Braidouts - How do you SLEEP?

[Faith]

Hey Ladies,

I am looking to try braidouts but I know one of my issues will be how it looks after it has been slept on. How do you all sleep on your braidouts? Do you rebraid to sleep or just leave it alone? What do you use to make it presentable the next day?
Would Fantasia IC gel to good to get some wave definition?

Thanks

 

[Lanea87]

Rebraid.....

 

[Vshanell]

I have to dampen, moisturize, seal and rebraid. Any other way and I think I'd have a mess.

 

[Bigghair]

Usually I can put it in a few buns or ponytail and put on my scarf. In the morning I just fluff with my fingers and go.

 

[yuriko]

I just put on a satin bonnet and go to sleep, after 3 days though I have to dampen and rebraid

 

[~NanCeBoTwin~]

I tie on my scarf or just use my bonnet...in the morning I fluff, moisturize and seal...but regardless of anything I've tried I can't get them to last longer then a couple of days...However I just did my first twist out and 3 days later its still good.....I'm going to redo just b/c tomorrow's easter but if it wasn't I'd leave them alone.....HTH

 

[Faith]

Thanks ladies. I'll try rebraiding at night. I have a feeling I will still need to redo it every 3 days or so.

 

[cookie1]

My first braid out wasn't so hot and lasted about 2 days. I decided to retry this and it turned out really nice with sealing w/ castor oil. I just rebraided it before bed and it was okay for 3 days.

I redid my braid out using Cholesterol Shea Butter Plus as a leave-in + sealed w/ castor oil and my curls/ waves are so luscious and I didn't rebraid last night and woke up and they still looked good. So maybe playing around w/ different products will help.

 

[pinkgreenmommie]

Ladies who are rebraiding...are you washing/cowashing and rebraiding or just rebraiding the dry hair?
Thanks

 

[curlcomplexity]

Ladies who are rebraiding...are you washing/cowashing and rebraiding or just rebraiding the dry hair?
Thanks

I rebraid the dry hair and then spritz w/ water to dampen.

 

[alanaj]

I tie it up very loosely with a satin scarf. Then in the morning I spray a good bit of leave-in (Olive oil detangler by soft n pretty) in it and fluff it up. I usually get 3 day hair out of doing this but it defo cannot handle a 4th day.
I also think day 2 hair looks better than day 1

 

[CORBINS]

When I use Fantasia IC Gel I can go 2 or 3 days without rebraiding.

If I'm not in the mood, I just put on a bonnet and fluff with a light oil in the morning. I also try separating the strands a bit more.

 

[Mook's hair]

I normally just tie on my scarf or bonnet and go to bed. But sometimes I rebraid it.

 

[prospurr4]

With my head upside down and hair falling forward, I cover my hair with an extra-large satin bonnet...this buys me an extra day with my twistouts. On the third day until it's time to wash, I wear twistout updos.

 

[CenteredGirl]

Braid loosely in sections, pin up on the left side ofmy head because I sleep on the right. Remoisten and rebraid after 3 days.

 

[glamazon386]

Wear a bonnet.

 

[Desarae]

I sleep in a bonnet and kinda sweep the sides behind my ears so the sides don't get smashed, and If they do, my style becomes a braidout with pinned up sides. (Mohawk)

 

[BriBreezy]

I sleep with a bonnet or a silk scarf
They seem to be working fine for me...

 

[Faith]

Thanks ladies

Well I tried them again and it was a BUST. I can't seem to get them right.
I may have it with IC gel, I thought I could do it without the gel but it seems that is out of the question.