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For Straightening: Curlaway allows you to control how much curl you want to remove. If your curls are very tight, start with the 9-hour overnight treatment, pulling gelled hair as straight as possible (by flattening to head, tying back with a band, wrapping around rollers, pressing to your scalp with a du-rag or pulling hair into two ponytails, then wrapping the "tail" end around large Velcro rollers and pulling them up to the top of the head). It is important to keep the gel moist by covering your gelled hair with a bandana or scarf. If the gel starts to dry under the bandana or scarf, spritz your hair with water. Even hair wrapped flat to the scalp under a ball cap will work (children prefer this style!). Rinse out gel and optionally shampoo. Finish with your favorite conditioner. For fastest results, towel dry hair and apply a small amount of the Curlaway with your hands and distribute evenly through damp hair or just to the areas with excess curl, such as the ends or roots. Comb or brush your hair smooth and then air dry keeping your hair straight with a tie-back or taut on big, Velcro rollers OR blow-dry pulling hair straight with a brush or comb attachment. (Hint: Air-drying results in shinier hair with no dry ends!) For optimum styling and added smoothness and body, finish with heat-rollers or a flat-iron. Also, if you need to use any clips, use plastic rather than metal ones.

Continue reapplying Curlaway Gel until your hair is as straight as you like, then repeat treatments only when you see evidence of re-curling (or when a high-humidity spell causes frizz or more curl than you want).

For frizz: If you are relaxing moderate curl or removing frizz, apply the gel for 3 hours (after pulling or pinning hair into a straight style). Finish with a small leave-in application (apply a dime-size dollop to your palm and spread gel through hair with your fingers) and air or blow dry, per directions for straightening.

For Maintenance: Between full treatments apply a small amount of Curlaway Relaxer Gel as a leave-in styling aid. Squeeze a small amount of Gel into your palm and distribute with your fingers through either wet or dry hair, then brush or comb through for even distribution. This use of Curlaway Gel also reduces frizz on humid days.

Use of Gel to relax a permanent wave: Test the time required to relax an overly-curly permanent wave by applying to one lock of hair first and then repeating procedure on full head of hair.

Apply Gel to clean, wet hair, pull straight and roll tightly on a large roller, or pull hair straight using a tie-back. Leave gel on hair for 4 hours. Rinse off with warm water. Use your favorite conditioners. Blow dry pulling hair straight OR allow hair to dry naturally again after pulling it straight, or setting on large rollers. If your hair is not relaxed sufficiently, reply Gel and leave on overnight, repeating the 4-hour treatment steps. Repeat either 4 hour or overnight applications until perm is sufficiently relaxed. Optionally, apply gel after every shampoo to prevent frizz.

Wrap method of applying Curlaway

Twist method of applying Curlaway

After Curlaway Gel is applied overnight, hair is washed, conditioned and blown dry.

For the smoothest, straightest results, use a blow-dryer with a brush or comb-attachment, letting the hair fall forward.

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