SoftSheen-Carson Dark and Lovely Triple Nourished Silkening No-Lye Relaxer with Shea Butter, Super

This straightener exceeded my expectations. From the first application I noticed my hair much softer, silkier and shinier, without feeling dry or heavy. I really liked that it doesn't have strong bleach and still smooths very well.

Great product and fair priced. The instructions are very easy to follow. I liked that the kit comes with hair restoration items for aftercare. This product is ideal for at home usage. I will continue to repurchase and use this product.

I had gotten my hair permed and it looked horrible. After a good cry, I looked to see what I could do for my Caucasian hair and found this stuff! OMG! Thank you!!! My hair is straighter than it was before the perm and so soft. The scent is pleasant and not overpowering. I may never get a perm again but if I do I’m buying this before hand!!

I really like this straightening because it doesn't have so many chemicals, it's not abrasive, it leaves my hair super smooth, it doesn't have a strong smell, it's super good, I really love it, I've been using it for about 6 months and I have no complaints, for the price it's excellent, I really recommend this product, really yes, my hair is super strong and with the regular I manage to tame it, I love it too much

Good item it process my hair great no complain will buy again

A little back story mixed in with my review; I bought the giant bucket of affirm and tried 3 or four different ways to apply the relaxer (with and without base applied, without and without strand protection product, etc) and my hair kept reverting to my fro with moisture in the air or sweat from my scalp. I gave up and bought this box relaxer thinking I needed a stronger formula (even though I grew up receiving relaxers and always knew my hair to respond well to “gentle formulas”) after some google searching. I left the affirm on my hair up to 30 min and it still reverted. This Dark and Lovely was on for all of 5 min in the most resistant section of my hair and when I went back to smooth, I noticed that the effort to work it in was already enough to get it smooth and it stayed. So I moved on to other sections, and the application took me all of a little over 15 min (grown out pixie cut length, just under the shortest bob length hair) I just took one extra minute to smooth all over in a pretty lazy way then went to rinse. Not even a tingle yet and I was nervous because I had been scratching my scalp freely (lol) and I did not apply a base/scalp protectant. I rinsed for a good amount of time, only applied each product step afterwards once, I wish I had either shampooed or done the conditioner step twice because despite my long rinsing, heavy application of the neutralizing conditioner, I still had a section that I smelled the slightest bit of the relaxer odor when I went to blow dry. Nothing fell out, still no burning, I flat ironed and it came out great, but I do feel if the odor was there, I could have done a better neutralizing and shampooing job. So double up on that yall. (I know for next time) my hair stayed smoothed out, no puffing back up, and also this was done about two weeks post color lift treatment, I did not have bleach applied to my roots, I left dark roots while lifting to a light blonde. Of course some relaxer overlapped the color treated area, again, everything is just fine. I did a cosmetic code search and found that my batch of D&L was made in June of this year, i bought it mid September and used October 1. I did the same search on my affirm (Avlon) relaxer and the results said their code could either be Jan this year or sometime in 2022. With results I kept getting, I believe it may have been the latter. Be careful where you buy your products, (I got it off Amazon) but we all know relaxers were sitting idle on shelves during the natural hair movement) verify the batch production date with a quick search to ensure you get something will be effective and not old stock. Overall this was very easy to apply, I used the regular formula, not the super because Google told me the regular was stronger than most gentle formula relaxers out there, I only recommend double neutralizing steps, but not because of any burning or tingling just to get it all off the strands, the post relaxer steps also smell very good, I don’t recommend the last little leave in conditioner because it was a little heavy. I would say use a good leave in spray-heat protectant (Avlon has great options for these) and this is a novice friendly box set. Thanks for reading!

The best perm for 4D hair! No extreme damage and my perm last so long for such a cheap purchase. This is my subscription list and will never cancel.

It was my first time using this brand. I did my own application therefore the result wasn't uniform but in all, I was satisfied. I have 4c hair. I only retouch 3 x per year. This year I'm retouching every 6 months to reduce overlapping and over-processing. I left it on only 25 minutes (application time & smoothing).

I'm a white male, probably not someone you would expect to be a regular purchaser of this product. However - I am cursed with thick, wavy and curly hair. It's awful; I hate my natural hair more than I can express. I saw a video online of a guy in situation similar to mine, and he recommended a hair relaxer. I couldn't believe the difference in his Before / After photos. This was the first one I tried, and the results were unbelievable. At long last, my many years to the gym were no longer being squandered by also looking like a curly-headed goofball. I haven't looked back since, that was probably 6 years ago at least. I've tried many other brands, none even come close to the results I get with Dark & Lovely. Sadly, the results don't last long. The first week is great, but each passing week - it slowly reverts to my natural awfulness. Luckily, it makes using a straightening brush MUCH more effective, so I can get 2 - 3 months out of a kit. Just be careful, this stuff WILL burn your skin if it's touching it. I'm still not 100% sure about the potential of causing hair loss / thinning. I did stop for a bit because I noticed my hairline getting thinner, but it seems to have thickened up again and I'm pushing 30 now so hair loss is natural. I'm also a typical guy, I didn't use any heat protection with my straightening brush or condition, none of that crap. I do now though! Anyway, it's great - just be careful and follow the instructions to the letter. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Buen provecho, von buena calidad

It was my first time relaxing myself, was afraid of frying my hair. But it came out nice. Only problem is that it takes more than two weeks to arrive after ordering. And the trackeing Infor was not showing in the Amazon app. Was getting worried. But I received my product eventually.

My order came sooner than expected and it is perfect, I love the smell

Já uso esse produto há muito tempo. Dessa vez o cabelo caiu demais, quase careca. A embalagem veio aberta, não sei se houve alteração do produto, só sei que deixarei de usar.