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Managing your curls before work.

Managing your curls before work.

Many men and woman have low maintenance hair. They can return home from work, sleep on it at night to wake up in the morning, simply to just run their fingers through their strands to put everything back in place. Boom, ready for work, and it looks O.K. Exceptionally good even. (Not on the daily but as a quick fix because they wanted to sleep for 15 extra minutes.) This isn't the case for every American, for our backgrounds shape the way we might go about maintaining ourselves.

For those with curly hair, many of us, with the exception of a few, must prepare our hair in a time-worthy frame of where we aren't interrupting any important schedules in our lives like work and school. People with curls, no matter their nationality have possibly all suffered from sleeping on their hair, creating single strand knots and must go through a long process of detangling and styling before leaving your home, commuting to work while maintaining your punctual schedule. We all know the famous quote "Failing to plan is planning to fail." Don't be late in life. You should understand this as a responsibility. 

So, you have afro inspired hair and you've come home from work and you're way too tired to do anything at all. What do you do? 

1. Suck it up. 

You're probably new to the healthy hair regime which includes NOT using heating tools or harsh chemicals to treat your hair for easier maintenance (because this creates weakness and breakage, right?). You just quit, and you don't adhere to the natural laws of naturally curly hair just yet cause' your learning. You'll find this stage difficult because what's instilled in you is to go to bed with your weave on. To go to bed with your wig on, or because whether you did a DIY straightening/chemical technique or went to your beautician, some days are fine to just pull it together and go. If you have curly hair you may have a few extra tasks before you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning. With curly hair, it's a madded mess in the morning if you decide to sleep on it at night, so it's up to you to plan. Everyone has those end tasks when getting home from his or her daily schedules. Put a little time into your braid out or twist out. You'll appreciate looking your best the next day. Your boss and co-workers won't question your overall personhood if you come punctual, looking presentable because you decided to go on and handle it at Midnight. You might want to omit the Liquid, Cream and Oil (LCM) method for all you need is water and a recommended conditioner. You don't need conditioner, water, oil and gel on every braid-out. Make it easier for yourselves.

2. Utilize Protective Styling:

Again, you're a serious working woman with as many hours in a day as Beyonce. You've gone natural and your self-conscious about everything you've done to your hair. Including going natural. You find yourself stuck in the mirror at 6:00 AM, trying to organize your fluff. Before you know it, it's now 7:30 AM, you have to drop your kids off at school by 8:00 AM and be at work by 8:30 AM. This is not good time management and you realize this. Is it beginning to become a pattern? Consider going to a stylist who specializes in protective styling. Protective styling is a method that induces low maintenance and length retention. Doing Braid outs on your hair every single night while your hair is still weak from all the damage is ineffective anyway. Go to a stylist who can braid in ways that suit you. Hairstyles to consider are real dreadlocks (which is hard to come back from, either you cut all your hair off to get rid of them, or you go to a specialist that will comb it out for you.) You can get faux locks (fake dreadlocks) in the same way one would get box braids added or twists. There's also goddess braids. Your hair will surely grow out into its next stage if you don't leave in the extensions over 6 weeks. Again, the best part, you can just get up and not have those extra tasks, such as unbraiding or untwisting, or combing and brushing. It is indeed time efficient! You'll be able to sleep those extra 15 minutes with this one.

3. Bun it.

If you can't manage to braid your hair at night just to unbraid it in the morning for that defined coil, or you haven't found the time to invest in a protective style for yourself, then Bun it. Hop in the shower, drench your hair under the shower head, apply a product, use a wide-tooth comb to detangle and bush it back. Tie it down with a headscarf before bed, or for 10 minutes before you leave to take on your endeavors. (if this is before work, omit baby hair trend please) This can take 20 minutes of your time. It's commonly recognized as a more professional sophisticated look in the workforce. Make sure it's sleek and neat! 

If anyone has any more time efficient tips for natural workers on a time limit, feel free to share with everyone. It's a problem usually solved through personal growth and experience. But here's a cheat sheet if you're willing to pay close attention to what I'm trying to say. The Healthy Hair Page paves the way for others to find the healthiest, quickest, and most efficient manners as to addressing your natural hair.