Hair styles

[Jo-n-NY]

I also didn't want boy short so I went for layers. The sides are angled so nothing gets in my face, but I do have bangs as I have had my whole life. It is long enough that I have hair down my neck but because it is layered and not thick in that area I put that little bit in a pony tail with those little elastic hair ties and tuck it up my helmet because I can't stand anythin on my neck when I am riding. I also do the same when on my trainer, but without the helmet and just leave the little pony tail.

Just one idea for you. I guess it depends if you can wear layers or not.

[Veronica]

Pony tail for me . I have to get it in just the right spot though - either really high or really low, otherwise my chin strap bugs me.

There are helmets out there with pony tail ports now. My next one may have one of those.

V.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Short, short, short for me! I can't be bothered with styling or even drying my hair, so it has been short for years. I get an interesting bicycle-helmet look where my hair forms ridges from the vents on my helmet. Here's a shot of my head after a happy day's riding on a tour of Hawaii:

[fixedgeargirl]

I've had long and straight, wore it in two braids, one on each side. This helped control the wispies, as it gets the starting point of the braid closer to the front of your head. I was never able to French braid, anyway! Eliminates ponytail lumps which interfere with helmet fit. Also helps with the lost/loose elastic dilemma, you wind those little ones around the bottom and they stay.

Ah, but those days are gone. I had my hair nearly as short as Denise and got tons of compliments. That cut I could let go for 8-10 weeks before it started to make me crazy (too long around my ears, bangs in my eyes). In those last few weeks I lost the fun, spiky aspect that got me the compliments, but it was still no fuss. Then I got a student hair cut at an Aveda salon. She had a certain cut she had to do as part of her curriculum, which wasn't what I would have chosen. I was pleasantly surprised! It's longer, face-framing, feminine, though it's still short. I run a little product through to separate strands, finger comb and I'm done. Fits great under a helmet, too!

[Irulan]

Short, short, short for me! I can't be bothered with styling or even drying my hair, so it has been short for years. I get an interesting bicycle-helmet look where my hair forms ridges from the vents on my helmet. Here's a shot of my head after a happy day's riding on a tour of Hawaii:

I've seen that look before, on a guy:

[SnowMouse]

That's hilarious.....a windy ride, no less!

[LBTC]

Hey, Snowmouse! I had super short hair until I was about 20 myself...for my formative years, that's just how my mother thought it should be. I often was mistaken for a boy. I hated that. When I was a teenager I just didn't know how to go about growing it!! When I got to about 20 I wasn't making enough money to afford the hair cut every 3 weeks that short hair required, so....bite the bullet and grow it. when it got long enough to put stuff in it to hold it back (that was totally new to me!!), nothing looked good and I realized it was because my hair was the colour of the mice and deer that live here. voila....one little box and some help from DH and my hair is the colour it was as a child! I've had litttle more than a trim in the last 17 years, and I can't imagine being without it.....although I occasionally, on hot hot days, pine for the buzz cut I had in grade 11. I seriously did not look like a girl with it, tho....

so, yes, I can tell you, blondes do have more fun

did I have a point??

so how do you do a loop braid?

Namaste,
~T~

[shewhobikes]

I finally have a cut that is short and choppy enough so that I can scrunch it around with some product while blow-drying for 5 minutes and have a look that says, "her hair is sort of fgoing everywhere.. was that what she meant to happen???" ha! and the helmet then becomes not much of a problem.

[DeniseGoldberg]

I've seen that look before, on a guy:

Oh - now you're making me jealous. He has much better ridges than I do, but then again it looks like his hair is longer than mine too, and I just can't compromise there!

[alison_in_oh]

Oh - now you're making me jealous. He has much better ridges than I do, but then again it looks like his hair is longer than mine too, and I just can't compromise there!

Hee, you really pull that 'do off, Denise, but I don't think I have the facial structure. Your pic does remind me though of how my husband grew his hair out for our wedding...the honeymoon in Hawaii did some fascinating things by way of helmet hair! Unfortunately he learned his lesson and has never again let it get that long...so now he just gets what we call "Darth Maul" sunburn marks on his head!

I think helmet hair (in my case, wisps of hair cemented to my face by sweat) is a badge of honor. And anyway I tend to start and end rides at my house (making my ride partners meet me here if necessary!) so I don't end up wearing helmet hair in public very often.

The post-ride stench is another story entirely.

SnowMouse - if you want to color your hair without damaging it, consider henna. I've done mine twice now and it looks great, natural, and best of all it's healthier than before dying it! I like being a redhead every so often.

I'm tempted by those TE ponytail holders and headbands.

All - anyone see the movie Constantine? Gabriel's cute short blond curly style was part of what made me start thinking about hair again! I thought, "That's long enough in the front that you could stick it behind your ears and/or headband it under a helmet!" And I learned when I was 18 with a perm that curly hair still looks good when it's greasy and sweaty!

But I am really trying to keep chemicals out of my hair for now, so no perms for me (despite having them on and off since I was small!) Hubby liked it curly too. Ah, well.