LIW pH Plex Steps 1&2 Protect & Repair Hair Care Treatment - Use with Home Hair Color & Bleach Products - Salon Quality Professional Results at Home - 1 Sachet of Steps 1 & 2

As horrible as I am to my hair, this set has saved it every time I've bleached. There's a huge difference when I haven't used it -- big enough to where I had to cut my hair off and start over. For awhile there I was buying in bulk, and I will again when my hair grows back.

I began bleaching and coloring my own hair at home during the pandemic and I needed a bond building product that would lessen the bleach’s drying effects on my hair. I take my naturally light brown hair to a banana peel shade in order to prepare it for the color of my choice in the next step. Since determining to revamp my entire beauty routine to cruelty free products, I was delighted to discover pH Plex, a value priced Olaplex dupe that is sold to anyone like me who is not a licensed beautician. (Olaplex allows customers to purchase the third step product to take home from the salon for repair use between colors, but non-beauticians cannot buy steps one or two, used in the actual bleach and color process.) With pH Plex, I can purchase all three steps to use 1) with my bleach mixture, 2) after bleaching to restore condition and softness and 3) repair treatments in between colors. Between being accessible to anyone, cruelty free and very well priced, it’s hard to say what I like the most about this product!

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Great product! Leaves hair with less damage.

I've been bleaching my hair at home too get it light enough to dye silver and I had been dying my hair black so it took a lot of bleach and my hair was suffering so I bought this after reading reviews and made sure to get step 3 even though nobody mentioned it. Steps 1&2 didn't really do anything but step 3! .... I'm about to run my fingers through my hair!!! I haven't been able to do that since I started bleaching and I've bleached it twice plus did 2 bleach washes! Don't get me wrong... My hairs still fragile but at least it's manageable. Now to find a silver dye that works cause I've tried 2 and they didn't do anything at all.

To be fair, platinum hair takes a lot of upkeep, money, time, and destroys the hair. I've tried all kinds of special shampoos/clenditioners, conditioners, masks, additives, glosses and so on. I should have started with "virgin" dirty blonde hair, but I began rebleaching once I had shoulder length hair post chemo treatments, so I'm not sure what kind of damage I truly started with. My hair was falling out, total straw and out of control hair going on. After using the full kit and wrecking my hair to the point of deciding to let it go dark this fall, I found both the new L'Oreal bond building shampoo and conditioner for the same price, and way better results. But that's my opinion and experience.1) Complicated and difficult to follow when bleaching2) Made my hair dryer than ever before3) Be sure to clean your entire shower after using the third step!! It turns it into a deadly skating rink!

I am not a trained cosmetologist but have been highlighting and cutting my own hair at home for about 10 years now. A few months ago I wanted to add more highlights to my hair but I didn’t want to damage it any further so I decided to try this and I’m so glad I did! Step 1 is an additive that you add to bleach or dye before applying it to your hair, and it makes a huge difference in the way your hair feels after processing! Somehow my hair felt softer after I bleached it with this. I will never bleach my hair without this again!!

Ive used olaplaex on damaged hair in the past and it feels internally healing to strands. THIS product claims to repair damage, but I feel like it is just really moisturizing- like REALLY moisturizing. I am personally probably going to buy Olaplex because I need thickness and strength back in my hair that I don't feel like I am getting from this. To be fair, my hair is aging to at 42 so it could just be naturally thinner. So conflicted.