Silicon Mix UK.

What Silicon Mix is

Silicon Mix is a Dominican salon brand, and the deep treatments are what made its name. The original pink tub has been passed around by word of mouth for years, mainly among people with heat styled, relaxed or badly tangled hair who want a treatment that works in twenty minutes rather than an hour.

The three lines

The original line is the pink one: Silicon Mix hair treatment and the matching shampoo. It is the richest and the most silicone heavy, and it gives the slip and shine the brand is known for. Bamboo Extract is the strengthening line, with a nutritive shampoo, a deep treatment and a leave in, aimed at hair that snaps rather than hair that is simply dry.

Moroccan Argan Oil is the third, and the softest of the three. The shampoo, deep conditioning treatment and leave in conditioner suit dry, coarse or over processed hair that needs moisture more than protein.

How to use the treatments

Shampoo first, squeeze the water out, then apply the treatment from mid length to ends. Cover with a cap, leave it fifteen to twenty minutes, and use gentle heat if you have a hood dryer or a warm towel. Rinse thoroughly. The results show immediately, which is why people keep buying it, and it does not need using more often than every second or third wash.

The leave ins go on damp hair afterwards. Bamboo Extract leave in for strength, and Moroccan Argan leave in or the intensive leave in and shine conditioner for softness and gloss.

Detangle while the treatment is still in the hair. That is where most of the value sits for anyone with thick or tangle prone hair, and it saves the breakage that comes from forcing a comb through afterwards. Work in four sections, from the ends upwards, then rinse.

Who it suits

This range works best on hair that is heat styled, colour treated, relaxed, or coarse and tangle prone. It gives loose curls weight and shine. Very fine hair can go limp under it, and anyone following a strict silicone free routine will want to check the ingredients before buying, since the clue is in the name.

UK water and clarifying

Silicones coat the hair, which is exactly why the treatments feel so good, and that coating needs removing every few weeks or it layers up. Hard water across London and the south east adds mineral deposits to the same layer. A clarifying shampoo once a month keeps the treatments working. Without it, hair starts feeling heavy and stops absorbing anything.