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Protein treatment

Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair! MegaStrength+ Rice Water Protein + Moisture Strengthening Treatment

An occasional strengthening step, on the days its maker says. Formula as listed on Briogeo’s US product page.

Maker’s directions: After shampooing, wring excess water from the hair and apply the treatment evenly throughout damp hair. Leave it in for at least 10 minutes, or longer or overnight as desired. Full directions ↓

Size: Not listed by the maker. Check your bottle.

Price:
  • $44.00 (the store doesn’t name the size)

List prices on Briogeo’s own store, checked

How often, says the maker: Weekly; after several treatments, you may cut back to every other week.

Your step: Protein treatment

Know first: Briogeo prints two ingredient lists, one headed PROTEIN TREATMENT and one headed MOISTURE TREATMENT; both are given here.

Source: the label and directions Briogeo publishes for this product

View at Briogeo

How to use it

  1. After shampooing, wring excess water from the hair and apply the treatment evenly throughout damp hair.
  2. Leave it in for at least 10 minutes, or longer or overnight as desired.
  3. Rinse it out, then apply Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask to complete the treatment.

“For best results, use weekly,” and that after several treatments you may want to reduce use to every other week.

It is an extra step, not your usual conditioner: follow its own directions for when it goes on, how long it stays and what comes after it. Protein or moisture: how to tell which your hair wants .

What changes your choice

In the lists, * marks ingredients Briogeo calls coconut, vegetable, or plant derived.

Briogeo says it is not a hair mask.

Ingredients and formula details

Makers change formulas now and then. If the list on your bottle differs, go by your bottle.

Fragrance / Parfum
Listed
Named protein ingredients
Hydrolyzed Rice Protein; Arginine
Curly Girl Method
Fits its ingredient rules: no sulfate, silicone, drying alcohol or wax on this label. What counts · More products that fit
Read the full ingredient list

PROTEIN TREATMENT: Water/Aqua/Eau, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate*, Brassica Alcohol*, Squalane*, Cetearyl Alcohol*, Cetyl Alcohol*, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Water*, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein*, Sargassum Filipendula Extract*, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil*, Brassicyl Isoleucinate Esylate*, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer*, Diheptyl Succinate*, Behentrimonium Methosulfate*, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride*, Cetrimonium Chloride, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil*, Glycerin*, Arginine*, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Pentylene Glycol*, Citric Acid*, Fragrance (Parfum), Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Iron Oxides CI 77491 *Coconut, vegetable, or plant derived MOISTURE TREATMENT: Water/Aqua/Eau, Brassica Alcohol*, Squalane*, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer*, Cetearyl Alcohol*, Cetyl Alcohol*, Sodium PCA*, Sargassum Filipendula Extract*, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer*, Diheptyl Succinate*, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride*, Cetrimonium Chloride, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil*, Brassicyl Isoleucinate Esylate*, Biotin, Panthenol, Glycerin*, Behentrimonium Methosulfate*, Citric Acid*, Fragrance (Parfum), Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Iron Oxides CI 77491 *Coconut, vegetable, or plant derived

These are formula details, not predictions of conditioning, hold or how your hair will respond. Read about ingredient comparisons .

What the maker doesn’t say

Briogeo doesn’t say how much to use. Measure your usual amount once, and the cost calculator does the rest.

Briogeo doesn’t list the size on its product page. Check the amount printed on your bottle.

Every fact here comes from what Briogeo publishes for this product; our sources page lists each one. Holding the product? Check its ingredient list.