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[quote=Anonymous]*BE SURE TO READ THIS ENTIRE COMMENT SO YOU WILL SEE MY RECOMMENDATIONS/TIP & TRICKS ON HAVING CURLY HAIR*

I think the one who started this thread is genuinely just trying to seek advice from people who have curly hair and I think that's a great thing. Unfortunately, some people take things personally if we do not walk on eggshells for them with how we choose wording things and asking questions. To me, it seems like she's just looking out for her daughter's best interest and trying to get a head start on her daughters “search” for the best products, so that her daughter doesn’t have to when she gets older.  I also think that the one who posted that they think she is a racist for putting certain phrases on here are simply racist themselves.  Yes! I said it – you are being racist, rude and judgmental.  Moving on…  I am a 28-year old white-female who has extremely curly hair.  My mother has extremely straight hair and never knew how to help me with my hair, but (like OP’s doing) it’s not for a lack of her trying. However,  I am the only one in my Entire family (living) who has hair like mine, and I received the 'curly hair gene' from my great-grandmother, whom I never knew and would never have been able to ask these types of questions to.  So I commend OP for asking for advice, because yes – with OP’s daughter being so young, she’s not able to research and find things herself, but ultimately she will still have curly hair no matter what and will still search for products later on – especially when she gets in school.  In addition, as we all know, school kids can be very mean and they will pick on other kids for something that is different. It’s not fair – it’s just the truth, but having curly hair IS different and all of curly haired people have experienced some form of being picked on I’m sure.  From this thread – it shows that some people don’t change in how they treat others, Clearly!

Regarding the comment made about 'HAIR IS HAIR' and 'SKIN IS SKIN', well then let me ask YOU something, since you feel that way.  How come there are AA geared products to begin with? Why wouldn't ALL hair products show every ethnicity and every hair types on it, if all hair is the same?  Do you see now why I'm asking these questions? <--- These are actual questions for you to REALLY think about before posting the crap that you did, YOU IDIOT!!  I think that it is rude as hell for someone to come against someone (especially someone’s mother) who is SIMPLY ASKING FOR ADVICE!!  No one is perfect, but no two people are the same and NEITHER IS THEIR HAIR!  With that being said, to the one who posted the negative remarks to this thread, maybe you should find something better to do than to post things that are of NO HELP TO ANYONE and simply just give Good advice or recommendations of what has helped with your curly hair.  Wait! Do you have curly hair? And have you ever asked for advice – for anything? Well, that's all she's asking for.  Lastly, regarding your rude comments about ‘brushing her blonde straight hair’… let’s see:  Do you brush your hair? Well – I’d hope so. Now, does it matter what color her brushed hair is? NO!! It doesn’t! All you are trying to do is put an image for what you think should be considered as “little miss perfect with her perfect hair”.  You are the epitome of why people judge to begin with and you are a prime example of someone stereotyping.

Now, I know that this thread came about early in 2012, but I'm finding this site and it’s thread of comments now and that’s for a reason.  Why? Well it's because I'm a 28-year old white-female who has found several products that Have and Have Not worked for me and I'm STILL on the look for products to help with my hair. It’s an ongoing thing…

OP, here is what I would suggest.  I hope this helps!
1.	Always take your daughter to a stylist who also has naturally curly hair for her hair cuts.
2.	Depending on her hair type and how tight her curls are, the shorter you cut her hair the tighter her curls may get.  I have tight curls so the longer my hair is, the looser my curls can get because the weight of my hair will pull my curls down.
3.	Having layers will help too (if you all choose all over layers instead of long-layers, be careful about them cutting the top layer (the shortest layer) too short! *Remember #2 on my list about her layers.
4.	CONDITION-CONDITION-CONDITION!!! Use detanglers sprays and Leave-In Conditioners after shampooing.  Don’t shampoo every day.  This will dry the hair out and could potentially cause hair to break.
5.	Brush hair only when wet.  (I brush my hair while still in the shower, after I wash and condition my hair.) Once your curly hair is dry, brushing your hair with brushes OR combs will only cause her curls to separate and then appear larger and can cause a lot of frizz too.
6.	Avoid using brushes if you can. Wide Tooth combs tend to work best with my hair.
7.	Avoid towel drying curly hair. Try to just wrap hair in towel and squeeze.  Shaking hair with a towel to ‘towel dry’ hair only creates frizz while the majority of hair will still be wet.
8.	 Sulfate-Free products are best (for any type of hair) because it helps with keeping frizz down, especially when it’s humid outside.
9.	Letting hair air dry is best, but most of the time it takes too long so using a diffuser when blow drying will help keep frizz down. After products are in and when blow drying don’t shake the hair. Section hair horizontally with your hands and clip top section to itself with a hair clip, letting the underneath hang down. Dry the underneath first – then dry the top section.
10.	When using styling products and Leave-In conditioners, try to avoid putting those products all the way to the root.  Putting products all the way to the root can cause hair to feel heavy and (depending on the product) it can also cause the hair to feel or look greasy.
11.	Hair can (in my opinion) get immune to products, so changing products up periodically will be important.
12.	Once a month, use a clarifying shampoo, but only do this when she’s older and using gels/mousses/etc.  Leave-in conditioner isn’t something you’d need the clarifying shampoo for while she’s still young. The clarifying shampoo will help with removing any products build up off of hair.

Hair products are changing all the time and more products come available every year.  Don’t get discouraged if several products don’t work with her hair.
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