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Skin Slugging But For Your HAIR?

27 March, 2022 - 09:55am by - Head Pixie | 17 Comments

by BR Amelia

Back in August last year the term 'skin slugging' was one to be looked at with a raised eyebrow, as it tended to make one's mind turn to the thought of applying slugs to our skin in order to show it some love. Turns out the term was nothing like the reality, as I discovered in this article where we learned that skin slugging actually meant applying an occlusive to your skin before you went to bed in order to get an extra dose of hydration, while working to repair the skin's barrier.

In all honesty I thought this would be a trend that would come and go, but it seems slugging is taking on the new mantle, previously held by digitally manipulated brows, of the trend that plans to evolve. The latest slugging technique to be doing the rounds? Hair slugging.

Much like skin slugging, hair slugging involves encasing your strands in a hydrating product, like an overnight mask or oil, then wrapping it up for a few hours or overnight, before washing it out. The point of it, as you may well have guessed, is to give your hair a hit of hydration.

Is it for everyone though? While skin slugging was pretty skin-friendly, unless you had super oily or acne-prone skin, hair slugging is more for those who belong to the club of having thick and/or very dry and/or damaged hair. The reason being that if your hair is already decently hydrated and/or is thin in texture, adding a great dose of moisture to it is only going to create a lank, heavy look. One I imagine most of us who struggle to get any oomph in their hair would like to avoid.

If you do fall into the category of having very dry/thick/damaged hair that can handle oodles of hydration, the key to hair slugging is simple: add moisture into the lengths of your hair, avoiding the scalp, then wrap it up in a cotton or silk cloth - you can even tuck your hair into a sock - and let it sit for a few hours or sleep with it overnight. The next morning, simply wash your hair and condition as you usually would, and your hair should feel softer, be less frizzy, and look in better condition. Alternatively, if you're not in the mood to wash your hair, you can do a light slug, which involves popping a smaller amount of product on your hair, leaving it covered for a few hours or overnight, then taking off the cloth, styling your hair as you usually would, before going about your day.

As for how often you can slug your hair, once a week should suffice, or as when required.

One last tip? Do take the part about wrapping your hair in some sort of cloth seriously. It's easy-ish enough to deal with oily hair but dealing with oily bedding is a pain in the rear! 

So, are you a hair slugger? Were you already but didn't know it? Or is hair slugging for you a direct route to a greasy, lank mop? Get chatting below!

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15th April, 2022

I have long fine hair but would like to try this just on the mid lengths down - I'll see what happens!

1st April, 2022

Great idea. I've done it in the past but it makes a bit of mess on long hair. My best trick is to use magnesium oil because it isn't greasy and is easy to make yourself with magnesium powder.

30th March, 2022

I used to apply oil but then it ruined my skin so I stopped doing that. I need to take better care of my hair though.

30th March, 2022

Interesting, I haven’t heard of this before but it doesn’t sound like it will be for me, I don’t think my hair would like it

30th March, 2022

I do this anyway. Oiling the ends of my hair. A light "slug" Loool.

29th March, 2022

It does not sound like this is the right thing for my hair. And even if it was, dealing with oily hair in bed sounds like hard work.

29th March, 2022

I have been skipping conditioner recently and applying some hydrating oil serum to leave in recently. I do not usually use too much oil though because I have recently been getting rather oily roots but dry frizzy ends. I have been skipping the conditioner so that I could try go longer without washing my hair as I have temporary fashion colours I also bought dry shampoo which works well my scalp gets itchy and I noticed some white bits which I don't know if it's dandruff - I don't really get that thankfully or from the dry shampoo.

29th March, 2022

Never heard of slugging!! But think I'll leave this one out, but intrigued to see it on others.

28th March, 2022

As the hair stylist tells me I have really fine hair but a lot of it so any grease just weighs it down and looks nasty (according to me) so I think it'll be a trend I'm happy to miss :-)

28th March, 2022

I have never heard of hair slugging. Would be great for the ends of my long, thick hair.

28th March, 2022

I like leaving coconut oil in overnight. This is a yes from me!

28th March, 2022

Oh definitely would give it a go , my hair gets dry being outside a lot , thanks

28th March, 2022

All my Indian friends do it regularly - always with a hair oil - and tell me I ought to. I'm not Indian, but my hair certainly is! So I probably should follow my friends' fine lead, but it's just such a hassle! I did it a few times when I lived in India, but hated it. So messy. I also found that it wasn't great for my curl definition. If I wore my hair straight, I might be tempted to try again, but for curls, even with thick, dry hair like mine, I feel a leave-in serum or lightweight mousse works better.

28th March, 2022

I do something similar to this. I will put a hair mask in a leave for 30mins - a few hours. Never overnight. I couldn’t handle the feeling.

28th March, 2022

I'm definitely not a hair slugger. I used to put oil in my hair and leave it overnight but I hate the breakouts and how oily my pillow got.