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August 8th, 2012, 01:50 AM
For about the past nine-ten months I've favoured wearing my hair in a claw-type clip. Basically a ponytail secured with a couple of elastics, then folded up and clipped onto the back of my head. It's worked well to keep my hair off the back of my neck in the awkward shoulder-to-APL stage, but now it's not only doing damage, but my hair is rapidly growing past the stage where this style will work.
As you can see in the photo, whereas once only about 2-3 inches poked out in a kind of cute tuft, now I have this giant 6+ inch tree sprouting out of my clip.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r519/Echidna23/P5240155.jpg
Although my head is tilted back here and the clip is quite low, this was a few months ago -- the tuft is now definitely 6 inches long. If I try to put the clip higher, it looks weird and falls out the bottom. Also, I'm getting tired of clipping and, as mentioned, it causes damage.
So I decided to see whether a Flexi-8 would work in a similar style... However, the exact same thing would happen with a Flexi 8 if I did the exact same style (ponytail turned upside down). I think I would like to do a French twist, Up and Down or Tails Up (as they call them on the website).
This is my hair today, just passing APL:
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r519/Echidna23/P6230186.jpg
Ponytail circumference is precisely 3.5 inches.
I'm thinking a medium Flexi-8 would do the trick, as the size listed is 4 inches ponytail circumference for it to work for ponytail hairstyles. It says if you use a small (3 1/8 inch ponytail circumference) for your ponytail you should use this for a French twist. I think a medium would be too large for my ponytail so theretically if I did want it for a ponytail I'd probably get a small.
The next smallest size is 3 1/8 inches and the next largest is 4 3/4 inches. I also measured my ponytail circumference looped loosely on itself twice; it's 4.5 inches.
Sorry for the long explanation. If someone can give an estimate, either from the pictures/measurements of my hair, of whether a Medium is the right choice, that would be great. :)
As you can see in the photo, whereas once only about 2-3 inches poked out in a kind of cute tuft, now I have this giant 6+ inch tree sprouting out of my clip.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r519/Echidna23/P5240155.jpg
Although my head is tilted back here and the clip is quite low, this was a few months ago -- the tuft is now definitely 6 inches long. If I try to put the clip higher, it looks weird and falls out the bottom. Also, I'm getting tired of clipping and, as mentioned, it causes damage.
So I decided to see whether a Flexi-8 would work in a similar style... However, the exact same thing would happen with a Flexi 8 if I did the exact same style (ponytail turned upside down). I think I would like to do a French twist, Up and Down or Tails Up (as they call them on the website).
This is my hair today, just passing APL:
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r519/Echidna23/P6230186.jpg
Ponytail circumference is precisely 3.5 inches.
I'm thinking a medium Flexi-8 would do the trick, as the size listed is 4 inches ponytail circumference for it to work for ponytail hairstyles. It says if you use a small (3 1/8 inch ponytail circumference) for your ponytail you should use this for a French twist. I think a medium would be too large for my ponytail so theretically if I did want it for a ponytail I'd probably get a small.
The next smallest size is 3 1/8 inches and the next largest is 4 3/4 inches. I also measured my ponytail circumference looped loosely on itself twice; it's 4.5 inches.
Sorry for the long explanation. If someone can give an estimate, either from the pictures/measurements of my hair, of whether a Medium is the right choice, that would be great. :)