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Styling and Combing
Jan 8^th, 2006 at 12:20am

Hey girls :-D

As most of you probably know, I have an ADORABLE 4 year old niece. She's got hair down to her waist, and it's rather thick. It's gorgeous hair...but she won't let me braid it or comb it. How can I get her to come around without tying her to the chair? ;p I think her mom rips a comb through her hair, so that may be part of the problem. :/

Any suggestions would be helpful.

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PreciousLocks

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Re: Styling and Combing
Reply #1 - Jan 8^th, 2006 at 1:04am

How about doing an aunt-niece hair-do activity? i.e. have her comb her own hair (with wide-tooth comb)while you show her how on yours (maybe both do jojoba oil application first)and then help her do a simple up-do (do the same with yours). I find people (adults included) are much more likely to attempt something potentially painful if they are "in charge" until they build up some trust that the other person isn't going to inflict (unnecessary) pain.
HTH

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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #2 - Jan 8^th, 2006 at 8:26pm I think Precious Locks' suggestions are good ones. If your niece's mother isn't very gentle with a comb, I doubt the little girl would let anyone touch her hair because she probably assumes she'll be in for a hair torture session. Good luck!
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panpeus Diamond Offline Posts: 604 Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #3 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 1:51am Yeah, I know what you mean! My sister went to try to touch her hair to get a giant tangle out of her hair -- and before she put the comb into it she started yelling "OW OW OW!!" This is going to be quite a problem! >:( She lets me play with it every once in a great while. I think I need to ask her more often.
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panpeus Diamond Offline Posts: 604 Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #4 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 8:00pm Thanks for the advice. She let me play with her hair for a short time. Here's a photo of it. =)
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PreciousLocks Diamond Offline Turning my gold to silver one hair at a time Posts: 812 Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #5 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 9:38pm Very nice Good work, auntie!
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #6 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 11:36pm Pretty hair on both of you!
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panpeus Diamond Offline Posts: 604 Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #7 - Jan 12^th, 2006 at 12:25am Aww thanks! Sometimes people think that I am my niece's mother because we have the same haircolor. I'm not ready for kids, yet!
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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #8 - Jan 17^th, 2006 at 8:13pm The two of you look so cute like that! Panpeus, I think the color of your hair is great!
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Beesan16 Diamond Offline Posts: 677 st. louis, MO Gender:	Re: Styling and Combing Reply #9 - Jan 19^th, 2006 at 11:32pm Oh, wow you both look great and i love the color. i think she will let you play with her hair more
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