BubbleDry™ Hair Bonnet

My girls are 5 and 8 and both have hair past their shoulders. Drying it used to mean me holding the dryer while they wriggled and complained. Now they take turns in the bonnet on the couch, one episode each. I keep the dryer on low and check under the edge. My 8 year old calls it her bubble helmet. Bath night is so much calmer in our house.

My granddaughter stays with me on Fridays and her mom sends her with freshly washed hair. My wrists are not up to holding a blow dryer for long anymore. I bought two so one lives at my house. She sits at my kitchen table coloring while it dries and we talk the whole time. It took me two tries to get the hose onto my old dryer but it holds fine now.

My daughter has thick curls and her dance photos were on a Saturday morning. We twisted her hair on Friday night and she sat under the bonnet for a show on low heat, then again for a few minutes in the morning. The curls were dry and held all day. I did have to keep tightening the chin strap because she kept loosening it to talk.

One small gripe. It looks silly and my son refused at first because his sister laughed at him. Two nights later he wanted his own turn. It does not dry faster than me doing it with a brush, but I can pack lunches while it works so I really do not care. Use the low setting. The high one on our dryer was too warm.

I bought a grown-up bonnet online last year and it was too big for my daughter and the hose would not go onto our dryer. Gave this one a try because it was made for kids. It fits my 6 year old and stays down with the strap. Took me a minute to figure out the drawstring. Bath night is now something I can actually handle on my own.

Bought it for a week at my parents' house because my daughter hates going to bed with wet hair but also hates the dryer. It folded flat into the toiletry bag. She sat on the bedroom floor with a book while I stayed with her, low heat the whole time. Dry hair, dry pillow, no tears. We use it every bath night at home now.