oh curl , you sound just like me , i have very curly hair ( have pics in the gallery)
scaha , i agree , use the conditioner then comb it , try not to brush it when its dry , you will get major dramas , i often use a teeeny tiny bit of conditioner in my wet hair as a "leave in" styler , it tames the frizzies and the knots ... and curly hair doesnt need to be washed as often a stragit , as the oil the sclap produces slides down the curls , where as it biulds up on straight hair , a reason why lots of straigt haired people get oily scalps ...

hair is self cleaning too .. and dont get it cut too short , like curl said , i had a hair cut the other week and once again it was a diaster ..