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How To Sleep With Curly Hair: Our Mixed Hair Routine for Overnight Curls

how to sleep with curly hair

It’s no secret that I love curly hair. It took almost thirty years of life and giving birth to a beautiful black baby with thick mixed hair to finally realize what a gift our tight ringlet curls are. Raising my biracial children to appreciate and learn how to care for curly hair is high on the parenting priority list. Today I want to share our nighttime routine and how to sleep with curly hair to prevent frizz and breakage as your little one lies in bed (or even as they nap in a car seat!).

But don’t think learning how to care for curly hair at night is a kids’ game – this overnight curls routine is also what I do to my 3b curly hair! Because of its curl pattern and hair type, I’d often wake up with second-day curls that looked flat and frizzy. I wasn’t able to keep hair curly overnight until I started this routine on my naturally curly hair. So if you’re looking for how to get curls overnight that are smooth and defined, this is definitely a method to consider.

Curly Hair Overnight Routine

Sleeping with curly hair isn’t complicated, but some attention before you hit the sack will definitely salvage your curly hairstyle a few days longer. When my daughter was a toddler, I learned that this night time routine for short natural hair helped define her ringlet curls overnight. Her short curly mixed girl hair was so much easier to manage after being banded and braided before bed!

In this post, we’re going to explain steps for what to do with curly hair after shower at night, how to protect your curly hair at night with our favorite protective styles for mixed hair (including braids and buns), and the best sleeping cap for curly hair – from babies to toddlers to big girls like us!

More Biracial Hair Routines By Age Group:

Check out our other mixed hair care routine posts for daytime styling tips, all of which include our favorite natural hair products for kids.

Now that we’ve gone over the basics, let’s get down to business…

Curly Hair Bedtime Routinehow to sleep with curly hairHow to Sleep With Wet Curly Hair

Yes, I said wet hair! Our overnight curly hair routine starts each week with a deep condition and us going to bed with wet hair (really though, because she has low porosity hair, my girl’s hair is more damp than wet). I’ve had a few people ask me is it bad to sleep with wet hair (especially for the kids) or for tips on what to do with wet hair at night, so I wanted to explain a few important points.

First, my kids go to bed with wet hair on occasion and they’re totally healthy and fine. It’s never soaking wet – mostly just damp – but they’ve never gotten sick or anything like that.

Secondly, drying curly hair overnight is a super awesome method! Once I established this routine with my toddler’s short mixed girl hair, I pretty much never let it air dry down again. That’s right folks, no wash-n-go’s are happening over here! Doing protective hairstyles for curly hair at night allows you to set the curl pattern, even stretch the curls if desired, and pretty much curl your hair overnight without added heat or styling products.

The trick to how to sleep with wet curly hair is this: curly hair protection through the use of protective hairstyles for mixed hair and wrapping curly hair at night with material with slip material (like satin or silk).

Once my mindset on our night time hair routine for natural hair shifted to one of moisture retention and nighttime hairstyles that protected our curls, managing our hair became much easier. As instructed in the washing tutorials linked above (by age group), I do not rinse out conditioners. Much of it comes out in combing, soaked into a microfiber towel or stripped out as I style our hair into overnight hairstyles. This allows the porous hair to soak up every last drop of moisture overnight. Styling wet hair into protective styles help reinforce our natural curl pattern, even stretching the curls for my daughter’s 3c-4a hair, while sleeping in satin bonnet or hair wrap for sleeping protects ensures our curls don’t break.

Mixed Girl Hairstyles for Night

how to curly hair overnightOvernight Hairstyles to Sleep In

Some of our favorite mixed girl braids and hairstyles to sleep to set a curl pattern on wet hair are below. Our favorite night hair styles for DRY hair are below.

  • French braids overnight: perfect to set curls the next day or leave as an adorable hairstyle.
  • Banded ponytail: this was our favorite toddler hairstyle to stretch curls while you sleep while maintaining a natural curl pattern.
  • Two strand twists: learning how to twist biracial hair made all the difference to our natural hair night routine. This is a great wet hairstyle to create ringlet curls when dry.
  • Bantu knots: for when I don’t want to braid, large sections of bantu knots are easy to do but usually more difficult for her to sleep in.

