The Beauty Sleep Routine: How to Protect Your 3C & 4A Natural Curls and Coils at Night
By Lady Carolyn M. Summerset Crowning Glory — Coils & Kinks From the Crowning Glory Archives — Originally Published July 21, 2015 | Refreshed October 2026 Hello, My Beautiful Curly-Headed Beauties! Ladies, can we talk about something that happens between the time we lay our beautiful heads on our pillows and the moment we wake up? You know exactly what I'm talking about! You spend your time washing, conditioning, detangling, and styling those gorgeous natural curls. Your twist-out is fabulous! Your wash-and-go is giving you LIFE! And your curls are beautifully defined! You go to bed feeling like a natural hair queen. But then morning arrives. You look in the mirror, and suddenly one side of your hair has flattened, the other side has expanded, and a few curls have apparently decided to take a vacation! Honey, what happened overnight? Well, that's exactly why we're talking about nighttime natural hair routines! Whether you're rocking beautiful 3C spirals, tightly coi...