How much time do you spend on your hair every day?

[esfand]

Whether it be putting it up in a bun every morning to start the day or grooming (brushing, oiling) it at night.

I have tailbone length hair, and I spend about 5 minutes a day putting up in a simple bun.

[Aeonian]

Well, it depends if it is wash day, but normally I spend maybe one minute refreshing my wurls with water or putting it in a ponytail. Never timed it though! I have SL hair.

[GrowlingCupcake]

At least half an hour in the morning (detangling + any oils/leave-ins + bun), and over half an hour at night (detangling + any oils/leave-ins + braid).

Sometimes detangling can take an hour. Also, occasionally I will have to adjust my bun or detangle again during the day.

Edit: My hair is BCL.

Edit #2: This is not including wash days. Those take much longer.

[Hairkay]

That does depend on the day. Most days it's around 5 minutes washing, another 5 minutes bunning or tucking it up and a minute more at bedtimes putting on a bonnet. Once a week though, I will undo my plaits, wash, condition and restyle that can take more than an hour.

[CopperButterfly]

In the morning probably around 20 min to scalp wash, and brush it out and style my bangs. Then another 5 min after it's dry to brush it and put it up in a bun.

[lithostoic]

Next to none unless it is wash day. Now THAT takes time! Putting it in a bun takes like 30 seconds and I don't brush between washes. If I feel like wearing it in a dutch braid that only takes like 2 minutes. Takes only a minute to put it in a simple english braid for bed if it's not already braided (in that case I leave it as is).

[lapushka]

Whether it be putting it up in a bun every morning to start the day or grooming (brushing, oiling) it at night.

I have tailbone length hair, and I spend about 5 minutes a day putting up in a simple bun.

Like 15-30 seconds to put it up when I get up - that's it. Stays put the rest of the day.

That's why I like it so much. I do this an entire week, and Sunday = wash day, with a little more "effort", but it is worth it to have the ease of use the rest of the week.

[blackgothicdoll]

Most days is maybe 5 or 10 minutes to braid it or bun it. Wash day is like.... a couple or a few hours. xD

[Cg]

Most non-wash days, ~10-15 seconds to bun and stab with a hefty fork.

[Ylva]

On non-wash days I spend maybe 5 minutes combing and bunning my hair altogether.

On wash days I do stuff to my hair for around 1,5-2 hours.

[MusicalSpoons]

~2-5 mins if I comb, ~30 secs to bun. Another ~30 secs if I redo my bun for bed.

Wash day 10 mins to dampen and condition my hair for pre-poo, then ~30-45 mins to shower including the full wash.

Scalp wash (some evenings, at most twice a week but usually once or none) will be 5-10 mins to comb and braid, then 5-10 mins for the scalp wash.

Edit: currently knee-length

Edit 2: airdry overnight so not counting that time :lol:

[Dark40]

Whether it be putting it up in a bun every morning to start the day or grooming (brushing, oiling) it at night.

I have tailbone length hair, and I spend about 5 minutes a day putting up in a simple bun.

My hair is between WL and HL. So, on non wash days if I'm putting it in a bun it only takes me a few seconds. If I'm putting it in 2 dutch braids it takes me 5 minutes. If I'm brushing between washes it takes me 5 minutes. Washdays it takes me 30 minutes.

[embee]

About 5 minutes. Morning, undo night braid, brush and bun the hair. Evening, undo bun, brush out and braid for the night.

On scalp-wash day it is a bit longer because there in an addition: brush out, make a top knot, rinse scalp well. Then brush out before bunning or braiding.

[cjk]

I pull it up into a loose bun during my shower, then brush it out after dressing. That takes around a minute.

Wash day takes a while but most of it is waiting. I mean, my hair takes 12 hours to dry but I do other things so I don't count that time.

And the times I braid, I usually enjoy multiple braid styles like pigtails so it takes a little longer to section my hair with a neat part.

Averaged out, probably 5-10 minutes per day at most.

[2gaits]

I don't know. Maybe 30 minutes when I wash, blow dry and style. I've been noticing though as its gotten longer and my bangs have grown out I can spend less time. On days I don't wash just a bit of dry shampoo, brush and touch up with the flat iron if needed. I haven't liked wearing it up but it's growing on me the longer it gets.

[EmeraldSkies]

On non- wash days, i spend approximately 10 mins to comb in the morning and put my hair up.