Overall, I’ve found that my daughter’s natural curl pattern is really gorgeous and separating the hair into too many braids or twists creates a massive ball of frizz. Becuase of this, our overnight curl hairstyles are MAXED at 4 sections (1-2 when she was a toddler). When the hair is wet, I am most focused on setting a curl pattern, stretching the curl as it dries and protecting the hair from breakage.

How to Make Curls Last Overnight

What I’ve learned over the years is that we need two very different routines for maintaining curly hair overnight. One night time routine for curly hair that focuses on how to get naturally curly hair overnight when its wet…. and another curly hair bedtime routine for once the curls are set and the hair is DRY.

The main goal for your dry routine should be how to make curls last overnight to avoid frizz and friction (which happens when the hair shaft separate), as well as nighttime hairstyles for curly hair that prevents breakage.

daily routine hairstyles for medium hairhairstyles for toddler girlsMixed Girl Hairstyles for Night

The pictures above were taken immediately after my toddler got out of bed the morning after a deep condition. She slept with wet hair that was in a banded ponytail. To remove the bands, I add oil to my hands and remove super gently to prevent tearing the curls and further sealing in moisture.

I love how moisturized and shiny her curls are (from the back) and that her curls are not separated or frizzed. The curls at her crown/hairline are frizzy because, at this age (around 3-4 years old), I was wary of using baby satin bonnets or a head scarf for fear of suffocation, etc. Who knows if those fears are warranted, but not too long after we started using a hair wrap for sleeping.

How to Wrap Natural Hair At Night Once Dry

Once the hair is dry and the curls are set, we need to figure out how to keep natural curls overnight and maintain the curly hairstyle. When my daughter was an itty bitty toddler, this was easily achieved with a banded ponytail. Her curls were less coarse and the natural pattern was easy to maintain. As her hair grew in length and thickness, and as her hair texture has become more coarse, learning how to braid mixed hair became a must-do. It’s been fun to experiment with various braid outs and twist outs to create longer s-pattern curls.

The photo below you can see the impact a night hair style can make. The left is my daughter’s natural curl pattern (now at 8 years old) when she slept with a banded ponytail (or just one section), whereas the right photo is after she had slept in two french braids and a sleeping cap for curly hair. The curls are longer, with a stretched s-pattern that is different than her natural curl texture.

curly hair night routineA few ways to keep your curls in overnight

The Pineapple: a low twist at the nape of hair to bring all the hair up and on top of your head to resemble a pineapple hairstyle. Works great for my 3c-3b curly hair.

Multiple pineapples: if I am attempting to do the Pineapple method on my daughter’s hair, it usually has to be done in multiple sections because her coarse hair does not stretch as easily.

Loose inside a satin hair bonnet: once the curls are set, this is usually how to sleep with short curly hair. My daughter’s hair holds curls so well that my only focus is to prevent frizz and separating the curl by wrapping curly hair at night and then sleeping on a satin pillowcase. These days we just throw all her gorgeous curls into a satin hair bonnet and kiss her good night as she falls asleep on her satin pillowcase.

how to sleep with wet curly hairSatin Pillowcases and hair bonnets for biracial hair care

This might be the single most easy thing you can do to improve the look of your ringlet curls. Let inertia be your friend and get a satin pillowcase. Cotton is warm and cozy, but your hair pays the price of the static cling and moisture retention. Recently, during a trip to California, I learned how important a satin pillowcase and silk scarf are to Alina’s mixed hair care routine. Styling took so much longer, her fine hair was constantly in tiny knots (regardless of the protected style she slept in) and the curls were not as defined. Oh man, we haven’t even discussed how to keep hair from knotting while sleeping, which is a total nightmare. After a week without these hair tools, I am 100% a believer in satin pillowcases, hair bonnets, scarves and whatever tool needed to keep to maintain curls overnight.

And that’s all I’ve got for your folks! Night time hair care is not complicated. And though it can be tedious, the stress you’ll avoid by following a curly hair night routine focuses on curl definition, moisture retention and preventing hair damage will be worth it.

