Competition Hairstyles

[gym4life]

I was hoping some of the moms out there could post some photos of their daughter's hair for competitions. I am trying to get good ideas and I think it would be fun to see what everyone does. Thanks to Carina for already helping me out some!

[xstitchcarina]

You are welcome Gym4life. I will still post the ones I have sent you already, so others can see.

Will have to do it later, Photobucket doesn't seem to be working right now.

[Granny Smith]

I have posted these before on another forum, but here are a couple of shots of my dd:

This first one was how she would were her hair 2 seasons ago. I had to pay to have this done, but we called it "twisties" and the salon could do all different designs in their head.



This next one is how dd wore her hair this past season. It's not as busy as the first picture, but I can do this one myself - so it was far cheaper!



We also curl the ponytail too. If her hair is shorter, we do pigtails.

I was fortunate enough to get her not to use the sparkle spray in her hair. I really hated it, it would get everywhere.

[xstitchcarina]

Awesome, she looks great. The 2nd picture is a bit like how my dd had the first competition in 2006. Didn't have to pay for it though, had a friend do it. We are not allowed to use glitter and all that kind of stuff. Just gel.

Here are a few pictures of my dd's.

The first 2 are from her first competition:





And the next 2 are from last FEbruary:

[CoachLin]

At our competitions the girls all have their hair done in nice simple but elegant buns, with their scrunchie around it. Then it's sprayed and geled into place. They look quite stunning. Sorry I don't have any pic's to show you.

[gym law mom]

Carina and Granny--your dds look adorable. Cute hairstyles. At our gym there is none of that. Rule for meets is hair is either in a bun or in a high pony(they are curled). Any clips must be the color of the hair so they blend in. They do put the scrunchies that go with the meet leos around the bun or pony. I would say about 95% wear the high pony.They are allowed to do the glitter spray. The coaches joke that after a meet their shirts and one side of their pants are usually covered in glitter from the hugs given after each event

[purpleterah]

This is my area. I am the team hair care specailists. First Can you braid french braid, cornrows or twist? All my styles require you to know how to do this. I am the team mom up at 6 am to get the girls ready for there meets. The best tip I can give you is this always do your childs hair at night and wrap it in a head scarf. The natural weight of her sleeping head helps weight down the wisps especially after you use gel and hair spray. A satin/nylon scarf is best less friction on the hair causes less split ends and flyaways. For you clean freaks dirty hair styles better then clean hair so dont wash it the day your are going to style it. For really cool hairstyles always go to a college campus. The teenage girls who grew up doing hair on the front porch will show you how to do a great style for low cost. I can think of tons of styles but they are hard to explain. i'd have to show you on a kids head. the best style for a non braider is the web with the lil rubber bands. they come in wonderful colors to match most leos. you can find the ouchless kind at Sallys beauty shop online. For you anti gel types. My daughter's best hair accesorie is curling ribbon. The kind you use at Christmas. I go around her head in a circle part. I put about 8 sections into rubber bands i tie alternating curling ribbon on each section pull up into a high pony and curl. I curl the curling ribbons into curls alot with her hair. the best name we have gotten for this style is firecracker. It looks like fire works ontop of her head. the judges always comment also on how nice it looks. I have used gel with glitter but i make it myself. the glitter is in larger pieces and leave less tell tale sign on other people. As the parent of an asthmatic the spray can sparlkes set off her attacks, i will try to put a photo online...

[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!

[hammy]

When I was little I always wore my hair in a bun. As I got older I started doing french braid and corn row type stuff for meets, because my hair was long. The gym I currently coach at (because I left my home state) has their compulsary girls all do their hair in buns, and we use the scrunchie that matches the leo.

[gymnasticshol]

My sister usually has her hair in french plaits for meets. When her hair was longer my mum would turn up the ends of the plaits and add ribbons. Sometimes she uses the sparkle spray (only if her friends do!)

Sometimes she has her hair in the 'spider web' like in the second picture that Granny Smith posted.