It's Getting Hot! What's your go-to style?

[Sama]

I was outside helping my husband with is car and got a little overheated on this extra-hot day we're having. I only had my hair in a ponytail at the time. When I came in, I was just so hot! I frantically tried to get my hair off my neck and back because as pretty much all of us here at LHC know, all those locks create a thick, hot blanket! Now, that's nice when it's cold out, but when it's hot...essentially wearing a nice thick blanket over your head and neck in the summer heat is just no good!!

My hair is just brushing my hipbones now [hooray! I'm really excited about reaching this milestone!], and is too long to turn to that simple "sloppy bun" that I used almost constantly last summer when I was in a bind [and at around BSL]. At this length, my folded-in-half hair still covers my neck and reaches the tops of my shoulders. Realizing that I was just not going to succeed in getting my hair off my neck quickly without taking the time to wrap it up in some sort of bun, I ran frantically to the bathroom in search of my new butterfly slide. [It was a birthday gift from my husband. :)] I ended up tossing my hair up like this ::

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/wiggy14/summerupdo.jpg

My frantic attempts to come up with a quick and easy way to get my hair up left me wondering what other "long hairs" do in a bind. I would love if you shared some styles with me so I have a solution in mind the next time this happens. Please share in the spirit of this hot season!! :D

[AlabasterAlice]

French braid that goes into a bun is by far my favorite style in the heat. It leaves bits of my scalp more exposed which helps keep me cool, but that also means burns on my head if I'm not careful.

[DarkCurls]

Times like this I wake up already sweaty and need to throw my hair up as quickly as possible, so either:
- cinnabun
- LWB
- hair twisted up and secured with claw clip, "Peacock twist" style I guess.
20 seconds, yes, instantly cooler! :D

Later on in the day if I'm bored of the look and not too hot I will take it down and braid it before putting it up again (French/Dutch braid leading into bun, diagonal variations, combination braids, twin braids into two buns, rose bun...). :p

[catamonica]

I just wear a low braided bun. Even when I'm sleeping. It keeps me really good.

[Long_hair_bear]

Usually tossing into a hair sticker bun, though I like Chinese and woven buns too! :)

[carrieavaught]

I do a wrap in a stick or a half pony. Its simple and easy. And amazingly cool.

[Rtzgrl]

A lazy wrap with a hair stick when I'm in a hurry, otherwise a figure 8 bun with spin pins. Both stay up all day. We have been having unbelievable heat this June, several days up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit already. I'm finding myself wishing I was bald at times!

[Madora]

Lace french crown:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w225/07Erzbet/61912Lacedutchcrown_edited-1.jpg

[Arden]

My hairs not long enough yet to really have any cool suggestions but I live on the southern coast and my go to is a pineapple bun. Quick, easy, lets my head breath.

Oh! Or you could try an aphroditie knot! ...I just thought of that... my hair can do it but it's a little short so it often falls down.. but yours looks more than long enough

[Rowan Will-o']

My hair isn't as long, so I usually do a couple of twists, and stick an easy-on-your hair plastic (yes, my deep dark secret, but only for at home) barrette. Sometimes when it is very hot at night, I'll just reposition the barrette at the top of my head and sleep with it up all night. I hate to have hair around my neck when I sleep, or when it is very hot.

I'm in the comfort stage of my life, even though I love hair toys, accessories, and jewelry.

Rowan Will-o'

[Arden]

Here is a link to a video showing how to do it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_30u_7KOAo

it's super duper easy peasy and looks awsome!



she says in the video that it doesnt work for silky hair but mine is fine, silky and short and I can make it work... I'm a wavy though so that might be why?

[elfgirl]

My hair is between APL and BSL, and it's usually either in a single regular braid, an orchid bun, or twisted around into a coil and held with a hair elastic. But I got my hair fork in the mail yesterday, so I'm giong to use that more often now :D

[carrieavaught]

Ok so I got a pic. Sorry its not so good. But you see the basic idea.

http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w471/CarrieAnneVaught/Untitled.jpg?t=1340922843

[Tisiloves]

Folded French/Dutch plait held with a leather slide.

