Hi 159159, go into google and type in mixed race hair styling, there are loads of links there that will give you tips, from my own experience with my girls, when they are younger and their hair is always kept curlier it gets real dry, when you wash it try not to let it just dry naturally because no matter how much you have combed it and greased it when wet once it dries it shrinks and get knotty again, i used to wash, grease, section and blow dry warm not hot setting , regreasing each section as i blow dried it, then style it, either plaits or sectioned twists for school, it stays alot tidier, i also used to run the straighteners through it after blowdrying just to minimise any frizz, if you gently loosen the curls by blowdrying, you prevent breakage cos your not over stretching the tight curls, at bed time i always gave them "donkey plats" lol, loose plaits down low without bands at top, so it was loose and comfy for bed and wasnt pulling, avoid hair products like pink please , they cause breakage and split hair, i think they are so perfumy and chemical, try and get things with olive oil in, thankfully they do their own hair now adays , I started relaxing their hair when they reached about 13/14, they had gotten to that teenage time where they did not want me to do their hair anymore, cos they wanted to do their own little slick fringe and gelled down curls looks, but their hair was very thick and tight , they used to come to me every weekend with a mass of mess (usually the remainder of a bun) which would look as if it hadnt been combed out all week, between two of them i would spend hours trying to comb their knots out, tbh i was sick of it all, hence i started relaxing, and they do their own hair now , i dont get any say in it now unless they want a trim or canerow, or restock of their never ending pots of potions, lol, u got all that to come, my eldest recently died the bottom under section of her hair blonde, with brown on top, but then decided to use a wash in/out black blue mousse, for a night out, the result now, !!! she has green sreaks in her hair which she and her friends think is cool, i hope i have a boy this time, hope my babblin thread is of a little help, good luck !