Hi,
you can use coconut oil, mashed avocado, vit. E oil, mashed banana and egg (depending on hair type you may want to use only the yolk or the whites as one is much more cleansing and the other more conditioning) alone or in any combination to make very conditioning masks or conditioners. You can also use various “herb teas” to help with detangling and nourishing. Google your daughter’s hair type, problem you are having and “homemade natural hair care recipes”. You should be able to come up with a pretty good start to putting together a nice hair care regimen for her that you like. One more thing that will help with detangling after washing, (my dd hair is long with loose curls and I used to have a BIG detangling problem!) give the hair a cool water final rinse. This helps smooth the hair shaft.
If you need more help, I can give you some recipes to try that I have made, but without being able to see your daughter’s hair and know exactly what you need, you may be better off experimenting a bit on your own. I find that any homemade hygiene product usually needs to be tweaked a little bit anyway for each person that uses it because their ph levels are different as well as problem areas, hair type, etc.
Also, just as a note, the apple cider rinse is not REALLY a conditioner, just a rinse that helps close the hair shaft’s cuticles and so it is smoothing. It also helps keep it residue free and shiny, etc. but it does not really condition. You need some sort of natural oil to get a true conditioning effect.
As far as combs and brushes, I have had good experiences with using natural bamboo combs and brushes. Anyone that I have recommended these to have had good experiences with them as well. If your dd hair is very curly (you prob. already know this) stick with a nice thick, wide toothed comb.
HTH! I have been experimenting on myself and my kids now for a couple of years and so I kinda like this stuff! In case you can’t tell! LOL!
-Miranda
