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With straight vs. wavy hair, I believe it's because there's less of a pattern to mess up, while curlies don't have that luxury. (Look at the Curlies: brush your hair thread.) It's a necessary evil for many non straighties.
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For most of my childhood, I tried to detangle while wet on my slightly wavy hair and disasters ensued. Finally, when I was in my mid-late teens, a senior hairdresser giving instructions to the more junior hairdresser working on my hair alerted me to the fact that my hair won't detangle until it gets mostly dry. Serious lightbulb moment for myself there!Originally Posted by Elly May
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My hair is fairly slippery when dry, so it detangles well. In fact, it hardly tangles most of the time. When it gets wet, however, the strands clump together, lose their slip, and are practically impossible to separate without breakage. Combing my hair wet will result in breakage and tangling, no matter how slow and gentle I am. I have never, ever been successfully able to detangle my wet hair. Half-dry hair, though, is manageable to comb through (very carefully!). As a bonus, separating the strands at that stage dramatically reduces drying time.
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Have you tried a tails up (start with a hand held pony, give the base a twist and hold with a claw clip). Sock buns, French roll and a Gibson tuck may work at your length.
Also, vary the height of your ponytail, so that the friction is not always on the same area of hair.
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The peacock twist might work for you already http://youtu.be/boGblrUa_O8
This can also be done with claw clips or spin pins.
I'm enjoying the gibson tuck as well. This does need an elastic, but the ends are nicely protected. http://youtu.be/zmZR-PlJ_AU
And ofcourse start to practice braiding. Two dutch or french braids, or lacebraids might very well be a possibility. You can join them at the nape to get the tassles out of sight as well.
Alternating hairstyles put the elastic at different places and avoids damaging one part a lot. And make sure you have hair-friendly elastics.
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I am reading about silk pillows , silk sleeping caps etc etc...Is this something I should be seriously considering ? I am trying to minimise all damage at the moment to reach my classic goal.
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Silk/satin gives less friction and is less damaging. It's not number 1 think you should to for healthy hair, but yes, it can help. I have a satin sleep cap from SilkyCocoon on etsy and I don't even need to detangle anymore in the morning (which I still to for my buns, but still).
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brilliant !! thankyou, i have ordered one
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I know that oils have been talked about on this site a lot, but I'm wondering which one is actually the best for your hair/most like your natural sebum?
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Jojoba oil looks most like natural sebum. This thread might be interesting for you.
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