Nighttime Hair Care Routine for Type 4 Hair: Waking Up to Manageable Strands

Home at last! Finally, I can sleep.

Hold on, sis, before you lay your head on that pillow, have you given your hair some nighttime care? 🤨

Mmm, girl, if you'd like to wake up to soft, manageable, shiny hair and no puffy roots, you need to invest in a nighttime hair care routine. Don't have one? Don't worry, we're here for you.  
In this article, we’ll talk about a simple, good nighttime hair care routine and practices to keep your hair soft and manageable in the morning.

4 Nighttime Hair Care Tips to Keep Your Hair Manageable and Glossy the Next Morning 

We know when you hear routine, your heart skips a bit, relax, we promise these will be simple tips you can easily pull off. 

Tip 1: Re-moisturize at night

Before you raise your eyebrows, hear us out. 

Re-moisturizing your hair at night is one way to keep your hair manageable and shiny the next morning. 

This tip is necessary if your hair is in a high-puff, bun or any style that isn't really a natural hair twist or braid. The reason for this is that for most people, if their hair is already in twists or braids, it stays moisturized for a longer period, but if this is not the case for your braids, then feel free to re-moisturize.

Going to bed without re-moisturizing might result in frizzy hair by the morning. We don't want that now, do we? 

The aim of re-moisturizing is not to get your hair dripping wet; remember, you’ll be wearing your hair out the next day. Re-moisturizing at night is to keep it supple and fresh after a long day. Also, if you live in really harsh and hot areas, using oils can help your hair recover from the stress of the day. 

So choose one of your favorite oils that works for your hair, get your spray bottle for spritzing water, leave-in conditioner if you don’t want to do too much in the morning and start re-moisturizing. 

The best part of this step, you can do a bit of detangling. Following moisturizing is putting your hair in a twist or braid out.

Tip 2: Braiding or twisting up your hair

After re-moisturizing, you need to keep that moisture and your hair in place. Also, if your hair tangles easily or get’s matted quickly this is a sure way to keep it safe.

You don't have to do too much, just twist your hair into 6-8 sections and tuck away or fold it in. The point is to keep your hair safely packed.

Speaking of tuck away, you need the next tip.

Tip 3: Always use a satin bonnet or scarf to sleep 

After putting in the effort to moisturize and twist, if your hair is not covered, it's like you didn't do anything at all.  Keeping your hair in a satin bonnet or scarf protects it from friction with your pillow (that's if it's not a silk pillowcase). 

Using a bonnet or scarf also prevents your hair from tangling up. 

Tip 4: Scalp massage for nighttime hair care routine

A good nighttime routine you should try is a scalp massage. It's great to stimulate blood flow and support hair growth.  If you are trying to grow out your edges, a scalp massage on your edges for 4-10 minutes every night is a game-changer. 

All you need is your favorite hair oil (e.g castor, avocado, jojoba), and the pads of your finger and you are good to go. 

That's all you need to have soft, manageable hair at night. Wake up in the morning, take down your braids, and rock your beautiful hair the next day. 

These tips might seem tasking depending on your schedule, so you don't have to follow each tip to the letter. But you need to have a consistent nighttime regimen to keep your hair taken care of even when you sleep. 

Check out this nighttime routine from @TheChicNatural

Wrapping up

Think of how much time you'd save in the morning when you've prepped your hair the night before.  It might be tiring, but the reward is absolutely worth it. 

Do you have a special nighttime routine? Join the community and share with us.