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[podling]

So last night I called my mom to ask her where I'd be able to find a particular kind of headband that would keep my hair out of my face while I'm working out, since I don't feel like just going shopping until I find one. So here's how the conversation went...

Mom: Why don't you just put your hair in a ponytail?

Me: It's not long enough, it still gets in my eyes.

Mom: How about lots of little ponytails?

Me: So I'd look like a weird muppet?

Mom: No, I was thinking more along the lines of Pebbles.

Me: I don't think I should be trying to look like Pebbles!

Mom: Sure! You could have a little pigtail right in the center of your head too!

Me: I don't want to look like Pebbles!!!

Comments

[laurasaurora.livejournal.com]

my hair is pretty short too... when i go running/exercise, i usually put the top/front of my hair in a barette and that keeps everything under control.

[podling]

My hair actually doesn't stay in barettes very well. I used to use a series of strategically placed clips in my hair that would keep it in place, but it's kind of a pain, looks really weird, and parts of my hair will fall out because it's not quite long enough. My hair is evil.

[(Anonymous)]

Never trust a hairdresser who doesn't know what a detangling comb is.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

Sorry, apparently I was forcibly logged out of LJ without noticing it.

[podling]

I assumed you just didn't want anyone to know it was you. I'm still telling my mom on you. :p

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

And what if I had not wanted anyone to know it was me, and yet you still told your mom? That would be mean.

(She's clearly a spy whose cover story has slipped.)

[podling]

I was going to, it's true...

[betra.livejournal.com]

A bandana would do the trick. You could just make a triangle out of it and roll it up, tie it around your head and shove it back.

Hair managed.

[podling]

Won't it come loose when I'm all jumping around?

[betra.livejournal.com]

errrrrr

How much jumping around are you doing?

Try this. Go to a beauty supply store or CVS and look around for hair stuff. They should have something.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

Well, there is an easy way to find out, you know.

I tend to use the babushka style handkerchief thing for my hair fairly often, and in my hair, if I tie it snugly enough, it holds nicely even in activity. I don't know about 'jumping around,' though, since I don't.

[toratigris.livejournal.com]

If you're playing DDR, then a bandana probably won't stay unless you pin it. If you can't find a stretchy one (and even that kind starts to slip out when I play DDR, and I have to pause between songs to put it in place again), you could use a bandana held in with bobby pins. The secret is to use four bobby pins, two for each side, and to cross them. That is, put one in at an angle, then put the next one in so that it goes across the first bobby pin and they form an X. Then do the same on the other side of your face. That holds pretty well, even in my slippery and uncooperative hair.

[kfringe.livejournal.com]

You wimminfolk require extraordinary logistical skill just to make through a day, don't you??

[toratigris.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, we surely do.

How are you, by the way?

[kfringe.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that I'm here.

[podling]

Yeah, the headband kept slipping out. Maybe I'll try the bobby pin thing. :) Thanks man!

[toratigris.livejournal.com]

If the stretchy headband you got is fabric (rather than beads with elastic or whatever), then you can use clips to hold it in place. You know those kind that pop open when you bend them one way, and close when you bend them the other? One of those on each side holds really well. I did that this weekend, and it held through 500 calories of bouncing around playing DDR without slipping at all.

[kfringe.livejournal.com]

There is a simpler solution.

[podling]

That is so wrong! I'd look totally stupid shaved. I know this.

[neerggirl.livejournal.com]

I was just at walmart, and they had a bunch of fabric/elastic headbands- so I purchased a 3 pack for a bick $1.86- My husband could not figure out why I wanted them- but sure enough I put my hair in one- and he said it made my forehead look big (which is dumb since I wear my hair in a bun every day which makes my forehead look equally as big)- anyrate- I PTd in the headband and it worked!

[podling]

I got one, but it kept slipping out backwards, so it was actually worse to use it. I may just start using strategically arranged clips again.

Oh, and I never said congrats on the whole marriage thing (I know it was a while ago, but still!).

[neerggirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks!