Want the easiest healthy-hair routine ever? Consider trying these surprising while-you-slumber tips that actually care for – and even repair – hair during your nightly snooze. Talk about giving new meaning to the old adage, Get your beauty sleep!
Blow-dry your hair before bed. (Wait, what?)
The damaging effects of hair-frying thermal tools – including a hot blow-dryer – are well documented; so while you think you’re doing your hair a favor by going to bed with a wet head, think again: Wet hair is actually much more fragile and susceptible to breakage (that’s when the follicles are open and vulnerable). What’s more, all that dampness – along with natural oils – can get absorbed into your pillow, causing dry, dull, parched, even frizzy strands. If you really want to allow hair to dry naturally and avoid the blow-dryer (always a smart move), wash hair earlier in the day so it’s dry by bedtime, and use Zero Heat Air Dry Crème when you do. This no-frizz wonder is formulated in two versions (one specifically for thick-textured hair, one for fine), and delivers 24-hour humidity protection, plus major shine.
Switch to a bougie pillowcase
Silk and satin aren’t just for looks. The smooth texture of these fabrics actually decrease friction that hair can experience when slumbering against a rougher cotton pillowcase – the kind of friction, mind you, that causes knots, snarls, and subsequent breakage. Here’s one to try:
Style your hair for sleep
And you thought you were only supposed to style your hair for daytime. Nope — not if you want to save from hair breakage caused by all that tossing and turning. Put longer lengths in a loose braid before you hit the hay for (cute-looking) damage control!
Let a product do all the work
Want to experience the thrill of softer, smoother, shinier hair without lifting a finger? Defy Damage Sleepover Overnight Nourishing Treatment – our bedtime bond-strengthener — actually protects each strand from daily damage and pollution, reducing breakage and the appearance of split ends – all in a no-rinse, one-step formula that can be applied to damp or dry hair. Smooth it on before you slumber, and you’ll rise and shine – literally!
Try the “pineapple” hack
Joico Global Brand Storyteller, Olivia Thompson, has a juicy idea for preserving curly hair, so ringlets and waves don’t get crushed while you sleep. She coins it “The Pineapple” (because it starts with pulling all your hair straight up on top of your head).
• Flip your head over all the way.
• Gather hair into a super-high pony on top of your head.
• Sleep like a baby and wake up to intact curls!
• Secure with an Invisibobble hair cord – comfy enough to sleep on, and it won’t mess up those curls. You can buy them, here: