Charles Worthington Home Straightening Kit

Devi

Hi all,

Apologies if this has been covered already.

i have very frizzy hair which is worse this time of year and I have seen this home kit advertised - too good to be true?

Has anybody tried it?

Thanks

Devi

noodles86

I saw that in the boots ad card mag & then looked it up online as it sounded really good but have you read the reviews on the Boots website? Put me right off!!

Devi

I know - i read them this morning!

It does sound too good to be true - I have spent a fortune getting my hair chemically straightened over the years and thought £20 was very MSE!

kittykarate

It didn't work for me! My hair was back to normal after first wash. However back in the 80s my hair would go straight a week after a curly perm, so perhaps my hair is too stubborn for it.

You can't use it if.. your hair is dyed too blonde, have used lye based straightening products before, have suffered a reaction against Thiol products (perms mainly)

Looking on the facebook page their reception is very varied, it works well for some people, not at all for others and some people seem to be having hair breakage.

Maryland_Cookie

I've got really curly hair and have had my hair professionally straightened in the past with limited success. I saw the CW kit and thought I'd give it a go, til I read the read the reviews........did put me off. Be good to hear any positive reviews! Til then I'm making the most of the curls!!

geri1965_2

Someone on another forum I post on tried this recently, and it wrecked her hair.

jenniewb

I don't know if its like the version Boots did about 10 years ago (WOW I feel old!!) I used that when I was at Uni and remember it helped take the fight out of the nasty kinks in my hair (my hair isn't curly but annoyingly kicks out around my ears...the whole way round my head, sits flat to my head elsewhere and is majorly unflattering!). It did help to reduce this but didn't totally straighten.

I remember the Boots version said to not use if you coloured your hair. i've coloured my hair for 15 years now and wasn't about to stop back then. I noticed a little fading but nothing major and just coloured over it the following week anyway. I did get a lot of damage though and future colours didn't take as evenly at all- the part I had straightened took the colour more intensly and faded faster then the rest (it was more damaged).

As I've said, I had the Boots version which they have since stopped making (seem to recall it being sold off for a fraction of the cost and others advertising its sale on MSE a few years ago). I don't know if it is the same as the CW version but if it was similar its something I'd think about-if my hair wasn't in such bad condition at the moment as a result of all the straightening I've put it through!

SRH_2

I used to be a journalist and was lucky enough to get my hair straightened for free several years ago using the L'Oreal Xtenso method. My hair is superfine but there is loads of it (and I mean LOADS!). It's naturally frizzy loose, messy curls (and not in a nice way!). I used to get called 'mushroom head' at school because of my big shock of frizzy, poofy hair.

At first it was amazing - I could get out of the shower and simply leave my hair to dry. It dried naturally straight and shiny, even after an afternoon spent whale watching off the coast of the Azores (another freebie thanks to my old job - really miss those freebies!).

Then three months later I noticed a patch of my hair had changed texture. Bit by bit parts of my hair started to break off until I had to get my hair cut really short to get rid of the damage. I was so upset as I had thought of asking everyone I knew to give me money for Christmas every year so I could afford the £300 to get my hair straightened.

I swore off straightening, until I saw the Scott Cornwall Str8 Forward Extra Condition in Boots. It uses the same method as Xtenso - chemical straightening combined with heat. It was nowhere as effective as the professional one but it did make my hair straighter, shiny and much more managable. I've used it four times in total now and will keep using it every four months. I still have to blow dry my hair and straighten it but the whole process is much faster and the end result is much smoother.

I've seen bad reviews of it - from people who say it has damaged their hair to those it has not worked for. All I can say is follow the instructions exactly and keep a watch by you at all times for the timing. Also, do not underestimate how much you need to straighten it during the heat part of the process - don't skimp or it won't work as well (one time I did it I rushed and the results were not great). I always use it a couple of days after colouring my hair (always at home using Castings, moneysavers!) - this opens up the outer layer of the hair so it is more likely to 'take' the chemical straightener - very important.

There is also a video on YouTube with Scott Cornwall showing how to use it. Watch it and follow it to the letter.

If your hair is already really damaged or you don't want to take the risk then I can highly recommend styling your hair with John Frieda 3 Day Straight with some of his Thermal Frizz Ease Serum through the ends. Makes my hair lovely and straight and glossy. Just make sure you use straighteners and not just blow dry, in order to activate the straightening ingredients in it.

Hope this helps!

adelight

Any permanent straightening won't be good for your hair and everything at home is never as effective. Magazines rave about it but they have to. If CW sends them a kit and they give it a bad review CW and their associated brands(and trust me, it's never just loreal or just CW, they will be connected to many other big brands) will pull their advertising and stop sending them products and magazines can't afford that. How often do you see a bad review (less than 3/5) for a big brand product? Virtually never!!! Places like makeupalley.com will give you more honest reviews so check those before you invest.

Personally I'd 1) embrace your natural texture with serums and clever styling or 2) just use something like John Frieda 3 day straight and learn a good cold blow drying technique to keep it straight and healthy.

Devi

i've never been one put a lot of effort into my appearance - i go through phases with hair and makeup!

however this time every year, i get depressed about the state of my hair - i have a permanent halo of frizz and get it chemically straightened but always vow not to do it again, have resisted so far this year.

I have tried numerous de-frizzers over the years, the latest on costing me £35 which worked for a couple of weeks and now its back to normal!

ali-t

Devi wrote: »

i've never been one put a lot of effort into my appearance - i go through phases with hair and makeup!

however this time every year, i get depressed about the state of my hair - i have a permanent halo of frizz and get it chemically straightened but always vow not to do it again, have resisted so far this year.

I have tried numerous de-frizzers over the years, the latest on costing me £35 which worked for a couple of weeks and now its back to normal!

My hair is also naturally frizzy and wavy but a brazillian keratin treatment sorts it out for up to 6 months at a time. I had it done again last week and the one before that lasted 6 months which works out at around £20 a month - sooo worth it.