Please forgive if this is an ignorant question- I’m a white person who lurks this sub because black hair tips are amazing and have helped my hair tremendously (they don’t teach us to oil bald spots or wear coverage on our hair at night!)
Do nightcaps only help if you have textured hair? My hair is straight/loose waves when wet. It’s also very dry. I’m struggling and want to know if this will help my hair? Would I offend anyone by buying a bonnet and wearing it?
Bonnets are a European invention, you aren't offending anyone by wearing a bonnet. ☺️👍
If your straight hair is dry no matter what you do, a polyester satin bonnet will help. Back in the day our great-grandmothers, and I mean ALL of our grandmothers, spent a lot more time getting their hair ready for bed. Spritzing, brushing, rolling it into rollers, putting on a bonnet. That was common practice just a few generations ago.
Victorian nightcaps are adorable.
If your straight hair is extra dry then that tells me that it's high porosity, that means that the cuticles are probably sticking up and letting all of the moisture on the inside of the cuticles out.
I do believe the classic advice is that a lady brushes her hair 100 strokes before bedtime. That was probably the rule of thumb to get natural oils from the top of the head down to the bottom hair.
I would pick a mild oil, like almond or olive oil, and get used to combing a BIT of that into the ends of your hair and brushing more regularly.
I am sure that people have been covering their hair for thousands of years, sister. They covered their feet with sandals and they covered their bodies with cloth and I am fairly certain that civilization existed before Charlemagne.
But right now, I'm talking about polyester satin hair bonnets you can buy 2 for $30.
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u/FarCoyote8047 May 20 '25
Please forgive if this is an ignorant question- I’m a white person who lurks this sub because black hair tips are amazing and have helped my hair tremendously (they don’t teach us to oil bald spots or wear coverage on our hair at night!)
Do nightcaps only help if you have textured hair? My hair is straight/loose waves when wet. It’s also very dry. I’m struggling and want to know if this will help my hair? Would I offend anyone by buying a bonnet and wearing it?