an experiment in curly hair maintenance

[sistawendy]

You've all seen by now that I have curly hair. It's also really fine. I wash it every five days. Really, every four is too often, and every six is too seldom. Right after I wash it and only then, I put in a little product* for frizz control. But it doesn't look so good for that last day or sometimes two, even though I put my hair back for sleep, bike rides, and showers.

What to do? Both the Tickler and cupcake_goth independently gave me the same answer: a sleep bonnet instead of a hair band at night, preferably silk or satin. I had a birthday not so long ago, so I requested one from my son as a present. He delivered.

How is it working? Well, the first day after the wash wasn't so good, with some hair clumps sticking out in random directions as I've never seen them do before. But the next three days post wash have been noticeably better than usual.

Maybe I should do a hair band the first night after a wash, and a bonnet thereafter. I'm also not sure how a bonnet will do for really warm weather, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

How's this for a shallow fashion detail?



*Potion 9.

Comments

[sholanda]

I am also a curlygirl and I wear the bonnet! I have a silk one. I mostly wear it after I wash (once a week, my hair is v thick and dry) so that it can dry in a protected environment. I should probably sleep in it but I haven’t tried that yet.