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It’s an innovative, multi-ethnic, and green hair product, designed to permanently relax the curl patterns in hair and add body without the use of harsh chemicals. A BodipHier relaxer also reduces the hair’s bulk and thickness, which reduces your styling time and effort, for much easier hair manageability and maintenance. It represents a new scientific breakthrough in natural hair care, that you can affordably and easily apply yourself at home in 1 hour.
A BodipHier delivers relaxed, softer, bouncy, shiny, more manageable hair. It’s the healthy and safe alternative to chemical straightening relaxers that’s perfect for the entire family. It’s also for people who wish to transition their hair away from using damaging chemicals, and wear their hair straight as they maintain a healthier hair and scalp.
100% natural alkaline water and minerals are the active ingredients. The BodipHier’s unique natural formula penetrates into the hair shaft without destroying the protective outer layer (the cuticle), it raises the alkalinity level (pH) in the hair, and permanently softens the bonds inside the hair without breaking them. Softening the internal bonds of the hair causes the natural “S” curl pattern to loosen and elongate (relax), making the hair straighter. A BodipHier relaxer treatment also leaves hair deeply conditioned from nature’s amino acids, vitamins, and minerals that strengthen and protect hair’s health and balance hair’s pH.
Here is a breakdown of the BodipHier ingredients:
100% natural Soda Ash & Minerals
— Raises the pH of water and softens the internal bonds of hair.100% natural Citric
— Curls hair, helping the hair maintain its texture and elasticity.100% natural Menthol
— opens the pores of hair.Cetyl Wax, Emulsifying Wax, Petrolatum, & Mineral Oil
— non toxic, non-chemical oils to make up the product’s base and consistency.Lanotrol
— makes the product smooth and thick.Volpo 10
— keeps the product smooth.Methyl Paraben & Propyl Paraben
— kills germs and bacteria.100% natural Protein Powder
— strengthens hair.100% natural Shea Butter, natural Protein Oil and Soy Bean Oil
— adds vitamins & amino acids, moisturizes, conditions, and adds sheen to hair.Fragrance
— Makes the smell of the product more appealing.
The BodipHier represents a new scientific breakthrough in natural hair care. The BodipHier is designed to permanently relax hair and add body without the use of lye or other damaging chemicals. The 100% natural active ingredients are not as fierce as lye, so it won’t dissolve your hair shaft or break down and restructure the hair’s interior bonds, in order to relax the hair’s natural curl patterns. The BodipHier cannot make the hair “totally pin straight” like chemical relaxers do. This allows the hair to stay healthy, look more natural, keep a bit of its texture, and have more body and bounce.
It is the natural solution for people who want to wear their healthier hair smooth and straight, but not endanger their health or hair with toxic chemicals. For people who want to manage and style their hair far easier and less often, by using thermal styling tools between shampoos. BodipHied relaxed hair will easily go straight from the warm heat of a blow wave, or add a straightening iron and you will immediately see and feel superior straightened results that last — even against humidity.
Yes, a BodipHier is compatible with all of these traditional chemical relaxers.
There is a world of difference when using caustic damaging chemicals, compared with using the BodipHier’s safe and natural ingredients to get permanently relaxed hair:
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A BodipHier offers a safe, short, and easy 1 hour hair relaxing process (no worries, no gloves needed!) Most salon chemical straightening can take many hours (4 – 8 hrs), sometimes require return visits, and require the purchase of special shampoos and super conditioners to offset the damage done. Tip — You don’t want to risk applying these chemicals at home! A BodipHier simply removes all of the high costs, high risks, and needs for high maintenance that comes from using a chemical process.
Chemical straightening (Keratin methods), uses heated flat irons to fuse a chemical formula onto the hair. But Keratin straightening can also require the salon to use a gas mask, protective eye goggles and gloves, and a ventilation fan against toxic fumes during the tediously long processing. With this expensive method, the hair straightening effects still fades away within 3 — 4 months, but you can’t safely repeat it that often or any sooner.
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A BodipHier’s permanent hair relaxing allows timely touch ups to re-growth that easily maintains uniformly smooth and relaxed results, without any risk of over-processing or damage. The more you use it, the straighter the results! The BodipHier promotes healthier hair that can keep growing. All chemical relaxers will cause some degree of over-processing damage to your hair, so you can’t safely reapply chemical products on re-growth as the straighter hair grows out (or breaks off).
Processing damage occurs initially from chemically breaking and restructuring the hair’s internal bonds, and from eroding hair’s protective cuticle layer in order to straighten it. Over-processing damage comes from over-laying chemical relaxers during every touch up to re-growth, where some of the chemicals inevitably spill over onto the previously relaxed hair.
An economical cost. A BodipHier is very affordable and economical to maintain healthier straight hair. You could spend a fortune on damaging chemical straightening methods. Compare at: $300 – $700 for chemical applications, plus more $$$ for expensive hair conditioners that try to repair the damage, or special shampoos that are compatible with the chemicals. Increasingly, New Zealand’s top hair salons are offering luxurious BodipHier Relaxer Treatments in about 1 hour, providing lovely straight hairstyling results, as an affordable and professional service option to compare.
