Friday 20 May 2011

What is Deep conditioning?...and why your Childs hair needs it to GROW?

DC'ing your child's hair to maintain moisture, health and LENGTH!!

DC= Deep Condition!






Apply your deep conditioner generously so every hair is coated!






If you have a child with textured/curly/afro hair, then please realise and remember this really short mantra...


Conditioner is a CURLS Best Friend!  :)




What is DEEP CONDITIONING?


Basically, its when you leave a heavy treatment type conditioner in your hair for a couple of hours or apply a plastic cap to the head and sit under a dryer or steamer with the conditioner in!


Its a deeper type of conditioning treatment.  texture hair craves this type of treatment.


Caution ;(


Without conditioning your child's hair, you are leaving their hair, free to get excessively dry, brittle and eventually split-ends and breakage.


After having washed your child's hair, apply your Deep conditioner treatment to the length of your child's strands, ensure that all hairs are covered or rather SLATHERED! with your Deep conditioning treatment of choice.


Cover the head with a plastic cap or plastic bag if that's what you have to hand, and allow body heat or a hooded dryer or steamer to heat up the hair.


Leave it on for a couple of hours, I have left it on overnight on my DD's hair and it has all night to penetrate into the hair and moisturise it INTERNALLY!


Once complete, rinse away and moisturise and allow to air-dry!


Or Stretch blow-dry when your in a rush!


If you incorporate a regular deep conditioning session into your child's weekly haircare routine, you will notice the great impact it has on the health and length of your child's hair!


Next Post:  How I stretch BLO-dry (the healthier way to blow-dry) my dd's hair on occasion!




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Sunday 15 May 2011

Washing Your childs Curly/Afro Hair!

Shampooing your child's hair - the tangle-free way ;)


In the last post I said the next post would be on Air-drying or how I blow-dry my DD's hair.

DD = dear daughter (it's forum abreviation please remember!)


Before we get on to that, lets go through my quick Hair washing tips!




Its Sulfate-free!  I dilute this in a separate bottle with a nozzle!
This smells devine!


My shampoo of choice most recently has been Dr Organics, Honey Manuka Shampoo, (above) its sulfate free and relatively mild, I will still dilute it further prior to washing my dd's hair with it.  You can purchase the Dr Organics shampoo and conditioner from your local Holland & Barret store.



Washing the hair...

I will only wash my dd's hair in 4 braids, attempting to wash her dense hair in any other way is 'begging for tangles!


Technique:


  1. Loosely braid the hair if its long enough in 4 plaits or you can use hair bands to hold the 4 sections separate.
  2. Apply your shampoo (diluted) to the scalp mainly, not much is needed.  I only use natural products by 'KinkiCoiliCurly' in my dd's hair so their is never any crazy product build-up requiring a heavy shampoo session.
  3. Massage the scalp gently, no nails! then rinse away.  
  4. If the hair itself needs attention then apply a bit of shampoo to the hair directly, squeeze down the plait then rinse away properly.
  5. Follow up with your DEEP Conditioner...this step is even more significant than the hair-washing itself!
Remember- only wash the hair if it has been untangled first!  shampoo and tangled hair = KNOT CENTRAL!


CONDITIONER is a CURL'S BEST FRIEND :)

  next post Deep Conditioning for hair growth!


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Blessings,




Saturday 14 May 2011

Detangling your child's curly hair to avoid breakage and tears!





Most of the Tips, I will discuss on this blog are what I do to maintain my daughter H's thick curly frizzy hair.


OK, so its hair wash day...and you are getting ready for the usual tears and tantrums that follow when you go through this routine with your little girl/boy, these are my tips for making that process,

1) Less stressful for you, 
2) Less stressful for your child and 
3) Healthier for the head of hair you will be dealing with!





I detangle this hair before water touches it!!

Tools needed!

  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil- adds slip (ease of detangling ability!)
  • Tresemme Natural Conditioner ( Adds More Slip for detangling)
  • Shower comb or Afro comb- (great for thick or delicate kinky coili curly hair types!
  • Fingers- these are the tools you will use to ease out those knots prior to combing!
  • Snag free hair bands or butterfly clips ( hold each section in place)
  • DVD- for child to watch, or DS, DSi whatever will keep them occupied!
  • PATIENCE!  textured hair must not be rushed, or it will snap and break!











          




        What I Do:


        • I will part the hair in 4 sections carefully and braid it lightly ( 4 Plaits) or use the hair bands!
        • Apply a mix of olive oil and conditioner to each section- generously!
        • Starting at the bottom of each plait I will use my hands to gently detangle the hair (Take time!)
        • Once I am happy that the large knots are out, I will then use the shower comb on each section, taking my time and work upwards.
        • I have found  that 'H' (my daughter 5 years old) never cries with this process, we do not lose unnecessary amounts of hair either and her hair untangles easilyish!
        • Sometimes I will use a fine tooth comb to remove fluff very slowly!

        Never:


        • Pull the hair straight through comb
        • Bruch through a tangle or knot
        • try to untangle when the hair is dry, only when covered with conditioner, you need the slip!
        • Never pull hait apart like a wish bone, knots will tighten and hair will snap!
        • Shampoo or wash hair that has not been fully detangled, it will lead to matting and more knotting
        • Never try to wash textured  hair in a rush- you will get breakage!



        Hope that has helped someone today!

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        NEXT POST:  BLOW-DRYING or air drying to grow healthier LONGER textured hair!!

        Blessings,