Macadamia Straightening Balm

Best if you want to: Get it straight with a humidity-resistant balm for smooth, sleek hair. Developed for use with heated styling tools.

Best for: all hair types, particularly wavy or curly

How it works:

Macadamia nut oil, rich in essential fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins A and E, penetrates hair to provide intense conditioning, softness and shine.
Community Trade organic babassu oil helps to restore hair’s moisture barrier while adding shine.
Wheat proteins and maize extract forms a film around hair fibers when heat is applied in order to straighten, protect and condition.

Recommended use: Suitable for use with heated styling tools such as hairdryers or straightening irons. Using your finger or The Body Shop® Detangling Comb, apply a small amount to clean, towel-dried hair, distributing evenly. Blow dry, then use a straightening iron. Use one pump of the product on short to mid-length hair and two pumps on long to very long hair.

Babassu Oil

Organic Babassu oil - nature's best - is a wonderfully light and non-greasy skin moisturizer extracted from the wild-growing babassu palm trees only found in certain areas of Brazil and South America.

UV protector

Helps protect the hair and skin from the damaging effects of the sun.

Hydrolyzed wheat protein

Adds moisture and gloss to the hair. Also helps protect the hair cuticles from heat damage.

Aqua (Water) (Solvent/Diluent), Cetyl Alcohol (Emulsifier), Cyclopentasiloxane (Skin-Conditioning Agent/Emollient), Propylene Glycol (Humectant), Glyceryl Stearate (Emulsifier), PEG-100 Stearate (Surfactant), Phenoxyethanol (Preservative), Tocopheryl Acetate (Antioxidant), Cetyl Esters (Emollient), Dimethicone (Skin Conditioning Agent), Octyl Methoxycinnamate (Sunscreen), Sodium Polyacrylate (Film Former/Viscosity Increasing Agent), Hydrogenated Polydecene (Skin Conditioning Agent), Hydrolysed Wheat Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol (Hair & Skin Conditioning Agent), Macadamia ternifolia (Macadamia Nut Oil) (Emollient), Orbignya oleifera (Babassu Oil) (Emollient), Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolysed Maize Starch (Hair Conditioning Agent), Parfum (Fragrance), Methylparaben (Preservative), Cetrimonium Chloride (Hair Conditioner), Butylparaben (Preservative), Ethylparaben (Preservative), PPG-5 Laureth-5 (Skin Conditioning Agent), Laureth-4 (Emulsifier/Surfactant), Isobutylparaben (Preservative), Propylparaben (Preservative), Laureth-23 (Emulsifier), Benzyl Benzoate (Solvent), Limonene (Fragrance Ingredient), Linalool (Fragrance Ingredient), Geraniol (Fragrance Ingredient), Anisyl Alcohol (Fragrance Ingredient), Benzyl Salicylate (Fragrance Ingredient), Benzyl Alcohol (Preservative), Citral (Fragrance Ingredient), Citronellol (Fragrance Ingredient).

Select a shampoo and conditioner from The Body Shop Hair Care range suitable for your hair type, for use before styling your hair. Poppy Seed Oil Reviving Mask is perfect as a regular treat for hair that has a tendency to dryness and Brazil Nut Moisture Mask offers more intense moisturization.

Apply to clean, towel-dried hair, using The Body Shop Detangling Comb to distribute evenly. Blow-dry using the Radial Brush, then straighten.

Community Trade Information

Trade with Coppalj, a co-operative of small-scale producers in north eastern Brazil, has provided a dependable source of income for over a hundred producers from 12 communities in the area. Women are at the center of the babassu story. After 30 years of campaigning against large landowners, the women babassu breakers won legal rights to go onto the land and extract the babassu nuts. This enables them to earn a living while at the same time preserving the forest from being cut down for grazing cattle. The women in the communities continue to play an important part in the ongoing trade in babassu oil, which helps to improve their status and raise self-esteem.

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