- BodipHier’s superior styling results. After a blow wave, or add a heated straightening iron, and your healthier hair looks and feels more naturally straight, has body, bounce, and shine; and it’s softer, silkier, smoother, and straighter than ever before! Unfortunately, chemical relaxers leave the hair permanently damaged, depleted, dull, flat and lifeless — even when applied with great skill. After chemicals, anytime you apply heat styling or a new colour you’ll fry your hair further, so styling options are limited.
- A BodipHier natural relaxer promotes healthier hair that can keep growing, and it becomes easier to manage with much lower maintenance and expense. Healthier hair also grows faster at your natural rate. You can retouch your curly roots at anytime, and safely apply a new colour or highlights. Even with chemical straightening relaxers, a blow wave styling or a wet set on rollers is needed after every shampoo to see smooth straightness and style. But added heat styling stress on chemically damaged hair could cause more dryness or breakage, or the hair can fall out.
No. When applied according to the instructions for re-growth touch ups or repeatedly, the BodipHier will not over-process previously relaxed hair. For resistant-kinky hair, it is perfectly safe to do a second full BodipHier relaxer application right away on clean-dry hair for maximum straightness results. Hair should not be relaxed when in an extensively weakened or dried out condition. Restore your hair’s health to a good condition first, for best results to follow.
Yes, a BodipHier is compatible with all traditional chemical relaxers/straighteners. But why would you want to?
It is not recommended over “curls” or “thio” (ammonium thioglycolate) based products. Ammonium thioglycolate is the chemical that’s commonly used to create body wave curly “perms” for naturally straight hair. Applying a natural Bodiphier relaxer over a perm may not reverse the curly effects of a chemical permanent wave process. These “thio” based chemical products are also used in various “Japanese/ionic/thermal” salon hair straightening services. For naturally dryer ethnic hair types, this chemical can dry hair out so much that extensive moisture is required or the hair will break. However, the BodipHier is excellent when applied over hair that has been previously relaxed with Copa products.
The BodipHier is an alkaline product with a pH of 12.0.
No. With 100% natural active ingredients, the BodipHier is naturally self neutralizing. Be aware that a chemical straightening product will always require some sort of neutralizer as a final step. The application of a neutralizer is extremely necessary to abruptly stop (neutralize) the damaging actions of the chemicals as it finishes straightening the hair by using lye or other caustic agents, to actually dissolve the hair’s protective cuticles and then break and restructure the hair’s interior bonds.
If any other hair relaxer product claims to be gentle, safe, or free of harsh chemicals, check to see if it contains a neutralizing shampoo, crème, or gel, or if the process includes a step to apply a neutralizer. If so, then that product surely contains harsh and damaging chemicals, so don’t be fooled!
They help fortify the hair with deep conditioning, and restore it to its natural pH balance.
The BodipHier will not make your hair perfectly “pin straight” as with damaging chemical relaxers. It relaxes curl about 85% for virgin or resistant-kinky hair, and it relaxes average curly hair about 90%, so it’s very effective. After every shampoo, hair easily becomes smooth and silky straight from the warm heat of a blow dryer, and from the use of other thermal styling tools such as a heated straightening iron. With a BodipHier, permanently relaxed hair is allowed to stay healthy and look more natural, and it’s left with body and bounce, shine and elasticity. It will also be softer to the touch, resistant to humidity, and it will have less bulk so it’s easier to manage and style.
When you touch up your hair’s curly re-growth with the relaxer, you can easily customize your permanent results. To relax your curl further, start at the re-growth and apply the relaxer fully throughout your entire head again, and your hair will become even straighter. Or if you don’t want any further hair straightening, you would touch up only the curly re-growth with the BodipHier instead.
In fact, this natural relaxer safely keeps hair permanently smoother and uniformly relaxed with continued use, with no worries for over-processing on previously relaxed hair.
Always saturate your hair fully from roots to ends with the relaxer, for all of the product’s natural compounds to work synergistically during every application. For short hair, the best ways to save un-used relaxer crème for future use:
- Quickly squeeze out the amount to use for your current application, and re-seal the bag immediately to prevent oxidization. Exposure to air causes this natural product to activate its maximum curl relaxing purpose, and then its effectiveness starts to diminish.
- Store the re-sealed bag of relaxer at room temperature for future use.
- Another great use of leftover relaxer crème is to re-apply it throughout your entire head of clean, dry hair again soon afterward. If you desire further curl relaxation after your first “virgin” application, your hair will become even straighter from a second full application.
No. The BodipHier permanently softens the internal bonds of the hair, loosens and elongates (relaxes) the natural “S” curl pattern.
The BodipHier relaxes hair permanently. To maintain a uniformly smooth and relaxed hair texture, you must touch up your unruly re-growth with the relaxer in approximately 8 – 10 weeks.
When you touch up your re-growth, and apply the relaxer throughout your entire hair fully again, your hair will become even straighter. In fact, this natural relaxer safely keeps hair permanently smoother and uniformly relaxed with continued use, with no worries for over-processing on previously relaxed hair.
