Shower at night

kelly728

Hello lovely 2s!

I'm trying to get back to my mod-cg routine after destroying my hair with lots of sulfates, cones, and straightening. Due to my schedule, I usually end up showering at night unless I make it to the gym in the morning. My hair is shoulder length, fine, and mostly 2b. How do you shower at night and keep it pretty for morning?

motleyjm

I always shower at night with my normal cowash, conditioner, gel routine. Then, I use a scrunchy to put my wet hair in a loose bun on top of my head. I clip up any random pieces that don't want to stay. In the morning, I gently take my hair down (it's usually still a little damp) and get ready for the day. Right before I leave the house and my hair is almost dry, I turn my head upside down and fluff my hair a little. It's so much easier for me than washing it in the morning.

solidgold

I have found, in the 6 months I've been doing this, that I get the best morning hair if I wash and style my hair at night like I would in the morning. I end with a hard hold gel, dry my hair completely, then pineapple overnight. In the morning I can shake it out and SOTC and it's reasonably good hair. HTH!

kelly728

I'm trying it now, lets hope for a good monday morning hair day! I put in Herbal Essences Totally Twisted (HETT? Trying to get the hang of these crazy abbreviations!) over my leave-in, diffused about 75% dry. I'm not sure if my hair will make it up in a pineapple as it shrinks a good inch or 2 when curly. I'll update tomorrow!

peyroux

Can you pull your hair back? Pineappling seems to make a big difference for people, but my hair is so short that I can't do that. I shower at night, style like I would if I were going somewhere, and I should be sleeping in a satin cap, but I can't get my hair to cooperate and get in there, and I lost the string on the one end of the one I do have, then if I wake up and something is going wonky, I wet it a little bit and it usually springs back because there's already product in it.


Never looks as good as it did the night before, but, I try.

cakj99

i don't pineapple and my hair usually turns out fine in the mornings. just make sure you have a silk or satin pillowcase or sleep cap to protect your hair while you're sleeping.

runnerchicki

I have great success with the pineapple, but I wrap it very loosely. This is key. It feels like it will fall out during the night, but it never does and it doesn't pull out my curls. I get great volume though!:blob7:

Curlz a HotMess

Haha:), I asked this question about a day ago.

So, what I've been doing (so far) is to wash my hair as usual and right out of the shower, plop it and keep it plopped throughout the night. Now, usually after a night of plopping, I get very tight waves. Some times just fingering through your hair can get it back to it's normal state, although sometimes it just won't budge. Then, I'll wet it a little and dry with a diffuser lightly. Also, you can try pineappling (I haven't tried it, but you might find it works!).

tash

solidgold wrote: »

I have found, in the 6 months I've been doing this, that I get the best morning hair if I wash and style my hair at night like I would in the morning. I end with a hard hold gel, dry my hair completely, then pineapple overnight. In the morning I can shake it out and SOTC and it's reasonably good hair. HTH!

how do you air dry it completely before going to bed? mine usually isnt even dry by morning.

kelly728

Well that was nearly a complete bust. I woke up with slightly stringy waves, which I salvaged by wearing it half up/half down. I won't contribute it directly to sleeping on it, since I don't have my hair products figured out this soon. Looks like it is time for some more trial and much error!