Reddit mentions of Tangle Teezer Salon Elite Detangle Hairbrush, Dolly Pink

What type of curls does your daughter have? You can use this website to figure that out. If you know her curl type, you can get more specific advice.

Since she's only 3, I would keep it simple:

1. Use a silicone-free conditioner after washing her hair if you're not already. The conditioner will moisturize her hair and keep it healthy and manageable. The Suave Coconut Conditioner and all VO5 conditioners are cheap, silicone-free, and easy to find.
   
   
2. Stop brushing her hair. Brushing curly hair when it's dry separates and undoes the curls (plus it's rough and physically damaging to your hair). Instead, switch to a tangle teezer or wet brush and only comb/brush her hair when it's wet. Spray or apply a de-tangling spray or leave-in conditioner to her wet hair before you brush/comb it. A de-tangling spray or leave-in conditioner will lubricate her hair, making it much easier to brush/comb, and it will moisturize her hair. If you're trying to brush/comb her hair in the morning, wet her hair with a spray bottle.
   
   
3. Use a light, silicone-free gel to help define her curls and minimize frizz. The Herbal Essences gels are cheap, silicone-free, and easy to find.
   
   I hope this helps! If you have any more questions, please ask!

• Check out our wiki, including the section we have on caring for kids hair. It basically breaks down certain ingredients your want to look out for. Sulfate shampoos (the most common type of shampoo, even if they claim to be gentle) are very drying for curly hair. However if you switch to a nonsulfate shampoo, you will need to eliminate any silicones from her routine (silicones can only be removed by sulfates). So you want to do some research on that stuff first. You can try reading the Curly Girl Guide to get a fuller idea.
  
• What is a hard bristle brush? If you're using a tangle teezer or wet brush that should be fine. However if you're using anything like this, it's definitely damaging her hair.
  
• To help the curls last overnights, try using a child size satin bonnet or pillow case. I'm Dominican so not quite the same, but growing up all the female kids wore hairnets (the thick ones) basically whenever we were at home. You basically want to keep the hair contained so it's not flying around getting tangles and frizz.
  
• I think she's at an age (and hair length) where you can start looking at light curl creams to provide definition and hold. It's extremely hard if not impossible to keep waves/curls for days on end without any kind of styler. Shea Moisture is a Curly-Girl Method safe brand that has a couple Kids Lines, which will include curling creams. I really think adding a styling cream at the end of her routine (when her hair is still damp/wet) and letting it dry will help.
  
• Hopefully as you up her moisture levels, reduce frizz, and reduce tangles with the above tips, you'll find that you don't need to have the treatment every time you wash her hair. That is a lot of of work and time, especially for a little one.
  
• Edit - don't forget the power of braids! There is a reason that ethnic communities with curly hair use them a lot. Don't feel like you need to keep her hair loose all the time...check out Youtube and look up tutorials. French or Dutch braids are great and will last days. Even just sweeping her hair into two braids on either side of her head will help. Her hair can't tangle while it's contained in the braids, and it's a simple, clean, neat style that will last for days.

I have a brush called Tangle Teezer and it is awesome! Works well on my curly hair every time without much shedding. Brushing dry is so much better for your hair. If I'm not mistaken, I think you can actually lose more hair if you brush in the shower or while the scalp is still wet.

A DIY Tangle Teezer!

What kind of hair texture do you have? I'm naturally curly / wavy and typically straighten my hair the night before I leave and do a ponytail braid. No brushing on the trail, just redoing the ponytail / braid as needed. I keep a hat on all day and a beanie on all night, so even though my hair gets really greasy, no one sees it. I tried dry shampoo on the trail and it did me no good really.

The night I got home, I deep condition and brush through my hair with the conditioner it. It takes forever, but I attended a wedding a week after my last 4 night trip and my hair looked just fine. I swear by this brush as a detangler.

I use wen, and it's the only beauty product I've ever bought from a TV infomercial that I'm actually happy with. I don't use it as directed, you're not supposed to use shampoo, but I do. Anyways, i use it as a leave in conditioner & it works great. My hair is down to the middle of my back and gets super knotty, wen just takes away all the knots.


Also, grab This brand of hairbrush I picked one up at Walmart. It works so much better than a regular hairbrush, because of the way the teeth are situated

I recently bought a Tangle Teezer, you can find it at any Sally Beauty Supply...it cut my detangling time in half, and I had much less breakage.

Per TRISTAN08's suggestion, definitely look up kimmaytube on YouTube. I use her leave-in conditioner recipe (with a couple tweaks) and it is amazing. I also follow nikkimae2003, because she and I have similar textures and she gives great product reviews. There are thousands of different channels on there about curly hair, make sure you follow the one that has a curl pattern similar to yours.

Avoid:

HYPE. If you are hearing rave reviews about something, make sure you research it yourself and also find out what the naysayers have to say about it. What works for the vast majority might not work for you.
PRODUCT JUNKIE-NESS. You do not need to be spending all that money on the next miracle product, trust me. It's not bad to give things a try, but there are a lot of self-proclaimed hair saviors out there that don't do jack, for about a million dollars.

There's probably more, but I'm really tired...

Currently, I don't wear makeup every day, but I feel like if I did I would clean them once a week at least. There are a couple items I'd probably clean more frequently. Regardless, I'll clean my brushes probably once every two weeks unless I haven't used them in that time; even if I've used my brushes only once during those two weeks, they still need a cleaning because you never know what's been growing on them. I'll spot clean my brushes in between uses on a makeup wipe, then wipe off on a paper towel/piece of toilet paper.

For the real cleaning, I used to use a mix of 3/4 Dawn dish soap and 1/4 extra virgin olive oil, but I think I'll leave them for any really gunked up brushes and just use baby shampoo because I love the smell of it. I'll swirl my brushes in the soap mix/baby shampoo, and then swirl them over a Tangle Teezer under warm water. I like the Tangle Teezer because it really helps suds up the soap/shampoo, and I feel like the bristles of the TT help to get in between the hairs of my brushes. The TT is meant to be gentle to begin with, as it's meant for tangles in hair, but I'm still gentle while using it on my brushes. I rinse the brushes until I can squeeze the hairs (gently, of course!) and clear, suds-free water comes out. My bigger brushes I'll hang from the hand towel bar in the bathroom to dry out, and I'll place my smaller brushes on a towel with another rolled up and placed underneath their handles so they're drying on an angle.

One of these work fine