  • Brooke
    January 14, 2013 at 9:04 am

    She is such a pretty girl with beautiful hair. These are excellent tips, what a great hair care routine

    • Vanessa
      January 14, 2013 at 9:49 am

      Thanks, Brooke! You are always a great resource!

  • Melanie Edwards - modernmami.com
    January 14, 2013 at 10:23 am

    Love the tips! I definitely need to be better about having a routine each night and a weekly routine for my daughter. However, because my girl is now 7 and goes to school each day and plays on a playground with sand for the floor, I have to wash her hair more than once a week. Any tips for what I can do better? I don’t think I/her will have the energy for deep conditioning multiple times a week.

    • Vanessa
      January 14, 2013 at 11:11 am

      I anticipate that stage with Alina, Melanie! At almost three, once a week is plenty. I guess just making sure her hair is sufficiently moisturized, or maybe check out those conditioning shampoos? Protective styles when she goes to school should help (I’ve read some moms send their girls to school ONLY in protective styles, and never down) and making you at least finger comb most knots out so the conditioner can really soak in should help. Hope those help!

    • Brooke
      January 14, 2013 at 2:41 pm

      My daughter is also 7 and she rarely wears her hair down to school, like Vanessa mentioned I do protective styles or at least have her hair in a few braids or a bun for school. And usually I wash it only once a week.

  • Ana Bastow
    January 14, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    Beautiful girl and curls!

  • Alyssa
    January 15, 2013 at 12:41 am

    Your daughter is stunning! At 25 years old, I still could use some tips for my mixed hair! The whole time I was reading this I thought to myself “I should do some of this stuff!” Hopefully your posts will ensure that a new generation of mixed girls have less hair drama than the biracial girls before them 🙂

  • Erica
    January 15, 2013 at 5:45 am

    I love this !!!!!!! and I love her hair…….as silly as this sounds …..i used to haite my hair…and still sometimes do …..it’s super curly……which means super frizzy…….and I used to always say “why couldn’t i have been born with that pretty pantene hair”. and I would hope and pray that my daughter would get that “white girl hair” so that she wouldnt go through the stress of curly hair! Well she got a head full of curly hair at birth………and now ..even as a little Puerto Rican/Panamanian girl……she has STRAIGHT hair….with the smallest wave. and I want those curls back now! hahaha! But I love her however she is. Sometimes as mamas we need to just embrace our own selvs so we can teach our daughters the same thing!

  • Jessica G.
    January 17, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    Wow. What a process. You are such a good mom.

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  • Nathalie T.
    November 24, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    My 9mo old has the same hair texture as your little girl. Do you have any tips on how to protect her hair from breakage as it is still a bit too short for ponytails? I always keep in a curly fro but I’m wondering if I should be doing more to protect her hair.

    • Vanessa
      November 29, 2013 at 10:30 am

      Hi Nathalie, Thanks so much for stopping by! At 9 months, and with hair too short to braid or tie back, it is hard to avoid breakage I think. between the car seat and laying on their backs so much, its bound to happen. But try not to fret. Your little one will grow so fast and will have a head full of beautiful curls before you know! Once her hair is long enough for a pony tail, I do have a product that I LOVE that will help with breakage.

  • Mia
    January 1, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    Hi I’m an 11-year-old girl I’m kind of in the same situation as you were when you were a child my mom has straight hair and has no idea what to do with my curls do you use a detangler spray ?

    • Vanessa
      January 3, 2014 at 12:09 pm

      Sweet Mia, thank you for all your comments! Alina’s Dad and I were away on a work trip, which is why it took me a little while to respond. To answer your question: No, we do not use a detangler spray on Alina’s hair because, once her hair is dry, I don’t comb or brush it at all. I only comb her hair when in the bath and it’s totally wet. I do this to protect the curl and allow it form in its natural state. When you brush, comb or even play with it too much with your hands, the curls break apart and makes frizz. I hope that answers your question! I will be doing a big hair care series really soon, but in the meantime, if your mama has any questions, ask her to email me at vanessa at desumama dot com. I would be happy to chat with her about hair, etc.

