Nexxus Pro Mend Overnight Treatment Crème, 1.9 Ounce

Background: I have middle of my back length hair, Naturally curly/wavy hair (Think Halle Berry in "Their eyes were watching God") I am Black and Hispanic. My hair is prone to breakage because its so dry. Although it grows at a normal pace about 1/2 inch a month, you couldnt tell because it used to break so easily. I use this product in conjuction with many other Nexxus products but the results have been proven to work on my hair to achieve really healthy hair. I'll give you a run down of everything I do below. I will tell you readers about each product, good and bad. Be prepared; this is a long review, but informative.Nexxus Therappe Shampoo - It smells great and I really have no complaints. I havent used any other Nexxus Shampoos, so I dont have anything by Nexxus to compare it to.Nexxus Humectress Conditioner, Deep, Hydrating Treatment - This is awesome! I have tried other Nexxus conditioners (Nexxus Humectress Ultimate Moisturizing Conditioner, Nexxus Keraphix Restorative Strengthening Conditioner, and Nexxus Hyrda Sleek Silken Smoothing Conditioner) But none compare to the moisturizing power this stuff has.Nexxus Pro Mend Overnight Treatment Crème - At first this seemed like the answer to my split-end prayers. It truly, truly does repair split ends, but only temporarily. This should not be used as a cure-all. This will bind your ends, but you still need to moisturize your hair regularly and take care of it if you want it to be healthy. This product, however, took my curly/wavy hair to BONE STRAIGHT hair due to overuse. Seriously, you cannot find half a curl in my hair. Obviously, it changes the structure of your hair when it binds the split ends, so be warned if you have curly hair this may very well change your hair's structure. Especially if you've used it as much and as often as I: once a week for about 2 years. Since it works so well for me, I continue to use it only on my ends while I allow my curls to grow back. For my African American readers: It looks like a perm is growing out of my head; curly/wavy at the roots and straight on the ends. I press my roots and flat iron my hair for work anyway so I dont look too funny!After washing out the Pro-Mend, I use Nexxus Polymedic Emergency Reconstructor - Reconstructors add protein to your hair making it stronger. Be careful though, I learned the hard way that too much protein (as this product is super strength and can easily deliver) will cause your hair to break. This product repairs your hair's structure and will eventually make it stronger and very shiny. All in all, as long as you dont overdo it you will see great results.If you're not asleep yet, keep reading to learn about the steps I take every week to acheive really healthy hair.1. Wash my hair with Nexxus Therappe Shampoo2. Allow my hair to air dry until it is only slightly damp and apply Nexxus Pro Mend Overnight Treatment Crème to my ends and leave it in overnight.3. Wash out the Promend and apply Nexxus Polymedic Emergency Reconstructor on my entire head (except my edges). Cover with a shower cap and leave on for 10-15 minutes.4. Wash out the reconstructor and apply Nexxus Humectress Conditioner, Deep, Hydrating Treatment to slightly damp hair. Cover with a shower cap for about an hour (while I clean my bathroom or do laundry or something domestic)5. Rinse out the conditioner and allow my hair to air dry naturally.6. Heat Style my hair: Press the roots and edges and use an electric flat iron to straighen my hair.The results:After a day and a half (EVERY WEEKEND!!!) of repeating this process, my hair is probably the shiniest and bounciest hair you will ever see. It is so soft and healthy, you could run your fingers through it and not hit a snag at all. As a black woman it feels great when non-black people compliment me on my hair. Not any of those well-meaning, yet, condesceding remarks such as, "Your hair is so cool" or "Wow, I wish my hair could be like that" I get compliments like, "Wow, your hair is so pretty" and "How do you get your hair so soft?" Seriously, I have shared my procedure with all my friends and family. Although they dont have the dedication or income to buy all the above mentioned products, they have seen great results.

Okay long story short, lost some hair due to an accident and some neurological meds, growing it back, really want to keep it healthy. I have had some breakage in the back of my head. I have been using satin pillowcases to reduce breakage and a satin nightcap on my restless nights to stop snarls. But I do have some broken ends because I am trying to grow my hair out from the hair loss I suffered and I'm going a lot longer in between haircuts. I tried the day cream product as a standalone first. It will smooth your hair and stop the frizz, but you won't see any dramatic frizz fixing long term.So then I tried the overnight treatment in combination with the leave in treatment. My hair was better, slightly less frizz on the ends, but I could feel that the back was still in rough shape. I tried the leave in conditioner for 1 week before adding the overnight. I tried the overnight cream with the day cream for 1 week.Now I decided to splurge and try the Nexxus ProMend shampoo and conditioner. 2 days. In two days, using all four products there was an extreme and noticeable difference in the smoothness of my hair. I was very much under the impression that you could not fix broken hair. Truthfully in 2 days I noticed smoother hair. The bottle says in 3 days use you will see results. So maybe my hair wasn't as bad as I thought, or maybe it was because I'd already been treating my hair.The shampoo is like any other shampoo, lather, rinse. The conditioner you leave on for 3 minutes, comb through, I recently switched to the Tool Structure Shower Detangling Comb (http://www.amazon.com/Tool-Structure-Shower-Detangler-Comb/dp/B003JMWOR8) . Both smell clean and delicious without being overpowering. The leave in conditioner you put a quarter sized amount in your hand and run through your hair, concentrate on trouble zones and/or ends. I used more than a quarter sized amount to nourish all my ends and the troubled back spot. For the nigt time treatment you do not need to rewash your hair - unless you have a lot of product in there. I just run about a quarter sized amount through my hair again and it soaks right in, leaving no residue. In the morning, wash it out. I followed with the Nexxus shampoo and conditioner and started all over.Honestly that's the most I've ever paid for conditioner, but sometimes you can get coupons on the retailer's website. It's worth a try if you are trying to repair your hair. Once you've done the repair, you might want to use it ever few days or a couple times a month and use another good shampoo and conditioner in between. I also like John Freida's Frizz repair shampoo and conditioner.