Use something more like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077FSSUK
Holds in shorter, wispy hair better than actual nets do.
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Here ya go!!
I can’t open any of the links?
But thanks to everyone else!
Acck ears showing, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum seems to be doing quite alright w/ her ears and a few strands of hair showing. Take it easy OP, I know this is a pet peeve but please don’t resort to cutting up a pair of pantyhose or wearing some thug like hairmask for the sake of hunter hair. Think fashion icon Jackie O and the brouhaha she created when she went hunting sans hairnet…
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Sing Mia Song’s original post had a step-by-step guide with photos to making a hunter ring hairdo with a pair of pantyhose. Unfortunately, the pictures seem to have been taken down. It was pretty entertaining, but speaking as someone with short hair, I wouldn’t bother. If my hair is shaggy, I use a well-fitting hairnet; if not, I don’t even bother. If your hair is neat and your helmet fits well, you will look fine.
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How short is your hair now? Chin length? Layers? Shoulder length? A picture would help, since I’ve had to figure out numerous ways to restrain my hair at various lengths and cuts.
My hair is just at my chin with lots of layers. I can’t stand the feeling of my hair flying around when I ride so I use hairnets, even for everyday hacking. The RWR hairnets don’t work for me because the hair never seems to cover your ears- it just looks like you’re wearing a weird do rag.
I pull all of my hair into a super low ponytail (that is basically just a little 1/2 inch stub, if that) and then I brush/finger comb all of the loose layers that won’t reach the elastic forward. I then use 1 knot hairnets (2 of them) to pull the layers over my ears as I normally would with long hair, tying everything together like a ponytail at the back. I put my helmet on the same way you would if all of this had been done with long hair- back to front, tucking the loose ends of the quasi-ponytail up and voila. Hunter hair. People always think I have super long hair when I have my helmet on. If I’m at a show, I might add a little gel, just to keep the little baby hairs at the back of my neck in check. Starting with a little stubby ponytail first and using only the upper layers to cover the ears gives you the extra security that you need with shorter hair, otherwise the whole thing would never stay together, it would all just slide around. As long as you can pull a small chunk of hair into a small elastic, you should be able to use this method.
ETA: for fine hair, the double hairnet is key. Always use the thick ones designed for riding. Add gel if necessary. For super, super fine hair, I’ve known people to use a RWR hairnet with 2 normal thick hairnets on top of it. :eek: It works though.
All is right with the world again… COTH has a hunter hair thread on the first page!
Seriously, there is no place on the judges sheet for a hair doo score. Put it up as best you can, amd worry about finding eight perfect spots, keeping a rhythm, and remembering your course.
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When I had short hair I would always just use two hairnets, and it looked fine!
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Sing Mia Song’s original post had a step-by-step guide with photos to making a hunter ring hairdo with a pair of pantyhose. Unfortunately, the pictures seem to have been taken down.[/QUOTE]
I let my account lapse–hadn’t used it in ages. The basic premise is that you take a leg of pantyhose and make a hairband out of it, as if it were a folded bandana. After you’ve knotted it to your satisfaction, spin it around so the knot is where your ponytail would be. Try to keep the hairband as wide as possible so you can tuck your hair inside it along the sides. Then flip up the ends of the knotted part the same way you would if it were a ponytail, cover with a hairnet and slap your helmet on it.
To be honest, though, I have moved on to the top of a pair of pantyhose with the legs and crotch cut off. This is basically the poor man’s version of this: http://www.eriquestrian.com/equestrianhairne.html. Because it is wider, it’s easier to do.
Is it necessary? No. But I prefer it because my hair is very fine and likes to wiggle its way out of hairnets, and there’s very little that is more annoying to me than feeling wispy bits of hair around my face when I ride.
Oh, one more hint: if you go the pantyhose waist route, go to Wally World and buy the really big ones (they’re even bigger than “queen” size). I get the control top ones.
I’ll try to do another post with new pictures.
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Acck ears showing, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum seems to be doing quite alright w/ her ears and a few strands of hair showing. Take it easy OP, I know this is a pet peeve but please don’t resort to cutting up a pair of pantyhose or wearing some thug like hairmask for the sake of hunter hair. [/QUOTE]
Seriously. Panty hose? When the MEN start freaking out about their ears showing when they have short hair that can’t be done has hunter hair, worry. If the judge is looking at your ears, you do not have real problems. Slick down any flyaways, put a hairnet over it if you’re that worried and it’s long enough to bother, otherwise panty hose on your head are kind of going to defeat the purpose of enjoying the summer heat without a head full of hair…
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I don’t use one of the “thug” covers to cover my ears - I actually never cover my ears as I HATE that feeling. I just have short layers, and it keeps my hair in my helmet better than a net does. I hate the feeling of wispies hitting my face/eyes while riding.
Oh for heavens sake.
Unless you have ears like Prince Charles, it does not matter if you cover them up with hair or not.
The easiest way to deal with flyaways is this. It’s summer. Wet your hair, completely. Get as much of it as you can into whatever kind of ponytail you can. Spray the bejeazus out of whatever is left over with heavy duty hair spray like White Rain while you slick it down like crazy. Install hairnet, spray all over again, put your helmet on.
Haven’t any of you HPs figured out that whoever perfected hunter hair the first time only did it because her ears stuck out like Dumbo? Does it make you more aerodynamic or something? Magically find all eight fences? Produce clean changes?
George Morris didn’t even put his hair over his ears when he had hair and neither did some of his , ehem, more mature students. No where, in any of GMs books does it say anything other than hair must be neatly contained, preferably in a hair net. As many exercises and instructions as he gives on tack, turn out , spit, polish, etc, in none of his publications anywhere, does he address the correctness of “hunter hair”. Those of you who aspire to greatness in the hunter ring need to note if GM does not address it, it simply does not matter.
