Summary: Using a plastic cap will allow the protein condition to absorb into your hair. Learn how to use a plastic wrap after conditioning in this free hair coloring video from a professional hair stylist.
Sandy Powell has been styling hair for more than 20 years. She has experience in coloring, cutting, styling, highlighting and lowlighting all styles of hair. Powell currently owns and...read more
"The reason, what we're going to next, is a plastic cap or plastic wrap, is once we get the protein conditioner on the hair, we are going to.. You want a plastic cap large enough to go over the hair after it's been shampooed and protein conditioner on it because we want the heat of your body to help the conditioner absorb. If you don't have a plastic cap, that's fine and you actually will use plastic wrap, the plastic wrap from your kitchen. Just make sure you pull off a large enough piece, if I can get that to come out. Make sure you.. I'm going to show you how to use this. That's why I'm trying to.. Make sure you get a large enough piece so it's actually going to totally go around the hair all together and clip on top. And it will stick to the conditioner and allow the heat to stay in if you don't have a plastic cap. So a plastic wrap works just fine for that and the purpose of that is to hold the protein into the hair. Let the hair heat up and the protein conditioner will do its job. That's how you, that's why you need a plastic cap."
eHow Article: Plastic Wraps & Hair Conditioning