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Where do people dry their hair?!

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Starryskiesinthesky · 03/02/2022 00:05

I sit on the floor but have always aspired to having a dressing table! I am mid 50's and was just thinking, when you are 70 do you still sit on the floor drying your hair?!

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VeniVidiWeeWee · 03/02/2022 00:07

It dries in whatever room I'm in.

AcceptCookies · 03/02/2022 00:10

Sitting on the bed. I dream of the day I might be able to see a mirror from this position! I'm sure it'll do wonders for the final result...! I'd stand up by the mirror, but my hair takes SO LONG to blow dry that I cannot be bothered with standing there that long.

NYnewstart · 03/02/2022 00:10

I had a dressing table for many years but prefer to sit on the edge of my bed.

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ISpyCobraKai · 03/02/2022 00:12

Sitting on the bed in my spare room.

jusdevache · 03/02/2022 00:17

I just wrap it in a turban and hope I remember to take the turban off before I do the school runBlush

EmmaH2022 · 03/02/2022 00:18

Why the floor? I sit on the bed.

optimistic40 · 03/02/2022 00:19

I stand up in a forward fold to get some volume Grin When I'm 70, who knows?!

PickAChew · 03/02/2022 00:20

All over the house. I air dry it, mostly.

If I use a hairdryer, I stand in my bedroom. If my legs or hips hurt, 8 sit on a chair or my bed. Have never sat on the floor to do it.

GrumpyPanda · 03/02/2022 00:21

It dries wherever I happen to go about my business that day. Preferably not outside/in transit especially if I'm in a location with high pollution levels.

greenlynx · 03/02/2022 00:21

On the bed, sometimes on the floor, sometimes on a chair and sometimes just standing.

ErrolTheDragon · 03/02/2022 00:22

I sit on the bed, usually cross legged or 'butterfly' position, while reading, MNing or doing a sudoku or crossword. It's just drying not styling, so I don't use a mirror. If I couldn't use the bed I'd probably rather use the floor than sit on a chair... I'm 61 now and have every intention of still being able to sit on (and get up from!) the floor nine years hence.

Feather12 · 03/02/2022 00:23

Sometimes bed, sometimes floor. I set up a dressing table when I comandeered the spare room. It is right in front of the window so the light is great, however I rarely use it, frequently applying my make up with a tiny mirror at my desk at work 😂

breakdown19 · 03/02/2022 00:24

Bed. Have to crane to see in the mirror
Can't really spring to a dressing table space wise in bedroom but I should prob find a better way of positioning hairdryer with a mirror

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 03/02/2022 00:27

I stand in front of the full-length mirror in the bedroom.

RomComPhooey · 03/02/2022 00:27

Mostly air dry. My hairdryer is still plugged in by our hall table from pre-pandemic as it was the last thing I did before l left the house, if I had time. Now I’m WFH I barely use it.

ihaveonecat · 03/02/2022 00:29

Living room, I sit on the sofa. Use a diffuser so dry it upside down for 45 minutes

tabulahrasa · 03/02/2022 00:30

I sit on my bed or if I’m working early and no-one else is awake yet on the couch.

I only need a mirror to check at certain stages though, so I just get up and go look in one.

WelliesWithHeels · 03/02/2022 00:35

I stand in front of the counter in my dressing room bathroom. I have two dressing tables but for some reason I only use them for doing my makeup. It's completely silly, but for some reason I feel like I need a bigger range of motion for blow drying my hair that I can't get while sitting!

Brett239 · 03/02/2022 00:41

American here and I always thought it was so strange you can't dry your hair in the bathroom!! Why no power outlets?

AuntTwacky · 03/02/2022 00:44

@Starryskiesinthesky

I sit on the floor but have always aspired to having a dressing table! I am mid 50's and was just thinking, when you are 70 do you still sit on the floor drying your hair?!
Standing up Confused Why would you sit on the floor
ErrolTheDragon · 03/02/2022 00:48

@Brett239

American here and I always thought it was so strange you can't dry your hair in the bathroom!! Why no power outlets?
Because our voltage is twice yours!
Peachandpearl · 03/02/2022 00:51

I pace up and down, tip my head upside down and sideways, I have ADHD maybe that's why. I have a dressing table to do makeup, then do my hair after and just need to get moving. I don't need a mirror to blow dry my hair though. I go on feel

PrettyBluebells · 03/02/2022 00:55

I've never sat on the floor to dry my hair, I just wouldn't be able to sort my angles right, I can't even sit down to do it, lol. I stand beside my bed.

DoTheyKnowItsLemonJuice · 03/02/2022 01:00

I stand in front of a full-length mirror. That’s where I do my make-up as well.

It wouldn’t occur to me to get down on the floor to dry my hair — that would feel like an odd thing to do in this particular bedroom. I guess it depends on your room size/layout though.

LancaLass · 03/02/2022 01:06

This has made me laugh! Don't bother much with dryer but if I do its down in the "lobby" basically the part of the house which is the entrance but only place with full length mirror