Help! Secure hairdo for short hair?

[jjane45]

Hairdresser cut my hair WAY TOO SHORT despite of clear instructions!! :sobbing It's pretty much like this now, gets in the way big time when spinning, but too short to pull back with rubberband, and hairpins don't stay well in my hair.

Suggestions, please? Really need my hair in skateable form, and since a clip-on hair ornament is needed for group number too I cannot cut the hair further...

[Skittl1321]

Headband?

[jjane45]

Headband?

Either slips back badly or does not mitigate distraction 

[techskater]

The hairclips that "snap" into place?  I loved those before I grew my hair back out

[Sk8tmum]

I can't launch the picture ...

But, same thing happened to us.  We bought heavy duty lacquer hairspray - the kind that guarantees a 48 hour hold - then slicked the hair back with hairgell and coated it with hairspray to hold it secure (including the stupid layers that also got put in).  Pulled what left at the back into a tiny stubby ponytail mid-way up the back of the head, and wrapped a fake hair thingee around it. Worked great! A couple of sparkly hair slide/bobby pins from the dance store, and nobody could tell.

[jjane45]

Thank you all for the tips!

The hairclips that "snap" into place?  I loved those before I grew my hair back out

Without a rubberband in place, most hairclips / pins slip down while I am sitting around, extra slippery hair Haven't tried skating through them...

I can't launch the picture ...

But, same thing happened to us.  We bought heavy duty lacquer hairspray - the kind that guarantees a 48 hour hold - then slicked the hair back with hairgell and coated it with hairspray to hold it secure (including the stupid layers that also got put in).  Pulled what left at the back into a tiny stubby ponytail mid-way up the back of the head, and wrapped a fake hair thingee around it. Worked great! A couple of sparkly hair slide/bobby pins from the dance store, and nobody could tell.

Changed to a different link. I am not required to exhibit "long hair" as long as it's not interfering or malfunctioning. If heavy duty hairspray is what takes to be safe will do it...

I also considered putting loose hair into mini braids that end behind my ears.

[Jenna]

My hair's that length.  If I'm testing, I'll pull back the front or front and sides and use a hair elastic.  Otherwise, I don't bother with anything.

[Isk8NYC]

Snap clips always fall out of my hair.  I use metal barrettes from Goody - 6/card.  Kmart and Dollar General carry them.  I just brush the hair over my hand, catch it with the clip, then fasten.

http://ribbonandbowsohmy.com/index.php?module=Catalog&action=ViewProduct&prod=253

Goody makes ordinary all-metal barrettes and they also make a "no-slip" version that has a rubberized sleeve over the clasp, which holds the hair very tightly.  The latter are more difficult to fasten, though.

I wouldn't want to go to the trouble of doing french braids and cans of spray just for a practice session, but for a show/competition, definitely dress it up a bit.

Klutz makes a "how to" book about hairstyling that is excellent!  You can get it at bookstores or kids' education toy stores like Learning Express.

[Kim to the Max]

While the back of my hair is long enough to put back, I have bangs that are a pain to put back for skating because they are too short for how I normally do that. But, you can either to a small french braid down the hairline or a twist. Both will keep the hair out of your face. Good luck! And remember that this is temporary

[hopskipjump]

Mine is that length but I can french braid on each side and secure.  For slippery hair in clips use the rubber- rubber bands (the kind that are on newspapers - wrap it on the part of the clip that goes closest to the scalp and then put it in the hair.  The rubber grabs the hair and keeps it in.

More casual:

[aussieskater]

If you have really slippery fine hair, I know your pain.  Add in not much of it, and cut very short, and you have my hairstyle.  If yours is still long enough to tie back at the temples, you might find that the tiny rubber bands dentists use for teeth braces do the trick - they're small enough to catch tiny amounts of hair and they're rubber (silicon?) so they stick.

My go-to solution when I want to make sure my hair will stay put (whether I'm adding a hairpiece or not) is super-hold hairspray plus super-hold gel; but in both cases you don't want a variety which advertises itself as being able to be brushed out residue-free.  You need that residue!  The good news is that the ones which leave residue are often the cheap sorts 

Apply lots of gel, comb into position, and allow to dry.  Brush out and the style should stay fairly put for long enough to apply lots of hairspray.  The residue of the hair gel helps the hairspray hold too.  It would not be the first time I've done the gel step twice - apply, dry, brush out, apply more, dry again, brush out again, then hairspray.

[jjane45]

Thank you again everyone! I am going to experiment with tiny braids, good reminder that rubber sticks better. Just bought black Goody metal barrettes off eBay too. Heavy duty hairspray for the show if everything else fails, practice days will be OK since I go with AgnesNitt's Pad-in-the-Hat (TM).

[PinkLaces]

My DD has very short hair. It is fine.  Most of the time she doesn't use anything.  When she has to pin it back for tests, she uses these  http://www.amazon.com/Goody-Mini-Counter-Clips-32143/dp/B003XQQGRY/ref=dp_cp_ob_bt_title_1

[sk8dsmom]

My DS has very fine hair and even extra hold gel doesn't work. Last few seasons he had spiky hair and this season is just the front is styled upwards. The only things I've found that works is hair glue and freeze hairspray.  Alternately is while hair is wet, is to use gel to keep strays down and then when styled, use hair glue / freeze hairspray to hold everything down.

[Orange]

I use four hair clips, two each side, just to keep hair off my face

[rosereedy]

What about taking a little bit of hair from the center, pull back about 2 inches, hold with small rubber band, then doing 2 more on each side of that?  Get lots of volume in rest of hair for va-voom look.  I used to do this and it works well.