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Originally Posted by OakShannon

Sta-Sof-Fro. I love it!

I haven't seen that product - or maybe I just missed it. We have a large shop in our neighborhood that is all ethnic hair care products, so I get Daniel's hair stuff there. It's nice having a selection. I ended up using Motions because a friend recommended it and her daughters have beautiful hair. Smell is definitely an issue. I tried Kid Organics because someone recommended it, but it had a really odd, chemical smell.

So it sounds like the olive oil wouldn't work well during the day because it takes awhile to dry. Do you just comb Ty's hair out dry if it needs a touch-up later in the day? Or is it not an issue for him? Daniel still has some slightly larger, softer curls (relatively speaking) mixed in with the tights curls, which I think is what causes it to need a little combing out by afternoon.

I only comb Tyler hair when it is full of conditioner in the tub. Other than that I spray it and finger "tussle" it. It's so short though. I kno when it was longer I had to comb it more and for us, it was just such tight curls that trying to keep it well kept and unmatted was an all day ordeal. I would comb three times a day sometimes to try and keep it neat and he would hate it, and it would be matted and tangled everytime. No matter how much spray I put in, nothing works like the conditioner in the tub. I only use conditioner now (I found one called Organix at walmart..I use the coconut milk now, but want to try the shea butter too. It's SO thick it works great) and no shampoo unless he gets a lot of food or something in his hair. I would guess we shampoo once a month or less. So far...what i've described it working awesome. His hair is soft and adorable when it fluff out into his TWA (teeny weenie afro) and when I wet it and tussle it with the spray, it goes back into TTC (Tiny, tight curls) for us, it's meant 2 hair cuts so far on a just turned 7 month old, but we both enjoy hair time so much more, I'm willing to do the hair cuts once or twice a month. I think I'll let it get a little longer in the winter, but I'm not sure...with hats and what not, it might be best to keep it short.

I however, HATE how old he lookes with the short hair. he looks like he's about a year old in a little tiny body