I only wash every 3 to 5 days. So on wash day I blow-dry with a round brush and do a little fine tuning with the straightener. On non wash days I dry shampoo and fix any bed head with my straightener. If I'm going to go more than 3 days I usually curl it on day 4 and do a touch up and have waves on day 5. My wash day routine takes about 20 minutes but I usually spend 10 minutes or less on my hair.
What's your usual hair routine and how long does it take you?
pear / 1703 posts
@Mrs. Sunshine: Almost the same as you! But I can get away with 1-2 washes per week. Just re-straighten or add some curl in the morning. Easy peasy.
ETA: On a wash day its minimum 45 minutes, including shower.
papaya / 10343 posts
I wash e/o day and blow dry until my toddler screams at me (so for like, 90 seconds). Day 2 is pony tail day. That's about it lol. The back of my hair always looks smushed and weird on day 2, and I don't know how to remedy that. But if I wash every day my hair gets dry and frizzy
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I wash every 3-4 days too. First 2 days I can just brush my hair; the next 1-2 is dry shampoo and ponytail. I really only blow dry for special occasions, haha!
grapefruit / 4545 posts
@Mrs. Sunshine: @Autumnmama79: @snowjewelz: So jealous...I wish I could pull off ever 3-4 days! 
What shampoo do you all use?
I was every other day, straighten (15 minutes blow dry and 5 mins flat iron). Day 2 is pony tail day. I have dry shampoo...and sometimes will try to squek 2.5 days out of a Sunday afternoon blow dry!
pomelo / 5129 posts
I wash every other day. On wash day, I let it air dry curly. The next day, depending on what it looks like I either flat iron it, curl it, or use a hot air curly iron to tame it a bit.
grapefruit / 4089 posts
I shampoo and condition every other day, and I let it air dry unless we have somewhere nice to go. Half the time I don't even brush it out
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@Mrs D: I really can't... My hair is super greasy, I just dry shampoo like crazy. I use say yes to carrots and it seems to help with the grease/build up.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@snowjewelz: if I domt blow-dry I feel like I have to wash sooner. The blow-dry gives it enough volume to not get weighed down by oil as quickly if that makes sense. But i have pretty fine hair so it needs lots of help lol
@Mrs D: yes to carrots. I had to "train" my hair to go this long....
pomegranate / 3393 posts
I'm in a rut, so I'm not really styling my hair these days... sigh. I wash & condition once or twice a week, and let it air dry. For work I tend to put it up into a bun or twist.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@Mrs. Sunshine: huhhh.. maybe that's what I need to start doing then! I have super fine hair too. If it buys me another day, I guess it's worth the work!
ME TOO about training my hair with say yes to carrots!
nectarine / 2765 posts
I wash/dry every day. It takes me about 15/20 mins to dry and either straighten it or fix it so my curly hair is more presentable. I hate doing it every day but I just can't skip a day...if I do, my mid-day it will look and feel greasy and gross.
persimmon / 1286 posts
wash 2 or 3x a week at night, comb it out with a little argan oil. sleep on it wet. next morning, fix the front with my curling iron. if i have a meeting or am going out, i will spend another 15 mins going over it all with the curling iron.
grapefruit / 4545 posts
@snowjewelz: @Mrs. Sunshine: what is this say yes to carrots and how have I not heard of it? I finally found dry shampoo I like but have found its best if I apply it the night before...and I forget sometimes! I'm going to look into that shampoo now...
@Mrs. Sunshine: can you elaborate on 'train'?
pineapple / 12802 posts
Day 1: Wash & Blow Dry (using a lift product)
Day 2: Can usually just leave it, sometimes dry shampoo.
Day 3: Dry shampoo & pony tail/bun.
It looks worse the longer I wait to colour it. Like right now. No matter what I do day 2 & 3 are shit days and day 1 only looks half decent. Until I get it coloured again I won't be happy. Maintenance is hard for the lazy.
persimmon / 1328 posts
Wash once a week and air dry, that's it! It's curly and hates to be over washed. I do have pink in it though which needs touching up every 3 weeks minimum, which is a pain.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@Mrs D: say yes to carrots is a natural, cruelty free brand that ypu can pick up at most big box stores. Which is why I like it because I don't have a lot of variety in where I get to shop and don't have the foresight to order online!
