I also have found that a bun on top of my head works best for me. There is very little pulling on the hair, and I don’t have a knobby mound of hair between me and my pillow. Sleeping caps always come off of my head during the night.
I'm also a fan of wearing two braids Sometimes I attach a sock to the end to protect the ends, but usually I can't be bothered
If you are worried about the crimping effect, you can also do rope braids, which will give a curlier look.
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I also have found that a bun on top of my head works best for me. There is very little pulling on the hair, and I don’t have a knobby mound of hair between me and my pillow. Sleeping caps always come off of my head during the night.
I've found a satin sleep cap to be the best. You can get them at Walmart in the ethnic hair section.
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I wear a high bun with a silk scarf around it.
I tend to wear my very layered hair in a french braid, with oil at the ends and on the braid itself so I cover all the ends at my shortest layers as well. The bun on the head as protection really doesn't work for me because I wear my hair up a lot, and I don't want to put on unnessecary strain at that exact place on my hair since it would cause more damage. The satin cap does sound intriguing, though. I really think I have to consider it. Although I'm not sure I would feel comfortable wearing it at night. How does it feel to sleep with? I imagine it must feel a little claustrophobic.
I use a silk sleep cap - they even have long ones for people with very long hair - see the "long" sleep cap at the bottom of the page.
http://www.prettyanntoinets.com/sleep-caps/
Mine is almost APL and I pull it up into a high loose ponytail on the very top of my head. I use one of those small cloth scrunchies. I have straight hair with an oily scalp, this method lets me wakeup with less oil and volume. I do not get any odd crimp from it.
Also, have a satin pillowcase. Can't afford silk right now.
I would burn up at night with anything on my head. I run hot all the time.
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I wear it down and get in bed. that's all
But when it's oiled as pre-washing, I wrap it around my head and wear a plastic bag or shower cap and wrap a satin scarf around it.
i put it in a kind of bun and i use a satin pillow!
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