Comments on: On Hair Towels and Pillow Cases

By: Kathleen Beseke

Kathleen Beseke — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:22:57 +0000

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By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 29 May 2010 03:16:05 +0000

I sleep on a satin pillow case I picked up at a Sally’s beauty supply for around $10. I carry an oversized silk scarf when I travel and just wrap my hotel pillow in that.

For drying my hair I use a plain t-shirt of soft cotton.

By: Reader

Reader — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:30:23 +0000

I have the Curlease towel. Many naturallycurly.com forum members like it and the company is nice. The size is great. But I think the towel leaves my hair frizzier than the Aquis microfiber towel. I leave it on for five to 15 minutes and then my hair air dry.

http://goo.gl/nWUE

I have a satin bonnet that I never wear. Maybe I’ll make a silk pillowcase.

By: missy

missy — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:47:47 +0000

I have used the towels with unexpected results. The curl-ease towel actually makes my hair dry straight or slightly wavy rather than curly. I use the towel only when I am going to blow-out and straighten my natural hair.

When I want my hair curly with no frizz, I must either air dry – - or twist it and use a diffuser.

By: Mishara

Mishara — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:52:06 +0000

I use a long thin satin scarf for my edges & use a satin bonnet for the rest of my hair. Since the bonnet will ride up to the top my hair as a sleep anyway. The first 2 years of being natural I slept with nothing. Now I use the satin to keep my moisture balance. But I HATE any pillow case that is satin or silk. I like my pillow to be COLD when I flip it over.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:07:53 +0000

Thanks Tdotcurlie! I will definitely try the chamoise. I never would’ve thought of that.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:39:01 +0000

Los Angelista! My husband hides mine too! I have a satin “hair pouch”. Instead of having a square piece of material, the scarf is sewn closed at the bottom creating a little pouch that protects the length of my hair that would normally fall out at night. I also have a satin pillow case, but I noticed that it secretly tries to escape at night and slides off the bed. Those work pretty well for me, but I definately need something new for when I get off the shower and want to do a serious multi-hour deep conditioning. My towels, no matter how nice they are, leave little fuzz bunnies at the ends of my locs.

By: Tdotcurlie

Tdotcurlie — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:04:50 +0000

@ stacy – I used to use the old cotton t-shirts, and they worked well enough. I read on the savvy brown blog to try using the chamoise that u use to wipe off water from you car…and have had great results!! It’s under $10 at auto mart. No more drippies and curl definition is virtually frizz free

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:38:22 +0000

I sleep on a satin pillowcase along with my satin bonnet. Sometimes if I haven’t retwisted my hair and want it to remail more full, I will go without the bonnet because that tends to make my hair more flat. I have a turbie towel but it’s not the best. I have also tried drying my hair with old t-shirts because I heard that it causes less friction/frizz than a regular towel. Has anyone else heard that?

By: nolagirl

nolagirl — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:19:04 +0000

I use a satin pillow case. I have for years because I cannot keep anything on my head.
I have also passed this on to my married friends who can keep scarves on thier head, but husbands don’t really like that look.
I was looking into a better satin pillowcase because I heard on a radio program a black woman had a small business online selling them.