When I say train, I mean I started by washing everyother day, then aftrr awhile I stretched it by another day, then after a couple months I went another day longer...I took it slowly so I didn't look like an oil slick lol
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I wash, condition, and blow dry every few days. In the summer, I have to every other day or it gets crazy greasy. Yuck. I can go like 5 days in the fall/winter.
nectarine / 2974 posts
I'm so jealous of everyone that only washes several days a week. I wash and condition everyday. I usually let it half air dry and then blow dry the rest. Then I either smooth out with a flat iron or curl with a curling wand.
My hair is just too oily not to wash everyday.
pear / 1703 posts
@Mrs D: Just Aveda, nothing special. It only works because I have super fine hair. Which is good for this reason but makes it hard to get lots of body.
clementine / 778 posts
I use shampoo and conditioner everyday, and then comb it once I get out of the shower. My hair is perfectly straight, so it's easy to take care of.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
I wash/condition every other day.
What my hair routine is depends on the day/when I shower.
If I have an early day, I like to shower the night before. I put Moroccan oil creme and sea salt hair spray in, then it dries in the evening/overnight, and in the morning I use my straightening iron to curl it. I love the way it turns out using my straightener to curl. It takes me 20-30 minutes to do this.
If I shower in the morning, I add in a moroccan oil creme and spritz with saltwater beach hair spray, then I blow it dry with a round brush, add in moroccan oil (different than the creme), and touch up with my straightener. This takes me at least 30 minutes because my hair is medium thickness and takes a bit to blow-dry.
nectarine / 2115 posts
I wash my hair about twice a week, but I shower every morning. I let my hair air-dry unless I have to be somewhere early. I'm very low-key when it comes to things like hair and makeup. 
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
I have extensions and so my hair is really long. I only wash it about 2x a week and I love me some dry shampoo in between shampoos.
nectarine / 2086 posts
@Mrs. Sunshine: I have about the same routine as you but I wear a lot of buns towards the end. I go usually about 5 days between washes.
It def takes training!
pear / 1930 posts
I wash my hair every day that I work and generally not on the weekends. I wear it up in a towel for ten minutes then let it air dry. On the weekends I use dry shampoo.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@Mamaof2: when my hair was super damaged that's what I used to do and it helped heal it a lot!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@buttermilk: I wore a lot of buns but I've recently just gotten an angled lob (right above my shoulders) so buns are out right now!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@mrsrain: oh I still shower daily! I have a sexy shower cap and everything 
lol
pear / 1657 posts
I wash, condition the ends, and blow dry my hair almost every day. Occasionally I decide it looks ok to go another day, when that happens I usually wash just my bangs and do a little touch up with the flat iron. I would love to wash it less often, I gotta get some dry shampoo I think - that seems to be the trick.
apricot / 358 posts
For those of you who only wash every 3-5 days and rely on a blow dry to last multiple days, how do you wash your bodies without ruining the blow dry? Shower cap? Baths? Sponge baths? I have fine curly hair, and just being in a humid bathroom will start to make my straightened hair frizz...
Also, what are some good dry shampoos? I tend to have a sensitive scalp...
Thanks!!
pineapple / 12566 posts
Wash and condition every other day. I have curly hair and 90% of the time I pull it up into a pony or bun.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I am the worst at "doing" my hair. It's never styled.
I wash it every day, sometimes I skip a day, but that is pretty rare. I have very fine, thin hair and I have no desire to deal with the process to get to shampooing every few days because it gets worse before it looks better, I think.
I basically own a blowdryer and a flat iron. The key to me looking decent is a great cut and I have recently been very lazy about getting it done.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I cut 15" of my hair off this summer and have embraced the wave. Now I just wash, let half dry in a towel, and scrunch some deva gel and Redken Outshine in it and call it a day
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@looch: I skip washes because otherwise, I wouldn't ever style it lol but you're right, it did get worse before it got better.
@sometimesshesings: when my hair was long I just put it in a high bun but I have wavy hair and only parts at the nape of my neck really seemed to be affected by the shower humidity. Since I've cut it, I use a super sexy shower cap lol. It works great though, no humidity gets in!!
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