Need Hair Advice from Moms of mixed/African American Kids HELP

get some just for me detangler, and you may need to take her to an african american salon, because if her hair got that tangled it is a sign that her hair is too dry and not properly conditioned. Optimum oil therapy is great too, it has 3 in 1 moisterizers. Even though she is mixed she may have inherited african american hair, and if so it need to be kept moisturized daily . Hope this helps , sincerely an african american mother!

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Aside from what you already learned the hard way, all honesty, take her to a hair shop that does braids. The ladies will help you out alot. You might have to have it cut out as it is really 'nappy' in that spot. But i understand your reluctance to cut it. I use SOFT AND BEAUTIFUL JUST FOR ME OIL MOISTURIZING LOTION. It is thick but keeps the moisture in my daughters hair. She has her dads hair with my hair's attitude. I just trimmed the edges( maybe if not cut trim the ends) and her tangles are not a real problem until it grows again. good luck

Hello! I was in the same boat a couple of months ago. I am black and my daughter is biracial. Her hair is finer than mine, but curly. My aunt also has biracial kids and they were using Suave detangler, but it would dry out my daughter's hair and did not know what to do. I asked my mom, who went to cosmetology school and she said that I may have to mix black and white hair care products. I did a search on the internet and found a site called www.curls.biz. They sell products for biracial and mixed children. The products are great. Within a couple of days, I seen results with my daughter's hair. They have a detangler/daily mosturizer, shampoo, conditioner, hair accessories, and even provide hair tips for all different types of hair textures and styles. I hope you find this helpful! Keep me posted!

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hey E.,
i know your daughter is as upset as you are. i'm a hair stylist and what i would recommend is a detangler. if you can find "hair so new",& panteen conditioner and shampoo in the brown bottle & the panteen oil moisturizer. shampoo the hair, then condition, then the oil moisterizer, and then the "hair so new". you leave the oil moisterizer and the hair so new in and you should be able to comb it out. i hope this helps. keep me posted.
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Hello E., I got this on Tuesday morning. I was wondering how it went? My hair was the same way when I was a child. My mother eventually start putting a mild relaxer on my hair to keep it manageable.

My Grandmother use to use mayonaise on my hair for a conditioner. What did you end up doing? I use to just take the time to wet and oil each piece that I straighten and braid individually until I got my whole head combed out. Then I would brush it all together and start all over again. I would braid it again either in two pony tails or four.

Peace to you and yours,
D.

Hi,

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Good luck!

My son is mixed and his hair was hard to manage too. It's cut short now but when we had it long we used some stuff called pink. You can get it at Walmart. Keep putting it in her hair. It's the best stuff ever. His hair is really soft and easy to manage now.

Try the "Just for me" products. You can get them at any drug store (i.e. Walgreens, Longs). They have conditioner/Shampoo, and hair grease. They also have perm product but not sure if you'd want to go down that aisle just yet. If you do then I would strongly recommend going to a stylist and not doing it on your own. Hope this helps.

Hi E.
Have you ever used infusion hair conditioner? You can just poor it on her hair and try to start with ver small sections. It will hurt at times but the infusion works well. Its very thin liquid. Try it. You can get it at your local market.
Good luck
M.

Hi E.,

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