Post by Christine
You may be thinking 4 days?! Really, Christine, that's disgusting! But honestly not washing your hair often is extremely healthy for it. My hair does tend to get greasy, though, so I've discovered some tricks to keep it from falling flat and heavy. I'll actually take you through the process of how I achieve doing my hair as little as possible!
Day 1.
Blow dry your hair, straighten it, do whatever you would normally do after you shower. The picture above is me on second day hair, which is why it doesn't necessarily look freshly done.
Day 2.
Now, Day 2 is when the fun part happens: the curling of the hair! We want to do this on Day 2 because clean hair is more slick and does not hold a curl as long as dirtier hair that has a bit more grip. (Plus this is you getting an extra day without washing your hair!). So, first, you want to section off your hair so you just have the bottom layer down.
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The next step is to take your iron (I use a half-inch iron) and start to wrap small sections of my hair around the iron. **Note: I DO NOT USE THE CLAMP!**
Just keep wrapping until you you reach the bottom (and be careful not to burn your fingers!)
Wait about 5-7 seconds and then let the hair fall into a curl
Keep wrapping hair until you finish your whole head. I have really thick hair and with practice I've been able to get this hair-do down to under 20 minutes. At the end I highly reccommend you shaking out your curls to keep them from getting too "prom-y."
And the final product should look something along the lines of this:
Beautiful, soft curls that don't look overdone in the slightest!
Day 3.
Your hair should make it to this point and if anything you'll wake up with some soft beachy waves. All I do to revitalize my hair is flip my head over and spray the roots with volumizing hairspray and my curls are back to a fun bounce!
Day 4
**Disclaimer: Very rarely do I make it to Day 4 (alright, I do but it usually is never pretty)**
Consider Day 4 a miracle day if you still have nice curls. Seriously, go buy a lottery ticket or something because today if your lucky day! If you DO happen to make it here I suggest rubbing some baby powder into your scalp because, girl, it is gonna be greasy up there!
What are your long-term hairstyles? If you try this technique out, let me know how it goes!
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00AM 
