Overnight DC is the BEST Deep Conditioning of ALL TIME!

[lilsparkle825]

What a coincidence, I'm about to "sleep condition" with SE Megasilk right now. I'm getting a Dominican blowout tomorrow and since I haven't been DCing with heat for the past 3 days like I planned (another thing I got from WIB, whaddayaknow), I figured -- well, really just hoped and prayed -- that overnighting it would be enough moisture.

 

[westNDNbeauty]

What a coincidence, I'm about to "sleep condition" with SE Megasilk right now. I'm getting a Dominican blowout tomorrow and since I haven't been DCing with heat for the past 3 days like I planned (another thing I got from WIB, whaddayaknow), I figured -- well, really just hoped and prayed -- that overnighting it would be enough moisture.

Let us know how it turns out!

 

[westNDNbeauty]

How'd it turn out lilsparkle? The masses would like to know

 

[westNDNbeauty]

still waiting lilsparkle!

 

[ellebelle88]

Question for the ladies who sleep condition overnight: do you guys ever wake up with mushy hair? I always feel like sometimes the condition is a bit too much because my hair feels all wirey and stringy.

 

[kami02]

I think DCing overnight is just like doing a steam treatment - with the heat coming from your head creating condensation in the cap. I don't DC over night, but I do pre-poo overnight with oil and my hair always feels wet in the morning after being under a plastic cap and scarf the entire night.

 

[bride91501]

I don't own a steamer, and I usually DC under my soft bonnet with heat for 1 hour. In preparation for my first full flat iron last week, I DC'd overnight using Lustrasilk Mango Shea buttter, WGO, castor oil, aloe vera gel, and a little SheaMoisture DC Mask thrown in for good measure lol.

Now mind you, I have NEVER been able to get my hair really straight using a flat iron, even when I was relaxed. NEVER. The overnight DC took me from my December siggy pic, to this with 1 flat iron pass:

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Even though this was ultimately WAY too straight for my liking (I'm a big hair kinda girl lol), I know I never would have been able to flatten my 4b kinks this much without the overnight DC.

 

[bb09]

I'm glad you started this thread. I probably need to go back to doing this

I was wondering if your hair is supposed to be wet/ dripping when you take your cap off?? I remember reading that it means your dc isn't being absorbed?

 

[westNDNbeauty]

I'm glad you started this thread. I probably need to go back to doing this

I was wondering if your hair is supposed to be wet/ dripping when you take your cap off?? I remember reading that it means your dc isn't being absorbed?

When I do mine, I make sure my hair is not dripping from the start because that means I'll have drippies on my pillows and sheets. I also use pretty thick conditioner. My hair pretty much looks how it does when I initially put it on, still coating each strand.

 

[westNDNbeauty]

Anybody sleeping in conditioner tonight? I AM!

 

[afjhnsn]

I love this thread!

 

[Ese88]

i slept in my dc AOHSR two nights ago and it went well

 

[KurlyNinja]

Yep. I slept in my DC overnight. About to wash it out whenever I stop feeling lazy and get out of bed.

 

[westNDNbeauty]

Overnight DCing is still the BEST DEEP CONDITIONING OF ALL TIME! lol

 

[Diva_Esq]

I am a huge believer in overnight deep conditioning! I love it! It does work best for me!

 

[TaraDyan]

I agree. I prefer to deep condition overnight rather than use any other method, including the beloved steam treatments.

 

[Austro-Afrikana]

westNDNbeauty could you tell me about this DC'ing 3 days in a row? Or paste a link to where you discuss it, please?

 

[BeautifulFlower]

I'm not natural but I always DC overnight. I makes a big difference in my hairs softness

 

[westNDNbeauty]

@westNDNbeauty could you tell me about this DC'ing 3 days in a row? Or paste a link to where you discuss it, please?

Austro-Afrikana
I didn't go through this posts to find what I may have briefly said about 3 day DCing, but I can tell you that's what I did a couple years ago when I figured out that the moisture content of your hair is what determines how well your hair will flat iron. I continued experimenting and found that all I needed to do was an overnight DC and my hair was able to straighten just as if I did an overnight DC.

Here is the thread where I talk about that experience: http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=431336

 

[TLC1020]

I used to condition my hair overnight and my hair loved it...

I guess I start back this weekend

Thanks for bumping this thread

 

[SavannahNatural]

I DC overnight as well...but really it's more out of laziness then anything...

This is me all day!

 

[Mena]

This very true. I need to start doing this again.

 

[JudithO]

Bumping ... anyone still prefer this to steaming? Thinking of getting a steamer..

 

[choctaw]

overnight dc with ayurvedic powder, oil and conditioner

 

[yodie]

How often are you ladies doing this? I baggied overnight 3 nights in a row and it seems like my hair had more of those curly o's (breakage) when I took a shower. Backed off for a couple of days. Maybe I'll just DC overnight once a week.

 

[LuvlyRain3]

I either overnight dv or dc for at least 6hrs. I dc every two weeks.