How do you dry or do yr hair if you dont have a dressing table?

[GloomyWaters]

Re doing our bedroom...no room for a dressing table...what do you use?

Sit on my bed... walk to the bathroom to check the mirror.

Standing up in front of mirror on the wall. I start off drying my hair upside down with my head hanging down, so sitting down wouldn't work anyway!

Do you mean a blow dry? Because I don't need a mirror because all I do is point the dryer at my hair until it's dry.
This thread is making me think there's something wrong with me though because I would find it really hard to stand up for all that time, even though it's probably only 5 to 10 minutes!

"I start off drying my hair upside down with my head hanging down, so sitting down wouldn't work anyway!"

Why can't you have your hair upside down and sit down?

I dont have a hair dryer. Just towel and go

@ScoobyBlues

I've a mirror on my window sill and I do my hair and make up there.

Same^^
I sit on the bed and a free standing oval mirror on the window sill.

@lazylinguist

Standing up in front of mirror on the wall. I start off drying my hair upside down with my head hanging down, so sitting down wouldn't work anyway!

Um... I sit while my head’s upside down

@GloomyWaters

Re doing our bedroom...no room for a dressing table...what do you use?

A hairdryer! 🤷‍♀️ 😂

Seriously, there’s a mirror on the wall and I just stand up and dry my hair.

Um... I sit while my head’s upside down

Fair enough! I'm pretty flexible, but I don't think I'd achieve a fully inverted head position while sitting on chair.

Never had a dressing table.

Mirror on inside of wardrobe door. Close it up neat and tidy when done.

“Fair enough! I'm pretty flexible, but I don't think I'd achieve a fully inverted head position while sitting on chair.”

I’d love to pretend I’m flexible

But no, it’s easier sitting, that’s why I do it, lol, I mean I could get my head in the same sort of place standing, but only briefly or I’d run the risk of getting stuck there,

I don’t sit normally, it’s sort of a perching on the edge with my legs apart.

It’s what I do at the hairdressers too... curly hair see, so it diffuses better upside down.

Extension lead in bedroom ending just outside the en-suite bathroom door. Use hairdryer in front of the bathroom mirror, with wire trailing through the en-suite door.

I hate it and wish we could have sockets in the bathroom.

Why can't you have sockets in the bathroom? In Europe this is very normal 🙈

I don't have a dressing table or a hairdryer. Towel dry, brush and go.

@LienD

Why can't you have sockets in the bathroom? In Europe this is very normal 🙈

I never understood this either. Is there a reason?

That said, I don't own a hair dryer. Mirrors in the bathroom and full length in the bedroom. Towel dry and brush while damp. Curls will do what they do.

I find it much easier drying my hair standing up. I have a mirror on the wall and hairdryer/straighteners etc in a basket with a lid underneath.

I’d love to pretend I’m flexible grin But no, it’s easier sitting, that’s why I do it, lol, I mean I could get my head in the same sort of place standing, but only briefly or I’d run the risk of getting stuck there

Ah - I can easily stand with my legs straight and together and put my hands flat on the floor and even bend my elbows slightly, so getting stuck not a problem! Rather less enviably, I have pathetically thin, fine hair which takes no time to dry, so I'm not dangling upside down for very long!

Never had a dressing table. Don't fancy one. I just stand in front of the wardrobe which has a mirror.

"I never understood this either. Is there a reason?"

Health and safety.
Britain is still in Europe though, just not in the EU.

@lazylinguist

Um... I sit while my head’s upside down

Fair enough! I'm pretty flexible, but I don't think I'd achieve a fully inverted head position while sitting on chair.

I don't get this. It's just putting your head down, isn't it?

I don’t look in the mirror to dry my hair. I didn’t realise you were supposed to.

I have a hairdryer plugged into a socket next to a full length mirror in my bedroom, the kind that stands up on little trestle legs. I sit on the floor or on my bed. The top of my chest of drawers next to the mirror plays the part of a dressing table in that that’s where I keep my bottles of perfume, makeup, hairbrush, jewellery.
I have never had a dressing table but my mum used to. I loved the little built in drawers, and always hoped there would be a secret drawer somewhere. In my mind a dressing table should always have a musical jewellery box on it, with a ballerina that spins round!

LienD
Why can't you have sockets in the bathroom? In Europe this is very normal 🙈

I think may be because the U.K. uses higher voltage (it's something like 220, and the US is 110 - not sure about Europe though). My understanding was that it's too powerful to be safe near water and plumbing.

I'm sure someone with a more definitive answer will come and explain though

"I think may be because the U.K. uses higher voltage (it's something like 220, and the US is 110 - not sure about Europe though). My understanding was that it's too powerful to be safe near water and plumbing."

Same voltage in the rest of Europe. It's just health and safety regulations.

@Sportsnight

I don’t look in the mirror to dry my hair. I didn’t realise you were supposed to.

I don't either, but I just dry my hair. I suppose you would need a mirror if you were doing a blow dry i.e. styling your hair as you dry it.