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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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!

Please leave your COMMENT's and question's below, and pass on the information to help someone else!

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

Blessings,

Welcome!

Hi People,

welcome to my new blog all about... Kinki Coili Curly Kids hair, the trials, the tears, the tangles and tantrums!

I think its time we all learnt how to celebrate our UNIQUENESS, this is especially the truth when it comes to our kids and their hair!

Not Straight!

Children born with hair that isn't STRAIGHT face years of tugging, tension, braiding, weaving, relaxing and unintentional bad hair practices- this then often leads to a circle of bad hair practices which they then continue with themselves as they get into their teens!

In order to B-R-E-A-K the cycle we as parents need to make the time and effort to nurture and care for our children's hair in the same way in which we approach their education!, 

Once we begin to understand the VERY BASICS in regards to the nature of our textured hair, stick to a routine of healthy hair practices and use products, natural in formulation, long, healthy beautiful hair can belong to your child regardless of their hair texture!

I want to share my knowledge of kids hair with you, it's my passion and my mission in life to really change the perception of black hair today, especially in relation to children for they are the next generation!

God's intention!

I truly long to see little girls with afro/curly hair flowing past their shoulders and beyond, the way God intended!  its time to get back to the basics with haircare and make looking after your childs hair a labour of love!

I also want you to comment, ask questions and make suggestions on what you would like to see here.

I am a mother to two kids with very different hair types, and what works on one head will not work on the other!  I have also started a great natural hair care line especially for kids with Kinki Coili or Kurli hair types!

I will also be doing competitions and give-aways from the new product line!

Stay tuned and please follow the blog via email,  when I update with new info, it will come straight to your inbox, so there is no need to miss anything!  check the side bar to see how!  Also please pass on the details to your friends and family too, if they have young ones!




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