new thread
I love wearing long hair down in winter. I know that the dryness is not entirely good for hair, but I think that long hair not only makes for cheap earmuffs, but also the best earmuffs.
Hello Corvus,
Wintertime for my hair is more bearable then the hot Summer period.
In Winter i generally wear my hear more loose as it is a way to keep warm. In the heat of Summer i have to tie my hair back otherwise it sticks to my skin from hot sweat. The salty sweat also makes my scalp more itchy (i have mild Psourios) and drys out the ends quicker making then more prone to breakage and tangles from having fine hair which is naturally curly.
It is a great insulation from the cold too allowing me to wear less clothing. Where I live the winters are mild with average temperatures in the daytime of between 2-15 degrees Celcius and seldom drops below minus 2 degrees Celcius overnight.
I only need to wash every 4-5 day in the colder months compared with every 3-4 days in the hotter summer months.
I get more dry ends, sweaty/oily scalp in summer then in winter.
The only negative aspects of having long hair for me in Winter is that my hair grows a bit slower in the colder months, and often takes a whole day to air dry completely. This Xmas I got a hairdryer which I will only use on the very cold days to speed up hair drying time and then only sparingly. I am finding that the longer my hair grows the more time is spent in drying it.
So to sum up Winter time is more friendly to my hair then is Summer.
Cheers,
Duncan
I generally find I can enjoy my long hair in summer rather than
winter. Between snow storms, high winds, ice I have to tie it
up more in winter.
When I shampoo/condition the hair it drys very quickly. I never
use anything other than room temperature air to dry it.
One of my favorite things about long hair in winter is once winter
is over and we have the first warm spring days is to notice how much my hair grew during the long winter months. It's not really noticable in the winter when I have to protect my hair from the
strong, bitter Northwest winds, the ice, and the snow.