How To Wash Natural Hair In Less Than An Hour

July 29, 2018 Uloaku Enyingwa 0 Comments

Warning: 😆In this post, the time accounted for is when one's hand is occupied with their hair. Time utilized for deep conditioning under a shower top isn't included(that takes at least 30 minutes, that is already more than half the time used for a shorter washday). Assumptions are that your hair has been detangled and is now in twists. Twists are usually 6 - 8, not more than that. Additionally, time spent washing hair may rely upon how filthy one's hair is.

As with most naturals, washday ain’t something I anticipate. I’m yet to meet a naturalista that’s always anticipating a washday.  😓 I dread it every time. From detangling, putting hair in sizable twists,  to shampooing and deep conditioning. Tedious!

I'm generally open to new thoughts on the most proficient method to make my washday shorter and voila!  A few months back I was washing my hair when I thought to myself: Instead of washing and rinsing each twist twice, why not shampoo the whole hair first, then do a second washing to each twist to save time?

Now, let me just let you know how my ancient washday went down:

1.  I take one twist, apply shampoo, scrub and rinse it out.
2. Apply a second round of shampoo, scrub and rinse out again.
3. Then take the next twist and repeat step 1 & 2. So if I had 8 twists, I would have shampooed 16 times and rinsed 16 times!
4. Then apply a deep conditioner to each twist by unraveling it, combing through and retwisting it.
5. At least 30 minutes under a shower cap to let the deep conditioner do its work.
6.  Rinse hair.

I'm not sure of the time spent in this method but I'm guessing 1 hour+ - 2 hours.

Now, to my latest tweaked method:

1. Apply shampoo all over my hair, lightly scrub to remove most of the dirt and rinse out - 5 minutes.
2. Take each twist, apply a second round of shampoo and scrub. - 10 minutes
3. At this point, I don’t rinse out until I’m done shampooing and scrubbing all the sections of my hair.
4. Rinse out shampoo from all the twists at once. - 5 minutes. So if I had 8 twists, I would have shampooed 9 times and rinsed out just twice! Amazeballs!
5. Then apply a deep conditioner to each twist by unraveling it, combing through and retwisting it - 25 minutes.
6. At least 30 minutes under a shower cap to let the deep conditioner do its work.
7. Rinse hair - 10 minutes

The difference in time-saving is so clear! Not only is my time saved but also energy expended.

Hope you try this on your next washday. It may not be less than an hour but it will definitely save you some time. Also if you have a tip for making washday shorter, holla in the comment section.

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