A Hair "Milestone," and Question for Runners!

[Periwinkle]

I do gymnastics on a very casual basis, and I either ponytail or braid my hair.

However, when doing things in the house that require lots of head-yanking, I use what I have termed 'that silly thing I got from Claire's'. It's a plastic French twist comb with an elastic attached. The idea is that you twist your hair, put the comb in behind it and then stretch the elastic across. I've never managed to get it to look good (you're supposed to use it for peacock twists but my hair looks really bad in them) but I have come up with a hundred different ways of twisting my hair to put it in and believe me, it doesn't move. At all. Ever.

[Haith]

I prefer the crown braid. It's secure, out of the way, and fairly flat on the back of my head (unlike a bun). I wear it regularly when I'm working-- either at my job, or out in the garden. It also makes it easy to put a hat on overtop if it starts to get too warm or sunny.

[dor3girl]

Have you tried a 4-strand braid? It shortens the overall length, but you end up with a thicker looking braid.

[DotDotDot]

You could put it in a ponytail and then put hairties down every couple inches of the length.

[trolleypup]

Vigorous activity...I usually go with a pony scrub...hair is both out of the way, as well as protected.

[dorothea-brooke]

Oh, boy, thanks for all the fab suggestions! I'm going to try them all until I see which one works best for me.

First Morning Run Report: Today I did a regular braid, folded it and scrunchied it all together. It seemed to work well, but I had to cut my run short cause of a calf strain , so it remains to be seen if it will last for a full hour-long run.

The experimentation continues!

cheers
dorothea

[winter]

I put it in a bun and hold with a Ficcare if I do something that don't involve lying on my back, like ab excercises. It works the best if I manage to secure it enough. When I climb I just have to remember not to use my large Ficcare because it got caught in the rope.

[nicolezoie]

Running: Bunned, and covered. Lately, it's been with a "wave cap" thing that looks more or less like the foot portion of a pair of pantyhose. Basically, ponytail around ear height, tightly coil-bun (beebutt like) length, pull the wave cap over my entire head so it pulls tightly over the bun, put a hair tie around the bun so it's secured tightly inside the wave cap, then I pull the wave cap off the top of my head, and wrap that around the bun as well, then secure THAT with another hair tie. Pretty extreme, but it stays put REALLY well - no bouncing or wiggling if I do it right.

Biking: I can do the above as well, but usually it's in my home-made hair sleeve, rolled around my cellphone, and stuffed into one of the pockets of my cycling jersey.

[Sunshine69]

wrap it around your neck a few times like Jackie Chan did in "Shanghai Noon"

I like the suggestion of wrapping the braid into a low bun.

[dorothea-brooke]

wrap it around your neck a few times like Jackie Chan did in "Shanghai Noon"

Somehow it always ends up like this at night.... With a cat's paw embedded in it....

dorothea