The Right Way To Sleep With Wet Hair

After a tiring day, all you need is a quick shower and a good night's rest. But did you sign up for morning hair that's full of knots and tangles with hair breakage? Caught yourself waking up looking like you were electrocuted after a quick shower last night?? Waking up to a tangled nest is awful, and with a bad hair day, it's all going downhill. Besides getting your beauty sleep with the perfect skincare routine in place, it's also essential to keep your hair in check. 

Blow-drying is the ultimate option to free from wet locks. But sometimes, you do get sick of that too. Taking a midnight shower with wet strands has its perks. Nothing feels better than this, from getting the best sleep ever to losing the weekend stress. Sorry to spoil your fantasy, but ma'am, you have put your hair in a lot of damage by doing so. Before we jump straight to the right way to sleep with wet hair, I'd like to save you from these hidden danger signs and why you should avoid them. 

Reasons why you shouldn't sleep with wet hair:

Invitation to hair breakage

Our hair is fragile when wet, and this, therefore, shoots up the risks of hair breakage whilst you sleep. The tossing and turning in bed causes friction, making the hair snap in seconds. 

Shivers of cold

Be it in winters or in an air-conditioned room or just by the window, sleeping with the cool chills will send shivers accompanied by a runny nose. Making your hair cosy and damped with a blow-dryer can save you from this chilling cold.

Endless hours to hairstyling

Bedhead exists for a reason, and that happens when your locks are perfectly dried up. With wet hair in bed, you are sure to wake up with a blown-up crown, bendy tips and a mix of unruly hairstyles. With such conditions, I promise you, sweety, you're not going to step out without getting your hair heated and gelled up to perfection. 

Bacteria camping

A little science gyaan. Water and warmth combined gives birth to the rapid growth of bacteria. Now, imagine how much of bacteria funder you might have been with the wet hair? Gross right? With the warm head and wet locks, the damp pillow makes the breeding ground for bacteria and mold. This can lead to significant scalp and fungal infections, putting your hair at a major loss.

The white thing called dandruff

With bacteria formation already in place, sleeping with damp hair strips off the natural oils along with excess moisture. The pillowcase quickly absorbs the oil's leaving it dry and frizzy. This combo of bacterial growth and no natural oil's present makes your scalp more likely to develop dandruff, and I bet you didn't sign up for that. 

A dull real-life Tangle

With all the oils and water content stocked up in your pillowcase, your hair is bound to look lifeless, accompanied by uncountable tiny knots. With dehydrated and unsolvable knots, you'll definitely end up breaking your hair and your heart with pain. But don't ya worry babes. We've got your hair's shining armour. 

Now you’re thanking us, aren't you? But this doesn't put a stop to your late-night shower trips. Lucky for you night shower-ers, we're here to make your wet hair sleep a little effortless and straightforward so that you can wake up with the hair of your dreams without a fuss. 

So grab a seat because we've got a few tricks up our pyjama sleeves. 

How to sleep with wet hair without waking up with regrets?

No 1. Scrunchie to the rescue

When you don't want your hair flying in your face at night, what you use to secure it in place makes a difference. Most of you use metal and rubber ties that create unwanted creases and breakage. To keep your damp hair intact, tie a loose braid or a bun and secure it with a satin scrunchie. Why satin scrunchie? This creates less friction and prevents the hair from breaking and removing more ridges. Also, make sure to keep it loose, as pulling it up too tight can break the strands and cause a receding hairline. 

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No 2. Pillowtalk with the silk

Pillowcases have tremendous potential in giving your hair and skin the wow factor. Cotton depletes moisture from the hair, leaving it dry and frizzy. And with a wet hair routine, it's a booming ground for bacteria causing acne and scalp irritation. With such high steaks at risk, switching to silk pillows is the saving grace to keep your tresses healthy and shiny. Along with silk pillows, changing them every second day keeps no scoop of bacterial growth in the future.

No 3. Wrapped around my hair

Sleeping with your hair down seems a natural way. But can you honestly stop causing more damage to your locks especially sleeping with wet hair? Blow-drying or tieing it up is a way out of tangle-free hair. But the creases, puffed-up hair and clumps are also an addition. Hair wraps are the best thing that has been created in the hair care industry. The wrap-a-cap quickly soaks the excess water, dries off without heating and keeps your hair tangle-free giving you a good night's sleep and natural, lustrous locks in the morning. 

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No 4. Blow away the wetness

Blowing drying is the first and last option when it comes to drying out your hair. Sleeping with dripping wet hair is bizarre unless you want to catch a cold and get that sick leave. One of the ways you can sleep peacefully is by tilting your head upside down and blasting with a hairdryer until it's damp and not wet. After that, you can swirl or braid them into buns and hit the pillow gracefully. 
 

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No 5. Leave -in the conditions

Want to keep those locks bouncy and gorg? Leave in conditioners do the trick. While heating irons and curlers are the hot styling goss, leave-in conditioners save up the time devoted to these tools. With damp hair and a scoop of leave-in conditioner, it sets the hair perfectly in place without you taking the extra effort. Not only does it style and sets your hair to perfection, but it also strengthens it. 

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Additionally, based on your hair texture, here is how you can sleep with wet hair without damaging it. 

If you have a Straight Hair

Prep your locks with a mousse/ hair cream and a leave-in conditioning spray for the tips. Start with gently combing the products through with a bristle hairbrush. For light waves, apply the mousse from roots to ends. Divide and braid your hair creating three-strand braids and secure with a scrunchie to avoid crimping. Wake up, spray some serum, and you are ready to go. 

If you have Curly/ Wavy Hair

Applying products before hitting the bed is especially important for all the curlies. This helps add maximum moisture and definition to the curls in their setting stage. You can opt for a styling product like a scrunching gel that will keep your curls soft and not flatten them while you rest—a hydrating hair shampoo to keep it full of life. An investment in silk pillows will cause less disruption to the curls. Along with the night hair care, adding a few morning essentials like a hair serum will get them prepped for a happy curly morning. 

If you have Highly Textured Tresses

Start with a hair mask before you step out. Subsequent use of an intense moisturizing styling product on damp hair can save your curls from all the frizzy damage. Once the product is applied, use a paddle brush to distribute the content and get your hair straightened evenly. To sleep it off, cover it with a hair wrap that will prevent flyaways and keep the style in place until morning. Create twist outs and tie it up with a scrunchie to create a curly look. 

A final note for every head!

Sleeping with wet hair is not necessarily bad, but it's the damage that comes with it. Not only are you going to catch a cold, but it also gives rise to high chances of damaging hair follicles, causing breakage or, even worse, a fungal infection on the scalp. 

A hair saving advice, ‘ Never skip the product and sleep on untreated, damp hair.’ Wash your hair with a nourishing shampoo. Apply a hair mask and leave it on for a few minutes. Rinse and bring in the conditioner. Dry it up and loosely braid or bun it in a scrunchie. 

And you’re ready to flip your drool-worthy hair in bed without any painful battles to fight.  Head to Purplle.com and splurge yourself with the best haircare range.