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Originally Posted by meshsgrl

actually its not permed or even textured! I refused to let her do that! She just straightened it with a straightener for $70!!
Thank you for the advice I will check it out!!

CRAIGSLIST! Look in your area under "services" and search for "braiding".

I found someone to come to my house to braid the girls' hair every two weeks. She charges $35.00 for M-K (because she adds additional hair to add length) and $25.00 for Hanna. A bargain considering salon prices.

Originally Posted by meshsgrl

Thank you for all the links!!
I just got another aa foster daughter...
she doesnt have the thick beautiful hair that fdau #1 has. But it looks like with some TLC, I could get it looking nice.
How do you wash a childs hair when they are deathly scared of the bath tub and water?!?!?!?

Try the kitchen sink. And use olive oil as a conditioner-it's inexpensive and will deeply condition her hair. Use a lot, comb it through and then leave it in for a few hours. Then gently blot out the excess. Then style her hair. The first time I heard this, I though "YUCK! It will stink". It doesn't.

Also, when uses a cream conditioner for her hair, you should use a LOT. When you squish her hair, the conditioner should ooze through your fingers. That's when you have enough. For the longest time, I wasn't using enough conditioner on the girls' hair and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I was using so many different products. Turns out I wasn't using enough.