[ladyfey]

Gibralter bun way up high on my head (my hair is past knee and this holds well with some bent knitting needles)

[spidermom]

Most often a really quick and messy equilibrium bun.
Sometimes a Gibralter.
Or 2 or 3 buns instead of 1 to spread the weight.

[TheMechaGinger]

Time for a mini-rant: This summer is destroying my hair. Seriously! I have no a.c in my car and only the passenger window rolls down. So anytime I drive anywhere even if my hair is completely up it is soaked in sweat.
The restaurant that I work in has a broken a.c right now so for the customers it's not awful but for me, I have to run around like a crazy person so I sweat like mad.
And I live in AZ, so it's really really dry outside. So my ends are mega dried out from the heat and my roots are dried out from being soaked in basically salt water 24/7.
I can't shower off all the time (WO washes) to get the sweat out because the extra hard water I have actually worsens my hairs condition. I can't wash it like I normally do (S&C) all the time either, that would probably make it even more dry. I've tried co-washing and even if I rinse it for a million years and massage it all out it makes my hair really limp and gross HALP!

[spirals]

I still wear mine down because I have the bottom 1/3 thinned out. But when I had almost-waist length, I could just tie a knot in it at the back of my head & it would stay. Actually, I still can. But it's reduced in volume now, so I can get away with it. I wouldn't recommend it for straight hair. I will post it in my avatar later.

[pepperminttea]

Anything quick and with no loose hair. I'm useless in the heat, so I tend to stay around fans, and any loose hair (like say, with a peacock twist) would dry out and tangle fairly quickly.

[GlennaGirl]

My go-to style at this time of year and with my length hair is a peacock twist with the hair hanging down. When it starts getting hotter (95, 96, 100-and-above-ish) I will be pinning my bangs back too, because in that kind of heat they stick to my head. :)

[carrieavaught]

Here is a link to a video showing how to do it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_30u_7KOAo

it's super duper easy peasy and looks awsome!



she says in the video that it doesnt work for silky hair but mine is fine, silky and short and I can make it work... I'm a wavy though so that might be why?
I am so trying this on my daughter! I'll take pics too!

[Kristin]

A messy bun based on this tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS5-uFEPq9U

I use 2-4 spin pins to secure it as well. It's fun to play with the front and back (French or Dutch braiding up to the pony, poufs, accent braids, etc...) or stick a flower in it, too.

[Vanille_]

Someone posted a tutorial where you make a Dutch braid, insert a hair stick vertically through the braid, and wrap the tail of the braid around the hair stick and secure with bobby pins if necessary. It has been a god send in this Louisiana heat.

[gracenotes]

I've been doing messy buns held with claw clips for the most part. My hair has gotten back to a length where my other usual styles are just not working out!

[LaFlor]

I usually just do a bun with a claw clip. It's been so hot lately that I've been resorting to that look a lot.

[jacqueline101]

Pony tail hold it up place french barrette under pony tail let ends hang over the top.

[inertia]

I often end up doing lazy wrap buns while my hair is still wet. I need to wash more frequently during the summer but I can't stand to use a blow-dryer or leave my hair loose to air dry, so I just damp-bun it and go.

[jeanniet]

I just do the same thing I do all year round: a quick bun like the pencil bun or lazy wrap, or sometimes a braided bun.

[MiamiPineapple]

My hair is always in a bun unless I am going out. It's hot here!

[Cinnamoon]

Lazy wrap bun when I'm desperate to get it off my neck NOW. That doesn't always stay for too long, though, so I've mostly been doing cinnabuns lately. (Partly because I can finally do a cinnabun with just my spin pins and a hair tie! Yay!) Oh, and the Chinese bun when I have a bit more time to put it up.

[Zindell]

A french twist fastened with a beak clip.

It's so fast! Just twist the hair upwards, fold the hair and hide in the "hair roll", fasten with the clip. Might not work on too long hair I guess. :D

[CurlyMopTop]

French twist, ponybun, lazy wrap, peacock twist, braids......... I guess I have a lot of go to styles..... I like to switch it up a lot. :D

[bunzfan]

Erm we are a similar length here are mine, folded braid or a braid wrapped round into a bun fastened with a ficcare ,10 sec bun and a Gibraltar bun i do mine differently if this helps its me in the video:o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4CjLbPC_U you cansecure all of those with sticks to.

