QuoteReplyTopic: Drying your hair Posted: June 27 2005 at 4:58pm
I checked air-dry with braids, but I actually don't do that exactly. If I want to stretch my hair out in preparation for a style, I'll do jumbo twists on my wet hair and then band it overnight. If I want to do small twists, I'll put my hair in two ponypuffs and leave them to dry part-way. At that point I'll begin twisting.
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I air dry with braids. It's easist for me. I am never in a hurry when I do it, because I normally wash my hair first thing saturday morning, and it dries while I do my "chores" or while I'm acting like I'm doing something.
Pokanhontas, your hair is very pretty.
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I checked air dry in braids. This seems to be a healthy way to do it, and it only takes a day.. As long as I do my hair on the weekend an dnot in a hurry, thats just fine with me! I love your hair Pokahontas!
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I checked air dry in braids. This seems to be a healthy way to do it, and it only takes a day.. As long as I do my hair on the weekend an dnot in a hurry, thats just fine with me! I love your hair Pokahontas!
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I checked hooded dryer with heat (roller set). Have been doing this since I was a child. Keeps my hair healthier than blowdrying. Also, most ethnic / spanish beauty shops in NYC use rollers & hooded dryers. Airdrying at home would take too long.
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I checked hooded dryer with heat. I would air dry more often but my hair literally takes all day and I never had the time. What I normally do is brush my hair back into a ponytail and put my hair into one big shirley temple curl(that's what I call it). Then I put a scarf on so the heat isn't directly on my hair. I do this until my hair is pretty much all the way dry then let the rest air dry, next I blow dry just a little and flat iron.
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I loved air drying in a braid, but my hair would never completely dry, and I would have a lot of shedding/breakage because of that, so I no longer do it. I air dry my hair loose, and when its dry I usually put something on the ends and roll it up into a french twist or pin it up into a bun. I leave it that way until nighttime, and I take it down to baggie. I used to rollerset and dry under a hooded dryer with heat, and I found that I still had to trim my ends often. Blowdrying has never done ANYTHING for my hair. It makes it stiff and wiry.
Type: 3c, Relaxed
Current Length: Lower Back (Close to Waist)
Goal: Classic Length
The most popular choice, air dry loose, is the one I picked but I didn't read the question first. I towel dry for 5 min., air dry loose for 15 min., air dry in a bun overnight, and then air dry loose the rest of the way because there are parts that stay damp from being in a bun. This gives me pretty good results because if I air dry loose the whole time my hair gets huge this keeps it pretty controlled.
cebnn, how do you pronounce shealoe? Is it shea-aloe or shea-loe?
Type: 3c/4a Natural
Current Length: 6"
Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair.
BC: 02/08/06
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Princess1 wrote:
). Then I put a scarf on so the heat isn't directly on my hair. I do this until my hair is pretty much all the way dry then let the rest air dry, next I blow dry just a little and flat iron.
