There is nothing worse than spending a good amount of time doing your hair only to wake up the next day having to do it all over again. That being said, knowing how to preserve your hair overnight is imperative to keeping it perfectly coiffed for the next day.
Before you go to bed
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You can prevent next-day frizz and flat hat hair before you wrap your hair up at night. The number one thing you need to do to preserve your curls overnight is to avoid too much manipulation while you put your hair up before you sleep. Here are some techniques that work for other curlies before bed.
- Spritz—Some people lightly spritz their curls before bed to moisturize them throughout the week; others, however, find it unnecessary. The key to doing this is to ensure that the hair is not too wet; otherwise, it will cause frizz. You can spritz with water or a spray leave-in, whether homemade or store-bought.
- Spritz and seal – Another technique is to spritz and seal with your choice of sealing oil. Again, this will preserve the moisture in the curls and seal in the moisture as well. The only caveat to this technique is the friction you will cause by trying to apply your sealing oil.
- “No spritzing” method—This last preparation technique involves not applying any extra moisture to the hair other than what you initially applied when you first styled it. This technique is generally used by those who feel that they have ample moisture already or for those who plan on re-styling by the time the hair needs re-moisturizing anyway.
After preparing your hair for overnight sleeping, here are some techniques you can use to preserve/wrap your hair overnight:
1. Greenhouse Effect
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The greenhouse method of preserving your hair overnight is done in conjunction with one of the first two methods above, spritzing or spritzing and sealing. After one of those techniques is used to prepare the hair, you place a plastic cap over your hair and then wrap it in a silk scarf. This process forces the moisture into your hair. This should be done for those with extra dry hair (Alternatively, you can “greenhouse” your hair for one hour and then wrap it using one of the techniques below.)
2. Pineapple
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Pineappling is the universal curly girl technique for preserving curly hair overnight. It involves placing the hair in a high ponytail and leaving the ponytail portion of your hair at the very top so that your curls are not disturbed when sleeping. Using this technique, you can sleep just on a silk pillowcase or wrap the base of your high ponytail in a silk scarf.
3. Turban
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For some, pineappling doesn’t work for one reason or another. In those cases, this next technique could work. It involves loosely taking one side of the hair (as if you were gathering one side of the hair for a pigtail) and placing it over the top of the head, placing it in clips if you have to. Then, do the same to the other side so that your hair is all the way at the top of your head. Next, wrap your head in a silk scarf. You can also wrap your hair in a cotton t-shirt, but cotton tends to be drying to the hair, so we don’t recommend doing that often.
The technique you use to prepare and preserve your curls for sleeping overnight will depend mostly on your preferences, the length of your hair and the curly style you have it in i.e. twist out vs. wash and go. There are many other techniques not listed here that you can try, and what works for you may even be a variation or combination of the techniques above.
NaturallyCurly World, how do you wrap your hair at night?
