This thread is a goldmine! Thank you so much for starting it, Synne. I don't have much to contribute (says the girl with the perpetual messy half-bun) but I'm eager to up my game.

I probably shouldn’t reply to this post as I don’t “do” my hair very often. I don’t need polish from my hair but I do like it to look good.

My hair is a little long, fine textured with medium thickness. I have it partially highlighted and have a few long layers. Salon visits are about every 12 weeks but I will sometimes go longer. The highlighting gives my hair some more body.

I wash my hair every other day but my hair tends to be a bit oily and looks even more so when my roots start to grown in between salon visits so I use a dry shampoo. I dislike almost all dry shampoos - the scent puts me off and/or I feel the residue. The one I’m loyal to is John Frieda Volume Refresh. It won’t work on super dirty hair but for day 2 it’s just fine. Doesn’t leave noticeable residue and the smell is fresh and not cloying.

I use the same Revlon brush as Gretchen. I love it. Best case scenario is I wash hair and put in Alterna CC cream (I’ll also use Living Proof and Kerastase but like the CC cream best). Let it air dry for 30-45 minutes while I have coffee/breakfast, bathroom/dressing routine and then hit it with the Revlon brush for 5 minutes max. If some parts of my hair have dried completely I’ll mist with a bit of water.

I have no patience for doing my hair. I have learned (over and over) that there is a certain length that is my sweet spot. For me it's right at or above my shoulders. At this length I can wash and fix my hair and then just do a "refresh for one to three more days". The refresh usually means a little spray with some water (if I'm wearing it naturally wavy) or a couple curls with a curling iron and a fluff to my roots. A lot of time I wear an up-do the last day (let's me honest, sometimes it's two days). Every couple years I decide I want to grow my hair longer and then once it gets there I remember why I don't like it. Once my hair is a certain length it doesn't hold it's style and I really need to "do" it every day. That usually ends up with up-do more than I would wish. I'm in such a spot now and I have a hair appointment tomorrow. I can't wait to get some length cut off.

This thread is very helpful. I am going to look for the Revlon airbrush that Gretchen and Kerry have. I have heard some other people rave about it.

Right now, I'm using very little product, just a deep purple hair dressing to keep my white hair from getting brassy. I straighten it almost every morning. Once my extensions go back in, I'll have to start using heat protection spray to straighten or texturing salt spray if I don't straighten

I had shoulder length hair for a long time, and would blow dry it with a round brush after washing it. I washed it every other day, and would wear it in a ponytail when it wasn't freshly washed.

At one point I was setting it in foam rollers at night about once a week and then brushing it out into waves, using dry shampoo when it got oily before a wash. that was a ton of work!

Then I cut it off and it got super easy to "do". I still blow dried it with my fingers to get it going the right direction, but just rubbed a little pomade through it and done.

Recently, I've been growing it longer and got it permed, so it's super curly. I "do" it by dousing it with water, scrunching in curl creme, because I shower in the evening (still only wash it every other night) and the curls get really fluffy when I sleep on them.

another vote for revlon drying brush. fabulous