How to get gorgeous curls while you sleep (it’s sooo easy!)

I was ~~wasting~~ spending time on Pinterest the other day, and I discovered a positively magnificent hair styling method for exhausted stay-at-home moms.

(Yeah, that’s right, I just used “magnificent” in a sentence that had nothing to do with magicians. I was an English major; I can’t help myself.)

This method:

creates beautiful flowing curls
only takes 1 minute
uses no heat
uses no styling products
is so easy anyone (yep, even a mama who’s running on 2 hours of sleep) can do it

I’m sure the suspense is killing you, so here it is.

Sock bun. (Click here to find out how to do it.)

Sounds weird, I know. Here’s the gist. You use a rolled-up sock to put your hair into a bun (hence the term “sock bun”), sleep on it, wake up, remove the sock bun, and voila! Gorgeous curls.

I know, it sounds too good to be true. And as we all know, things that sound too good to be true usually are.

But I decided there’s no harm in giving it a try. And I was totally surprised by the results.

It actually works.

Here’s what my hair looked like after a night of sleeping in my sock bun.

No product in my hair, no curling iron, nada. And the best part? The curls held all day long.

I don’t know about you, but I’m too busy trying to make sure Little Man doesn’t choke on a grape to spend 45 minutes blowing out my hair and curling it to perfection. And yet … somehow, the wet-hair-in-a-ponytail look just isn’t cutting it anymore.

Now, I realize that what works for my hair won’t necessarily work for yours. My hair is fine, naturally wavy, tends to frizz, and is highly damaged by years of coloring and heat styling. I’m not sure how the sock bun would work for a straight-haired gal.

Are you brave enough to give the sock bun a try? I’d love to hear if it works for you.

God bless,
Megan

– UPDATE: The second time I did the sock bun, I woke up and my hair was a hot (frizzy) mess! Find out why. –

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