Hair troubles - request for suggestions

[mizarchivist]

It's 3pm on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. My mini vacation starts in 1 hour and 45 minutes. FYI.

So, here's the trouble. I keep getting tension headaches from my hair elastics and clippy thingies. My hair is somewhat heavy, retains moisture for most of the day when up (in other words every day) and getting surprisingly long. At least by my standards.

I have to wonder if my hair management applications are just not sturdy enough. My default clip is this shaped. The one that is less useful because it's a bit to claw-like- (approximate representation). I'm thinking I need to reinvest in some scrunchies.

... rest of this was deleted 3-4 times because while I would like suggestions, I don't want to fire up the long hair/short hair debate, which would have been inevitable. I know who stands on which side of that line already.

Comments

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

I have lots of fluffy hair, and I have an AWFUL time with hair clips. They give me a headache, and are useless for when my hair is dry. I use scrunchies and barrettes, however I would love to be able to use hair sticks because then I'd have an excuse to bead up a bunch! :-) Maybe hair sticks will work for you?

[mizarchivist]

Ooooh- I miss hair sticks. I think I have to wait for this damned top layer to grow out more before that would work. And I remember previous stick experiences leading to headaches, too.
So, I count this as at least one more vote for scrunchies

[haptotrope.livejournal.com]

You can do like a french twist, to hold the side in, and pull it back and up and shove a stick in there... mostly when I had long hair, I did use a clip, but I twisted it upwards, and clipted it so that the twist was holding most of the hair and there was less stress on the clip.

[mizarchivist]

I still think I need a better clip- I definitely do that sometimes- although see previous comment about top layer still growing out. But yeah. I have to continue to explore that option.

[caulay.livejournal.com]

Have you considered a secondary clip, something on the top of your head to hold the shorter hair?

I know I'm getting close to the point of doing that.

[virtuallykayla.livejournal.com]

I hear lots about how comfy these are by my patients. Havent had a chance to try on meself.

http://www.hairzing.com/

[kebbykate.livejournal.com]

My sister has lots of heavy hair on her head and she had the coolest hairstyle in high school. It was shaved or clipped close from the ear level down underneath the rest of the hair. I really liked it. It's a bit extreme, but it was a lot more comfortable for her.

Since my own hair has been really short most of my life, I have no personal input on the hair controllers.