My hair is between the shoulder blades, straight, thick and fine. I used to do pigtail braids (layered hair doesn't do one braid). My mom picked up a nifty little thing at the Harley shop called a hair glove (www.hairglove.com) and now I use that. She got a leather one since it was the Harley shop but I think I may order the neoprene. Works great but the leather is a bit stiff. I just had to chop off 3" of my hair because the sun/wind from cycling killed it. Now I deep condition and braid or wear the Hair Glove.