Snoods

[futurestylist]

What is your thought on wearing snoods? I have seen a few around here and it seems to be an easier why to hold long hair, but also seems that to just fold your hair in the snood for an extended period of time would lead to major tangles. Am I wrong? I really like the style, but seems that the hair would be very messy when removed from it. Thoughts?

Scott

[icydove]

To me, it is the equivalent of wearing a shower cap. It doesn't seem to cause any more tangles than anything else. If it seemed to be a problem, though, you could always secure your hair in the roll with pins to keep it more in place.

[Teresa]

here's my girl dog in a snood hee hee

[Dvips]

I got rather bad tangles at the nape but not anywhere else... but I am new at the snood thing, so hopefully I will find a way to avoid those tangles in the future.

[CurlyCare]

i've never had that problem, but I'm not especially tangle-prone, either. In fact, I like to use my snood as protection when i go out to garden or walk in the woods or anything where bits of leaves and such might get caught in my hair.

[Koala Kim]

I sometimes use my snood after I've washed my hair. I like it better than a sleep cap, since air can get to my hair. When I wear it this way, my hair dries nicely with no tangles and more shine. Probably because I'm not tossing and turning with my unprotected hair.

[5of10]

Originally Posted by Koala Kim

I sometimes use my snood after I've washed my hair. I like it better than a sleep cap, since air can get to my hair. When I wear it this way, my hair dries nicely with no tangles and more shine. Probably because I'm not tossing and turning with my unprotected hair.

Do you "plop" your hair into the snood for curls, or sort of roll it up so it dries rather straight? What kind do you have that you use for a sleep cap? I have been thinking this would be a great idea.

[MariaAZ]

I've not noticed any more tangles when wearing a snood; in fact, I think I experience fewer tangles than if I were to wear my hair down. When I put one on, I will twist my hair a bit as if I were putting it in a bun, so I can get the snood on while my hair is contained at one point. Once the snood is on, I gently bounce it at the nape to coax the twisted hair to unroll & fill out the snood a bit. I find it contains the hair without exerting pressure on my scalp like updos sometimes do. KK mentioned a snood being kind of like a sleep cap. I find my hair behaves pretty much the same in both.

[Koala Kim]

Originally Posted by AnneMarie

Do you "plop" your hair into the snood for curls, or sort of roll it up so it dries rather straight? What kind do you have that you use for a sleep cap? I have been thinking this would be a great idea.

When I dry my hair in a snood, it's to encourage waves/curls for the next day. So I "plop".
I just use a regular snood. I gather the ends of the snood up and plop that on top of my head. Hold it all in place with a couple of Amish pins.
Yes, I do sleep this way. No, I don't sleep this way on Hubbs' off days.

[futurestylist]

Oh, just to add, I found a web site that has some great snoods, with many stylels and pictures. Here it is for those interested: http://www.snoods.com.

She does a great job I hear.

[rawtoast]

I would love to have a snood! My hair does tend to tangle towards the ends though, so maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea ... hmmm ...

[Ursula]

I find I get fewer tangles with my hair in a snood than when it is loose - the snood keeps everything contained and in order, rather than moving and twisting around itself.

Part of the trick is knowing how to put the snood on, particularly if your hair is longer than the snood. You can't just shove the hair in randomly, instead I loosly coil the length and arrange the coil in the snood.