Magic Collection

Magic Collection Jumbo Plus Braid Shower Cap for Protecting Braids & Long Styles

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Standard shower caps were designed for a bob.

Put waist-length box braids under one and half your hair is outside it before you turn the water on. Jumbo Plus is the oversized version, cut with enough room to gather up long braids, thick locs or a full weave and still close properly at the edge. Nothing gets compressed against the head, so you are not undoing a fresh style just to keep it dry. The lining is properly waterproof rather than water resistant, which is the difference between braids that are dry afterwards and braids that are damp at the roots for a day, and the elastic sits comfortably without leaving a line across the forehead.

It is reusable, so it goes back on the hook and lasts through the life of a protective style and the next one. For anyone stretching a wash out to keep an install looking fresh, it is the cheapest thing here that protects the most work.

Application tips

Gather the braids upward and forward first, holding them against the crown with one hand, then bring the cap over the whole bundle with the other. Stuffing the length in once the cap is already on is how the elastic ends up halfway up your head.

Run a finger round the edge to seat it under the perimeter. Hang it up open afterwards so the inside dries.

Results

Length and volume both fit. Waist-length braids, a full head of locs or a fresh weave go in without being crushed against the scalp, which matters because compression on its own can flatten work you were trying to preserve.

The lining keeps water out rather than merely slowing it down, so the hair underneath comes out dry instead of damp at the roots for the rest of the day.

Composition

Waterproof Lining
Keeps water out completely rather than just slowing it down

The full INCI is printed on the pack. We publish it here as soon as the brand supplies it, and we will read it off the bottle for you if you ask.

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