[shutterpillar]

I keep one or two hairsticks, a clear elastic and a scrunchie with me at all times in the summer, and since I am nearly BSL with crazy layers, my options are limited. It normally goes up in a pencil bun, side braid, french braid, or french braid/topsy-tail thing. basically I start with a french braid and then instead of braiding the length when I get to the top of my neck, I will put it in a topsy-tail and secure with a scrunchie or elastic.

If I have some time in the morning and am feeling particularly elaborate, then I will try some different stick buns or a style from LillithMoon videos on Youtube. :)

It is 103 degrees here today and will remain about that temperature through the weekend (where we will "cool off" into mid-90s) so I am definitely required to get creative lately.

[Zesty]

LWB or cinnamon bun for me, most of the time. Sometimes I switch it up with a pinless braided bun or something like that. Or, if I'm going to be out in the sun, I'm forced usually to wear it in a braid so that I can wear my hat.

[Nae]

Damp/wet bunning of any kind. I usually have a lazy wrap or a cinnabun going on. I put it up within 15 minutes of my shower. The wet hair helps keep me cool all day. It doesn't dry til evening. At night, when it is a little cooler out I take it out and it finishes drying right before bed when it goes right back up into a scrunci sorta top bun thingy for sleeping. I don't want it on my neck at night.

My hair is usually pretty soft and happy in the summer when I do this. (I don't wash the hair every day usually, but when it is really hot I at least rinse the hair down so I can damp bun.)

[Vanille_]

Damp/wet bunning of any kind. I usually have a lazy wrap or a cinnabun going on. I put it up within 15 minutes of my shower. The wet hair helps keep me cool all day. It doesn't dry til evening. At night, when it is a little cooler out I take it out and it finishes drying right before bed when it goes right back up into a scrunci sorta top bun thingy for sleeping. I don't want it on my neck at night.

My hair is usually pretty soft and happy in the summer when I do this. (I don't wash the hair every day usually, but when it is really hot I at least rinse the hair down so I can damp bun.)

I've never considered damp bunning, but you make it look appealing. I will give it a try. My hair is getting long enough that I don't really like it down, but I'm having trouble finding styles that are secure enough to keep up without hair ties. I suck with hair sticks. But my hair is kind of fine and the styles just don't want to stick. Maybe if it was damp, there might be more resistance and control. I'll give it a try

[dollyfish]

My default "oh god gotta get my hair up right now" is a peacock twist with a big jaw clip thing (I really should learn the proper name for those things). Takes maybe 5 seconds, and it's easy peasy. :D

[Vanille_]

My default "oh god gotta get my hair up right now" is a peacock twist with a big jaw clip thing (I really should learn the proper name for those things). Takes maybe 5 seconds, and it's easy peasy. :D

That has always been mine too, but as I start passing waist level, I don't like that style as much. It's just not the same. :(

[Diamond.Eyes]

Cinnabun, sockbun, fishtail braid, Dutch braid. :) I'll secure the buns with pins or sticks...when I'm super lazy I'll secure it with a hair-safe elastic. :)

[dollyfish]

That has always been mine too, but as I start passing waist level, I don't like that style as much. It's just not the same. :(



Yeah, I'm going to need to find better quick-fixes when my hair gets longer! Right now I can get away with this at APL.

[Dovetail]

Right now I've been trying braided buns using a paranda. My hair still has some layers, and so the paranda keeps them from falling out everywhere, and it helps my bun hold better. It's so humid here that anything on my neck gets all sweaty and nasty! Since I'm trying to stretch washes, I'm trying to keep my hair as clean as I can.

[rock007junkie]

With the heat my go to style are cinnabuns. Keeps hair away from face and forms nice waves in case I need to take it down later.

[sugarpixie10988]

Cinnabun or some sort of braid. I'm pretty updo challenged. :rolleyes: At night if it's the day before I wash, I slather my hair with conditioner which helps keep me cool.

[NoRush]

My hair is pretty short yet but I've been loving french and dutch braids either one in the back or one on each side of my head. :bounce:

[KwaveT]

I don't have enough hair to do anything with it but leaving it loose since my sides are still too short.

[Patty lou]

Heidi Braids
2 braids pinned across the top of my head.

Patti lou