tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post6404371331586018261..comments2023-11-27T09:08:59.447-08:00Comments on Keep Me Curly!: Katie's Limited Knowledge On Curly Boy's Hair...Katie and Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599913531766586871noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-30273221687795577082011-11-10T14:05:24.470-08:002011-11-10T14:05:24.470-08:00love your site! I just ran across it yesterday as ...love your site! I just ran across it yesterday as I was par oozing the interweb looking for style ideas for my little one (she is 2). We are African American and I have been braiding hair since I was a teen so I have the braiding part down. It is the creativity portion I struggle with from time to time and you help with that tremendously. <br />Well I wanted to give a tip to anyone attempting to braid short hair. Add a strip of yarn to the top of the braid with one of the 3 pieces of hair and it helps with gripping the hair and keeps the style neat. It blends and no one is really the wiser. I use this technique all the time. <br />Again thank you for sharing your lovely family with all of us.Mommymade - Simplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695894811612264479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-51673515545275814232010-08-27T18:12:36.061-07:002010-08-27T18:12:36.061-07:00@Becky Ryder - Thanks for the input on the NUDRED,...@<a href="#c5806275061670749246" rel="nofollow">Becky Ryder</a> - Thanks for the input on the NUDRED, I am eager to try it, but I was wondering how long it would hold up. If you didn't use it regularly it would be probably be fine, but if you want twists every day, maybe it isn't a good option?Katie and Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599913531766586871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-54031586495331539582010-08-27T18:11:16.363-07:002010-08-27T18:11:16.363-07:00@The Googeg's - When C's hair has some len...@<a href="#c666701787559933804" rel="nofollow">The Googeg's</a> - When C's hair has some length he sprays it with the Taliah Waajid spray daily, but when it is super short he doesn't even bother. You know boys! They don't really care about grooming themselves at this age!Katie and Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599913531766586871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-84622258221127888032010-08-27T18:10:11.067-07:002010-08-27T18:10:11.067-07:00@Anonymous - Yes we did! I really should have the...@<a href="#c8352639806121615963" rel="nofollow">Anonymous</a> - Yes we did! I really should have the shirts framed or something to make art out of them :) The girls skirts were both destroyed by the time we made it home. They were not the best quality clothes, unfortunately. Although the kids grew so fast they probably wouldn't have gotten much use out of those clothes anyway! I would SO LOVE to get them so real Liberian clothing in the sizes they wear now in a quality that would hold up!Katie and Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599913531766586871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-58062750616707492462010-08-27T16:50:06.134-07:002010-08-27T16:50:06.134-07:00I am really wanting to do cornrows in my son's...I am really wanting to do cornrows in my son's hair (about1-3 in. length wise) but I cannot get it. I just stick to twisting his hair with the flat boar hair brush. They hold longer each day.<br /><br />I have the Nudred. It worked really well for about 3 months then started to break into tiny bits. It left the bits mixed into his hair. I then started doing the brush and it looks just as nice.<br /><br />I also found the Nudred potion to be greasy for E's hair but smelled great! I just used coconut oil instead and worked fine.Becky Ryderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02584817943333070885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-24790481563049457562010-08-27T15:09:35.251-07:002010-08-27T15:09:35.251-07:00My son is only 18 months old but was born with a h...My son is only 18 months old but was born with a head full of thick hair! Although his hair is more of a looser curl he is (african,native american and white mix) @ about a year old his head was full of curls and when the curls were pulled straight, was down past his shoulders! SO i attempted braiding rows but he was just too little to tolerate that and at that time I really had no idea what i was doing! So i just stuck with box parts all over his head or random pony tails that were braided,he seemed to tolerate that. I decided after a while he needed a trim and I was also a bit intimidated to go to a barber shop,so I just went to great clips.. I should of went with my gut/past experience on that one! A trim I didnt get but more like layers instead..and I couldnt do much with that, so his dad just gave him a buzz cut with his clippers and my son did not like that! And now that his hair is growing back in it feels more coarse and not as curly really more wavy.. So as of now I am trying to let it grow out to see what it will look like and then go from there but now he looks more like a boy with his short hair cut :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802629363175725032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-6667017875599338042010-08-27T12:16:00.124-07:002010-08-27T12:16:00.124-07:00We have 3 boys - my husband has clippers and he cu...We have 3 boys - my husband has clippers and he cuts all the boys hair very similar to your last cut. Although, he leaves the top slightly longer. For my Liberian son, I rub him over with Blue Magic or another oil after his bath and every morning.<br /><br />Debbie G.The Googeg'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074676892659798972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-83526398061216159632010-08-27T11:38:17.635-07:002010-08-27T11:38:17.635-07:00i know this have nothing to do with hair but, did ...i know this have nothing to do with hair but, did you keep the outfits they came home in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-12892496290047946692010-08-27T10:31:05.447-07:002010-08-27T10:31:05.447-07:00We did our son, David's hair, once. At the tim...We did our son, David's hair, once. At the time, he was two. Things might go better now... but the experience was so awful, we found a barber. He gets a bald fade. <br /><br />One day, we were at the store and he saw an adult, black male with a design shaved into his hair. He went home, found scissors and cut a "lightening bolt" into his head. Emergency haircut number one. The area he cut was so short that the barber was forced to shave him bald. I told him I would let the barber give him a lightening bolt on the next hair cut. But, like you, I tend to let his hair grow out until it I can't stand it. My level of tolerance, apparently, is greater than his. I wasn't anywhere near ready for his haircut when he cut another "light'ning bulb" into the side of his hair. Emergency haircut number tow. So, now we just get his haircut every 6 weeks. He still technically has a bald fade, but the fade starts lower on his scalp to accommodate his lightening bolt. I have to pay a dollar extra. You can see it for about 3 days before the hair growth obliterates it. <br /><br />David is now 5... and if he wanted to grow out his hair, I would try to talk him out of it. He can't sit still for 2 minutes. Detangling, combing and styling would frustrate him and annoy me. <br /><br />We did learn that there is at least one barber who just can't do his hair. My husband took him along to one of his haircuts. David came home looking beyond silly. I think I had him back to his regular barber in less than three weeks.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12875561671945374840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487983111720513109.post-72580881346803492012010-08-27T10:13:46.689-07:002010-08-27T10:13:46.689-07:00My boy hair is pretty similar to your hair journey...My boy hair is pretty similar to your hair journey. My 14 y/o has hair that looks a lot like Mr. C's except that it kind of grows down over his forehead. So I really need to keep that part cleaned up even if he is doing a short afro as he does from time to time. I do have a problem w/ him taking care of it and so it is usually done almost exactly like your son's. Like you we got really good clippers and do it ourselves. My 6 y/o his less tight curls and a very high forehead. So his haircuts can go longer and still not look messy. But his big kid cut (I swear he looks older w/ his hair trimmed) is a bit longer than your Mr. C's and then I put conditioner on it and brush it gently brush it around his head in a circular pattern. he gets a really smooth look doing this.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333788218398458127noreply@blogger.com