On wash days, 20 mins to wash my hair and 1.5 - 2 hours to dry my hair.

[pailin]

I wash daily, so probably 10 minutes washing time in my shower. I just sleep on it wet, then probably 10 minutes detangling and putting it up in the morning.

Of course that's the minimum and I take longer if I want to do something special. If I wear it down I'll need another 10 minutes later in the day to detangle some more.

[Groovy Granny]

Daily ~ around 5 minutes also; AM & PM a quick detangle and serum application to the ends if needed; style for the day or twin english braids for sleep...easy peasy :cheer:

Wash day add @15 minutes for Shampoo/ROO/conditioner within my shower, then detangle/LOC/Scalp diffused; apply serum to ends and style (the ends have already air dried by the time my scalp is diffused)...which only takes a couple of minutes.

There is never a 'bad hair day' :flower:

[neko_kawaii]

Knee + mid ii

I don’t comb every day, so a bun in the morning probably takes 30 seconds and pulling out the stick/fork and shoving it in a sleep cap takes less. But to be generous let’s say 2 minutes a day, because I sometimes redo buns during the day. If I combed daily that would only add 2 minutes.

It probably takes 5 minutes to comb and 5 min to wash, every 4 days on average.

[Meggypoo]

Hip length

Normal day: bun on the run - practically no time. Maybe 2 minutes if using a heavy fork to get the bun ‘just so’

Tangly hair day: maybe 3-4 minutes to spritz and detangle

Pre-wash day: 5 minutes to slather on coconut oil

Wash day (1-2x/wk) 2 min to shampoo, 2 min to condition, do other shower stuff whilst conditioning, take a minute to mix vinegar and water, dump it in my hair, detanlge for 1 minute. 10 total i’d say?

I always air dry, so that’s another zero.

Henna day: hours and hours and hours! Once every two months or so - my hair is so dark you can barely see my roots.

[Joules]

Between hip and buttcrack length:

On non-wash days it's like 5-15 minutes. Well, 5-15 minutes to put it in an updo, and another 30 seconds to braid it before going to bed at night. Detangling isn't a thing, because Tangle Teezer.

On wash days it's 1h - 1h15m to wash and another 15 minutes to brush it, make a parting and put in all the leave-ins afterwards (on top of the already existing 5-15 mins spent on updos in the morning). If I oil my hair before shampooing, I'd spend 10 minutes putting in oil and I'd keep it in my hair for 3-6 hours.

ETA: I don't wash my hair for the entire time, but it for sure takes up most of it. It takes me no more than 15 minutes to wash my body, shave, brush my teeth and wash my face, so I need 45-60 minutes to shampoo twice and condition twice (or more specifically do a deep treatment and conditioning).

[Begemot]

On non-wash days it's probably around 5-10 minutes. Just finger-combing, brushing and putting it up (my up-dos are so simple that they take no time). Then adjusting the up-do during the day maybe couple of times and changing it for night. On wash days I spend several hours washing, conditioning, applying leave-ins and drying, again combing and brushing, putting it up for night and so on.

Time spent thinking about hair stuff? Too much, sometimes around the clock :lol:

[gingerninja]

On a normal day max of 7 minutes a day including bunning and braiding for my sleep cap, detangling takes no time. On wash day's (once a month) 1.5-2 hours to throughly wash and condition and i always air dry whilst doing other things. My hair depending on wave pattern is between bcl to classic length stretched.

[GrowlingCupcake]

Someone swap their not stupidly tangly hair with mine? 5 minutes would be a dream.

[trolleypup]

past knee

daily - average of 10 minutes, some detangling, bunning and rebunning

weekly (wash day) - about 45 minutes (detangle, wash, detangle - not counting drying time as I'm doing other stuff)

[Reyn127]

Wow, some of you are fast! For me, at classic+, it takes about 20-30 minutes to do my hair in the morning. About 20 minutes to detangle, and a few more minutes to put it up in some way. I S&D pretty often, usually in chunks of like 2 hours every few weeks, but sometimes about 10 minutes here and there, so that brings it to 30-40 minutes per day. Washing it happens once a week and takes about an hour and a half for the whole process - detangling, washing, conditioning, rinsing, and getting to partially dry.

So that averages out to.... about 45 minutes a Day, just for basic care.

[kikuhoshi]

I'm just about to classic (finger's-width away), 1a/i/f.

