# A question about your hair **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233 "2008-07-30T15:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/41 "2008-07-30T20:45:05Z")
-Towel dry -Apply liberal amount of industrial-strength gel -Blow dry while skrunching with fingers -Use round brush to fluff up flattish spots -Spray with industrial-strength hairspray ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/42 "2008-07-30T20:48:02Z")
Hair? I think I’ve heard . . . I seem to remember something . . . hmm. Hair. . . Hair . . . . Oh, that stuff growing on my shoulders and back? I don’t do anything with it. I don’t bother it, it doesn’t bother me. Actually, that’s a lie. I do have hair on some parts of my head, and scalp alone on other parts. What hair I have I wear at between 1/8" and 1/4" long, so it’s wash and go. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/43 "2008-07-30T21:10:39Z")
Just dry it off somewhat, then take my hands and part it while it’s still slightly wet. Or if it’s available, use a comb- one sweep to the left, one to the right, and then that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/44 "2008-07-30T22:19:35Z")
In the shower, there was a lot of conditioner and a lot of detangling involved. It was a process. As I’m getting out of the shower, some (but not too much) of the water needs to be squeezed out. No towel drying, that makes everything frizzy and separates the curls even more than they’ll want to be separated by nature. Towels are evil. Out of the shower, let air dry a little, work in between 2 and 4 different types of leave in conditioner (while handling or touching the hair as little as possible), let air dry the rest of the way. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/45 "2008-07-30T22:32:22Z")
Towel dry. Apply sunscreen/moisturizer. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/46 "2008-07-30T22:38:31Z")
Towel-dry, comb, braid. With hair to your butt, it’s the only way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/47 "2008-07-30T22:40:42Z")
Towel dry Apply mousse Blow dry the roots section by section, working down each section and turning it in with my roll brush Shine serum * * * I’m growing it back out again like Lady Godiva (towel dry, comb, braid if I’m feeling fancy). This is bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/48 "2008-07-30T22:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Comb it out to get rid of the tangles. Apply gel, scrunch it up. Put the sides in hairclips if I so desire. Leave. [/QUOTE] Wow- ditto! Except curl definer instead of gel! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/49 "2008-07-30T22:55:25Z")
Wring out hair in shower. Thoroughly. Wrap head in towel before stepping out of shower. Dry off with a second towel, reverse towel on head and knead back of head with fingers. Remove towel and apply protein based leave-in detangling conditioner. Comb out and let air dry for a minimum of 1 hour. Use blow dryer only if absolutely necessary. Brush back bangs and sides; spray with ultra super max hold hairspray. Twice. Leave house and hope to hell it isn’t hanging in my face in 5 minutes. My hair is super fine, straight as string, and processed. Of course I’m a Natural Blonde. That’s what it says on the bottle! ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/50 "2008-07-30T23:16:52Z")
Towel dry, use conditioning mousse, blow dry straight. voila! ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/51 "2008-07-30T23:54:48Z")
Towel lightly. Put up with hairclip. It’ll take hours to dry, but if I’m in a rush, at least it looks neat. I have waist-length hair. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/52 "2008-07-31T01:20:37Z")
Rub a towel over it to dry, comb it straight back and it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/53 "2008-07-31T01:30:00Z")
I dry it, I run a brush through it while it’s still wet, and I put it into a butterfly clip or a hair scrunchy. I never use product on my hair, not even for fancy dinner dates. If I’m feeling like I want to look really snazzy, I’ll wear it down with a cloth headband, hair clips, or a pony tail. I’m not a very high-maintenance girl. I’m also no fashion model, so hey I guess you got to take the good with the bad. ---
**Author:** ![Psychoalice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@Psychoalice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psychoalice)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/54 "2008-11-12T05:32:24Z")
OMG do not get me started on this…ok you have. After properly shampooing and conditioning and adding a protien based leave in conditioner to the ends of my hair (midback length hair…past my bra strap though) then applying ANOTHER moisture based leave in conditioner to the rest of it…comb thru and then throw in a towel for about 30-45 minutes (long enough to check my email and read the paper) take it down and then put in another spray leave in conditioner for the hairs that just dont wanna “do it my way” after I have brushed it for the third time since leaving the shower. By this time I am so utterly pissed off that my hair looks like crap or it is just in my way, it goes in a hair tie… All that and I used to be a stylist… ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/55 "2008-11-12T05:55:49Z")
Towel dry, comb while damp so that it doesn’t turn into a Brillo pad. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/56 "2008-11-12T08:14:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Picture it: [del]Sicily. 1920.[/del] > > You are going to get yourself cleaned up and go somewhere. You step out of the shower, your hair is dripping wet. At this point, what do you do to it in order to get it looking presentable (or at least, like it always looks)? Run a pick through it. Carefully wring it. After a few minutes, apply a leave in conditioner, scrunch, and let dry. I’m working up to the [curly girl method](http://www.wikihow.com/Follow-the-Curly-Girl-Method-for-Curly-Hair) of care, (Have not yet gotten the no poo cleansing conditioner yet, but will.) my hair, it turns out, is actually [naturally wavy](http://www.naturallycurly.com/hair-types). (I must still acquire satin pillowcases, so I don’t wake up with matted hair. I have always wondered how just sleeping can make mattes, now I know.) ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/57 "2008-11-12T08:37:26Z")
I forgot to link to the [product line](http://www.devaconcepts.com/products/curl/DevaCurl_NoPoo) I intend to start using. (Except for [this](http://www.devaconcepts.com/products/curl/DevaCurl_SetitFree), which has wax in it.) ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/58 "2008-11-12T17:33:20Z")
I wash my hair upside down, so when I step out of the shower my head is bent over, and I grab an old T-shirt to wrap around my head. (I am told that towels cause more matting than T-shirts.) Squeeze the moisture out. Remove T-shirt. Put a squeeze of leave-in conditioner and (gel or mousse) in my hands, mix together, and scrunch into (still upside-down) hair. Scrunch again using T-shirt to remove more moisture. Flip head upright again. Arrange curls with fingers until they’re somewhat presentable. At this point, it looks fantastic. Until the final step: Squish bike helmet (and toque, in the winter) onto head. Bike to work. Remove bike helmet (and toque, in the winter). I am surprised it looks as good as it does when I begin my work day. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/59 "2008-11-12T17:33:52Z")
Blow dry it, comb it out, repeat 3 or 4 times until hair is completely dry, straight and free of tangles. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233/60 "2008-11-12T17:55:32Z")
Regimen starts in shower: Wash hair. Lather sensuously. Rinse. Load hair down with conditioner. Comb with wide toothed comb. Rinse in cold water. Turn off water, squeeze out hair. Towel gently. Run comb quickly through hair once more to make sure no giant tangles remain. Allow to air dry. When frizz becomes unbearable (say, in 5 hours) pull hair back in ponytail or bun. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-your-hair/458233.md?page=4)