A question for long haired ladies!

[MyGrassIsBrowner]

How do you dry your hair?!

My hair is down to my lower back, I hate drying it so I tend to shove it up in a bun wet and have done with it. Can anyone recommend any easy techniques or tools? Have any of you used those hair drying brushes, are they worth the hype?
Or just feel free to tell me to stop being lazy and dry it like a normal person 🤣

I have a hair drying brush and I love it. I dry my hair in sections and it's done remarkably fast. I section off around my head mid-ear height and use a clip to keep the top part on top of my head. I dry the first section, then take down the rest of my hair and make another section. I do 3 or 4 sections and it's done. Trying to dry all of it at once is pointless because it takes so long and doesn't get nice and smooth that way.

I am lazy.
I brush my hair (which is elbow length) and leave it to dry on its own. I hardly ever use my hairdryer and never straighten it.
When I wash it in the morning, it is dry by the time I get to work.

@Aquamarine1029 can I ask what particular hair drying brush you use? I would like some volume as my hair is so straight, fairly fine so it's quite flat so I figure sectioning it off would probably be the way to go.

@Reachersloveinterest My hair seems to take forever to dry naturally lol. I just rarely use my hair dryer. Occassionally use my GHD straighteners which after 11 years have finally conked out on me 😭 so I need to make an effort to dry it now otherwise it'll be a frizz ball 🤣

I air dry mine

I wash mine before I go to bed, it dries over night

Invest in a good hairdryer, I was sceptical but won a GHD hairdryer and its incredible. Dries my hair in half the time, and negates the need to style it further (I don't bother with doing a blow dry, just standard drying).

My hair is long, thick and often matted so I have to be careful, but I tend to comb conditioner through and then rinse in the shower, and then use mane and tail defrizzer spray and it's made a huge difference and doesn't take long at all now. I then either plait it, half up and half down, loose bun, or a fabric Alice band.

Mine's mid back and overdue a trim, but I put my hair oil on, and then either sleep with it damp wrapped in a microfiber hair towel, or leave it to air dry for a while. Then I dry the last of the water off with the hairdryer. I wash it twice a week, use as little heat as possible and use sulphate free products.

If I tie mine up wet it will still be wet 3 days later when it's time to wash it again

I'm terrible, I just blast it with a hairdryer and then tie it up on a work day

Weekends I'll air dry with it loose but it takes most of the day

I do have a micro fibre turban thingy that is really good at absorbing water -which is good because using a normal towel I'll think I've got it reasonably dry and then 10 minutes later it starts dripping!

I have long thick wavy hair. Use revlon one step, easier as don’t need to use one hand with brush and other with a dryer. Pin it up and do bottom upwards in sections. Straightens it, not perfectly, but well enough for me.

Have a look on YouTube at videos.

Also I only do it once a week!

My hair sounds similar to yours very long, not too thick, and poker straight. In summer it's air dried, I don't like putting it up wet because then it gets kinks in it.

In winter I shower in the morning and go straight to work so it needs to be dried.

I have a pretty powerful hairdryer, weild hairbrush in right hand and brush it whilst simultaneously drying it with hairdryer in left hand. Doing both at once saves time!

Once all the tugs are brushed out, then I swap hairdryer to right hand and use left hand to kind of swish the hair about to get it all dry. In 5 mins I can get it dry enough to be passable. The ends might still be slightly damp but it's 85% dry. Pull the brush through it again and I'm good to go.

I do no styling though, literally just brush it and that's it. If you need it straightening or curling or styling it'd probably take longer but I wouldn't know where to start!

@Tallybo Thanks for the advice! I have a really generic Babyliss one at present and it does the job but I probably should invest in a higher end one for sure!!

Similar length to you. I air dry it then when it's almost fully dry finish it off with a hair dryer otherwise it goes frizzy.

Aww ladies, thank you so much all of you 💖 looks like I'm going to be investing in a better hair dryer!! Will probs hint at DH for xmas 😉

I’ve got hair to my mid back. I wash before bed, drag a towel through it (less than 2 minutes), brush with a tangle teaser and then lay it over my pillow, pushing it down the back towards the headboard and go to sleep!
It’s dry by the morning 😃

A micro fibre towel turban really wicks off the excess moisture then you can use any drying brush or hairdryer. I use the dryer attachment on the dyson airwrap then finish with the brush attachment.

I use a hairdryer and then when nearly dry use Babyliss Big Brush, my hair is quite thick and tends to frizz if left. The big brush provides a nice finish and I use 1-2 times/week. If left to dry naturally my scalp feels oily really quickly and hair looks wild.

My lazy lockdown routine is wash hair on an evening. Either do a single, normal plait or two french plaits while it's wet (depends how wavy I want it). Sleep in the plaits.

The next day = Plaited hair

Day 2 = Unraveled plaits, either basically mermaid hair (unraveled french plaits) or looser bouncier waves (unraveled single non-french plait)

Day 3 = Tied up, long, wavy ponytail

Wash again on the evening of Day 3 and repeat

can I ask what particular hair drying brush you use?

I have the Revlon One-step dryer brush. Love it.

DD's hair used to be very, very long, & very thick. She donated over 2 feet of it a while ago. I used a hair dryer on it 2 or 3 times in 7 years (because she wanted to know what it was like), & she had no split ends at all. I just used to let it air dry. Squeeze (not rub!) The worst of it dry in a soft towel, then dry naturally. No wringing. An old cotton tshirt is helpful if you need to continue to squeeze it dry. One that's got torn, or stained from sunblock is fine, as long as it's clean.

I also used to have extremely long hair. I only rarely used any heat on it. Also, very few split ends.

@Aquamarine1029 Thank you! It's one I've been looking at myself so I'm definitely considering it.

@HolyMerlot I tend to braid mine when wet actually but the only downside for me is the top part of my hair gets quite wild when I've woken up in the morning.

@AnExcellentWalker so amazing that she donated her hair, I respect that so much! I rarely need my hair cutting as lack of using styling tools on it has blessed me with lack of split ends and damage. I just want to be able to style it a bit better now I'm getting older lol.

@MyGrassIsBrowner it's already halfway down her back again, it seems to grow even faster than she does. She says she wants to donate it again when it's long enough, it was knee length last time. (And a pain in the arse to deal with TBH!) My MIL has previously had cancer, & DD watched PILs do Brave The Shave to raise money for Macmillan, so DD knows that some people lose their hair including little kids like her.

Have you got a silk pillowcase? I haven't, yet, but I want one. It's a bit of an expense, considering my hair isn't quite long enough for a ponytail at the moment, I'm currently growing it. Apparently they're very helpful against morning hair frizz.

Unless, l’m in a hurry l use a towling hair drying turban, my current one comes from Oliver Bonus.

Another vote for the Revlon One Step!

@AnExcellentWalker Oh wow, what an amazing little girl!!
It's taken me around 5 years to grow it to this length so I need to start taking pride in it. Luckily for me it's really healthy as well. I trim it myself just to neaten the ends after a while but I dont need to use hairdressers anymore lol.

I was thinking about those silk pillow cases myself and I really want to try one!

Also looking into these drying turbans as well!! Thank you everyone 💖