Daily, I take about 5 minutes - twist my hair up into a bun and put in my claw clip in to hold it for the day, then toss a cap over it at night. Depending on the weather, I may L.O.C. midweek, and about 2x a week I wash my blunt bangs, but each of those are still just a minute or so.

Once a week on wash days, I usually take 12+ hrs. I oil my scalp before bed, put on my wash-day scarf or cap (so my normal caps aren't oily), then sleep. After that, I wake up, put on my deep conditioner, and let that sit for at least an hour, then wash my hair, L.O.C., and let it air dry. After that, I bun & go.

[Milady_DeWinter]

Hip+ almost BCL, 2c/3a/iii/f

I need about 5 min daily, to brush and do a LWB; I sleep with my hair braided so it makes things WAY easier. If I feel fancy I can try another kind of bun/style that might take me about 15 min or so. If my ends feel dry I apply a bit of Nightblooming's salves, and a couple of oil drops.

On wash days, 1,5 up to 2h: wash (ROO), detangle, dry, appling salves and oild to my ends, and style (a half up if I go out and about, if not a bun/braid)

[Jo Ann]

Just shy of BCL here.

Brushing/combing/bunning/sleep-braiding--about five minutes/day.

Nothing special on shampoo days--no special routine, other than LOC, so add another three minutes to that.

All told: maybe 40-45 minutes/week. Not bad, if I do say so myself :cheese:

[Zesty]

It varies, but probably more than I have to, strictly speaking.

In the average morning, just a minute or two max, because I am sleepy and therefore I just put it up in an easy bun without combing or brushing. This month I've been doing a hairstyle challenge so I might spend 15 minutes fixing my hair into something more complicated.

Afternoon I take it down and brush before putting it back up, that's maybe 5-10 minutes because I like to linger.

I take pictures a lot of days, but that doesn't take too long.

Wash day I'm actively messing with it for about an hour. I won't count air drying because I do other stuff during that.

Of course, when I do an oil treatment it's longer, and I try to do that once a week or every other week. That's an hours-long multi-step process. But again, I do other stuff while it's under the heat cap, so I'm not focused on my hair the entire time.

ANYWAY, I probably spend more time on my hair than a lot of folks, but that's because it's a fun hobby for me, not because it's a required personal grooming routine. :shrug:

[SurprisingWoman]

Fingertip

I washed today and it took me 15 minutes to shower and wash/condition my hair.

Normal day.... 5 minutes to brush and either leave down or throw in a bun.

[lapushka]

past knee

daily - average of 10 minutes, some detangling, bunning and rebunning

weekly (wash day) - about 45 minutes (detangle, wash, detangle - not counting drying time as I'm doing other stuff)

I airdry for about 2-4H and so it "seems" as if I spend half a day on my hair, but it's just "there" when air drying, right? ;)

[Simsy]

Just past classic over here.

I might spend a couple of minutes combing out tangles and sheds every couple of days. I don’t comb every day, and I’ll rarly pull my bun down every day if I don’t have to. Washday usually ends up being a couple of hours to detangle, wash, and detangle again.

[embee]

I am astonished at the number of folks who say they "just put it up in the morning, don't comb or brush". If I did that I'd be ashamed to leave my house, and the shorter wisps around my face would be driving me *nuts*, tickle tickle. Maybe it's my hair type. There'd be epic cleavage and those annoying hair bumps everywhere too.

For me, brushing out and putting up is like brushing my teeth, it's part of getting up in the morning! Otherwise, I'm not really dressed yet. ;)

[MusicalSpoons]

^ I always comb it if I'm going to leave the house; I just don't leave the house very often nowadays :laugh:

[Hairkay]

I airdry for about 2-4H and so it "seems" as if I spend half a day on my hair, but it's just "there" when air drying, right? ;)

That's the convenience of air drying. You go about your business or leisure and it just dries.

[neko_kawaii]

I am astonished at the number of folks who say they "just put it up in the morning, don't comb or brush". If I did that I'd be ashamed to leave my house, and the shorter wisps around my face would be driving me *nuts*, tickle tickle. Maybe it's my hair type. There'd be epic cleavage and those annoying hair bumps everywhere too.

For me, brushing out and putting up is like brushing my teeth, it's part of getting up in the morning! Otherwise, I'm not really dressed yet. ;)

I wonder if it is a texture thing. I see you are a 1a, so very straight hair. On your straight hair, "hair bumps everywhere" is considered messy. On me, I consider getting some body at scalp to be an accomplishment, as the weight of my length usually pulls the hair close to scalp straight. I love the way my hair at scalp looks when I "ploop" while it dries. I'm a wavy, but some curly girl techniques work for me when I want to highlight my texture.

