Guide
Satin bonnets: a hair revolution or just another internet hype?
by Stefanie Lechthaler
How to get festival glitter out of your hair again!
13.8.2018
Translation: machine translated
I recently had a lot of glitter put in my hair (no, not for the Street Parade). And a lot of glitter requires a lot of effort to remove. Here's the ultimate guide on how to get rid of the devilish stuff without having a nervous breakdown.
"Will I ever get rid of this stuff again?" I ask Carla from Zopfchopf as she gleefully brushes glitter onto my hair. The answer comes out of the blue and is accompanied by a gleeful laugh: "No!"
All right, I think to myself, after all, I love glitter. Especially this blue one here, which Carla is fiddling with while filming the following video tutorial. [[marketingpage:8385]]
In my hair, however, my self-proclaimed elixir of life turned out to be a little impractical. It started with the fact that I could barely protect myself from prying eyes on the way home after the shoot. That was a bit uncomfortable, but I could understand it. After all, the combination of bright blue glitter and asymmetric boxer braids is not exactly the most common look on the Swiss streets - unfortunately. But my real problems only started after I stepped on the doorstep of my flat. I quickly realised that I was leaving something behind in every room: traces of glitter.
What follows now is my self-designed step-by-step tutorial on how I got rid of the mica completely in just one evening.
You need:
- a lot of time, patience and nerves
- a bathtub / shower
- a hairdryer
- A brush
- A vacuum cleaner
Step 1: Scratch yourself
Dry (and braided) is the best way to get most of the stuff out. So before you undo your braid or tie your hair back up, scratch as much as possible off your head - preferably directly in the bath.
Step 2: Be open
The next step is to undo the braid, then run your fingers through your hair and shake out everything you can. I did this upside down in the bathtub. Don't forget to pick up the glitter later with some toilet paper and throw it in the bin before you turn on the water. We don't want to flush the stuff down the drain!
Step 3: Give me five!
Don't just shampoo three times like me, but at least five times. Please bear this in mind: I "only" had Glitter Roots. So if you've practically bathed in the stuff, I recommend increasing the number of shampoo sessions accordingly. Finally comes the conditioner. Apply it to your hair - not just to the lengths, but all the way to the roots. After a short application time, rinse upside down.
A little warning at this point: your eyes will play tricks on you straight after showering. You'll hardly see any of the glitter in your towel-dried hair and you'll be delighted. But trust me, you'll have more of the devil's stuff in your mane than you'd like. So move on to...
Step 4: Switch on the blower
What's still hidden between your lengths becomes visible as soon as the hairdryer is used. Therefore: Dry your hair upside down. This way, the glitter particles will fall to the floor as soon as they no longer adhere to the wet hair. Don't forget to brush and shake your hair thoroughly in between drying.
Step 5: Final spurt with a sau(g)strong performance
You've almost made it. But now comes the most unusual part. After blow-drying your hair, you have to pick up all the glitter on the floor with the hoover anyway. So why not "vacuum" your hair too? I simply took off the attachment and fed my hair strand by strand to the hoover. It didn't hurt or have any other negative effects. However, I cannot vouch for the fact that this works with every hoover. So try it out at your own risk!
So now there should be nothing left of the sparkly stuff - just like your zest for life!
Natalie Hemengül
Senior Editor
Natalie.Hemenguel@digitecgalaxus.chAs a massive Disney fan, I see the world through rose-tinted glasses. I worship series from the 90s and consider mermaids a religion. When I’m not dancing in glitter rain, I’m either hanging out at pyjama parties or sitting at my make-up table. P.S. I love you, bacon, garlic and onions.
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