A 3B In The House!

[baybelle]

Originally Posted by soblessed

Baybelle, I am glad that you mentioned about using some of the CurlyQ products in your hair. As, there is certainly nothing wrong with doing so.

I two am a fan of using natural oils in my hair two! A few drops of olive Oil is a good oil to add to the hair after washing it to lock in softness and increased shine. And, I must also say that coconut oil is another good oil that can be used in the hair as well.

Should I use the oil after a shampoo only or can I use it after a conditioning rinse and then do I put the moisturizer in and then style. Sorry if I'm over loading you. I just want to make sure I'm doing this correctly.

[soblessed]

When it comes to adding an organic oil to hair products for extra moisturization, here are a couple of options for you:

1. Add a few drops of olive oil to your favorite conditioner, apply to olive oil+conditioner mixture to your hair, and then comb it through; or
2. Smooth a couple of drops through your hair (from root to tip, while it is wet) after you have rinsed out the conditioner and then comb it through; or
3. You can mix a couple of drops in with your favorite styling product; or
4. You can warm a bit of oil up in a bowl or cup and then use your finggers and apply it to your hair after you shampoo your hair. Next, after adding the oil, you would then apply your favorite conditioner on top, comb the conditioner through, and let the oil and conditioner sit in your hair for at least 5-10 minutes.

Also, here's what you can do with if you have a full-sized bottle of Curls Quenched or Moist Curls Moisturizers at home:

1. Get a smaller sized sprayer (if you have the full size at home)
2. Pour the moisturizer into the bottle until it is at least 2/3 full. Now,
3. Take a teaspoonful of Olive Oil and put it in with the moisturizer.
4. Shake the solution together.
5. Before using the mixture in the small sprayer bottle always remember to shake first.

If you have a sample size of either the Curls Quenched or Moist Curls Moisturizers at home, I would suggest you just add the teaspoon of olive oil in with the moisturizer. Next, you would just shake the solution together. And, before using it each time you would be sure to shake the product first before spraying it on the head.

[wpnali]

What hair type my daughter is? I need to find out what is best for her hair. She has like 2 different types of curls. She is 2 1/2 yrs old.
Thanks,
Rohnert Park Mom

[soblessed]

Originally Posted by wpnali@sbcglobal.net

What hair type my daughter is? I need to find out what is best for her hair. She has like 2 different types of curls. She is 2 1/2 yrs old.
Thanks,
Rohnert Park Mom

Uploading a picture of your daughter's hair would be a big help. However, if you do not have a picture, here's my recommendation:

"Curly Q Line of Products"

1. Curlie Cutie Cleansing Cream
2. Coconut Dream Conditioner
3. Moist Curls Moisturizer/Detangler
4. Milkshake or Custard

Step 1-Cleansing Cream-Used once a week
Step 2-Coconut Dream Conditioner-Used once a week after cleansing cream
Step 3-Moist Curls-Used daily is designed to be used on wet or dry hair
Step 4-Millkshake or Custard- Is designed to be used after Moist Curls

Detangling Tool(s)-Membco Detangling comb, Baby Denman Brush

Natural curls are never to be detangeled when dry, as this will cause maor frizz and breakage. Natural curls can be detangled only under the following conditions: when there is conditioner in it, while the hair is wet, or after applying product to the hair (when the hair is needing to be brush-styled into a ponytail, braid, bun, etc). And, always, brush the hair one section at a time, working from the bottom up to the top.

[alana]

If I do the daily conditioning rinse on the JUST the ponytail is that cheating? Will this cause any breakage to the rest of the hair? The part that is in the ponytail holder is pretty tangled, but I don't touch it!!!!!

Alana

[wpnali]

My daughter is 2 years old and I need to know if deep conditioning with the Asian Tea conditioner? How do I know what hair type she is she has like 2 going on... Any updated pictures than on the website. None of those seem to be hers. She has like lowercase s curls in the front & back and longer uppercase almost wavey in the middle. It frizzes when left down/out.

[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.

[soblessed]

Originally Posted by wpnali@sbcglobal.net

My daughter is 2 years old and I need to know if deep conditioning with the Asian Tea conditioner? How do I know what hair type she is she has like 2 going on... Any updated pictures than on the website. None of those seem to be hers. She has like lowercase s curls in the front & back and longer uppercase almost wavey in the middle. It frizzes when left down/out.

Because your daughter is only 2, at this young age, her scalp would be too sensitive for her to use products geared towards maturer age groups. So, the CurlyQ line of products are what is designed for children around her age group. At the age of two, your daughter doesn't need a deep conditioner. As, the CurlyQ Coconut Dream Conditioner is designed to deliver maximum moisture and conditioning to young children's hair.

It would be a good thing if you could upload a picture of your child's hair as this would be most helpful. Also, there are a lot of curlies that have more than one hairtype going on, so that is certainly something that is very common amongst curly heads. And, even though alot of pictures are posted of curly hair on the Internet and otherwise, there are still curlies out there who have trouble finding their exact hair twin in pictures. So, I understand where you are coming from.

Now, from the bit of information that you have provided, I can say that it sounds (but am not 100 percent sure) like your daughter has type 3B curls in the middle, and type 3C curls in the front and back.

[alana]

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.

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!

[soblessed]

If you re-wet your daughter's hair thoroughly with the CurlyQ Moist Curls first and then apply a moderate amount of styling product to your daughter's hair second, then it should really make your daughter's hair more manageable and less tangled. And, it should make her ponytails easier to comb through.

The only one that I have tried out of the three products mentioned is the Baka Natural-laxer. That was a total waste of money! It is messy, smelly, and it severly tangled and dried my hair out. This product didn't even mildly relax my hair and I have 3B curls, so I would never recommend this stuff to nobody! Phytospecific relaxers do contain a no-lye chemical relaxing ingredient in them. So, it is not 100 percent natural. Some people like using it, but there are still others that have stated that it was as drying to their hair as lye relaxer. Curl-A-Way, from the reviews I have read have been poor. As, most people have stated that it is pretty weak at relaxing curly hair and it has damage some curlies hair too. And, Xenna, hasn't proven itself to be a favorite amongst black or biracial curlies either.

Overall, I don't recommend you trying any of those. Because, they are promising a lot more than what they really deliver. I understand that you want to do what's easiest for you in keeping your daughter's hair manageable, as I certainly know that keeping curly hair manageable is a full-time job. All of the product that you mentioned have side effects to them, even though they may give temporary fixes. So, I am not necessarily an advocate of using such products in anyone's hair.

To soften your daughter's hair try using a softening hair oil such as coconut oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, pomegranate oil, or olive oil. You can mix a few drops of the oil in with any of the Curly Q stylers to make it even more moisturizing and softening.

Also, one of the things I recommend most is using a good brush to help not only detangle, but also make your daughter's hair overall certainly more manageable. The best line of brushes for curly hair is the Denman line. So, if you haven't picked up one up then I highly suggest that you purchase a Denman brush to use on your daughter's hair. The Denman Brush that would best for your daughter's hair would be the Denman Boar Brush, by the way. As, your daughter is fairly young and she doesn't need a stronger type of brush that will do alot of pulling and tugging on her hair.