TOO soft?

[motormuffin]

Can your hair be too soft? I love it and hate it. It feels so nice but it won't stay up. What do you to yours when this happens?

[GoddesJourney]

Suffer. Honestly, I know how you feel. Nice hair just doesn't stay up, thick or thin. Working out in other than a braid is terrible unless I want to use thousands of bobby pins, which I hate and won't do. I've been trying to come up with dependable updos myself. I have these big U-shaped metal hair pins with some kind of grip coating that makes them stay fairly well as long as I'm not working out. They're about 4 inches long and I think I found them at Kmart.

[HotRag]

My hair stys up if I put oil in it. Slightly over oil it so to say.

But, the longer my hair gets, the less "too soft" matters in updos. I guess I have enough hair left to secure with after making the bun.

[eadwine]

Mist the hell out of that sucker and THEN put it up. That is what I do.

Be careful of course when it is damp.

[Brighe]

My hair also gets too soft everytime I wash it...
It´s so fluffy and soft, not even a braid stays as it should .
And when it starts to feel nice and stays in updos i have to wash it again because near my scalp it´s greasy.

[ChloeDharma]

Oiling and misting before putting it up both work for me, otherwise if it's freshley washed and dried it just slips out all over the place.

[Aditi]

I wish i had your problem, my hair becomes soft after washing or henna but not too soft that they are hard to style, i think oiling is the best way to make your style stay.

[alys]

I'm with Aditi - I WISH I had that problem

[emmebean]

my hair has finally hit my shoulders, and I can't do anything with it, it's way too soft too stay up too.

[motormuffin]

You know, I think its the oil...I started adding castor to my oil mixture. I usually put it up wet after I wash it but once it dries it gets all slinky. Maybe I won't add so much.