      • Mia
        January 3, 2014 at 2:49 pm

        Thank you so much I will tell my mom to email you if she has any questions

  • Tamera
    January 26, 2014 at 2:16 pm

    Hi,I have natural ringlet curls but I am having some problems with my hair. I use to straighten my hair and now I have split ends, I tried to wear my hair curly and my hair got tangled, frizzy and dry overnight. I want my curly hair to be soft, healthy and manageable. Please help(:

    • Makayla
      November 2, 2014 at 7:09 pm

      Use split end shampoo + conditioner. Use lots of coconut types of hair products!

  • Jess Gomez
    March 15, 2014 at 2:41 am

    Thanx for the tips my daughter has similar hair… I will definately try this..

  • Sheree
    March 28, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    My daughter recently passed away & I took over the honor of raising my little ‘Heaven’. She is 9, gorgeous, bi-racial & has hair everyone loves & talks about. I have been using products by ‘Mixed Chicks’ and her hair is better everyday. I love the helpful hints you posted & hope you know what a great help you are to those like me who are trying to figure this all as I can. <3

    • Vanessa
      March 29, 2014 at 6:46 am

      Lots of love to you, Sheree! We love Mixed Chicks as well, especially their Leave-In Condition, which we use as a styling product, and their kids’ line for my little man. Big hugs for your Heaven. xo, Vanessa

  • Magda salazar
    March 28, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks for the tips. This is awesome. Is her hair wet when she goes to bed from the leave in?

    Do you do the leave in at night even when you don’t wash her hair?

    • Vanessa
      March 29, 2014 at 6:44 am

      Thanks, Magda! Yes, her hair is wet when she goes to bed and we use “leave-in” (which is really deep conditioner) on nights even without shampoo.

  • Kelly
    April 3, 2014 at 5:40 pm

    Hi Vanessa, Thanks for these wonderful tips and tricks. My biracial 3 year old daughter has tight spiral curly hair like your daughter and you do such a good job of taking care of it. My daughter has been begging me to leave her hair down for school but it mattes up so easily especially when she naps. Any tips on that? You also mentioned using one conditioner to detangle before using the deep conditioner. Can you recommend any particular product for that? I’m still looking for the “right” one to help detangle. Thanks again! These posts are so helpful!

  • Marcie
    April 16, 2014 at 2:14 pm

    Vanessa-

    I have a two year old and she is African America, Asian and White. I have struggled with how to fix her hair for well over a year now and am very excited to have finally stumbled across your web-page. She has extremely dry hair and I put styling cream in it daily but that just has not been enough. I have been too afraid to use too much product on her hair because she is so young and I have not wanted to damage it. However, the deep conditioning at night and using a silk pillow will be our routine from hear on out. Also, tying it back! Can you tell me what products you use; i.e., leave in conditioner and styling cream?

    Thank you for your great web-page, so happy I stumbled upon it.

    Best Regards,
    Marcie

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  • Martina
    August 18, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    I’ve been feeling pretty confident about my daughter’s hair care routine but now that it’s longer, I’m getting frustrated again. I’m excited to try these tips! My daughter Alianna’s hair looks very similar to Alina’s. She is half Salvadorian, half Caucasian (quarter Italian). Thank you for sharing so much about your routine!

    • Vanessa
      August 18, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      Happy to help, Martina!

  • Abby
    September 5, 2014 at 6:56 pm

    My hair is gust like this and i did it and it did an amazeing job thanks so much and your daughter is so beautiful

  • Melody
    September 9, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    Hi – I’m confused by how this relates with the Mixed Hair Care: Tips for Toddler’s Ringlet Curls post. Do you do the ringlets once a week as described in that post but then do the bun or banded pony each night as described in this post? Do your rinse her hair every night to put the conditioner in? Thanks!

  • Jennifer
    September 23, 2014 at 10:18 pm

    Just discovered your site and I am so excited. With fall here – and a nasty New England winter on its way – I am starting to think about how to change my daughter’s haircare routine, especially since she is a toddler now. The old infant routine just isn’t working. I’ll be reading through your posts and hope they help. She seems to have very similar hair to your little one. Wish me luck!

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  • Amy
    October 20, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    When she wakes up after her wash or protective hairstyle, do you just spritz with water and leave in conditioner and use your fingers to style?

