I'm mixed race and my mum (who's white with straight hair) had no clue what to do with my hair and neither did the hairdressers in my home town. My hair's tight curly and long (halfway down my back when pulled straight). As a kid I had a pretty awful looking afro where my Mum just dragged a comb through it as best she could.

 

When I got older I started trying mousse and things to define and weigh down the curls, but it either made my hair feel horrible or I had to use so much it was really expensive. I can't comb it without it going huge and frizzy.

 

I hit on the idea of putting conditioner (normal - herbal essences or tresemme, not leave in) in my hair when damp and leaving it - this meant I could actually comb my hair through (with my fingers at least), my curls stayed nice and curly and shiny, and it was cheaper. I've been doing that for about ten years now, but my hair's getting out of condition on the top - lots of broken hairs - where I comb it through wet every day. If I don't put the conditioner in I'm almost too ashamed to leave the house it looks so frizzy and horrible!

 

That's my sob story, I would like to change my haircare routine, but don't know how!