How do you wear your hair up when doing an overnight treatment?

[Revontuletar]

I know a lot of people on here leave treatments in their hair overnight, and I was just wondering: What do you use to wrap it up? I would like to try this, but i can't think of a way to wrap it that wouldnt be insanely uncomfortable and result in no sleep. I sleep with my hair down and am really not used to having things in my hair when I sleep. So what do you do? Is it uncomfortable?

[Celtic Morla]

When I oil my hair I put on a disposable shower cap I can get a few uses out of them before they are shot. I thought it would bother me but ittends to conform quite nicely to my head so I have nevr woken up feeling like my hair was being strangled-sometimes I wake up if my hair is braided and it gets caught around me or under the DH!

[Pierre]

I regularly sleep with Flexis in my hair, either one small bun on each side or each braid starting on one side and clipped to the other. When I henna, I put my beardlocks up and wrap my head in plastic.

[PorkChop]

When Ive oiled my hair I plait it as i usually do for bed

[Safira]

When I deep oil overnight, I braid my hair. I don´t condition overnight, because my scalp would be irritated next morning. But I do deep treatments for an hour or two once a week.

[Cassie 123]

I'm not willing to sleep with plastic on my head, but it's possible to put quite a decent amount of oil on the ends/length, then bun on top of the head for the night, without needing to cover at all. Castor oil scalp treatments work fine this way, too, in moderate quantities.

[luxepiggy]

Like you, I normally leave my hair loose when I sleep. When I dye my hair, I just coil the length around my crown and wrap the whole thing in plastic cling wrap. Then I secure a length of silk fabric on the outside and hop in bed (^(oo)^)

[sibylla]

I have coco nut oil as often as I can-like just now!I put as much as I want on my scalp and hair.My hair and scalp sing of joy.It doesn´t stain the pillow case because the hair absorbs it so well.Right now I have my hair in a cinnamon bun on top of my hair (hair is so long I don´t need a hair pin).To sleep I put my hair in a shape of an L on top of my pillow and I can toss and turn without it moving down.Hope this helped!

[Kindredraeven]

Wrapped in a bun at the top of my head. I have tried to do braids, but they bug me, always seem to be in the way.

[Mamakash]

I always sleep in a "satin" sleep cap, so i just use those for the overnight treatments, too. Helps the oils to soak in and after I wash my hair I wear the same cap again to get a light coating of oil on my clean hair.

[Cherry_Sprinkle]

I usually braid to one side.. if its a particularly gooey treatment I will sometimes follow up with wrapping a silk scarf around it but for most of what I do, I just braid as usual.

I used to use a silk sleeping cap at night but found that it caused breakage and thinning along the crown of my head so I had to stop :( but I'd suggest that if you do not have these issues :)

[Madora]

When I do my monthly EVOO overnight treatment I use 3 large sheets of cling wrap (i.e. Saran wrap). Covers the entire head.

I also put a towel over my pillow to protect it.

[bluesnowflake]

When I oil it I only oil from the nape down, so I bun it and then cover the bun with a piece of soft, silky fabric and secure that around the bun with a scrunchie. Looks silly, but just as comfortable as my normal sleep bun and protects the sheets from the oil. I've never tried leaving an SMT or anything overnight.

[nobeltonya]

When I oil it, I can comb it, so I generally have a single English braid in the middle. When I don't oil it, I don't comb it, so I either put it in a low ponytail and leave it loose, or put it in a bun and secure with a small claw clip.

[Revontuletar]

Thanks everyone, lots of great ideas here :D I will try some of these

[julliams]

When I oil my hair I just put it in a plait and sleep on my normal silk pillowcase. I figure that any oil that gets on the pillowcase will just give my face a nice treatment as well. So far it hasn't stained the silk pillowcase at all and it's cream.

As for some kind of conditioner, I would probably just plait it and then put a towel over my pillow to soak up any of the drips.

[bettylibertine]

When I oil my hair I usually just braid it and let it do it's thing. It doesn't seem to get on the pillowcase or anything :)

[Revontuletar]

I oiled it last night and it worked fine just braided :D I would love to try an SMT overnight, but am a little worried that even with a towel down I will get it everywhere (knowing me!)

[archel]

I put my hair in a tight french braid for sleeping in a heavy castor oiling. My hair sucks enough of it up that I don't need to cover it and I braid it tight enough that it's usually still up in the morning, unless I pulled out the band in my sleep (not so much of a problem when I'm knocked out by the ambien walrus!)

[archel]

Cherry_sprinkle, I was totally worried that a sleeping cap would cause breakage for me! My hair breaks if you just think about breakage :-/

[Kathie]

Double french braids.

[Ardenlyn]

I make a braid beginning where my bangs are.
Then I can lay it over my head and put a cap (no idea if that is the right word for kapje) on.

[archel]

Cap is the right word :)

[Revontuletar]

Cherry_sprinkle, I was totally worried that a sleeping cap would cause breakage for me! My hair breaks if you just think about breakage :-/
I have been wanting to try a sleeping cap, but my hair is exactly the same as yours. All I have to do is hear a mention of breakage and I notice bits of hair everywhere.

[SusanSt]

I braid mine, and sometimes cover with a shower cap.

[CaityBear]

I only do deep oilings overnight and in that case I braid it early enough that some of the oil can soak in then sleep on a towel. The last time I did this, though, I put a braid at the top of my head and created a braided bun on the top of my head and slept on a towel.

During the day when i do treatments I put a shower cap over it then a toque to hold the shower cap in place.

[ZeppHead]

I wear an old tshirt, put my hair into a regular English braid and put a towel over my pillow. I cant say the towel makes for a super comfy sleep but I don't do it often enough to really bother me. Its always worth it.

[McFearless]

Cling wrap with a beanie on top. If you wrap the hair flat against the head you can't really feel it.

[RitaPG]

My overnight treatments usually consist of generous oilings, and since that doesn't cause dripping I don't need to use a sleep cap, all I to do is braid it and put a towel around my pillow.

ETA: these days I put an old cotton t-shirt on my pillow instead of a towel, it's more comfortable that way

[fairytalehair]

What's "SMT treatment"?

Also, is there a page with a list of acronyms and their meanings? For use newbies. (:

[Revontuletar]

What's "SMT treatment"?

Also, is there a page with a list of acronyms and their meanings? For use newbies. (:

Here it is :D http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=10

[Lissandria]

French braids with bangs pinned back. Comfy.