Anonymous wrote:Here is a salon (in Rockville) that specializes in curly hair and promotes keeping things natural. They even have special prices for curly hair girls.

http://oasis-salon.com/curlyhair.asp

Thank you for this link! Hopefully they will be able to help my curls

All my hair care products come from the AA section. I'm Caucasian w/silver hair.

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter what race you are...curly hair is as different as your fingerprint. I am Caucasian with very unruly, coarse, curly hair and I prefer using African American hair products because they work well with my hair.

This is true. I've tried .AA products and they don't work for me. Way too greasy. I have so much natural oil. We all have uniwue hair. I use deva curl and don't let a hairbrush near my head. 2 day old hair looks best on me.

It doesn't matter what race you are...curly hair is as different as your fingerprint. I am Caucasian with very unruly, coarse, curly hair and I prefer using African American hair products because they work well with my hair.

*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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Anonymous wrote:I always trust wikipedia as a scientific source. Or someones blog. Awesome source material.

Dismissing the source rather than the facts is the last refuge of someone who's lost the argument.

Idiot, don't you know that anyone--anyone can edit a wikipedia page? It's just as scientifically accurate as DCUM is!

Clearly you guys missed the sarcasm in that OP.

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OP, all races are generally jealous of curly hair. My best friend from a child to adulthood (many decades) has beautiful curly hair. Be good to it. Men absolutely love it, also!

Thanks! In the almost year since I started this thread her hair has come in really nice and we get compliments on it all the time. I am actually very jealous of it myself.

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Anonymous wrote:I always trust wikipedia as a scientific source. Or someones blog. Awesome source material.

Dismissing the source rather than the facts is the last refuge of someone who's lost the argument.

Idiot, don't you know that anyone--anyone can edit a wikipedia page? It's just as scientifically accurate as DCUM is!

OP, all races are generally jealous of curly hair. My best friend from a child to adulthood (many decades) has beautiful curly hair. Be good to it. Men absolutely love it, also!

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Anonymous wrote:if the product works for curls, why do you care if it's AA-geared? It won't turn your daughter brown or black...

Seriously? You don't realize that AA hair is different then white hair? What planet do you live on?

Human hair is human hair.

Not even remotely true.

Uh, yeah. I am a white curly-haired girl and in junior high my black girlfriends schooled me all about black hair and products. I tried their stuff and it does not work the same on white girls' hair. Also not all white girls' curly hair is the same. There are different kinds and that is that.

I'm the OP of this thread and I love that every few months it comes back. It just goes to show you - that many of us "straight haired" need to look for this information.

I actually went to Fiddleheads a few months ago - if you haven't been. Go. Can't say enough good things about them. They were amazing with kids and taught me so much about curly hair.

TY SO much to the poster who linked to the site showing different types of curly hair. I have a white daughter with 3a/3b hair, and another with 2a hair. Mine has shifted from straight to 2c during adulthood.

This will help all of us so much!

I have always had curly hair, and actually.. I have had better luck with products geared toward AA women. I don't care what the picture on the bottle or box is. If it works, it works, and I'll use it..

I am a 19 year old female with extremely curly hair. Over the years I have wanted straight hair sooo bad (i guess because everyone else around me had it) I thought it was so pretty so I started using a straightener around the age of 14. I damaged my hair from the everyday heat of blow drying and straightening.. today I embrace my curls but it needed major help in the beginning. I am naturally medium blonde but I dye my hair lighter using loreal boxed hair dye. Which of course is not good for your hair either. Needless to say I did everything I wasnt suppose to do to my hair everyday. When I decided I wanted to try and wear my hair curly like it use to be I noticed that it wasnt as curly as it use to be so here are some tips:
1. It takes a while for the curl to come back--hang in there and keep wearing it curly (DO NOT USE HEAT PRODUCTS!!) after a week you will notice a small difference.
2. I have thin hair and if I do not brush it, it looks somewhat flat at the roots-- If you must brush it only brush the top layer and leave the underneath alone.
3. NEVER wash your hair everyday-- curly hair needs the oil!
4. Use a moisturizing/hydrating conditioner
5. LEAVE IN DANGLER!!!!! (kids kind it doesn't matter) works wonders in the morning!! It also helps revitalize your curls keeping them looking clean and bouncy.
6. On thin hair do not use mouse, or gel (it will look wet and hard)--not attractive! Instead use a spray hairspray I recommend the fix-a-tiff by herbal essences.
GOOD LUCK! I hope this helped!

I am a 20 year old white female with extremely thick, curly hair. Growing up, my mom didn't know how to handle my hair so it was short, and I was known as the white girl with the afro. I don't want anyone going through the bullying I went through from about 4th grade until 11th grade. For some reason people think because you have lots of curly hair they should put stuff in it?


Anyways, after trying tons of products I have finally found something that works!

I use this brush from sally's beauty supply: http://www.sallybeauty.com/detangling-brush/TGLTEZ1,default,pd.html?cgid=Hair10

I only brush my hair when it is wet, and only about once a week.
When I take showers, I do not use shampoo everytime, conditioner is much more helpful.

These are the shampoos/conditioners I use...they can be hard to find; I get mine at TJ MAXX

http://baindeterre.com/product/bain-de-terre-all-about-curls-camelina-shampoo
also, bain de terre magnolia conditioner, and the argan oil one

good luck!