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It's starting to get really humid in NYC as the temperature is rising and the storms are rolling in. In this weather, not only is it really hot and stuffy in my apartment, my entire 35 minute commute is like being in a rainforest. By the time I get to work my makeup is sweated off and my hair is a big poof of frizz, regardless of styling attempts.
It is a lot more comfortable for me to leave the house with wet hair in a bun and just let it dry at work. Of course, then I feel unprofessional - but my job is not often client facing and when it is a messy bun is acceptable as long as I'm wearing a suit.
Does anyone else do this in hot weather or just in general? Or do you think it's inappropriate and hair should be styled before leaving the house?
Get this - there are also women who come into work with wet hair and blowdry/flatiron in the ladies room. I don't do this, but I think it's a good idea.. as long as you get to work early.
I do most of the time. I live in FL, and it's humid the majority of the year, so I wear my hair curly. I throw in some curling mousse when I get out of the shower and just let it air dry. It's usually mostly dry by the time I get to work, but not completely. I also don't deal with clients or anything and my job is really low-key, so it's not a big deal.
That's so funny you just asked, because today I did! I only do maybe 5 times a year when I'm running late. Today is warm outside, so to save drying time, I just pulled it back and off I went to work!
i did this morning! but i work in IT and i can wear jeans to work everyday so professionalism isnt really a worry for me- no one see's me in the morning anyway, and my hair drys pretty quickly. but i usually shower in the mornings and its still wet when i get to work but i usually let my hair air dry anyway - i dont use a blow dryer very much.
I wear my hair in a bun 95% of the time, and do it straight out of the shower. I straighten my bangs so they're dry, but my bun is still wet when I go to work.
I picked never, but not because I think it's unprofessional. I don't go to work with wet hair because I hate the feeling of wet hair, and my hair looks better blow dried than air dried.
I go to work with my hair wet almost everyday. Probably isn't the most professional, and I work in finance, but I have the wackiest hair, and it's just easiest for me to pull it back in a messy bun quick in the morning. It doesn't bother me!
Yes, nobody can tell if my hair is wet because I have natural hair. I also don't use heat on my hair. So if I wash it in the morning, I'll go to work with it wet. It looks the same wet and dry.
I will wear my hair curly this time of year also. I usually put mousse in, blow dry a little to help it along, and add more mousse/hairspray to finish. It finishes drying at work, but no one knows it's still damp.
I'm a teacher and usually have meetings with parents in the mornings, so I can't be too lazy with my hair, unfortunately... I much prefer that! :)
Almost every day! I just dont have time to do my hair. It takes me at least 20+ mins to blow dry my hair. Then once it is dry I usually have to straighten it or else it looks ridiculous. I have a lot of hair (its thick) so it takes me probably 45 mins total to dry and straighten. I leave for work at 7 and I like to sleep as much as possible so why would I waste precious sleep time to look good for sitting in a cubicle?
I do! Mostly because 99% of the time it is just me and my boss so I really don't care what I look like. We don't have a dress code though either... my boss frequently wears workout clothes to the office because he's always on his way out for a run haha. So me going to work in jeans/flip flops/no makeup/wet hair is not at all unusual. I probably wouldn't leave my hair wet for a client meeting or court unless I was super strapped for time, and then I think as long as it is in a neat bun its probably ok (not the cutest style ever for me but at least I do think it looks professional).
All the time. I don't think it is necessarily unprofessional- it dries, it isn't like you are soaking wet all day. I have really long hair so, it often isn't dry when I leave the house. I still brush it into a braid or a bun to look decent.
I think it depends on what type of hair you have.. when I had short boy cut I woudl just wash my hair and put some mousee in it and walk out the door.. but now that its longer I cant go out with wet hair.. just feels odd to me
i have super curly and thick hair, and lots of it, that looks best air-dried, so i almost always let it air dry, and it takes hours to fully dry. so yeah, i went to work with wet/damp hair when i worked in an office almost all the time. my office wasn't very formal anyways, i could get away with wearing jeans if i didn't have any meetings with people from outside our organization, so it didn't make much difference. i went for about a year drying my hair with a diffuser--it still wouldn't completely dry it though, and it took too long to be worth it anyway.
I go to work with wet hair all the time. I am way too lazy to blow dry my hair every morning.
Thankfully I work in a business casual environment. If not I'll probably do the bun thing.
only when I have to.. I don't like having my wet hair on my neck and back (it gets my shirt all wet too and i just feel yucky) but sometimes I just don't have time to dry it. So these days it's usually pulled up in a ponytail or a bun- and then it takes all day to dry since my hair is so thick!
I never do b/c I would look like crap - my hair is so bleck when its wet & I would look like a mop. If my hair was wet, this would in no way would look professional.
haha i do everyday! i work in a research lab at a university though... the need to look professional daily is minimal
My hair is straight but can frizz, I shower at night after the gym and then blow dry it. In the mornings after I shower I run a straightening iron over the ends to smooth it out. My role is client facing, within a professional environment, and the management team here is very particular about presentation. So it's a suit, make up and styled hair everyday.
I don't blow dry my hair or use anything ever. I let it dry naturally. Usually it's only slightly damp by the time I get to work, though. I wear it all different ways--up, down, buns, ponytails, braids. I just sit at a desk and don't interract with anyone but my coworkers, and they sure don't care!
