u/youcancallmet

Second day hair is just not a thing for me. Everything I've tried so far is not working. When I wake up, my hair is a total mess. As you can see, my hair is pretty thin, so it's hard to prevent creasing. Once my hair goes up in a ponytail, claw clip, etc or if I wear a hat, it's game over.

• (Note - I also sleep with a satin eye mask)
• I've tried the pineapple method for a while with a loose satin scrunchy, but that didn't work. If it's too loose, it just falls out. If it's tight enough to stay put, it leaves a big crease.
• I tried stuffing my hair into a loose bonnet, and my hair looked no different than it does without it.
• For the past 6 months or so, I've been using a sock/tube type satin lined cap. It's open on both ends (sort of like a neck gator), so I pull it over my head completely and then push it back like a headband, and the length of it covers my hair. Tbh, this style works pretty well for me - my hair looks somewhat decent in the morning, but the adjustable clasp really irritated my scalp after a while, because it's on the inside. I had to give it up. This style seems to be targeted for locs, and I'm having a hard time finding another version. Most are made out of poly or cotton and not meant for sleeping.
• Then I tried a big silk scarf - folded in a triangle, bandana-style, wrapped from my forehead to the nape of my neck, and tied at the top of my head, with the length fully covering my hair and held somewhat securely by my sleep mask. I couldn't get it to stay put all night, though.
• Most recently, I purchased a silk Blissy bonnet. So far it seems to be pretty comfortable, but my hair is a mess in the morning. I put it on by flipping my hair over and putting it on from back to front and then stuffing my hair in at the top. It's the stuffing part that is really messing it up, I think, but I don't know what else to do. When I try to hold it in a loose twist and then cover it with the bonnet, the twist just causes my hair to crease.

I'm really, but no matter what I do, when I wake up, my hair either has to go in a ponytail or messy bun, which also isn't a good look for me with thin hair, or I have to shower and start over.

Current hair routine:

• Dr. Groots Hair Thickening Shampoo & Conditioner (on wash days). If I'm not "washing", I'm still wetting and using just conditioner - usually Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner
• Rinse out conditioner at the end of the shower with hair upside down.
• Then I apply Sauce Bond Repairing Curl Cream while it's dripping wet, upside down, and start to squeeze water out.
• While it's still fairly wet, I apply Not Your Mother's Curl Talk mousse, upside down, and scrunch it in until it's not really dripping anymore.
• Then I squeeze dry my hair with a microfiber hair towel. Sometimes I'll wear the hair towel for 10 minutes or so, while I'm getting ready, with the hair plopped at the top of my head - but most of the time I usually just let it air-dry from there. The results are pretty much the same either way.
• On the rare occasion that my hair looks somewhat decent when I wake up, I'll put a few squirts of Trader Joe's hair oil on my palms and scrunch it in my hair to try to tame it.

Any recommendations for what I should sleep in? And based on what you see, I'm open to recommendations for styling and products as well, if you have hair similar to mine. I am really not skilled in styling. Ponytails are the extent of my skills. I'm not good at braiding, and even if I could, my hair is so thin it's just too messy to braid.

I need to get a urine sample and it seems like such a small amount if I empty the litter. Do I need to fully clean the globe before I use it?