As a youngster I was always climbing trees and getting knots in my very thick, fairly curly hair. My mum and my child minder used to insist on pulling a brush through it from the top, which was painful and just ripped the knots out of my hair leaving lots of broken hair. Neither are good.
As an adult, I have learnt the best trick is:
You can manage long hair once you get used to it. Mainly I will plait it if I'm going to do any sports rather than risk wrecking it with knots and tangles.
As an adult, I have learnt the best trick is:
- Wet you hair as if to shampoo it
- Skip shampooing and put conditioner in your hair. Put a lot on the ends and work it up to the roots
- Then take a wide toothed comb and again work from the ends to the roots.
- Don't be worried about how long the conditioner stays in, up to 10 minutes would be fine, just make sure you work the tangles out.
You can manage long hair once you get used to it. Mainly I will plait it if I'm going to do any sports rather than risk wrecking it with knots and tangles.