Hi Moms,
My daughter has beautiful long hair, but she has lots of "fly-aways", which I never really cared until now that she's starting school (I'll have to do her hair every morning so that it's not in her way during class). My sister-in-law says to use hair spray or mousse (which she does on her daughter who's hair is in bad shape to be that of a 5yr olds) but I'm not to crazy about putting chemicals on my daughter's hair.
She has wavy thin hair; it's to her waist & it curls more towards the bottom, the fly-aways are long enough to get in her face.
So.....Does anyone know of a product that will do the trick without damaging her hair?
Or does anyone use ordinary products & have had no problems on kids hair?
Thanks, all suggestions are welcome.
-M.
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A few diff suggestions:
I have the same issue with my almost 3.5 yr old (poor thing gets it from me). My mom said she used a mixture of water and lime when brushing the top hair into a ponytail with my sisters and I. She said it worked fine. She's never done this with my daughter (although she keeps her when I go to work) but she does put some baby oil or vaseline on her hands and rubs it on as she pulls the hair into ponytails. This seems to work well. I have sprayed some Aveda hairspray on her hair on some ocassions but to be honest it went right back to it's fly away state by end of afternoon. Just a couple of days ago, I bought the Herbal Essences body envy weightless volumizing gel (we'll see how that goes when I put her hair up tomorrow for her dance class). I try to get her to use soft headbands like the adult sport ones because they are big enough to hold her hair but not squeeze her head or even very stretchy knitted looking ones (also adult). She isn't very fond of headbands but has gotten better with them.
It's not so much about how she looks but she gets little itchy rashes on her face where her fly away hair seems to touch. This is w/out product in it (we have sensitive skin).
Hope these suggestions help.
Try Jojoba Oil, I use it in my own very curly hair, and I love it. It is a little on the expensive side,$6 for 4 oz, but it is about as natural and it gets! If you are interested in getting really industrious, I have a great recipe for Almond Hairspray that is homemade and completely natural. Let me know if you are interested.
Hello M.!
This is a question that hits home with me! I am a hairstylist, and also a huge fan of the enviorment and organic products. I don't recommend using hair spray or mousse for your daughter. Instead, I would use something called Baby don't cry from Paul Mitchell. It's a white bottle, with yellow writtin on it. She doesn't have tangles and I understand that, but it's also a cuticle closer, which helps prevent fly aways and tangles in the future. I don't recommend anything by baby johnson and johnson. They contain a ton of carcinogins (i used to be with melaleuca) and an MSDS sheet on those products are extremely scary!
The Paul Mitchell Product is your best bet. You can get that at most local salons in your area! Good Luck
Hi there. I'm a stylist, but can I ask if her hair is curly or straight? Also, those fly aways are just new hair she is putting in, she hasn't done anything to make it be anything else. I do not think that any product would harmful to her or her hair, but do you really want to go through all that every day for a little girl. If it is straight I'd say pull it back and be done w/ it, she won't be the only little girls w/ fly aways, and you know she doesn't care about them. If her hair is really curly you could try putting like a dime sized amount of good old fashioned pomade or hair dress through her hair before you pull it up. THese products are just solidified oils, just try to look for ones that don't use mineral oil as a base, they are lighter and better for you. I like royal crown, it is olive oil based and you can buy it Walgrees for 2 or 3 dollars. Hope this helps.
Hi M.. My son has natural wave in his hair and a ton of it! We used to battle the fly aways, but I started using Arbonne's leave-in conditioner and it's wonderful! I like that it's a botanically based product and I don't worry about putting it in his hair at his age. My girlfriend also started using it on her little girl who is 5 (she has naturally wavy hair down to her waist). She was battling not only the control issue, but the tangles. She swears by the stuff - she had been using some other salon products and didn't get the same results. I'm ordering some items this week, so let me know if you want to try it and I can get some to you. check out www.arbonne.com for the products (the spray is in the Before Sun product care section as it has SPF 15 in it). Keep me posted - enjoy some of your new freedom!:) ____@____.com
Hi! I have a boy, however I do hair for a living. I have worked with many different products. Here is the difference between natural and unnatural products. store bought are considered unnatural and most have a ton of alcohol. A product is not going to be 100 percent natural due to the shelf life. I work with Aveda and it is like 99 percent natural with an assortment of products for fly aways. I use the shampoo on my 2 year olds hair because i trust it more then no more tears. The other poduct that I have used and like is biologe. It is not as natural but still good. As far as the fly aways. I would use to things 1) a leave in conditioner to pervent any future breakage or damage. 2) a stying cream to push down the fly aways. Hair spray makes hair crunchy and I try not to use it in styling kids hair. good luck, D.
Your question makes me realize I don't know what the difference is between shampoo and conditioner and hairspray as far as the "unnaturalness" of the product goes. I avoid using chemical cleaning products but it never occurred to me to worry about hair stuff.
Anyway, I was going to suggest leave-in conditioner. Neither of my kids have flyaways, but for my son's very dry hair, we use the Paul Mitchell leave-in conditioner - it has very little scent (a big deal for him) and it's very thick.
I have been using a little hairspray on my 5 year old for a few years now I guess. When I pull her hair back into a pony, or put a barrette on top, I lightly spray it when I want it to stay nice (I use Shaper hairspray by Sebastian)She has not had any problems with her hair getting icky, but I also use good professional shampoo and once in a while condition it and trim it pretty regularly.
have you tried any natural products? Also,my hair dresser often suggests using a little amount of lotion on my hair if its flyaway.
I.
My daughter has very curly hair, and I never used product on her until she was about 3. I started with the products they sell at the kids' salons, but found them to be pretty expensive. Most recently I am using Fructis products on her, and it doesn't seem to be doing any harm to her hair. One thing I will tell you though, is that with my daughter's curly, almost to her butt when it's wet, hair, no matter what I do it in the morning, she's pretty disheveled when I come to picky her up after preschool. It's tough to keep them neat when they are having so much fun!
Good luck!
ok well i have 2 suggestions for you one is to go on ebay and buy a wet 2 dry from herstyler it will always keep her hair soft and the fly aways gone or you can take a little bit of hair spray and spray it on her brush and then brush her hair. good luck
Try putting the conditioner that you can ware in your hair. I have used the spritze and cream types with great success.
