8 Steps To The Perfect Short Hair Wrap EVERY TIME!

I’ve talked to you guys about how to wrap your hair before. I have a short blog post with 4 quick tips. I’ve shown how I wrap my hair at night to preserve my styles in the video below. But what we’re going to go over today is better than both those posts.

Why? Because this post contains the 8 steps to the perfect short hair wrap EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.  The 4 point post was an overview.  It was like a Cliffsnotes version of the full length lesson.  The video where I show you how to wrap your hair at night, is for, well, dry hair that has already been molded.  But this, this right here, this RIGHT HERE…this is the one.  These 8 steps will change your short hair life.

If you do what I’m telling you and follow these steps, your mold will come out perfect every time. So without further ado, let’s get into it.

RINSE RINSE RINSE

Make sure you rinse any and all product from your hair after you wash and condition it.

Shampoos, cleansing products and conditioners coat your hair.  They leave a layer of film on your strands.  That layer acts like a barrier between your hair and the foam.  The foam can’t do its job as well when it’s fighting that added layer of product. So rinse until you are sure your hair it free of left over product.

**This doesn’t mean you can’t add oils or liquid leave in conditioners after washing, just be mindful of whether or not what you use as a leave in is water based and when you add oils be sparing and not too heavy handed.

BIG THEN SMALL

Use the big comb first.  Using a wide toothed comb to direct the hair is just plain smart. Wet hair is more susceptible to damage and by using a less abrasive method to get your stands going in the direction you want, you prevent yourself from becoming a meme about lack of edges. Take care of your hair even though it’s short.  Go in with a bigger comb first and save the small toothed or rat tailed combs for later on in the process.

FOAM FIRST

Add foam to your hair before you go in with the finer comb. By doing things in this sequence, you will be able to judge whether or not you need to add more foam, or add more water, etc.  Also, you won’t have to do as much work later to work the product into your hair and to your roots. A light layer on the top layer of your hair at this point is like a guide.  Just use it as a go-by for your final results.

USE YOUR TEETH

Once you’re ready to actually begin your wrap, place the teeth of your comb at the roots of your hair and keep the teeth on the roots as you make each stroke with your comb.  This will prevent your hair from bunching up at the root and you won’t have to work so hard to get it to lie flat against your scalp.

THEN USE YOUR HAND

Use your hands to follow up each one of the strokes of your comb. Doing this smooths the hairs and blurs the lines that the teeth of the comb create.  It makes for a very smooth and sleek mold once your hair has dried.

CHECK YOUR WORK

Check your mold for any breaks or separations at the parts of your head where the hair is wrapped in differing directions or where your head curves.  Those gaps can sometimes be missed and when your wrap dries, you have to use heat or products to disguise the gaps.

START IN THE BACK

When you place your wrap strips, start at the widest part of your head in the back. Your hair tends to generally be denser in that area.  The hairs in the dense areas of your head are less likely to shift or move when you adjust the wrapping strips to tie your mold down.  If you place the wrap strip on the sides of your hair first, those hairs are less dense and the strip may disrupt the mold with even the slight tugging it takes to tie the wrap strips in place.

GET BACK UNDER THERE

And last but not least, let your hair dry COMPLETELY! Get your ass back under that dryer! You cannot cheat it, if you want a perfect wrap.  You must let that hair dry.  Wet hair frizzes and nothing combats frizz except high heat or heavy products.  To avoid having to weigh your styles down with product or burn your poor stands to death, just let your hair dry.

Now go forth and slay your wet wraps. For more than 20 short hair tutorials and style inspiration, check out my YouTube channel Kaye Wright.

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