Girls with long thick hair, how often do you wash your hair and at what time of day?

Question

I want to grow my thick hair, but every month it takes longer and longer to do it in the morning, because I wash, blow dry and straighten it. Any tips on minimising the amount of time it takes to wash blow dry and style your hair?

Also what time of day do you do it and how often do you wash it? I have been trying to only wash every second day but my hair does feel a bit dirty.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I hardly ever wash mine - I know it sounds weird, but it kind of conditions itself because the natural oils aren't being stripped from washing it too often.

Answer 2

I've always had long thick hair. I wash my hair in the mornings before work every two days or so, it takes about an hour to wash, blow dry and straighten. If I get up a lot earlier, I can leave my hair wrapped up in a towel on my head for slightly longer which reduces the amount of time spent blow drying. I love the summer when I can wash my hair and leave the house without blow drying or straightening.

Answer 3

I have long hair (halfway down my back) and it takes about 6 hours to dry naturally. I don't like using a hairdryer so I wash it about 3pm on a Sunday, then I straighten it, and that takes about 30 minutes with GHD straighteners (they are worth the extra money) If your hair is very thick and you want to speed up the drying times maybe you should get it thinned out a little bit.

Answer 4

I have extremely thick, long hair! I know how you feel! I wash my hair at around 7:30 every other night! sometimes i take showers every day for a couple of days and than skip a day than just go back to washing every other day. It takes me about 15-20 min. to style brush and dry my hair. It can be very hard at times but just hang in there, when you step out of the shower you really feel refreshed! I promise it will start to work out(well i guess i shouldn't promise!) You should feel great when you step out of the shower! good luck!!! -Kelsea

Answer 5

hy i have rally thick hair that is a pain to dry it takes ages with the hairdryer i was mine only 2 times a week as mine is quite dry and looks healthier after not being washed for a day or two and i always wash it of a night so its dry and ready to straighten in the morning

Answer 6

I also have thick hair so I wash mine every other day in the evening and let it dry naturally over night. I then straighten it in the morning just before i leave for school. This will also maintain the frizziness and stop it from going curly.

I hope my advice has helped

Answer 7

It's not going to damage it if you wash it every day. I have long, stick straight hair too, and I HAVE to wash it every day. It is incredibally greasy looking if I don't. If you had dry hair, it would probably be best to limit the washing, but since your hair is oily, washing it every day won't hurt it at all.

Answer 8

My granddaughter has long very thick hair she used to wash it at night sometimes and it would still be wet in the morning. She has now had it layered and it looks great really fashionable and it drys amazingly quick so she can wash it every day x

Answer 9

I wash my hair everyday around 10pm-11pm.. that's when I usually take a shower. I always wear my hair straight, so sometimes after I take a shower, I blow dry my hair (Which takes about 30 min. with a good blow dryer, I have waist length super thick hair)

Answer 10

heyahh

I wash my hair every 3 days as it starts to get greasy lol
i wash it with either vo5 or head and shoulders i use shampoo and conditionor....as they both really help
even though my hair is really long and thick it only takes me around 30 mins to wash, dry and straighten why because ...
i use this hair dryer http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4429618/Trail/C%24cip%3D1500006664.Personal%2Bcare%2Band%2Bbathroom%3EC%24cip%3D1500006701.Hair%2Bcare%3EC%24Brand%3DCarmen.Carmen.htm
its realy light and it dry really quick which you wouldn't of thought lol and by the way i always blow-dry my hair straight and it only takes around 15 minutes>><<< also straightening only takes around 5-10 minutes as i have GHDs and they heat up ever soo quick lol

Hope I Helped
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Answer 11

I do it twice a week at about five o'clock, so it has plenty of time to dry naturally. Because it's so long, it doesn't really get greasy. If you have your down every day though, you shpuld probably wash it more often.