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Apply a leave-in bond-care treatment

Apply a compatible bond-care treatment after shampooing, and leave it undisturbed for its full labeled waiting period.

Distributing leave-in treatment through a small damp section with both palms.

Step by step

  1. Blotting shampooed lengths with a towel before leave-in treatment.
    STEP 1 OF 3

    Shampoo and blot

    • Check that your label specifies shampoo without conditioner first. Follow its cleansing directions and rinse well.
    • Blot gently with a clean towel until hair is damp rather than dripping. Keep conditioners and stylers aside for now.
    • Divide lengths into reachable portions with your fingers; put the treatment and a timer on the counter.
  2. Distributing leave-in treatment through a small damp section with both palms.
    STEP 2 OF 3

    Distribute the treatment

    • Dispense only the label’s amount, spread it between your palms and put the container down.
    • Work through the ends and lengths as directed, reaching inside each portion without pulling tangles.
    • Stop at the label’s placement boundary; this is hair treatment, not an instruction to rub product into your scalp.
  3. Setting a timer while leaving treated damp hair undisturbed.
    STEP 3 OF 3

    Wait before adding anything

    • Leave the treatment undisturbed for its full label-defined dwell. Do not rinse, comb or add other products during that wait.
    • When the wait is complete, follow the label for gentle combing, any later conditioner and styling.
    • Keep the treatment in your hair as directed. Wash your hands, close the container and clean the counter.

About 6–12 min hands-on for shampooing, rinsing, blotting, treatment application and cleanup. Add the label's undisturbed dwell. Later conditioner, styling and drying are separate.

Practical editorial estimate, not measured. The shampoo in step 1 is included; a product's advertised treatment time is not the hands-on time.

You’re done when…

The required wait has finished and the treatment remains in the hair; later products are added only when its directions allow.