Say “good-bye” to using a straightening iron everyday! Many people must spend valuable time and energy using high-heat straightening irons on their hair EVERYDAY to temporarily keep their natural curly-wavy-frizzy hair texture “looking straightened”, since it will quickly revert back. Excessive daily styling with high-heat can also cause dry and damaged hair, particularly for colour treated or highlighted hair.
After a BodipHier permanently relaxes your hair’s curl pattern, you’ll also have a reduction in your hair’s bulk and thickness. This causes a major reduction in your styling time and effort, for much easier hair manageability and maintenance.
Your straightened hairstyles will also be resistant to humidity, to last longer between shampoos. After a shampoo, your first use of a blow dryer and flat iron will deliver superior styling results, so that your healthier relaxed hair looks and feels much softer, silkier, smoother, and more naturally straight than it ever did before!
No, the BodipHier will not cast a greenish or yellowish tint to grey hair.
No, unlike traditional chemical hair relaxers, the BodipHier will not lift colour from hair.
“BodipHied” hair always looks and feels its best when it’s kept in a moisturized condition. We recommend the BodipHier shampoo and conditioner for moisturized cleansing and conditioning between relaxer touch up applications.
Dryer hair types can use a wee-bit of BodipHier’s natural hair oil for thermal protection before a blow dry, again after thermal styling, or as needed for added weatherproofing, hydration, and smoothness. All hair types benefit from a wee-bit of our Brilliant Sheen Moisturizer 2 – 3 times a week to help hair retain moisture, shine, and body — or use our Thermal Styling Lotion for roller sets and wraps. Anyone who wants to wear their hair with more texture can apply our Curl Defining Moisturizer, and let it air-dry for defined curls that are without frizz and completely carefree. Be free to try other high quality, moisturizing styling products (such as gels, mousses, glaze), to find just the right look for your relaxed hair.
To maintain a uniformly relaxed hair texture, touch up your curly re-growth with a BodipHier relaxer every 8 – 10 weeks.
After using the relaxer, you will easily wear your hair silky straight and smooth from the warm heat of a blow dryer, and from using other thermal styling tools such as a straightening iron, or quick hot rollers. So after every shampoo, you can create a variety of salon-quality hairstyles with far less time and effort than ever before, and get superior straight and smooth results that you can really see and feel.
Since the hair’s curls-waves-kinks have been permanently relaxed, straightened hair won’t revert back, so your hairstyles will last longer between shampoos. Say “good-bye” to those daily workouts with a high-heat straightening iron!
Without the use of chemicals, a BodipHier relaxer makes hair versatile. You can easily style it straight, decide to have smooth curls, or allow hair to air-dry with more defined texture and no frizz. See Easy Styling Tips for popular and versatile styling options and suggested styling products.
There are no special or additional instructions for using this safe and natural product on children. Our practical recommendation is that a child should be at least 5 years old, and monitored by an adult guardian during product use. To avoid any unnecessary skin irritation, the child’s scalp should be examined for open cuts or abrasions, before applying the relaxer.
- Return products unopened and sealed in their original packaging, along with any accompanying accessories, Instructions, and the sales receipt within 10 days.
- We recommend that you return your package using signature required Courier Post. If you use general post your package will not be insured, and Relaxed by Nature cannot accept liability if it is damaged or goes missing.
- Refunds are calculated less all of our costs to refund, on unused and resalable returns.
- If your products arrive damaged, hold onto unopened and unused items — as received (with all original packaging materials), while following our instructions to comply with courier’s required damage reimbursement claim processes and inspections.
- The courier company may require the damaged package for inspection, or they may reimburse you directly, for your fastest order replacement.
- It takes a maximum of 15 working days to process the return. All purchases must be returned and inspected before any refund.
- We do not accept returns outside of New Zealand. This is due to the costs of customs fees and taxes, on re-entry back into NZ.
- If your products arrive damaged, hold onto unopened and unused items — as received (with all original packaging materials), while following our instructions to comply with the international courier’s required damage reimbursement claim processes and inspections.
- The international courier company may require the damaged package for inspection, or they may reimburse you directly, for your fastest order replacement.
We understand that many customers won’t feel entirely comfortable applying the BodipHier themselves at home, and may want a Professional Stylist to do it. As more Hair Salons and Day Spas become aware and express an interest in carrying our products, they will be added to our growing list on this web site for your geographic reference. In the meantime, our customers are also bringing their BodipHier relaxer kit to a hairstylist for their application. We are happy to offer assistance with finding a salon in your area, please contact us with your needs.
No, not yet. We are focused on offering the Hair BodipHer products to you directly over the Internet via this web site, with additional distribution to selected Hair Salons and Beauty Spas throughout New Zealand and Australia.
Yes! We frequently ship to Australia and to other nearby Pacific Island destinations. For instance, we ship by International Economy Courier, with 3 – 6 working days tracked delivery targets to Australia, or to Fiji or Samoa via International Express Courier. International purchases are made in $NZ dollars with free currency conversions using VISA or MasterCard logo credit or debit cards only at our Online Store. Please contact us for other international destinations.
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