I have a bunch of new toy pictures to take, so I'll do one each day and post the lot together for a day-to-day comparison. I don't THINK it looks all that different or particularly messy when left uncombed between washes, but I could be wrong!

[cjk]

I am astonished at the number of folks who say they "just put it up in the morning, don't comb or brush". If I did that I'd be ashamed to leave my house,

Braided Saturday and my pigtails were released into a ponytail Sunday. Otherwise untouched since then, and it's currently Monday night.

Three days.

https://i.imgur.com/q3dX5Ye_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

https://i.imgur.com/qjLfDSJ_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

[AutobotsAttack]

Since I’ve had my hair in protective styles (braids or flat twists), and I’ve been stretching my washes to once a week. Daily, I don’t do much to my hair, just wake up, moisturize my braids, and spray my scalp treatment, then I cover my head with my beanie.

On wash days, it’s a different story. Given the nature of my hair, it’s fine, but rather dense, and it being Afro-Textured demands that I be deliberate yet gentle. So my wash days can be as long as 5-6 hours. I shampoo, condition, deep condition, air dry, gentle finger separate my hair, part into sections and re-braid/twist my hair up for the next week.

So it’s really one day where I have to spend a lot more time and attention on my hair but I don’t mind. I typically do it on my off days where I have a bunch of time to relax and enjoy caring for my hair.

[kikuhoshi]

I wonder if it is a texture thing.

Funny enough, I'm also a 1a (I'm a straight F/i, though, not an F/M/i/ii like embee). I can easily go a week without brushing - no scalp bumps or anything like that. I've mostly stopped brushing my hair - just one time a week, once it's completely dry after my wash. It's interesting how different hair can be, even within the same texture/curl pattern.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Five minutes to detangle and bun it every morning. Washdays are different, of course.

[Ligeia Noire]

Usually and if no special occasions, Monday through Saturday ten minutes. Sunday all day :p

[tlatzoteotl]

I only spend a few minutes detangling in the morning, then put it up in single-twist nautilus-type bun. It's somewhere between hip length and tailbone length...too short to do much with yet, unfortunately, but I can put my hair up in seconds, so yay! Good enough for me.

Anyway.

Wash day is another story. I try to wash my hair by early afternoon on Sunday so it has a good 8-10 hours loose around the house to dry. It usually still feels damp when I wake up the next morning, but dry enough to brush and put in a braid or bun. Braids are best when my hair is freshly washed, although I came home from work yesterday afternoon and my husband said it looked like I had been sleeping in it. LOL

[TreesOfEternity]

My hair is WL and I spend about 2min in the morning (brushing + bunning) and 5 or so at night (moisturizer + oil, brush and braid). A fancy hairstyle adds 15 to 30 minutes more.

On wash day I can spend 2 hours on it if I’m doing a deep treatment.

[Corvana]

Currently I don't even bother detangling daily anymore. I just put it up when I wake up, which takes max 45 seconds, and then leave it! Sometimes I'll need to redo my bun, as my hair is slippy and I generally prefer sticks so it's more likely to fall on slippy days. Redoing is another 45-ish seconds! So maybe 2-3 minutes all day?

That's just the average day, though. Some days I'll S&D, some days I'll need to finger detangle (that only takes a couple minutes though), and some days I'll need to put some leave-in on my ends because they're extra dry. Those days (except S&D days) add maybe another minute or two to my daily hair fiddling :laugh:

Weird to think about! I didn't realize it was so little!

[neko_kawaii]

I didn't take a day 1 picture. I braided it for sleep that night and day 2 tossed the braid up in a messy bun.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7919/33283340648_223ff45430.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SH8PAQ)

Day 3 - after sleeping in the same braid
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7883/46244371995_537de09565.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dssuEx)

Day 4 - after sleeping in silk sleep cap
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7899/46244371905_e0625695c6.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dssuCZ)

[sophia_]

As a daily washer and a hairstyle switcher/periodic brusher, probably around an hour total, lol. It's not all at once, though.

