say, “cheap is expensive in the long run”.

Thank you all for your support while I was having such a hairmare, really helped to get it off my chest and hear everyones experiences.

Just including a few snaps with my fixed hair from my friends wedding at the weekend

We don’t scrub up too bad

Mwah