My 5 Day Hair Rule
5 day hair!
I definitely have one
of those heads of hair that if you have one, love it or hate it. There’s never
any inbetween and you’re constantly debating whether to cut it off and have a
bob! I’m known for my crazy hair among friends and family and they’re the ones
that know that even going to the hair dressers can make me cry.. Believe me,
it’s happened!
But a few friends have
asked for ideas and I’ve taught people how to do things like plaits and up dos
so I thought I’d blog about my “5 Day trick”.. I’m not wanting to admit it, but
I have to say that I’m one of those people who will only wash their hair maybe
once every 5 days or so (depending how much I go to the gym!) and there’s a bit
of a pattern that forms over these 5 days…
Day 1.
So, freshly washed
hair is always the best and there’s no doubt about it. So I give it a good wash
with a treatment (normally Herbal Essances Hello Hydration Mask) and blow dry
it and roughly straighten it. My hair is straight at the front but really curly
at the back and underneath.. it’s a nightmare.
Day 2.
I will normally leave
it straight for day 2, maybe a little French plait in the
“neither-here-nor-there-length” fringe, or a bit of a Johnny Bravo style
bouffant on top. (Yes, my nick name used to be Johnny Bravo as I used to do it
every single freaking day about 4 years ago).
Day 3.
By now, I’ve probably
been to the gym so it’s a bit messy and depending on how hard I worked at the
gym, nomally leaves me in a self-debate over whether to wash it. DON’T. This is
the perfect opportunity to get a bit of volume and back-comb-esque look going
on. Blitz through some dry shampoo (I’m currently loving Bastiste’s Cherry dry
shampoo.. smells luuuush) and brush it out, it should start to look and feel a
million times nicer already. Now I can go for 2 options.. either way, tie your
hair in a high pony tail but don’t pull the hair at the top of your head too
tight so it looks a bit bigger with more volume. You can either leave it in a
pony tail or do my favourite… the do-nut ring! Whoever invented these is a
LEGEND! There’s so many ways of putting them in and I recently discovered the
way of pulling your hair upwards with the ring in tow and rolling it back down
itself, wrapping the hair around it (clearly not explaining this very well..
just go with how you normally do it).
Day 4.
This is where it could get a bit complicated.. I’ve
taught many a people over the years how to do French plaits as I went through a
stage later on in school/college where I work them every other day purely for
the effect I’d get the next day. The best thing to do is do 2 french plaits,
one down either side of your head. Do one down the middle if you have a more
professional job or what not. This also makes it easier if going to the gym
that night too. Leave the plaits in over night and head on over to day 5.
Finally… Day 5.
Take out your French plaits and you should be
left with brilliant waves and a slight curl.. I’ve found that this way you get
better waves than any expensive electrical item could every give you. Just
spray with a bit of dry shampoo at the roots to de-grease and give you a bit of
volume and maybe some sea salt spray (I finally caved and brought Bumble and
Bumble’s sea salt spray, it’s definitely a keeper) or regular hair spray.
Tah-daahhhhh! You’ve made it through 5 days of
hair styles without having to wash it. This is idea for longer/thicker hair and
you can always change different parts of it or add things to each day J
Tweet me pictures of your #HOTD’s!
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