[spidergoat]

On a regular day, probably five minutes in the morning to detangle and bun, with an additional five to ten minutes throughout the day to redo my bun if needed. Two minutes at night to braid.
On a wash day it could be anywhere between fifteen minutes to two hours to wash and deep condition, plus air dry time, but my hair dries pretty quickly if it's loose. I wash twice a week.

[nycelle]

Too much time today.

I conditioned first, then used a sulfate free clarifying shampoo that leaves your hair and scalp literally squeaky clean. I then tried Lapushak's oil method (for like the 5th time but with Marula oil this time - need to use it up), rinsed and followed with squish to condish with another conditioner. This was this morning- my hair is still drying!! WTH??!!

[GoldenRussian]

Tbh I'm a bit neglecting it. I wear it in a ponytail and don't brush it everyday. But I have a bleached length, so I don't really mind about that. The sebum is covering my natural hair and that's all that matters to me. But I should spend around 10 minutes everyday brushing it with my BBB and massaging the scalp. Right now, I'm spending like 10 minutes twice a week detangling it.

[Simsy]

I am astonished at the number of folks who say they "just put it up in the morning, don't comb or brush". If I did that I'd be ashamed to leave my house, and the shorter wisps around my face would be driving me *nuts*, tickle tickle. Maybe it's my hair type. There'd be epic cleavage and those annoying hair bumps everywhere too.

For me, brushing out and putting up is like brushing my teeth, it's part of getting up in the morning! Otherwise, I'm not really dressed yet. ;)


I wonder if it is a texture thing. I see you are a 1a, so very straight hair. On your straight hair, "hair bumps everywhere" is considered messy. On me, I consider getting some body at scalp to be an accomplishment, as the weight of my length usually pulls the hair close to scalp straight. I love the way my hair at scalp looks when I "ploop" while it dries. I'm a wavy, but some curly girl techniques work for me when I want to highlight my texture.

I have a bunch of new toy pictures to take, so I'll do one each day and post the lot together for a day-to-day comparison. I don't THINK it looks all that different or particularly messy when left uncombed between washes, but I could be wrong!

Curls do hide a multitude of sins...


Braided Saturday and my pigtails were released into a ponytail Sunday. Otherwise untouched since then, and it's currently Monday night.

Three days.

https://i.imgur.com/q3dX5Ye_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

https://i.imgur.com/qjLfDSJ_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

About what my braids look like after 3 days. Fluffy but still somewhat tidy.

[Reservechic]

I only use one product to style my hair with, and because I'm currently wearing my hair in a bun and will be for an extended period of time, all I do on a day-to-day basis is take my hair down, apply some more styling cream, and put my hair back into a bun, and that's it! I keep things super simple with my hair. On my wash days now, my styling cream doubles as both a leave-in+styler, so I am able to get away with using only one product, and my hair has no complaints whatsoever.

So, it definitely takes me less than 10 minutes for me to do my hair on a day-to-basis. Of course, in my hair wash days, it takes me longer, probably no more than 3 hours, when I shampoo, deep, condition and style my hair. Of course, the time is a whole lot less if I just use a co-wash to cleanse my hair and then style my hair ftwrwards, on what I consider to be one of my "lazy day hair washes".

Oh, and I only detangle my hair on my hair wash days only. I don't like go do a whole lot of major manipulating of my hair. Which is why, I only take a brush to my hair normally once a week. In between my hair wash days, I finger style my hair only. Which is why, the shedder hair I see that come from my hair on a day-to-day basis, is very minimal at this time.

[Luna Starsetta]

I would say roughly 5-10 min but if it's wash day well it's called wash day for a reason...i'd say a good 2 hours not including dry time since i air dry.

[Uproo]

About 20-30 minutes every day

[Natalia_A00]

I don't style my hair but recently I've started to finger comb (and normal comb too) and brush way more carefully, so it takes 5-7 minutes every morning. I usually wear it loose or in braids, but I braid very fast.

[Natalia_A00]

Then at night I just detangle (exactly like in the mornings) and I do a side braid or 2 braids for bed. That's pretty much it, if I'm not doing a special treatment

[ArabellaRose]

On a non-wash day it takes maybe a minute to LCO and about 10 seconds to bun.

On a normal wash day it takes about 10 minutes to WCC and ROO, leave up in a towel for 15-30 minutes, finger rectangle takes about 2 minutes and then LCO. Mostly takes about 2-3 hours to air dry.

Once a week I clarify and deep condition which takes 25 minutes at the least (longer if I fancy leaving the conditioner in longer) and then the same amount of time drying as a normal wash day.

