It’s totally fine to wash and plop your hair before you go to bed. You can sleep with your hair plopped and remove the T-shirt or towel in the morning.
If you use a mist or spray product, apply it evenly to your wet hair.
If you don’t have an old T-shirt to use, spread out a microfiber towel towel. You can use a short-sleeved or long-sleeved T-shirt. You might find that it’s easier to tie a long-sleeved shirt, but this will add more weight to your head. You don’t need to arrange your hair in any specific way on the T-shirt—just let your hair pile naturally onto the shirt.
You can also use large hair clips to clip the ends of the T-shirt or towel to your wrapped hair. Make your knot tight enough that the T-shirt or towel won’t come loose on its own.
Keep in mind that if you let your hair dry completely while it’s plopped, you may have to run your fingers through it to loosen some of your curls or waves.
If you’re sleeping with your hair plopped, just shake it out in the morning since your hair will dry completely overnight.
If you tend to apply styling products with a heavy hand, plopping will absorb the excess product, too. This way, you won’t have crunchy ringlets!
If you’ve got short or low-density hair that’s fine, plopping can help you get volume near the roots. This has the overall effect of making your hair look fuller, wavier, or curlier.
Your hair should still be really wet so your hair has time to set in its wavy or coiled shape.
To play up beach waves, spritz your dry hair with sea salt spray and scrunch it into your hair for texture.