    • Vanessa
      October 20, 2014 at 2:57 pm

      Exactly, Amy. Although, things have changed quite a bit since I wrote this post. I’ll be working on an update for our 5 Year Old Routine soon.

  • Amy
    October 20, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    What is your hair style routine in the mornings? Products used and how you style without combing, etc.?

    • Vanessa
      October 20, 2014 at 2:59 pm

      When she wakes up, I use a spray bottle of water and Mixed Chicks Leave In Conditioner to style. I use my fingertips to smooth out the frizzes, pulling down to elongate the curl and close the hair follicle, and then let it go. Nothing is more gorgeous than a head of freshly deep-conditioned curls!

  • Makayla
    November 2, 2014 at 6:12 pm

    Hi! Im makayla and I’m 12. i have very similar hair except thicker and longer. Do you have any tips for me to wear it at night or/and how to style it in the morning? Btw I’m african american,white,korean or lowes (not sure which yet), And native american so its funny how my hair turned out! Thanks so much! Makayla

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  • Teonia
    January 3, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    Hi Vanessa, I just discovered your site a few months ago and I love it! I’m 20 years old and biracial myself and have always had a hard time dealing with my hair (which is very similar to your daughter’s, but thicker) and I’ve been using your tips for my own hair and I love the results! Thank you so much! (:

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  • Jamie
    July 29, 2015 at 10:17 pm

    Thank you so much for this information!! I have always had straight, oily hair, and caring for it has been easy. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I freaked before she was even born and started looking up sights on biracial hair…not a lot out there. In the store, I asked parents of girls I see with hair like my daughter’s, and everyone has a different answer, even stylists. Her hair has had several large knots that I’ve been forced to cut out, and I’ve had enough fighting!! She hates having her hair done in the morning, and I hate the pain it brings her. Using your tips, I hope a pain-free, happy morning is coming our way, especially since I have a 10 month old son who already had his hair cut down once because his curls are crazy! Thanks for your dedication to your family as well as your blog!

  • Angie
    November 17, 2015 at 1:01 pm

    HI ,
    thanks so much for the tips! So far I have been doing some of the things you suggested, although instead of the braid I will do the banded ponytail instead!! great tip! My little girl’s texture hair is very similar to yours, and I too wash and condition just about once a week (she is 4). My question is: how then do you maintain the style through out the week till the next wash. Do you condition still? I have been just wetting it with coconut oil infused water and combing through the hair , but with it getting colder I don’t want to sop her hair up like that or cause breakage with combing through it so much
    Thanks

  • Melissa
    May 11, 2016 at 12:55 am

    Hi Vanessa, I have been looking up all types of different articles about mixed hair and products and I seem to always go back to your blog. Whether it be Facebook or Pinterest. Anyway I just have a few questions to as you. So you talk about leaving in your daughters conditioner after bath time, my question is do you still put in leave-in conditioner as well when you go to do her hair? I’m sorry if that seems like a silly question. My daughter is my first and she has mixed hair and I am still trying to get in the mix of things.

  • Anya
    August 10, 2016 at 6:02 pm

    My hair is really long when its wet, but as it dries it get shorter and bigger. Any tips on how to get less shrinkage?

    • Vanessa Bell
      August 11, 2016 at 2:17 pm

      Keep the hair banded or braided until completely dry and then let it loose. Spray with some water, styling product to reform curls. Hope that helps!

  • Cortney
    November 8, 2016 at 9:07 am

    How often do you deep condition? Do you and or braid the hair every night?

    • Vanessa Bell
      November 13, 2016 at 8:42 am

      At least once to twice a week. I braided it every night at this age, but now that she’s older (7) and her hair is longer, I keep her hair in a style throughout the week and she sleeps in it with a satin bonnet.

  • Deanna
    March 20, 2017 at 11:57 pm

    Hello, i just found your blog today. I’m still a little confused. Do you leave the condition in her hair from the bath and never rinse it out or do you just use a lot of leave in?

    My daughter is now 16 months old and her hair is thin. It’s always been that way since she was born but I feel it’s now more of my fault from constantly styling her hair. I’m African American so this texture is a little new one to me and just because it’s curly doesn’t mean I should take care of it like mine.

