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Style Hair Unwashed or Washed
Q: The day before a photo shoot, is hair easier to style washed or unwashed? In other words, should the model wash her hair
before the day of the shoot or not? And does length make a difference for ease of styling whether or not the hair is washed or not the
day before?
A: When styling the hair for a special event/occasion, it is generally easier to work with if it is at least “day old”. Typically, this
means that the hair should be washed no less than 24-hours prior to the time it is going to be styled, specifically if the hair is going
to be styled in an up-style.
Freshly-washed hair is usually very smooth and silky, which makes it hard to arrange in an up-style
because the hair simply slides off of itself. The moratorium on shampooing the hair is less important if the hair is not going to be
up-styled, since most of the techniques for styling the hair involve the use of styling products which will give hold to the style.
However, having the hair unwashed is helpful in keeping the styling time to a minimum, even when up-styling is not taking place.
And, yes, the length of the hair can make a big difference in ease of styling (as well as speed),
since working with longer hair means there is more hair to be styled. You could generally breakdown the levels of ease and speed in
this way:
Faster and easier: up to chin-length.
Average styling ease and time: chin to shoulder length.
Longer styling time and greater difficulty: past the shoulders.
These are all dependent on the type of style desired and the texture and wave pattern of the hair
being styled. Creating curls means using rollers or curling irons and the longer the hair is the longer it takes to create curls.
Straightening the hair can also be very dependent on length as well, both in blowing the hair straight and flat-iron smoothing.
A good stylist will be able to create hairstyles that use the subjects’ natural hair traits in the
resulting hair styles. This makes styling easier and generally more suited to the individual in question.
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