How long does it take you to wash your hair?

**dawnss** · August 17th, 2011, 06:58 PM

From start to finish how long is your hair washing routine? This can include pre pooing, washing, conditioning, detangling, oiling, and styling or whichever order you do it in lol.

**Lollipop** · August 17th, 2011, 07:56 PM

I'll report back after washing tomorrow

**Buggheart** · August 17th, 2011, 07:58 PM

Depends on the day. Most days I'm sitting at home working so I shower which includes washing, conditioning then air drying. So maybe 5 minutes to wash and condition, air drying takes about an hour. I usually braid at night so add another minute there.

If I'm actually going out that day I'll hit it with the hairdryer to style or use a curling iron on air dried hair. So like 5 minutes there.

It's amazing how my hair routine time has drastically decreased as I got older. I remember getting up at 5:30 am to do my hair and makeup for school. Now I can shower and totally get ready to go out in 30 minutes.

**Madora** · August 17th, 2011, 08:01 PM

2 hours..sometimes a little longer due to health issues. I use a bath chair.

**BeckyAH** · August 17th, 2011, 08:03 PM

It probably adds all of 2 minutes to my shower (I CWC but do other things while conditoner sits). Post shower detangling takes a maybe a whole minute and a half (it's easy, because it's super conditioned). The longest part is the styling thing - the bulk of my hair gets absolutely nothing more done to it, except maybe thrown up in a bun or clip. My bangs, on the other hand, get straightened and styled, which does take a good five minutes.

So, total, ten minutes?

**ETA** If we're including drying time, somewhere between 4 and 24 hours, depending on if it's up or down. But I'm not doing anything with it during that time, just leaving it alone. Also, as a previous poster said, my 'getting ready' thing has gotten much, much shorter as I've gotten older. In high school it was HOURS. Now, in my thirties, I can be up and out the door within half an hour.

**Quetiepi** · August 17th, 2011, 08:16 PM

i comb it before I wash to make sure there are no tangles, then it takes 10 minutes to shampoo, condition and bathe. I squeeze the water out of it and wrap it up in a turbie twist towel for @ 30 minutes. I comb it out, put on a plastic headband & air dry for a little over an hour. I like to keep things simple.

**torrilin** · August 17th, 2011, 08:31 PM

Variable. Highly variable.

Shortest possible routine is scalp wash, dilute vinegar rinse, and leave in conditioner. Total is maybe 10 minutes, including all my detangling. Longest would be CWC with a heavy protein conditioner, since that might get left in for rather a long time. Even so... it doesn't change my total shower time. A lot of the "sit and soak" steps can be worked in around other stuff, so I don't spend time waiting and instead can get clean.

Worst case scenario, I can wake up at 7am and be out the door dressed and looking presentable at 8am. Usually I can fit breakfast into that too, tho I'll feel rushed if I do.