    My daughter’s texture is like your daughter’s texture but I think my daughter hair is more prone to shrinkage than your daughters hair.. if I stretch my daughters hair it is about 2 to 3 times what it normally appears, but if I leave her hair out at night it tightens to the scalp and I’m recombing all over again. I’m trying a new thing of not doing her hair like normal and leaving it out to breathe to see what happens.

    • Vanessa Bell
      March 21, 2017 at 2:19 pm

      Oh Deanna, my girl’s hair can SHRINK! Your little one is still super young… I think I started banding Alina’s hair to dry at around 2 years old. Now she’s 7 and I NEVER let it air dry which means that I pretty much never do a wash n go. However, once the hair is dry, I let the curls out to breathe, like you said, sometimes for multiple days in a row. The stress of detangling later is just not worth it for us. But, pretty much as a rule, if her hair is wet, it dries banded and not out.

      Be mindful of the tools you use to bind the hair in order to prevent breakage. I used the silicon bands from Mixed Chicks and now use elastic that I cut out of hair (we go through bands like CRAZY). I avoid pulling hair out with the bands at all costs! As for product, believe it or not, when I wrote this post years ago, there weren’t many (any!) products so I left conditioner in. Now that we have great quality leave-in conditioners and oils, I mostly wash out the conditioner and use other products for added moisture.

      Hope that helps!

  • Aliaya Mercado
    May 12, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    I am glad I was able to read this, thank you. I admit I have not been taking care of my little girl’s hair as I should. My daughter is 3 mixed half Haitian, half Puerto Rican, and her hair is short, curly, but is very dry and her curls don’t stay once she gets out of the bath. Right now I use Shea Moisture shampoo and conditioner in the shower, brush her hair out using a Shea moisture detangler, and then apply a leave in conditioner. When she wakes up her hair is still dry so her daily style is typically a ponytail. I would love for her curls to stay so she can wear her hair out. Any advise here besides what I’ve read? Also, should I switch hair products?

  • Madison
    August 9, 2017 at 9:18 pm

    Hi – finding your posts helpful! Do you have recommendations on combing conditioners (didn’t realize this was different from other conditioners) and styling products?

  • Ahjirasa
    August 27, 2017 at 9:18 am

    Hi.
    Thank you for posting this. I know it’s old and I’ve just tumbled onto it but so very relevant to my struggle. My dd is 10 now and I’m still struggling to manage her hair. Her texture didn’t settle truly until maybe the last year. Now she has hair like Sophina Brown, tight ringlets, with massive shrinkage and prone to frizziness. No matter what I do the night before to get it moisturized, by the afternoon of the next day, it is almost bone dry.
    I’m going to try the satin bonnet because the pillow thing isn’t working with her (she moves around too much), and the hair near her scalp and hair line is very frizzy (her hair is longer now, almost waist length when wet/damp).
    I’m wondering if you have posts for how you manage your dd’s hair now that she is older and her hair is thicker. I’m fine haired with low to medium density, about a 3a/3b hair and my dd’s hair has stumped me for so long because I was busy trying my regimen (if we can call it that) on her. But her hair seems to need way more care than mine ever needed.
    Any tips would be appreciated, especially on styling, drying, maintain the curl without frizz, products used (the more natural the better as I currently live where I can’t access most American products)… pictures also are really helpful to this multiracial momma with even more multiracial kids!

  • Aleksandra
    January 22, 2018 at 3:32 am

    Hello Vanessa, I have just come across your website and it gave me so much great inside into a curly hair routine. My daughter is half Polish and half Gambian, she is 3,5 yo at the moment. Her hair tends to tangled so much it just stay up on it’s own after taking the hair band. We struggled a lot so far but last night I have used your tips with a great outcome. I still have a lot to learn but I’m hopeful we will get there 🙂 I have a question about everyday night routine.. I didn’t quite get that.. do you wet the hair before applying conditioner every night? Also how do you style it in the morning? I read all your posts about caring for hair but didn’t understand this one to be honest. We are using Faith in Nature Aloe Vera conditioner to comb through and John Masters Leave in conditioner for deep conditioning. I do not shampoo her hair at all as it was making it very very dry and nearly impossible to comb. I would much appreciate some guidance. Thank you again 🙂