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Planning haircare for a weekend away abroad?

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Catbrations · 06/01/2026 16:56

I am due to fly away to Prague for a weekend from a Friday to a Tuesday, likely travelling overnight on a Thursday night and I to Friday morning.

I am trying to figure out a haircare plan for thew weekend. I aheva fine thin hair and it's my new years resolution to mind my hair better.

If this was a weekend trip within the country, it probably wouldn't not be an issue in that I could pack my haircare supplies and hairdryer but it's not. It's a weekend trip abroad.

I am trying to figure out haircare for the weekend. I usually wash my hair twice a week. Sometimes 3 times a week. Maybe after travelling being hot and sweaty I may need to wash my hair abroad.

I am just tying to figure out a haircare plan for the weekend. I hate hotel hairdryers. Do I buy a travel hairdryer? Or do I wash my hair at home and use dry shampoo? Or seek out a wash and blow dry before I leave so that it might last a few days more than when I was my hair. Or do I seem out a wash and blow dry while I am abroad? Would I need a wash and blow dry booked? Going to Prague.

Or will I bring hair turbans and let my hair dry naturally?

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Sunandfrost · 06/01/2026 23:03

Do you not have own hairdryer?

Sunandfrost · 06/01/2026 23:05

Catbrations · 06/01/2026 22:57

Well, it's not really three days. It's likely washing my hair on the Thursday. Then it's Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and travelling home on the Tuesday. I will need a wash. Either I do it myself and buy a hairdryer or I seek a wash and blow dry. Or another alternative maybe would be to pack loads of hair turbans. Use a few of them to take out the moisture. To a hair dryer to blast some heat around my head but likely not dry it fully and then use another hair turban to continue the drying process. I have been known by my neighbours to walk out of my home and init public wearing towels on my head. So I could walk around Prague with a hair turban until my hair is fully dry.

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I don't think you realise how cold it is now.

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 07/01/2026 00:34

Catbrations · 06/01/2026 22:27

No, I don't care about styling my hair for my partner. I want to mind my hair. I had long long hair but had to get a big chop and I want to preserve the ends of my hair as much as possible and not loose any more length.

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The best way to preserve your lengths would be to avoid heat styling altogether, but you seem to want to do the opposite?

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DriveboyDogboy · 07/01/2026 01:04

Catbrations · 06/01/2026 22:57

Well, it's not really three days. It's likely washing my hair on the Thursday. Then it's Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and travelling home on the Tuesday. I will need a wash. Either I do it myself and buy a hairdryer or I seek a wash and blow dry. Or another alternative maybe would be to pack loads of hair turbans. Use a few of them to take out the moisture. To a hair dryer to blast some heat around my head but likely not dry it fully and then use another hair turban to continue the drying process. I have been known by my neighbours to walk out of my home and init public wearing towels on my head. So I could walk around Prague with a hair turban until my hair is fully dry.

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Ah finally, a logical solution. Maybe take a dressing gown too, or buy one at the airport?

canuckup · 07/01/2026 02:05

Just checked the weather for Prague and it's supposed to be cold and clear for a few days, then snow.

So I'd plan for your hair to be a bit frizzier on the snowy day, due to humidity

Rosealine · 07/01/2026 09:32

Catbrations · 06/01/2026 22:57

Well, it's not really three days. It's likely washing my hair on the Thursday. Then it's Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and travelling home on the Tuesday. I will need a wash. Either I do it myself and buy a hairdryer or I seek a wash and blow dry. Or another alternative maybe would be to pack loads of hair turbans. Use a few of them to take out the moisture. To a hair dryer to blast some heat around my head but likely not dry it fully and then use another hair turban to continue the drying process. I have been known by my neighbours to walk out of my home and init public wearing towels on my head. So I could walk around Prague with a hair turban until my hair is fully dry.

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This has got to be a troll post, you are bonkers 😂

Christmaseree · 07/01/2026 09:44

DriveboyDogboy · 07/01/2026 01:04

Ah finally, a logical solution. Maybe take a dressing gown too, or buy one at the airport?

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Or wear the dressing gown, turbans and don’t take any luggage.

runningonberocca · 07/01/2026 09:52

I think that you need to be very careful re this new hair care resolution. It sounds as though it has become a fixation and your obsessionality about is is starting to interfere with your life.
You should be looking forward to your holiday , planning what you want to see in Prague, what restaurants you want to go to, perhaps get tickets to an event . Instead your headspace is taken up by the timing of your hair wash and how to cope without your usual range of hairdryers.

This is not healthy at all and I would honestly suggest that you seek support with your mental health.

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