Also, I rarely need to brush my hair and I'm too length 1b :)

[emmalouise]

Less than 10 minutes. My hair's not particularly long (yet) and stick straight so a brush and a little bit of dry shampoo and I'm good to go.
On a wash day it's not too much longer, adding maybe 10 minutes for treatments.

[clandestine]

If I think about it not very long. On a typical no wash day in the morning I take out my sleep style, pin or twist my bangs back and bun or braid. Wash day or the day before means coconut oil but that is a passive time investment. During my wash I probably spend 25 minutes in the shower, then I dry in a tshirt, before removing it and applying leave ins. I dont comb or brush every day and keep my styles pretty basic.

Normal day 10ish minutes, maybe 15.
Wash day, 20-30.

It varies a lot but I don't think I spend a ton of time especially when it's a very relaxing part of my day.

[Beckstar]

30 seconds to straighten my bangs and another 30 seconds to run my fingers through it. Right now I'm only water washing every other week and occasionally using a little bit of Moroccan oil to detangle.

[SimplySmile]

Way too much time..

Especially if I get in one of those modes where I want to try all of my old hair toys with my new short hair..

I try all the different size flexis I have they don't work.. Then I try my hair sticks they don't work either...

Then I throw them across the room and curse the world for encouraging me to chop off my hair.

:rant:

Claw clips are the only thing's that will hold up my layered bun with out unwinding it self. I sometimes forget this and think it has been a week my hair must have grown long enough to be able to use on those old hair toys and I start the whole darn cycle all over again..

[Dark40]

On washdays I spend 30 minutes shampooing and conditioning, and on non-washday it's 5-10 minutes putting it in a bun.

[BerrySara]

On a daily basis I spend about 5-10 min depending if I need to spray a little water to refresh curls but usually no more than 10 min.

But wash days...well that's a whole other thing...hours....yes hours lol.

[Servana]

I currently have BSL hair but when I've been at waist or hip my routine has always been the same.

On a non-wash day: 3-5 minutes brushing my hair.
On a wash day: 5 minutes brushing my hair and pinning back the greasy parts, 20 minutes washing, conditioning and detangling, 2 hours waiting for it to dry, including wearing it in a towel and thenafter squeezing the ends in a towel every 20 minutes or so.

I used to wash my hair every day because it is extremely greasy but the routine was just too time-consuming.

[Lizabeth94]

I probably spend at least 30 mins a day on hair, and I currently have a pixie cut :rollin:

To be fair I have to shampoo and condition my hair once or twice a day due to my job... and also having short hair means I'm constantly fussing, trying to make it part and lay down just the way that I want, feeling very self conscious about it.

[blesseddamozel]

I have (just nearly) waist length hair and I spend about 10 minutes a day brushing it, putting it into that style for the day, brushing it again, and putting it into a sleep braid at the end of the day. It's the daily styling part that takes about 5-6 minutes of that time because depending on the condition my hair is in I'll have to add some oil or product and sometimes my hair will have too much slip and I'll have to make a few attempts at whatever style I'm going for until I get sufficient hold.

On a wash day it's about 1-2 hours of actively doing stuff to my hair but sometimes I'll leave oils or treatments in it for many, many hours leading to the wash.

[RottenMango]

Shampoo days- 15-20 minutes
Non shampoo days- 10 minutes

[rhosyn_du]

Non-wash day: 5-10 minutes, depending on how fancy I want to get with my updo
Wash day: 15-20 minutes
Color & deep conditioning day: 3 hours

[HaMalka]

Non-brushing days - <1 min
Brushing days - 7-8 minutes
Wash days - 1-2 hours

[SwanFeathers]

5 min to go up in the morning, 5 min to come down and braid for sleep at night.