I do this all the time in the summer. I put it into a braid or a bun after getting out of the shower. It just gets too hot and humid to deal with blow dryers and flat irons. I would never come to work with my hair wet and just down though. To me that looks messy.
When it gets humid and yucky I tend to put a little product in it and let it air dry, it takes too long to dry with a blowdryer. I actuallly came in to work today with wet hair, my bosses do it so I do it and have never been told I can't!
I said other, I have to dry my massive amount of hair everyday otherwise it looks seriously messed up, but I don't think it's unprofessional for people to go to work with wet hair.
For those of you that do, do you get cold? I would be freezing, but I'm a wuss.
IF its going to be up... I actually just did that today. I apparently didnt want to get out of bed on time this morning ;) So easy get out of the shower and put it in a bun.
I almost always shower at night right before bed, but on the rare occasion I shower in the morning I'll just pull my hair back into a ponytail or braid and go to work with wet hair.
If I wanted to blow dry it in the morning I'd have to get up a good hour earlier and I am NOT a morning person.
I think it is fine so long as it is pulled into a bun or a braid or something. But just having wet hair hanging straight down your back doesn't look very professional (whether your job is client facing or not).
No, I have to take the time to blow dry it. Some jobs are more laid back, but I don't think I'd be very comfortable going to work with wet hair.
I drive a convertible- so I guess my wet hair is "blown dry" by the time I get to work. If I bothered to dry it I would have to get out of bed an hour earlier- and I would rather snuggle up to MM. weg
I do almost daily - BUT... I wear it pulled back on my way in and I never have appointments with brides until the afternoon and it's dry by then as long as I let it down. And most of the year I'm wearing a hat of some sort on my way in anyway.
Drying it in the morning is just not fun. It takes over an hour and I just don't have the patience, even in super cold winter.
I have really curly hair so I don't blow dry.. and prefer morning showers so my hair is always wet on the way to work.
I usually wash my hair at night, but sometimes if I'm busy/lazy I wait until the morning. I blow dry it for 5 or so minutes, and hop in the car - I have a 45 minute commute so by the time I'm to work it's dry :)
I answered "never, this is unprofessional" but I don't actually believe that, it was just the closest answer. I don't do this because my hair is fine and dries pretty flat and boring... if it didn't do this I would leave with my hair wet for sure. A second reason I don't do it is because I prefer to shower at night.
As long as it's presentable I'm sure no one will notice/care.
I only wish I could leave with wet hair in a bun or a twist. My hair looks like a complete mess if it's not blow-dried. I have a lot of hair but it's very fine, so it only takes me 10 minutes to dry it. My good friend on the other hand has the kind of hair that takes an hour to blow-dry and she goes to have it professionally blown out once a week.
She goes out wet and I have to go out dry. I'm jealous of her and she's jealous of me. The grass is always greener:)
My hair is super curly and pretty thick as well, so I always air dry. It looks best that way, and I really don't have the patience for blow drying in the morning. I cherish every last minute of sleep I get! :)
I also voted never, but not because I think it's unprofessional. I always dry my hair before leaving the house. My hair is really thick and takes FOREVER to air dry..it would probably still be damp underneath at the end of my workday. When I do let it air dry, it always looks crazy messy and I just can't handle it. Drying my hair is one of my least favorite things, so I think if it air dried faster and looked more acceptable, I'd totally come to work with it wet.
I'm totally guilty of flat ironing my hair at work from time to time ;) I start work at 7am and the office is usually dead. It's silly because it takes less than 5 minutes to do, but I sometimes feel like I just don't have time to do it at home!
I said sometimes, but it's more specific than that. I work in a hospital, so if I'm in clinic or working with my attendings, I always have dry hair. The only time I come in with wet hair is if it's the beginning of a 27-hour shift, and I'm spending the first hour working by myself or talking to patients in the dark anyway. I'm sure as hell not waking up any earlier than necessary on those days. But if I'm in front of people or my superiors, or if I need to be dressed up and not just in scrubs, then I'll always give my hair time to dry.
I voted "other" because none of them really applied to me in my past life or current life. I say "past life" because I had curly hair for 10 years and then it went back to being straight. When I had curly hair I wouldn't blow dry it, but I would shower the night before. If I did shower in the morning, I would go to work with curly hair. Now I have straight hair and have to blow dry it because if I don't it'll be all weird wavy/straight/random looking. I also HATE having wet hair on my back. So I would not go to work with wet hair but not because I think it's unprofessional but because I can't stand the feel!
I kind of think it depends on what type of hair you have and how you style it that deems whether or not it is unprofessional wet. For you, putting it up in a bun, I'm sure it looks very professional.
Me, however, my hair is an absolute mess when it air drys, not curly, not straight, just wavy and frizzy. So unfortunately, I have to spend 45 every morning styling my hair.
I work in a financial firm though, so appearances are super important. I wish I could be a slacker sometimes, must be nice :)
I do a lot in the summer. I hate standing in the hot bathroom blow drying my hair just to pull it back in a bun. But I do try to either twist the front with a bobby pin or put a cute clip in the back....and if I'm meeting with a client or my boss I blow it dry. :)
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