Those with natural curly hair sometimes find it difficult to preserve their curls at sleep time. Their hair gets done in the day and look fabulous, but by the next morning, all the curls are messed up. No need to worry, you can now walk out of your house in confidence with beautiful firm curls.
Prevent Droopy Curls
If you have long to medium hair, you may find that after styling your hair, the curls look droopy the next morning. That is most likely because before you went to sleep, you didn’t do any hair care routine to preserve your curls while sleeping. Set a night time regimen to protect your curls and stick to it.
Pineapple Protective Hairstyle for Natural Hair
Before going to sleep at nights, use the pineapple protective style to keep your natural curls intact while you sleep. The pineapple protective sleep method is quite simple. All you have to do is gather all your curls into a high loose bun, then keep it in place by using a hair elastic.
Some people even add an extra protective step by putting on a satin bonnet over the pineapple protective style. It is best if you wear a large one so that you won’t squish your curls when you sleep. With the pineapple style, you don’t have to worry about sleeping on your side or back, since your curls will be safe way up on top of your head.
Pineapple For Curly Short Hair
Not everyone has medium or long natural hair. This doesn’t mean that if your hair is short and you have curls, you can’t do the pineapple style. You definitely can, but you have to use a slightly different method.
For short natural curly hair, instead of doing one big bun, you would do two or three buns. If you normally sleep on your back, bring the last bun at the back, further up above the nape of your neck so that you don’t squish your curls when you sleep.
Short Hair That Can’t Go In A Bun
The hair net is yet another great way to preserve your curls at night while you sleep. If your hair is not yet at the length where you can put it in a high bun, simply sleep with a hair net. For extra protection sleep on a satin or silk pillow case or wear a satin sleep bonnet.
French Braid to Protect Natural Hair Curly
Styling your hair in French braids is a great way to prevent frizzy curls, instead achieve fresh beautiful curls the next morning. You can do one big braid or more, then cover your hair with a sleep bonnet.