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I too prefer hunter hair because whispies on my face and ears is so distracting!
OP what color hair do you have? When I had a chin length bob what I did was get a black cloth headband (my hair is black)-you know the thick, yoga ones, and put that around my head/ears like my hair would normally go with hunter hair. Then I would put the hair net over the top of that and just twist the extra up into my helmet.
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I too prefer hunter hair because whispies on my face and ears is so distracting!
OP what color hair do you have? When I had a chin length bob what I did was get a black cloth headband (my hair is black)-you know the thick, yoga ones, and put that around my head/ears like my hair would normally go with hunter hair. Then I would put the hair net over the top of that and just twist the extra up into my helmet.[/QUOTE]
Great idea! Thanks!
And yes I know I don’t ‘have to’ put my hair up, but I wear a hairnet every ride, and I feel somewhat ‘naked’ without it, and it looks like I do have dumbo ears!
And for heaven’s sake right back atcha, babe. Why does it bother you that some people prefer this look?
I like it because it is easy, neat, keeps my ears warm in winter, and I feel like it looks professional and put together. Necessary? No. But this way I know my hair isn’t going to go all jazz hands on me.
Y’all can laugh if you want, but I’m gonna keep doing it.
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I too prefer hunter hair because whispies on my face and ears is so distracting!
OP what color hair do you have? When I had a chin length bob what I did was get a black cloth headband (my hair is black)-you know the thick, yoga ones, and put that around my head/ears like my hair would normally go with hunter hair. Then I would put the hair net over the top of that and just twist the extra up into my helmet.[/QUOTE]
This is what I do! I have an angled bob that is chin-length in front and shorter in the back, and I do the wide cloth headband, hairnet over that tied into a “ponytail” (it’s mostly net, not a lot of hair in there) and then second hairnet on top. Keeps the whole thing under control! And my hair is light brown, but the way I do my hair you don’t even see the different-colored headband under the helmet at all.
If it’s THAT IMPORTANT and you like a look so much, why not grow out your hair? I like being able to do buns and updos, so I don’t cut my hair short, I don’t cut up tube socks to make a falsie. If you’re putting panty hose on your head and not planning to rob a convenience store, you are making dubious fashion choices. There is no reason on Earth, especially given how awful hunter hair looks with modern helmets, for someone to feel they have to resort to nineteenth-century-style hairdressing fakery if they have short hair where at most a hairnet and some gel would do the job. Poofing and puffing creates a lot more opportunities for escapees (believe me, between dance and having to wear a hairnet around food, I have plenty of experience and the best way to control flyaways is a tight pull and if necessary styling products under the net.) People roll their eyes at the idea this such a necessary part of the look women with shorter hair should resort to bizarre fakery. If you like it and don’t think it looks absurd on you, keep your hair in a way you can do it.
Again, when MEN start wearing hunter hair with No Nonsense pinned to their head, it might be a legitimate worry.
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If it’s THAT IMPORTANT and you like a look so much, why not grow out your hair? I like being able to do buns and updos, so I don’t cut my hair short[/QUOTE]
Had you read my original post, I said that my hair dresser cut off 13" inches instead of 10", which would’ve left me in an OK spot. I AM growing my hair out as fast as I can, but only so much you can do in 5 days. I was merely asking for suggestions on what to do, no need to be snarky, isn’t that what this forum is about- to ask for help?
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And for heaven’s sake right back atcha, babe. Why does it bother you that some people prefer this look?
I like it because it is easy, neat, keeps my ears warm in winter, and I feel like it looks professional and put together. Necessary? No. But this way I know my hair isn’t going to go all jazz hands on me.
Y’all can laugh if you want, but I’m gonna keep doing it.[/QUOTE]
Exactly, OP asked how to do hunter hair with short hair. She did not ask to be judged because she likes to look nice. Good for her for showing respect for herself and her horse. Ima gonna keep doing it too!
You might try pinning it back with bobby pins right behind your ears. then put the hairnet over it and kinda tuck it up under the bottom of the hair. Cover the pins with the net and proceed as usual.
If you just want it up you can french braid it on each side… however ir will not cover your ears an you may get laughed at by the other HPs.
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If it’s THAT IMPORTANT and you like a look so much, why not grow out your hair? I like being able to do buns and updos, so I don’t cut my hair short, I don’t cut up tube socks to make a falsie. If you’re putting panty hose on your head and not planning to rob a convenience store, you are making dubious fashion choices. There is no reason on Earth, especially given how awful hunter hair looks with modern helmets, for someone to feel they have to resort to nineteenth-century-style hairdressing fakery if they have short hair where at most a hairnet and some gel would do the job. Poofing and puffing creates a lot more opportunities for escapees (believe me, between dance and having to wear a hairnet around food, I have plenty of experience and the best way to control flyaways is a tight pull and if necessary styling products under the net.) People roll their eyes at the idea this such a necessary part of the look women with shorter hair should resort to bizarre fakery. If you like it and don’t think it looks absurd on you, keep your hair in a way you can do it.
Again, when MEN start wearing hunter hair with No Nonsense pinned to their head, it might be a legitimate worry.[/QUOTE]
My hair is bobbed because I look awful with long hair. It gets stringy and it breaks off, so I still have the wispies. And the pantyhose technique is a lot faster than lacquering it into place. At the end of my ride, I pull it off with my hairnet, run my fingers through it and go.
My hair, my choice. But thanks so much for your judgment call on my “dubious fashion choices.” Don’t recall asking for it, and neither did the OP.
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