'Pillow Proof Primer' 'Pillow Proof Primer' 'Pillow Proof Primer'

Earlier on in the year a few of us from the Charlie Brown team attended the Redken Symposium at Londons' Kensington Olympia. Throughout the day there was one clear favorite product with all of the superstars on stage yet none of us back at the Charlie Brown hub had ever seen or heard of this product, let alone know what it does...
  'Pillow Proof Primer' 'Pillow Proof Primer' 'Pillow Proof Primer'

You can imagine our excitement 2 weeks later when lots of lovely boxes of the infamous Pillow Proof Primer arrived at the salons. Its been used on almost every client since and is proving hugely popular with not just the stylists but with clients too, so we thought we'd give you a full review on the product.

What does the Pillow Proof Primer claim to do?

- Provides heat protection up to 450 degrees F

- Reduces blow-dry time (a few of us were a bit dubious about this working due to past products claiming the same without the result)

- Leaves hair 3 X stronger and healthier

- Prevents breakage

- Extends the life of your blow-dry

- Absorbs oil to refresh hair and roots 

So it was time to put it to the test! 2 days ago I got Charley here @ the Coulsdon salon to Blowdry my hair using the Pillow Proof Primer to see if the above promises actually worked! 

My hair is naturally wavy with a little bit of a frizz to it, Here's a snap of my hair before!

My hair was shampooed twice with Redkens' Body Full shampoo and conditioned with Redkens' All soft conditioner (my favourite combo). Once Charley had towel dried my hair she sprayed 4-5 sprays of the primer from roots to ends lifting up sections as she went. 
She blowdried my hair with a medium round blowdry brush in sections lifting hair up to create body and winding in the ends to create a bouncy flick. My hair takes forever to dry usually as its deceivingly thick but as Charley made her way through the sections they did seem to dry quicker than usual! Once finished I applied no hairspray as i wanted to see exactly how long it lasted with no additional help!

Here's the finished result, my hair had a nice movement to it it felt very light, like I had hardly any hair on my head as well as feeling smooth and silky to touch. I was quite worried at first as the scent of the product is quite strong when initially sprayed (I have been known to get a headache when products have smelt too strong in the past) but once the hair was dry it smelt beautiful and fresh without feeling too perfumed which is exactly what I like!

After a nights sleep my hair genuinely felt as fresh as it had before I went to bed the bounce had dropped a little but it still had a nice movement to it and apart from re-blowdrying the fringe which I normally do daily anyway and putting a brush through it I didn't have to do anything else! RESULT!

So today's the last day and this morning would normally of been hair wash time and I must admit when I woke up, subconsciously I did think grrr i'm going to have to wash it but that was before looking in the mirror again after putting a brush through it and re blowdrying the fringe the finished result was this...

Not bad hey? Overall I must say that I really am impressed and anyone that knows how fussy I am when it comes to hair products would be bowled over by my response!

My hair genuinely does feel fresh and I still like the overall look so thumbs up to Redken for creating a product that really does give a longer lasting healthy looking blowdry!

The pillow proof primer is priced at £15.80 meaning its slightly more expensive than some of there other products in the Redken styling range but after testing out its promises and feeling the benefits... its worth it right?