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I have slightly curly hair, to the extent that at the roots, it is kept straight by the weight of the hair, but at the tips it is a tangling mess of inch-sized curls at my shoulder blades.
A couple days ago, I braided my hair up after a shower, into about a dozen small braids and let it dry that way, and stay till morning.
After being undone, my hair retained the small braid-shaped bends, but stayed completely straight - no curls at the ends - and it stayed that way till the next wash, 4-5 days! This is much nicer for work! I didn't have to redo my bun because of escaping hair all week :) I I am even contemplating going to work with it down sometimes - its manageable enough when straight.
However the braiding process takes about a half hour to an hour, depending on how fine I am trying to get to go - is there any 'faster' or alternate methods that might work similarly well?
I don't want to do anything that would damage the hair (chemicals, heat?) - but maybe theres some better tricks I don't know of?
Hi Matt,
I've never tried this before but, conceptwise, it could work. Being it winter time >:( When your hair is wet, comb it back, then throw on a beanie hat and let your hair air dry this way.
The weight of the hat and your hair being wet should help too straighten it.
My Mother actually told me about this trick sometime ago. Her and I pretty much have the same head of hair. Wavy and thick.
I like the beanie idea!
It's summer in my hemisphere - so it air-dries pretty rapidly, and the beanie is a whole lot less work than braiding it up :P
Cheers :)