Bathing and long hair

[skeena]

I usually have a shower to wash my hair, then fill the tub up and sit in the bath afterwards. I just noticed while having a bubble bath the other day that my hair is now so long (yay!) that it's actually IN the water. I hadn't noticed before.

I can't figure out any way to keep it out of the water, but still be able to lay my head back. A bun gets in the way and a towel is too bulky. I don't want to stuff it in a shower cap since it will get tangly.

Is there anything I can use so I don't keep dipping my hair in my bubbles =)

[Igraine]

How about a bun on the very top of your head?

[Celtic Queen]

twist and clip in a longish plastic claw?
When I bath with dry hair, I also do a quick scrunchie beebutt bun

[warren61889]

When I bathe, my hair's too long even twisted with a clip. I just bun it at the top of my head, like Igraine said.

[Leisha]

Yup that's what I'd do too. For occasions where you want your hair up, but not at the back of your head, that's the solution. I sometimes do the "top of head" bun when I'm watching tv, leaning back with my head against the couch. It sorta reminds me of Pebbles (from the Flintstones) just add a bone-shaped hairstick

[zone doubt]

I usually wrap my hair around my neck while in the tub. The top of the head bun works quite nicely too, though.

[spidermom]

Soak in the tub, then wash your hair. If you aren't washing your hair, scrunchie-bun it high and roll a washcloth or hand towel to cushion the back of your neck. And congratulations on having hair long enough to hang in the water - another fine milestone.

[CherryDanish]

The closest thing I could find to the bone-shaped hair stick were a bone-shaped hair tie, bone-shaped hair clips, and various bone-shaped pens (PLUS this place which is GORGEOUS! don't click if you have your credit card nearby )

[skrimpy]

I normally braid mine then wrap it around my head in a sort of headband/fairytale gal/princess leia - style. I secure this with whatever hair toy works and is easy to grab at the time. It works :p

[purplebubba]

I usually sit with the conditioner on my hair for about 20 minutes when I do CO wash.
When I first started I would take my hair in a low ponytail and bring the tail up and lay it on my head in a horseshoe or U shape with the curve of the U near my forehead. Then with it laying by itself I would take a plastic shopping bag and put it on so that the handles were by my forehead. I then twist the handles together and then using a claw clip I clamp the handles to the tail that's under the bag.
I don't squish the U together. I just clip the handles to one side of the U.

After a while of doing that I received a shower cap in a swap so now after I put the bag on and clip it I put the shower cap on over it. But you don't need the cap.
Just make sure the shopping bag is big enough so that it's not too tight.

Then when you're done you can throw the bag out or recycle it or whatever you usually do with them.

[Michelle Ravel]

How does a shower cap make it tangly again? I don't get this part.

[Linguist]

For me, two doubled-over pigtails works well. For longer hair, you could turn this into two buns.

ETA: higher pigtails, not low ones.

[Shermie Girl]

A turbie twist works nicely. I don't have a tub, but I use one to keep my hair up when I shower and don't want to wash my hair.

[Dulci]

Originally Posted by Shermie Girl

A turbie twist works nicely. I don't have a tub, but I use one to keep my hair up when I shower and don't want to wash my hair.

I use a turbie too when I take a bath, and sometimes when I take a shower and don't want to get my hair wet.

[Little_Bird]

I do the bun thing as well I used to ponytail and then clip it on top of my head but that doesn't work anymore (yay!) so I had to figure out another way. That's how I discovered buns are so amazingly comfortable

You can try a lot of diferent buns, I'm sure you'll find something