Comments on: Health Canada to put the brakes on the Brazilian Blowout

By: Hair politics | Sway Magazine

Hair politics | Sway Magazine — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:49:14 +0000

[...] Health Canada to put the brakes on the Brazilian Blowout [...]

By: master colorist

master colorist — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:54:25 +0000

Ok first of all, as an educator for a very high end color line I have done tons of research on this. There are actually 6 different brands of brazilian treatments that openly admit to having formaldehyde in their treatment. Brazilian Blowout just happened to call themselves formaldehyde free because it meets the air quality restrictions which is under approimately 1%. The test results showed that although there’s some formaldehyde in the product, when fumes omit in the air, it registered less that the 15 THAT WAS ACTUALLY BEING BREATHED, therefore passing the tests and legally could be called formaldehyde free. It’s in nail polish, acrylic nail liquids,wood sealants, and thousands of household products that we use constantly. It’s purpose in hair products as well as nail polishes is as a hardener. I know many women that buy it in pure form to strengthen their nails. My point, where a mask and stop worrying. Ammonia, bleach, paint thinner, paint, and many other things are equally as toxic as formaldehyde. Let’s just stop breathing all together! Please!@#$%^ The best solution for environmental toxins in the air is to always ingest plenty of antioxidants into our diets and prevent ourselves from being affected.

By: Isake

Isake — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:30:49 +0000

Afton I have to agree I have seen some pretty ridiculous weaves, and of late front lace wigs in my day and it makes me wonder if our real hair is so “bad” that we’d rather run around in these ridiculous hair additions that definitely cheapen our look. Don’t get me wrong I can admire a woman with a well done weave and I think its a great way to change up your look, but I’ve found that well done weaves are hard to find these days especially in this city. Just my observation. Correct me if I’m wrong.

By: Afton

Afton — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:10:29 +0000

What is wrong with black hair? The more women I see with ridicuous wigs, weaves and other fake additions…they look silly. The prettiest thing is natural hair. A black woman with her hair cut low is a stunning site – it show confidence and defiance. Wee twists are also beautiful.

Horse hair or acrylic wigs are making proud black women a slave to an image no worth their time.

By: Isake

Isake — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:07:10 +0000

Dene I completely agree with you. Ideally it would be great if all black women would wear their hair natural, however for many reasons (that’s a whole different topic on its own) we probably would never see that day. So your’e right, let’s not put our health at risk in the pursuit of more “manageable” hair.

By: Dene

Dene — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:15:03 +0000

I believe that this is definitely too much. It has always been an attempt for black women to get manageable hair, which means hair as close to white people’s as we can get. I have done many things with my hair. Long and relaxed, natural, short relaxed, bald,colored many times, and currently I am rocking shoulder length texturized hair. Whatever you decide to do with your hair ladies, make sure you’re not putting your health at risk! Don’t be so quick to try out no formulas, and much less new proccesses without finding out what the side effects potentially may be.

By: S

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:25:03 +0000

Health Canada always has to spoil our fun! Just kidding, but on a serious note, why on earth would you want to apply formaldehyde to your hair. Just the name formaldehyde scares me. But then again what chemicals are found in most hair relaxers that many black women use?