Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I was hoping life would slow down for me during winter break. No such luck. Anyways, one day 'till school and here I am, sitting with time on my hands, ready to give my readers a brand-new post! Hooray! (better late than never... am I right?)
Anyhow, I had my second "real" meet just yesterday. At my gym, all the girls on my team have to wear a high bun that is smashed into our heads with absolutely NO hair falling out. After we do that, it is a requirement for us to spray so much hairspray onto our doo so that our hair feels like styled barbie-doll hair.
Even with that much hairspray and even bobby pins, reaching towards seamless security, it still seems that our hairdoos are not good enough. At our meet, I couldn't help but noticing about half of the girls on our team had hair bob up and down and up and down and- well, you get the picture. This made me wonder if it is really worth it to put so much stuff in your hair in the first place. Sure, it looks nice at first, and it is harder for the hair to get in your face, but I'm sure that buns are not the only hairdoo that can do that for you. Not to mention the fact that all the hairspray caked onto our head can lead to other problems with dryness of the scalp and hair.
With this question I ventured into the internet. What I found was not totally shocking. There are actually a few web-articles about different ways for gymnasts to do their hair. There are even some websites (like this one http://www.livestrong.com/article/549267-the-best-ways-to-do-a-gymnasts-hair/) that give different hairstyles for different lengths of hair and even different looks, like sleek or fun. It turns out that there are many different hairstyles to choose from. If you are still set on your bun, I'm sorry to say that I couldn't find any other ways to do it other than the recommended, gel it and spray it. There's still hope though because I learned that you don't actually have to worry about the whole dry scalp as long as you wash your hair as soon as you can and you don't wear the spray too often. I also found that there are actually specific ways to spray hairspray to get the most out of your product. For instance, you should start by looking at what the bottle of spray says it's for. For more secure doo's, look for bottles that say ultra-strong hold or something along those lines.
What doo's are you going to try for your next meet/event? Let me know in the comments!
Doo on my fashionable internet gymnasts!
~Joanna
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