Competition Hairstyles

[Ingymmom]

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Originally Posted by Blackie6 All I can say is "WOW". You moms are GOOD! I have two older boys and not so good at girlie hair yet. Not sure what I will have to do when my DD competes (she has just started level 4) but I hope it's not as difficult as these hair do's LOL! I have mastered the high curlie-do because of cheerleading, but my DD hates that. Funny I used to french braid my own hair but can't do it on her. Guess I will have to start practicing!

I can certainly relate I can't french braid at all.... At least you can do the curlies.... I had to put curlers in A's hair once - oh my goodness what a disaster! my boys being 12 & 14 are so simple The hard part is getting them to shower everyday - with soap LOL...

CUTE hair all!!! & lots of great ideas too.... for wispies, because we do a lot of buns, I use ION spray gel from sally's - works great, and then comb it back with a fine tooth comb, so it is smooth... we use the gel every single day - nic

[Ingymmom]

forgot to ask.... does anyone here use hair pins for practice or competitions?

[gym4life]

Wow, the response to this topic has been great! You guys are incredibly good. If I could make a request, I would like to see the "web" style from a close up top view if anyone has a pic like that. Also, purpleterah, you should definitely post some photos of your creations, you sound like the master!

[gym law mom]

Ingymmom--Right now, my daughter is using hair clips at practice becuase she is growing out side bangs(her mature style?) and she has to keep them back out of her face. Same clips she uses at meets that you can get at any WalMart etc.

Blackie--Before you stress over hair(and I know where you're coming from!), check with the coaches about what they require or prefer for meets. I think on little ones, just a nice curled pony looks sweet and it doesn't cause a major meltdown for the parent!

BTW---Any of you real hair experts know of something that can be put in or on the hair to hold the curls of the pony over a long day? My daughter has very straight fine hair, so just getting it to curl is an issue. Usually if its a traditional format meet, by the end of the 2nd event, the curls have started to unwind and look droopy.

[Ingymmom]

GLM - I am definately not an exp. hair mom, & my dd has pretty long hair but it is also thin & heavy - not great curly combos, I had to do curlies for my dd's ballet & boy was it a learning exp for me.... first couple of days were pretty tragic, but I did (after the 3rd day of shows) finally figure out how to do great curlies in my dd's hair.. by the last day of the show I finally made it work... AND it actually kept for a 1pm show and a 7pm show on the same day. That gel I mentioned - ION spray gel - I swear by this gel... I sprayed on hair when it was damp, pulled the area I needed to into a pony tail, curled it with the soft conair curlers from Target - we used about 100, the more you use the better the hair stays - dd slept with them in... the next day I sprayed the gel on 1 more time with a light mist, let it dry. When I took the curlers out I sprayed each one with Aussie sprunch spray from bottom to top. It really worked great & did last for about 9 hrs... was a ton of work & personally I thought the fake curlies you can purchase would have been fine, but our company says nope... so it may be worth trying - nic

[dazed]

It seems that there's not a whole lot I could do for my dd's hair since she likes it in the short bob that she has now. It's real short in the back and slopes down a little longer towards the front. What can I do for hair like that? She's tender headed and HATES it when I try to fix her hair and I'm afraid to try cool little twisties and corn rows and what-not. On the other hand, I can hardly make a straight part, lol. I'm hopeless!

[midwestgymmom]

Here one of my dd from this last season

[purpleterah]

GLM - I learned this trick from a dancer. First use soft roller style rollers to do her hair the night before. dont wash it dirty hair holds curl better then freshly washed hair. The big screy to get her hair to hold the curls is after you removed the rollers for the mmet you wrap her hair in a color matching hair net and pin and then you place her comp leo hair scrunchie around it.

IGM- For your dd do you frech braid if so the best style for her is three french braid done half way to the back of her head. Then braid each braid until the end. the hair of her hair you have left down will go up into a pony tail. Once in a pony braid the remaining hair. flip the braid up in a swinging loop fashionhold with elastic. neatly wrap fourth braid around pony pin in place. elengant yet when she is inverted hair will not cover eyes etc.

i am looking for pictures to post soon..
Danielley

[purpleterah]

As for clips according to USAG hair clips are allowed. My favorite hair clips are found at the local dollar store. They were in the shape of stars. There were two sets of variuos colors and I stood there and chnaged the sets so she had 4 to match her comp leo. these clips gave her hair pizzazz to her then curlie pony without spray gel

[gymama]

Wow, what a cool thread! Great pics, can't wait to see more when the season starts especially from purpleterah. I'll try to find some to post of my dd.