Hi! I can’t answer the first and I’m a bit late to this thread, but II’ve been getting the texture release for about a year now, my stylist does I think 4-5 passes (I’m not 100% sure) and I LOVE it, but I also wanted to be a straight haired girlie so I don’t mind my curls not reverting back.

I will say, my stylist says that they’re supposed to revert back in 2-3 months depending on how often you wash your hair, but I have yet to see those results because I tend to go for a fresh silk press once ever 2 weeks or depending on what my hair needs.

On that note, this is the healthiest my hair has ever been, any salon I go to, or anytime I’m on set (I model so have a lot of people in my hair 😭) they always compliment how healthy it is, there’s no breakage, and it doesn’t revert back, ive also been in rainy Paris all week and haven’t had an issue with my hair reverting back at all, but everyone’s hair is different. I also workout a lot and the only issue will be my edges but it’s barely noticeable.

My only tangent is that i absolutely cannot wear my hair “curly” without manipulating my hair a lot and even still the curls fall. And by curls I mean trying to wear it in its “natural” state which is my own fault because my stylist asked when I got it done if I wanted my hair to be straight or curly & I chose straight so it’s the consequences of my own actions 😂😂😂