Okay I have learned a lot about hair in the last few weeks. Thank you to all of the AA women who have been helping me to figure this out. A lady from church gave me reassurance that Wubitu's hair is not too short to put in cornrows or twists and my friend Dee advised me that I have to comb Wubitu's hair out EVERYDAY not every other like I had been told. So after a good week of combing through the curls with the spray in conditioner and a small tooth comb I can tell that Wubitu's curls are much more moisturized without the 5 step conditioning process I was using (and much cheaper)...who knew!!!....not me obviously. So after 2 very frustrating weeks of trying to figure out this cornrows or twist thing I finally did it!!!! Combing her hair out at least 1 time a day really has helped me to become very comfortable with her hair and has made Wubitu more comfortable with me playing with it for longer periods of time. Here is my first real success with flat twists

It was a little frizzy when she woke up this morning...if you have any advise on how to keep it from coming out at night I would greatly appreciate it. I am not sure if it is because her hair is so curly, not long enough to hold the style or if I am not using the right products in the right way.

The products I am using now are Motions Leave in Conditioner Spray and Motions Daily Moisture but I now prefer the Olive Oil Lotion for the smell. I also sometimes use a simple shine spray when needed. We are currently using Let's Jam with Extra Hold for do's but I am not completely satisfied with it. When people say to try different products to see what you like, you really have to. At first this sounded too expensive for my taste but what we have done is buy something and use the whole bottle. Then if you don't like it move on to the next thing.