Finger Detangling Tutorial: My Method

Here's what I do when I'm short on time or just want to give both myself and the girls' hair a break. It really simplifies our regimen.

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• detangle
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• afro
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• conditioner
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[naturalesque81tv]

Um....your girls have A LOT of hair. LOL! How long does that take?!?

[CherishMyDaughter]

@naturalesque81tv Mg3 takes the shortest amount of time. Her hair is long but there's not as much of it--45 minutes tops. Mg2 and HMG--at least an hour depending on what I'm dealing with--but if it takes more than 90 mins.--I go into some serious prayer--I just can't. Just kidding! I don't work on MB's hair for more than 20 minutes at a time. The minute I get it wet and add some conditioner it cooperates really quickly. I rarely do them all in one day but sometimes I must. Prep is key.

[DrDawnMarie]

Love the garden backdrop!! Very pretty. :)

That was such a wonderful demonstration and explanation of finger detangling. I'm all for washing with the twists in when possible. Makes things so much simpler.

[CherishMyDaughter]

@DrDawnMarie Thank you! Washing in twist eliminates so many steps--I try to save time wherever i can!

[yser1]

Last week as I braiding my daughter's hair I noticed that a section seemed fuller at the base then at the ends. As I inspected the hair further, I noticed there was some breakage at the crown of her head, almost half the length of her hair. I have been hearing stories about the Tangle Teaser (TT) breaking and splinting the hair and unfortunately, even though it works very well, I think it is the culprit behind my daughter's breakage. Be careful with the TT. Thanks for this tutorial.

[CherishMyDaughter]

@yser1 I wanted to add--if you try the finger detangling with your daughter's hair--let us know how it goes!

[mommyg05]

Thank you for sharing. I do the same thing but quickly, and I mean very quickly, get frustrated and just leave my hair un-detangled. Now that I see that the detangling process seems to be just as long for you as it does for me, (not counting time spent caring for my four babies), I feel more encouraged about going through with the whole thing. Also, idk why I didn't think of doing it in increments but thank you so much for the tips :) Jesus loves you & I do too!

[naturalesque81tv]

@CherishMyDaughter LOL @ serious prayer. I would have to for real. lol! NO kidding. But I guess I should start training while Aija's hair is still short. I NEED TO UPDATE HER BLOG!!!!! UGH! Now I'm busy nesting and preparing the house for the baby. :( I'll do it one of these days.

[CherishMyDaughter]

@yser1 I'm sorry to hear that about your daughter's hair! Thanks for warning me--so far so good for us. We've used it for months. I recently did a video about my method with it.

[CherishMyDaughter]

@BleuCoryvette My hair knotted quickly in twists if I ever got them wet HOWEVER, I could rinse as much as I liked in box braids. This method of preserving the parts and washing my hair while it was braided worked really well for me as a protective style--when my hair was loose (locked now). I could go as long as 2 months with the same set of parts. I liked to change it up after that. Let me know how it goes for you.