THE QUEST for straighter hair has moved from the simple mechanics of ironing to chemical relaxing and, most recently, to exotic hybrids from Japan and Brazil. Brazilian ... are a lot of black ...

But they could be damaging your hair, and your health. Word is spreading about a salon product that promises longer-lasting results. Some U.S. women are lining up to get the Brazilian Blowout ...

In order to understand what keratin is, it’s important to know what it isn’t: The latest treatments share little or nothing in common with the dreaded Brazilian hair straightening treatments ...

There's a lot ... Brazilian women love expressing their beauty through makeup. HB: What do Brazilian women know about beauty that American women do not? AL: Brazilian women are taught to take ...

while having hair that’s frizz-free and more manageable. The Brazilian blowout process only takes around 90 minutes to 2 hours in a salon, whereas a keratin treatment may take up to three hours to ...

The hair is separated into small, twisted sections and then put under the flame – the process is reported to take up to two or three hours. Here's a video of it in action. Brazilian women tend ...