Hair question (probably very stupid, too)

[indigoiis]

I do the whacky part. I part it all over the place and then stick those little barrettes everywhere.

It doesn't always work.

This isn't me, but this is the whacky part:

[Lifesgreat]

I wear a buff or else my hair pops out from the sides of my helmet like Bozo the Clown.

[PamNY]

Is this the buff being discussed?

http://www.buffwear.com/

Gingerale, I hope you can find a solution that makes YOU comfortable. I cringe when discussions of this type are predicated on the assumption that one is eager for external approval.

Pam

[ASammy1]

PamNY- That is one that I have! I like the Animal Invict (skull and crossbones). It makes me feel like a bad a$$!

[Bicibellacey]

Well,

I think if you got a tattoo right across your neck it would keep a lot of people from even noticing your hair. Or if you stretched your ears out real big, then you could put your plugs in and distract in that manner
haha
No, I kindof have a similar problem, only my hair is really really long and tucking it and then sweating all thru it makes it a nappy day up top, so I have acquired quite the collection of cycling caps (they make some blank for you to decorate or draw on yourself)- my boyfriend likes to cut the top off his caps to create a visor-cycling cap. looks cool, keeps the air flowin and it may appear your hair is fun and wild sticking out of a cut cap?
this is funny, but im glad we can tackle it b/c sometimes the little things make all the difference and I believe cyclists should know that more than anyone...

wigs work too or ribbons or an audrey hepburn sash scarf thingy
or go balls(ovaries) out and shave it all off

Or just love it, embrace it, and let other girls feeling the same way rock their sweaty doo's too!

[Miranda]

My hair is baby fine, thinner, and long. I look like someone poured a bucket of water on me after any exercise. Guess I'm not a dainty sweater.

I hate hats. I think the suggestion of trying to scrunch it up in some gel might help. I have a couple fun print buffs. Mine are so gross from wearing them in spin class here lately.

Seems like the less I do, the more people it draws (when really I'm praying no one notices me looking that way). I'm so bad. I'll just go to the coffee house with my gross sweat head, bike shorts on, caked over with salt crystals..."as is".

The funniest part is that always (pretty much the grosser I look in the glamour department) some man eye balls me like that. Then, they want to chat. Umm, back off buddy, or my b.o. might cause fainting.

[momof4greatkids]

Is this the buff being discussed?

http://www.buffwear.com/

Gingerale, I hope you can find a solution that makes YOU comfortable. I cringe when discussions of this type are predicated on the assumption that one is eager for external approval.

Pam

That is the Buff in question. Those headbands on Etsy are also cute. I was fortunate to pick up (just one, was all that was left) a similar item at the dollar store for ....you guessed it, one dollar.

I suppose you could make them by the dozens w/a small amt of fabric and basic dexterity skills w/a sewing machine.

I want to know why the models on the Buff ads look like they stepped off Madison Avenue when they wear their Buffs, but when I wear mine I look like a haggard Irish wash woman after a long day at the washtubs Oh well, I guess I could stay coiffed and perfectly manicured if I stayed on the sofa all day, but who wants that?

Colleen

[Brandi]

Is this the buff being discussed?

http://www.buffwear.com/

Gingerale, I hope you can find a solution that makes YOU comfortable. I cringe when discussions of this type are predicated on the assumption that one is eager for external approval.

Pam

Sahalie has good buffs of all kinds! http://www.sahalie.com/shopping/msea...freeText=buffs

[sundial]

I wear a buff or else my hair pops out from the sides of my helmet like Bozo the Clown.

As a kid, I was on the set of Bozo the Clown. Didn't win anything.

[Crankin]

Hey, I was on Bozo, too and I did win something. But, it was rigged, I think. My uncle was friends with Bozo in real life (Frank Avruch, for you Bostonians). They shoved a Tiny Tears doll in my hands and did a commercial. A few weeks later a package arrived at the back door and I had a brand new doll.
I bought a buff and I look like a washwoman in it. My head is too small! It looks OK as a very expensive headband. I am sticking to my son's 10 year old cycling beanie for cold weather.

[Brandi]

During the winter my scalp get's really sensitive so washing it is bad. I try and just wash my hair every 4 days. But I discovered Dry Shampoo. It helps with greasy hair and it is super light wieght to carry with you on a bike trip. You sprinkle it on your hair and brush in.

[Becky]

I bought a buff and I look like a washwoman in it. My head is too small!

There are smaller sized Buffs available! I bought a women's slim-fit buff and it perfectly fits my tiny noggin! www.buyabuff.com/WomenSlimFit/women.htm
I was told that they're the same size as the Junior Buffs, but in more grown-up prints. Definitely fits me better than DH's "grown-up" sized Buff....

[GLC1968]

I bought a buff and I look like a washwoman in it. My head is too small!

I don't have this problem because my head is huge, but I have cut all my buffs (except my one winter one) in half. They work for hair coverings just as well, you get two for your money, and you don't end up with tons of extra fabric everywhere.

I also have super short hair again, but I do have tons of it. I basically either do the baseball hat (I have a small canvas one that I'd throw in my handlebar bag), dump the remaining water from my water bottle on my head and try to make some type of 'style' of my hair...or, most often, just wore my buff as a head band.

While I'd love to not care that I looked like total crap after a century (or whatever ride), reality is, I do. At least, I do when I see the photos the next day and cringe at how disheveled I look!