View Full Version : Drying time and definition
Entangled
May 13th, 2015, 10:34 PM
So, to the wavies and curlies here with low porosity and/or thick hair, how do you balance the time it takes for your hair to dry and achieving curl/wave definition? For me, it's very hard not to fingercomb out what little wave I have, as de-clumping it vastly speeds the (eternal) drying process. What do you do? Do you just say some days: it's a bun sort of day, so I can fingercomb and get a little more frizz because no one will see? Any thoughts or suggestions?
picklepie
May 13th, 2015, 10:56 PM
I put it in a bun wet and let it take twelve hours to dry, and never ever wear it down. :)
picklepie
May 13th, 2015, 11:38 PM
Ha, I have to amend that-- I just took a bun down that's been up for about 27 hours, starting with freshly washed, towel-dried hair. Still damp!
lilin
May 14th, 2015, 05:06 AM
When my hair was long, I would wash my hair in the evening, right after I got home from work, on a night I wasn't planning on going anywhere. Since I only washed it a couple times a week, this wasn't too burdensome. Plop for half an hour or so, then let it down and just let it air dry. By the time I went to bed, it'd be dry.
I hate going out with wet hair, and I also hate waking up with funky shapes from sleeping on wet hair, so that was kind of the only solution. I think it was a pretty good one.
Nique1202
May 14th, 2015, 05:11 AM
I have full iii hair and low porosity, so my hair takes about 4 hours after a wash to feel dry, but it's still style-malleable for about 12 hours after that. So I usually do some braids or buns or whatever to give me the wave/curl pattern I want for the week, wear them overnight, and I'm all set. Often as not, I do want my hair straighter so that it feels longer because I'm still nowhere near my happy length, so finger combing it as it dries and then wearing a single (giant) cinnabun overnight stretches it out nicely with just a little wave and flip at the ends.
Arctic
May 14th, 2015, 08:11 AM
If you have type 1 hair, there isn't really much wave to begin with, and the little that is there is more like bodywave and/ or so "fragile" they drop off with a tiny bit of manipulation usually. I personally would not bother trying to treat 1a-c hair as wavy.
To your question, yes curlies and wavies don't usually use time to encourage the pattern and trying to get perfect curls if they wear their hair up.
Madora
May 14th, 2015, 08:17 AM
My hair is slightly wavy and at one time was very, very thick. Never bothered about wave retention (or encouraging waviness) because I couldn't stand wet hair and my main priority was to detangle first and then dry it quickly. Over time I experimented with different ways of drying (no artificial means) and discovered a method that only took 20 to 25 minutes to dry outdoors...or 45 minutes indoors using a small portable bathroom heater. My hair was almost always worn up and braided, so I never worried about how wavy it looked.
ExpectoPatronum
May 14th, 2015, 09:53 AM
My hair isn't as low porosity as it used to be because I dye it, but if I absolutely can't wait for it to dry - say I need to be in class and I don't like walking to school in the morning with wet hair - I'll use my diffuser to take most of the wet out.
I also find different products drastically alter my drying time. I was using some Jessicurl this week and I found my hair drying rather quickly - say within a few hours.
Yesterday, I dampened my hair with a spray bottle and applied some devacurl gel. My hair was still very much damp a few hours later.
Unfortunately, my curl pattern doesn't start showing until my hair is dry :( So it's annoying to wait for it.
Lindenare
May 14th, 2015, 10:06 AM
My hair has a slight enough wave that I usually don't bother with encouraging it. On the other hand, combing it out (with fingers or otherwise) is impossible until it's at least halfway dry, and it works much better on barely damp or fully dry hair. I often do comb it at the damp stage to speed up the last little bit. It usually takes between 3 and 6 hours to air dry during the day, depending very much on the season, weather, and relative humidity. If I go to bed with it wet, it's closer to 12 hours drying time. In a single braid, it's at least 48 hours until fully dry. Two braids can take 24-30 hours. More than two braids take 12-20 hours to dry. I haven't yet figured out how to sleep in buns, so all I can say on drying time is that if I bun my hair while damp in the morning, on the inside it will be nearly as damp as when it started out when I take it down in the evening.
lapushka
May 14th, 2015, 10:13 AM
Mine's put in a turbie for about 20 min. now, then it gets about 1H 1H30min. airdrying time, then the diffuser goes through for 4/5 min. - it gets it pretty much dry without a hassle in just a few hours from start to finish. I need dry roots kind of fast, otherwise my SD would act up.
cat11
May 15th, 2015, 01:24 PM
Well I like my hair to be as stretched as possible for ease of detangling, aparent length, and personal prefernce.
It takes a long time to dry..
I take a shower in the evening, then i lightly squeeze (not wring or twist) out some exess water from top to bottom a couple times. Then I let it dry while wearing a sweatshirt so I dont get cold. Before i go to bed when it's as dry as it's gonna get I very loosely braid it into four braids and put my sleep cap on. This dramatically cuts down on tangles for me.
Then in the morning it's dry with really pretty braid waves!! I dont wear my hair down out (only for small periods of time when I feel like it at home and wont be laying down) so I dont worry about it? Plus I find that with bunning and braiding my hair looks smoother and neater when it is down! Big swoopy waves from buns and smaller manageable waves from braids.
Hope this helped.
If you want it really curly as possible you cant really cut down on the time IMO cause everything you would do would take out moisture and leaving it completely alone without touching is what allows the most moisture to stay in the hair (learned from naturally curly forums) Plopping works really great!! You can also keep "scrunching" your hair up loosely with a t shirt with some curling leave in in it for faster results but this will be more frizzy so IMO not preferable...
Also if you have a pool or access to one of a close freind/neighbor if you go in the pool and come out and dont touch the hair it dries quicker and really curly. I have a pool and have found this is always the case. I dont reccomend this as ahair routine or technique to be performed often though, though it is an interesting trick. Generally pool chemicals arent good for hair
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