Dried out curly hair-product recommendations pls

Love love love this hair oil for my longer curly hair.

Since she is using conditioner to wash her hair is she following the Curly Girl Method? This is a method of washing/conditioning/styling hair that uses products with no silicones or sulfates. It really works well and helps so much to keep curly hair in much better condition. When followed it keeps curly hair in moisturized condition even in winter time. Silicones coat the hair shaft and because of this any conditioner or helpful product you use to combat dry hair cannot go in the hair shaft at all so it end up not really working. A conditioner with silicones in it will seem like it is working but it's just coating the outside of the hair shaft and when you hair is washed it feels dry again.  So basically it's just a vicious cycle. Even though you put conditioner on top of it your hair is only conditioned on the outside of the hair shaft not inside where it needs to be to have healthy hair. 

The original Curly Girl method suggested using conditioner to wash the hair but if you do this you must use a scalp brush when you do wash it to make sure you are getting the scalp clean. I don't use conditioner, I use a shampoo that has no sulfates or silicones. This is now preferred by most followers of the Curly Girl method because it removes the products we use to style our hair and keeps our scalps clean. Because we are using a "safe" shampoo we are still reaping the same benefits. 

I've been following the Curly Girl method for about 10 or more years. There is a website called naturallycurly.com that has a ton of information. How old is your DD? There is also a wonderful facebook group I belong to called Curly Girls! Support Group for Curly/Wavy/Natural Healthy Hair   If your daughter hasn't been following this method but is interested in beginning it we have a lot of beginners in our group. It's really easy to do method, and she will see improvement every time she washes/conditions her hair. To start you use a sulfate shampoo (this will wash out any silicone products you have been using) to clarify your hair. You then put on a really great deep conditioner that is designed to stay in your hair for 30 minutes. I love and use Jessicurl's Deep Treatment. If you put on a plastic processing cap you can get out of the shower for those 30 minutes-I like to add heat to mine to help the conditioner work even better. I ordered a cotton cap with flaxseeds sewn into it that you heat in the microwave. It's wonderful! You can find it at http://www.hothead.com   As far as products the two most popular lines are Jessicurl and Raw Curls. I also like and use a product called Curl Keeper Original. Since I have wavy hair it helps to enhance my curls and it does a great job keeping frizz away. 

It sounds like your daughter has fine hair (each strand itself is thin) because you are looking for a product that won't weight down the ends. Mine is fine too, with a high density-meaning I have a ton of hair on my head. If she has fine hair tell her to stay away from products with Shea in them because they will weigh her down her hair.  Also styling creams would be too heavy for her. If she is just starting out tell her to go to naturallycurly.com and look at the upper left corner. There is a tab called "My Curls" click on that and look for two things "Hair Types" and "Texture Quiz". 

There is a controversy over oil products and curly hair. Some experts say oil and water don't mix and that oil doesn't help in the long run with curly hair. Other users use oil and say that it helps. I personally don't use oil. 

As far as combing tangles she should never comb her hair dry-it should always be wet and best of all covered in conditioner and water. If she is in a position where she has tangles she needs to comb out and doesn't have time for a full shampoo/condition she could mix up a combination of a bit of conditioner and water in a spray bottle and spray that on the tangles and then comb them out gently with a wide toothed comb. This is a great question to ask on the Facebook group and if she is young you can join (we have many parents on the group) and ask for her. 

I'm sorry for the long novel 

Moroccan oil or coconut oil on the bottom four inches or so will help greatly. Also dry conditioner can help too.

I also have fine hair and have tons of it. I follow the curly girl method. Do a protein treatment. Seriously. I can link you up to an awesome homemade one (and I'm not one to usually go for homemade beauty products). Or for ready-made do a Joico K-pak treatment or there is one sold at Sally Beauty Supply as well

www.sallybeauty.com/colorful-neutal-protein-filler/SBS-636100,default,pd.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=1o1&scid=scplpSBS-636100&sc_intid=SBS-636100&utm_content=SBS-636100&gclid=CjwKCAiA693RBRAwEiwALCc3uzQ7ml5Tz7od4rud5Dj9iJ__wol7WTjN7Iey8wQQMlcTOfQqDYnw-xoCSNwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds. 

I can totally tell, especially in the winter, if I skip doing a weekly treatment. (The homemade treatment gets longer lasting results, IMO)