Natural Fine Hair & Bedtime Routine

[snookes]

How are you ladies wearing your hair to bed to prevent breakage? Is bantu knots ok for fine hair?

 

[vevster]

How are you ladies wearing your hair to bed to prevent breakage? Is bantu knots ok for fine hair?

I sleep on satin pillow cases and pineapple with a silk scarf.

 

[prettydarkthing]

Scarf, never in a bun with actual hair ties or pins. Loose, very loose, buns, work well. No matter what I do, I keep a scarf on my hair for bed.

Satin pillow case is what I sleep on in case the scarf comes off. Twice the coverage.

 

[snookes]

I sleep on satin pillow cases.

But what do you do to your hair sorry?

 

[vevster]

But what do you do to your hair sorry?

I wear my hair loose.

 

[snookes]

I wear my hair loose.

Oh doesn't it tangle up?

 

[vevster]

Not really.

 

[PlanetCybertron]

Oh doesn't it tangle up?

Mine does. The looser my hair is the more tangled it gets. That’s not to say I have to sleep with a protective style that’s just super tight, but my hair does need to be separated when I sleep.

A satin scarf does help, but depending on how hard you sleep on your pillow, sometimes it doesn’t do much to prevent tangles. So long as the majority of my hair is protected and put up in some way, the tangles aren’t that bad.

I usually either braid or twist up my hair, spray my hair down with water really good, put on my bonnet, and then either a hat or my beanie. Usually my bonnet stays on better that way

 

[NCHairDiva]

I have

Mine does. The looser my hair is the more tangled it gets. That’s not to say I have to sleep with a protective style that’s just super tight, but my hair does need to be separated when I sleep.

A satin scarf does help, but depending on how hard you sleep on your pillow, sometimes it doesn’t do much to prevent tangles. So long as the majority of my hair is protected and put up in some way, the tangles aren’t that bad.

I usually either braid or twist up my hair, spray my hair down with water really good, put on my bonnet, and then either a hat or my beanie. Usually my bonnet stays on better that way

I have long natural hair and a satin bonnet and pillow case is a must.
However I was noticing the tangles as well. So now I wear my hair in a stretched state as much as possible. I find that while my hair is really stretched it will not tangle on itself...

 

[B_Phlyy]

I use 2 scarves and a bonnet. I put all my hair to the back (or up if I'm going to bun the next day. The first scarf is for my edges. The second scarf covers my ends. The bonnet goes on top so nothing comes out.

 

[mzteaze]

I use a Bonnet. My hair doesn't really tangle. But during the winter I twist my hair before bed.

 

[blazingbeauty]

I use a large satin bonnet.

If my style that week is twists in a bun - I just take down the bun and sleep with my twists loose in a bonnet

High Buns - I take out the bun and wrap my scarf like a closed pineapple to keep the shape and lay my edges.

Wash n go - 2 ponytails using scrunchies or something low tension like that and a bonnet

Twist out/braid out - I pineapple and limit rebraiding to 1-2x/wk. I don’t keep these styles in for more than a week.

 

[vevster]

Update: I now pineapple. I use this method

 

[gn1g]

I sleep on a satin pillow case but always keep my hair in a bun/braid.plates something, or it would be tangle city - darn near dreads.