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I have my hair approximately down to my shoulders now. it's very straight and thick. anyways, I wonder what the best thing to do after showering is. naturally it takes forever for long, thick hair to dry so the first question: what is the best way to dry it? I use a towel and try to dry it, pretty carefully 'cause I don't want to damage it. but this does not dry it very effectively, the towel gets as wet as the hair after a while... ;)
also, after showering my hair gets very messy, it takes a lot of time and work to try to comb through it without ripping it all off. are there any tricks or something I should know off?
basically, I just wanna know what I should do after showering, to get my hair as dry and ordered as possible, in the least time possible.
use a detangling conditioner and minimize towel and blowdrying. You can try to rinse it inside the shower, and simply put the towel for the excess. If you rub your hair with the towel too much, you'll just have all the oil your hair needs kept in the towel.
If its too hard, blow dry in cool setting.
When you are in the shower washing your hair, make sure that you wash it in the down position. Don't pile your hair up on top of your head to wash it. After you wash it, put in a good detangling conditioner. I use Aussie Moist shampoo and then Aussie Moist conditioner with good results. While the conditioner is in your hair, finger comb it through to the ends. Once you can get your fingers through easily. Then comb the conditioner through with a wide tooth detangling comb. Make sure that you always start at the ends and work your way up. When you rinse, make sure that you use cool water only. When drying, just pat dry with the towel, nothing more. Then before combing it out you might want to spray in some leave-in conditioner. I use Infusium 23 and it seems to work well. First comb your hair all through with the wide tooth detangling comb again. Then use a flat paddle brush when the comb goes through easily. You will find that if you do this for a while, then your hair will be less damaged and thus less likely to get knotty at all.