One thing straight away: you will probably not see any pictures of me or my hair in this article or in the near future. The reason is quite simple: I decided to grow a little bit again. And that looks quite impossible right now. Especially from behind. Especially when I slept on it, but I also washed it fresh I am blessed with vertebrae at the back of my head, which makes the situation a bit difficult. I know from the past that I have to get through this. Maybe I'll soon be fed up again and shave my hair off again, which is definitely prettier, I don't know yet.
1. cold head and headgear
The first thing that often occurs to (very) short hair in winter is the question: don't you freeze your head? My answer: no, actually not more than before. I have very dense, thick hair, so basically my own wool cap already built-in anyway. Of course, the ears have their own problems, but after I used to wear buns almost all the time in winter, they were the same before. At most open hair gives the ears a certain protection, that was simply too impractical starting from a certain length with a scarf and jacket. Especially in winter, I have hardly ever worn open, also to protect my hair. So the ears were free already earlier, whereas Calos (buttonable headbands, so to speak) help very well, about which I have already written for example here.
2. care
My care for my long hair in winter used to be easy to sum up: less washing, but a little more of each care. So I only torment my hair with shampoo every 7-10 days (and let it air dry forever...), but more Pre Wash cures and above all more leave-ins. Especially the top care with the hair creams from Heymountain was daily obligatory for me in winter. If you wear Dutt anyway, it's not so tragic if you get a little too much.
Haircare with very short hair is no longer an issue and winter won't change much. At the moment I wash every 5-7 days with mild shampoo (I started to love Urtekram Baby All over Wash on the trip). Before this wash I really try to do an oil cure similar to the one described here. If I leave the oil on for at least half an hour before washing, I have soft, shiny, well-groomed hair after washing. I have the impression that a kind of protection is created by the oil cures over several hair washes.
Currently I hardly ever use conditioners or leave-ins, at most for the fragrance. Despite my dry hair, I don't need any additional care thanks to the oil cures. Between these "real" washes every 5-7 days I do quite often WO (laundry only with water), depending on appointments, because in public I can really only be seen with freshly washed hair, as indicated above. After that, they are not cleaner but lie a bit better again. I don't massage here much or experiment with different water temperatures, as one would do with real WO (here my article series to WO), but simply rinse the hair. Since my scalp is very greasy, that's enough for washing.
3. drying hood
Since I now wash more often and often in the morning, air drying in winter has become a new topic. With a very fresh buzz cut, rubbing dry with a towel is of course enough. With my dense hair and already more than 6 cm hair length again (last cut was at the beginning of August) this is not enough anymore. If I don't have to go out afterward, of course I let it air dry, but going out with wet hair is not very pleasant and healthy. Since I simply don't like blow dryers (arms get lame and it's terribly boring), I have now rediscovered my drying hood for myself.
Originally I had bought it for the heat supply with Pre Wash cures because thereby oils and rinses can penetrate better into the hair and maintain more lastingly. I didn't use them for drying. But now I'm thrilled because I can do other things at the same time. The cable is long enough and so I can put some cream on my head after the shower or brush my teeth or something. I find blow-drying a waste of time. With a dryer hood, my hair is dry when I'm creamed in. :)
For all shorthaired people (up to the chin or a little longer) this is definitely an interesting alternative, I think. I use the cold setting, which is warm enough but should be quite gentle on the hair. Even with long hair you can consider whether you want to dry your scalp and hair up to your ears, at least you have minimized the health risk of wet hair. And the more sensitive lengths are then spared from the blow-dryer air. At least for the winter, this would be worth considering.