[hayheadsbird]

Depends on the day. Normal day, about 5 mins for detangling and nautilus or lwb, 2 mins to English plait for bed.
If I have more time or the inclination it might be a more complex braided style, with accents etc, so could be 30 minutes or more. If it's in a braided bun take out pins and leave alone at bedtime. If it's wash day, an extra 5-10 mins in shower and down till dry. So anything from 30 seconds (no detangle, just bun) - rare
7 minutes - normal day
45+ minutes - occasional

[gin]

Way too much time! I'm fairly new to hairtoys, buns and updos, etc. so I feel like I'm constantly exploring new options and styles. I usually wake up and put my hair up in something (some bun or wrapped up in a stain scarf, it varies every day), then after a few hours of working (I work from home) I usually do a workout, so I change my hair for that (depending on what the workout is). Then after the workout I change my hair to let the sweat, etc. air out. Then I'll probably change it one more time for the rest of the day - UNLESS I see something on LHC or Youtube that I want to try. I've also been recently getting new hairtoys so I'll experiment with those throughout the day. If it's a climbing day, then I'll have to change my hair before going climbing. Then after climbing it's whatever hairstyle until sleep time. So yeah, right now I mess with my hair a lot. :)

Although honestly, I don't know how much it will decrease once I get used to my hair and routine more. Between working, workouts, climbing, and all other activities I usually do throughout the day, there really isn't one type of hairstyle that can accommodate all those activities.

[H o n є y ❤]

Wash day, probably 45 minutes

Regular days 10 to 20 minutes

[Stray_mind]

Wash day-about 20 minutes
Every day-5 to 10 minutes, depending on what updo i choose.

[AuntyMiki]

20 min to wash and condition twice a week. 5 minutes at most on non washing days to brush and pin up.

[hennalove]

Whether it be putting it up in a bun every morning to start the day or grooming (brushing, oiling) it at night.

I have tailbone length hair, and I spend about 5 minutes a day putting up in a simple bun.

I'd guess on average 15 minutes daily as long as it isn't a henna, conditioning or wash day. Mine is just past TBL so I comb out in the morning, oil then bun. At night, I comb out, oil then night bun. Wash days are still likely about 15 maybe 20 minutes. Conditioning days add 2 hrs and henna/indigo add upwards of 8 to 10 hours.

[Wecaun]

I spend about 2 or 3 minutes in the morning brushing it and putting it up. On wash days I about 20 minutes on it directly and hours being conscious of its wet, fragile state.

[Alila]

I'm getting close to knee length.
In a regular week I spent on average 9 minutes per day actively manipulating my hair. I probably spent another minute getting my hair out of the way when sitting down, etc. (I like to wear a side braid) So that's 10 minutes.

It breaks down into 2 minutes braiding and brushing every morning and night, a 15 minute hair wash on Mondays and 2 or 3 2 minute fringe washes per week. Additionally, I do sports 4 times a week and I do a dedicated hairstyle for each of them (5 minutes braid/bun for swimming, 6 minutes folded up English braid for Muay Thai, 3 minutes english braid for karate, 2 minutes bun for couple dancing)

When I don't have to leave the house my average time activaly manipulating my hair drops to 5 minutes per day per week.

But that's just an estimate. Sometimes I want to do something fancy with my hair or I need to change by hair into a bun. Or I need to redo my hairstyle 3 times in one day because nothing feels comfortable.
I'm also not including an oiling of leave in routine because I don't have one. I have a few products that I use depending on how my hair feels :p

[sumidha]

Heh, about one minute putting it up every day, about ten minutes detangling every three or four days-ish and closer to fifteen minutes detangling once a week after I wash it.

[Strwberryfields]

Very little. I’m not skilled in tons of styles unfortunately.

[manticore]

Typical day: 1 minute to brush and put in bun

Once a week: hair washing routine. This takes a while, idk how long. maybe 30-45 minutes? Sometimes I do a leave-in moisture treatment here which adds another 30 minutes.

Every whatever number of weeks, when the mood strikes me: 5-10 minutes re-shaving the side of my head :p

Every six months ish: trim ends. Idk how long this takes. 15, 20 minutes?

Hair length: uhhhhhhhh haven’t actually checked in a while haha. Past waist, not quite tailbone I don’t think. Hip probably. (with one side of head shaved, as mentioned above)

[Reservechic]

On a regular day, I would say 5 minutes max. I'm currently bunning my hair, so my daily routine is as simple as it gets. Which in this super hot and humid weather where I live at, it's way too hot for me to even think about wearing my hair down. It be 80 degrees where I live at, and that's before it even hits 8 o' clock in the morning.

On a wash day, if I just co-wash and style my hair, it will take me less than 30 minutes for me to do all of this.

On a regular wash day, where, I wash, deep condition, add style my hair, it could run upwards of 2 hours. This is mainly due to exactly how long I choose to deep condition is all.

i currently air dry my hair, which is what happens to take the longest amount of time (around 4 hours) on my hair wash days overall.