Just finished my BKT!!! I'm loading my pics right now, I'll edit the post to add them.
the tools
Last night I parted may hair into 6 sections, sprayed my aloe,glycerine and rose water mix on it and sealed with avocado oil. I used my baby's no break elastics to make the poneytails.
Close up of my new growth and texlaxed hair.
Freshly clarified hair
naked blow dry - this was the worst part. I was so scared I was going to fry my hair. I let it air dry 80% then used the ionic cryer and ceramic vent brush. I love the 9.99 dryer and 7.99 brush though!
hair divided in 7 sections
bkt applied! We did it on the back porch with a fan blowing beside us. Not a lot of fumes. I smelled like something like chocolate when applied. Notice my hair isn't soaking int he product. I only used 1/2 of the 2.4oz bottle I ordered - QOD Max is the brand.
Not a great pic - bkt applied then hair blown dry on medium heat.
Here is post flat iron. I really like the way it turned out. It's light, swangin', and shiny as heck. That's all my mom kept saying while she was flat ironing it, "it's so shiny! and Not shedding like it normally does" After she took this pic we trimmed at least 1 inch off all over. I haven't had a good trim since I cute 4+ inches off last May. I'll take another post pic when I haves omeone to take it for me.
It was a great experience all and all. Now we gotta see how long it last and if it reallt does what people say for the next 4-6 weeks. I plan on cutting back on my washing to 1x per with with a sulfate/salt free keratin shampoo and dcing with silicon mix. When I get my technique down I'll try a rollerset with my Lacio Lacio.