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Originally Posted by soblessed
Alana, I don't know what type of ponytail holder that you are using, but if it is causing tangles, then it eventually will lead to breakage (if it hasn't already). For good ponytail holders, you should be using either the Goody "Ouchless" elastics or hair scrunchies. And, when you go to take the elastics out, just cut them out of the hair (as this will not cause any breakage).
Now, at night you should always take the elastics or scrunchies out of your child's hair before bed. As, you can ceretainly opt to spray it with the Moist Curls and put the Milkshake on it and then braid your daughter's hair and put a barrette on the end of each braid to keep it from coming loose (or you could just twist the end of each braid with a little extra styling product to form a curl on the end instead.)
Also, you could opt to just put a satin bonnet over your child's head to protect her curls while she sleeps.
So, just doing a conditioner rinse on your daughter's hair that is sticking out from her pontail would not be appropriate.
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I use a cloth pontail holder in her hair. Thankfully it hasn't broken. In other words, I dont comb out where to ponytail holder is-that thick part is murder to get through. I will moisturize and comb down the front, put the ponytail back, She sleeps so badly-nothing stays on her head. I know-that's being lazy-but getting to work and her on the bus is crazy. I'm currently on 8 weeks medical leave so its no problem now-but I go back to work in 2 weeks and trying to come up with a game plan. Have you tried any of these chemical free/natural texturizers (Curlsaway-sold at Walgreens.com and Xenna.com, or Baka-natural laxer-found on sistasplace.com or Photospecific)? I had that texturizer by Soft and Beautiful put in her hair back in 2006. Redid the new growth in 08/2007. It really made combing her hair much eaiser and kept the majority of her curls. He hair is pretty long-almost waist length when straightened. I haven't done it again because I was scared of the long term effects of the chemicals. We've cut several inches off due to split end and to cut the texturized portion out. I wanna put one in her hair just at the scalp to loosen that curl pattern. Tell me what you think!
