Advice for Bi-Racial Hair Care

Hello J.,

I have two Bi-racial Grandsons and both have long curly hair. I am their Grandmother of Color. One of my Grandsons has long straight loose spirals and the other has very long straight hair but with a smaller type of spiral.

We vary their hairstyles, sometimes going from a ponytail in the back, to multiple braids or just hanging loose with a part in the side. Always keeping in mind that they are very definately boys...not girls. They are very GQ! One is 2 the other is 8 years old.

I have had great success using Olive Oil on their hair, which I have always used on my own. There are very nice products on the market with Olive Oil in them. A little bit of this oil goes a long way. The trick is to massage it into the hair, grasp a small section and softly comb or brush it from the ends gradually working your way further up the hair shaft to the root near the scalp.

I find it helpful to keep my hands on the hair, taking care not to pull it too tautly (but loosely), in order to prevent the combing or brushing motion from jerking their head or neck unnecessarily.

Hair care time should never be traumatic or fearful for children. I have Always used a loving tone and compliment them daily on how good they were through the hair care session and always compliment them on how handsome and goodlooking they are. I used the same technique on my two children as they were growing up.

It also helps that Grandma has a special Spongebob Lounge chair for them to sit in during these occasions. I sit it in front of my chair and they sit in the special chair so that we are both comfortable during this time of day.

Good Luck!
Angie

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J.,

Try carolsdaughter.com

They're suppose to have great products for natural hair.

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Let me first say that my daughter is white and black, so I can only speak from that, but I have had the WORST time trying to find something to use in her hair. I have read some of the other responses and I have tried the Pink Lotion and didn't care for it. A lot of the "black" products are too oily for her hair and "white" products are not moisturizing enough. I only wished I could cut her hair off, but with her being a girl, I haven't...
Anyhow, I think the thing I have found to work best for her is to only wash her hair about once a week. Condition daily!!! We like to use Pantene for Colored women in the bath. Then, as someone else has also mentioned, we use "Frizz-ease" by John Frieda. We get it at wal-mart. It helps tame her hair. I always get her hair wet before I fix it.
Oh, also, her hair was real loose curls as a baby and toddler, but has tightened up as she's gotten older and her baby hair has fallen out. It needs to be trimmed often, but I don't think I keep up with that as I should.
Good Luck :)

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I'm not sure I have the best of advice but my son is 1/4 black and 3/4 white. His hair use to have these big beautiful curls that frizzed horribly if we didn't use a little bit of ant-frizz serum, John Frieda makes a nice one. You can also use mousse, it helps keep the curls without looking stiff (like gel) or oily (like hairspray).

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Hello J.!
My name is K.. I am African American and am not a hair care expert. However, my husband and I are fostering two bi-racial girls with the same type of hair. As you well know by now, African American hair, whether 100% or 50/50, needs some type of moisturizer. Two really great products are available at local stores, such as Wal-Mart, Target, Family Dollar, and even Dollar General. They are Pink Moisturizing lotion and curl activator. Both produts are oily and light enough that they won't weigh down his curls. These two products seem to last all day long without letting the hair frizz up, mat, or tangle. If you need anymore suggestions, please feel free to contact me, as I have many more suggestions.

Hope this halps!
K.

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Okay this is the question for me. I am a biracial girl so I really know how it goes. Now regardless of what people may tell you, never ever perm his hair or anything like that because it is likely to more damage than good. What you'll need to do is get something like luster's pink moisturizing oil (http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100652&a...) to put in it, that will help quite a bit.

I don't know what you've been putting in it, but plus you'll never want to try and do his hair with nothing to put in it, and often times you will find is his hair is easier to handle with it wet. Another thing that will definitely help would be getting a good conditioner (which I know this is a matter of opinion) but something for "dry, course" hair. I know his hair isn't that dry or really that course, but leaving it in is nice or even finding a leave in conditioner.

Nothing is ever going to totally prevent his tangles, just like your curly hair is going to get tangled it's just in how you deal with the tangles really, but anyway goodluck!!

PS> I just read through some of the responses. Be very carful if you select a ***JUST FOR ME*** product - Some of them can prove to be very damaging over time and if you don't know which products are which in the line of products I would just skip them. They do have some good products but a lot of them have different chemicals in them and you just have to be careful.

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I suggest that you check out ouidad.com
They specialize in curly hair products for all types of curly hair. They even have a curly kids line.

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