FLAWLESS by Gabrielle Union Review

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It's PRODUCT REVIEW time!

As many of you know, I've been using Gabrielle Union's new hair care line for nearly a month now. Though I've tested all of her released products thus far (they are all wonderful, btw) I'm only going to review what I use when styling my hair straight today.

Here's a quick background on the products if you haven't read my previous blog of my FLAWLESS box reveal:

Gabrielle Union has developed a line of hair care products for ALL HAIR TYPES to flourish with! Each product contains natural oils such as argan, avocado, and marula that are vital in recovering damaged hair, or taking your already healthy hair to the next level.

All FLAWLESS products are free of sulfates (ew), parabens, gluten and cruelty! They’re safe and amazing products for use on natural and relaxed hair of ALL textures, as well as protective styles such as weave and wigs. They are also all safe for color treated hair for the home girls that switch it up often such as myself :)

THE SHOWER.

It's pretty much a necessity for me to wash my hair before I straighten it (as it is for most women). You want to be sure you clean your hair really well, because 9/10 times it's going to be straightened for at least a couple of days, and you don't want it to get funky and stinky. Yuck.

Gabrielle Union has both Moisturizing Shampoo/Conditioner and Smoothing Shampoo/Conditioner. I prefer to use the smoothing combo before flat ironing my hair because it eliminates frizz via smoothing affect, reduces split ends, hydrates dry/damaged hair and has your hair smelling b o m b and feeling silky smooth!

Both the shampoo and conditioner cost $19.00 on her website (click link at the bottom of this post). Though they aren't the cheapest of products, they aren't the most expensive either, & you get every bit of what you pay for.

THE DRYING PROCESS

*Sighs*... the most tedious part of handling thick and curly hair is definitely this process. Depending on what texture/length of hair you have, this can take anywhere from 20-60+ minutes of a process.. and if you're the perfectionist that I am sometimes even longer! -_-

I'll usually add a drop or two of FLAWLESS oil treatment to my hair prior to blow drying just to give it some extra oil to hold onto, but that step isn't quite necessary. Grab a detangling brush and work through that head of yours, so you can blowdry it with ease!

Now all you need is some of Gabrielle's FLAWLESS Blow Dry Cream, a blowdryer (preferably with a narrow nozzle piece for direct drying), and a quality blow drying round brush.. then you are set! This little cream goes a long way so don't over do it, or else you'll weigh down your luxurious hair. Pump about a nickel to quarter size of product into your palm (depending on length/thickness of your hair). Rub your hands together and run them through your hair, combing through it to make sure the cream is evenly distributed. Once you've applied the product, section off your hair and get it nice and dry!

This product also cost $19.00, and is available on the flawless website listed at the bottom of this post. It smells fantastic and not only does it protect against heat damage but it helps smooth your hair even further..before the flat iron even touches it!

TIME TO GET BONE STRAIGHT!

My favorite part! The glow up! I personally love straightening my hair, sometimes too much. This process varies for everyone when it comes to time. I take my good time with my hair, where as others just want to get it "looking straight" and be done with it. Thats such a waste of product to me! For this, you will of course need your flat iron, hard brush, a comb, some clips, and your FLAWLESS heat protectant!

I would have to say if I could only choose 2 of the products I am discussing today, it would be the smoothing conditioner and this heat protectant! It is AMAZING. No joke. It smells great, it does the job, and the best part is it fights frizz ALL DAY LONG!

The first time that I used this product to straighten my hair I had to stand in the humidity for 4 hours. I just knew I was going to look like lightning struck me down, but it kept my frizz non existent for the entire night and bone straight! It's like magic, shielding your beautiful hair from the damaging properties of a flat iron. It's $19.00 as well and a MUST buy!!!

After applying your heat protectant, section your hair off again and hit it with the flat iron! I've been asked what I use on my hair and I own a BabylissPro Nano Titanium 1.5'' Iron (Ulta). After you've finished, I promise you will find your hair to be sleeky, sealed and bone straight (if you're precise about how you style your hair).

Finishing Touches

To add the finishing touch, spray some FLAWLESS Shine Spray ($19) that will absorb into your scalp and leave your hair soft, shiny and moisturized!

Follow the Shine Spray with FLAWLESS Edge Control Gel ($19)! Now this was a product I have yet to put down. It's super light weight, and though when you first apply it it seems really liquidey (yes i made a word), it dries up and holds ya edges on LOCK! The only problem I find is that if you apply too much to one area (sometimes I do this just bc im not used to an edge control that dries your edges into place) it can flake up on me. Nonetheless I love this product and use it almost daily. It's got oils in it to hydrate those edges and give them super super shine!

I hope this post gave you some insight on Gab's new products! I haven't desired to use anything else since I started. FLAWLESS is amazing in not only achieving perfectly bone straight hair, but for maintaining frizzy hair, hydrating dry hair, reviving damaged hair and having whomever uses it feeling absolutely f l a w l e s s . ❤

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