Get the best beauty sleep for your hair

What is your night time routine like? The term nighttime beauty is usually reserved for skincare - serums, moisturizers, eye creams, etc. Hair is often forgotten when it comes to night time beauty routines. Simple steps to care for your hair at night can work wonders (and prevent breakage). By taking a few extra measures each night and incorporating hair care into your nighttime beauty regimen, you can ensure that your hair is protected overnight so it can stay long, strong, and flyaway-free!

Here are four ways to protect your hair while you sleep.

1. Wear your hair up in a loose bun with a satin or silk scrunchie

Just like your products and tools, your hair will only look as good as the accessories you use. Instead of reaching for small hair elastics, use satin or silk scrunchies. Scrunchies are less harmful to your ends and securely hold your style without pulling out individual hairs like traditional hair ties do.

2. Manage frizz overnight with R+Co’s Tinsel Smoothing Oil

Formulated to smooth and seal the hair, it moisturizes, softens and drowns out frizz. Apply Tinsel to your hair while it’s wet or dry and let your locks soak it all up while you sleep, restoring your hair’s lustre and shine.

3. Wear a loose braid

A loose braid is one of the most protective hairstyles to wear while you sleep - just make sure you don’t pull it too tight! After you wash your hair, spritz wet hair with R+Co’s Sail Soft Wave Spray. Brush your hair with a wet brush after spraying, then braid your hair into one or two braids. An added bonus of the loose braid(s) at night, while you sleep: you’ll wake up with effortlessly tousled beach waves. 

4. Sleep on a silk or satin pillowcase

Sleeping on a satin pillowcase helps smooth frizzy hair and minimizes static, thanks to the super smooth texture. When your hair glides over silk or satin, there will be a lot less friction than when using a cotton pillowcase which means you’ll be less likely to wake up with tangles, bedhead, or frizzy hair. Since cotton is more porous than silk, your hair will also stay more hydrated. 

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