I've tried plopping into a T-Shirt, scrunching with clips, using a silk pillowcase, and many other ideas...but this is my favorite. So here is the Pineapple Plop.
Why have I adopted this method?
I love curly hair! And I'm slowly learning to love the version of curly hair God gave me. Through this process I've learned:
- My curls are extremely fragile when they are wet, therefore the first few minutes after I wash my hair are critical. If I don't act quickly, I will end up with wavy hair at best.
- Putting my hair in a scarf allows my hair to dry without fighting gravity while buying me some time to do other things.
- The scarf also expedites the drying time therefore reducing the amount of heat (aka damage) from the blow dryer.
- The pineapple helps to protect my natural curl. (Clips and normal plopping held my hair in one place, almost too securely, causing kinks and weird twists rather than allowing curl.)
- While the overall process takes more time than straight diffusing, I'm actually spending less active time on my hair.
Curling hair is as unique as the individual. But the more I learn to work with my curls the more I enjoy them.