I know it isn’t just my kids that end up with a rats nest on their head when they wake up, and combing and brushing girl’s hair was an absolute mystery to me. My wife had to show me how to work out the snags without pulling most of the kids hair out. We found something to help at the store, but it was (if I recall correctly) around $3!

Huggies and others have a great product for spraying on your kids hair to help with detangling and smoothing it out after a long nap. Detangling spray squirted on dry hair really made a difference in smoothing out those knots. There were two down sides. First, the cost. Second, the stuff was thicker than we’d prefer and left our girls hair looking greasy and in need of washing.

Of course we came up with the perfect solution:

Once the spray bottle is empty, take your kids conditioner and squirt a long squeeze into the bottle, add some warm water and shake it up to mix it. Instant detangler for a fraction of the cost. I’m all about re-using as much as we can to cut costs.

We’re on the same spray bottle that we bought two years ago. The best part of this, we can adjust the amount of conditioner to balance getting the knots out without leaving icky looking hair.

Give it a try, save a few bucks.

Peace,
Tony