Hello Nurses, nursing students, pre-nurses, and everyone else,
I am having problems with my hair recently. It looks fine when I leave, but by the end of the day, it looks like I went through a tornado. Okay not literally, but it is pretty bad. I was wondering if you have any problems controlling your hair? What do you do to keep it professional looking all day? Do you spend hours on it before work? I am always fond of the tried and true pony tail.
This is a pretty silly thread, but I find we need a horse of a different color lol.
I've had good luck with 'touchable' or 'flexible hold' or 'soft and strong' hairsprays--Pantene has a nice one and I'm sure other brands have similar things. Wash, towel dry, comb, ponytail, light spray all around, et voila! A smooth, non-crunchy, non-sticky hairstyle with small likelihood of flyaways. It's especially helpful in winter--putting on and taking off a hat, hood, scarf, etc. really does a number on a hairstyle.
I *thought* I had mid wavy hair too. I straightened it all my life, until one day I thought.... hmm, I wonder if it will curl on its own. I washed and conditioned it and then after the shower I didn't use a comb or brush. I just towel dried it until it wasn't dripping wet, put in some curl cream using my fingers, crunched it up. 1/2 an hour later my hair was super curly and it lasted all day. Give it a try sometime you don't have anywhere to go! I have fixed my hair like that ever since! I would run around bald if it was socially acceptable because I truely hate fixing my hair!
Garnia has a great curl cream and to add some extra curl you can use your blow dryer with a diffuser on highest heat/ lowest flow setting. It is hard to decribe how to use it so just look up a youtube video or something. I usually don't use a diffuser since my hair is used to being curled. At first, I had to use it because it was so used to being straight! I pin the "bangs" part back a little so my hair won't hang in my face.
I have straight, fine hair that can look wind blown with no breeze. And its oily.
So, I gave in and cut it above the shoulders. I used to wear a pony-tail too. Then one day my kids told me I looked 'scary', I think they meant severely serious.
I use Herbal Essence Set Me Up hairspray. It stays shiny and in place. Unless I mess it up. Even says on the back something about keeping your hair styled even in a tornado. I just like it because it works and my scalp doesn't feel oily at the end of the day.
I used to wear my hair up in a pony tail or messy bun until I got sick and tired of those little stupid fly aways on the side.
So I got it cut to my shoulders and I straighten it before I go to work so its neat looking. I keep a scrunchie on my wrist in case I need to tie it back quick.
I have shoulder length hair and like to wear it up in a bun with spin pins and a silk flower on the side. I have very straight hair. A touch of hairspray and I am good all day. Plus people really like the flower pin, though it might be too girly for some.
They are really easy to use and hold lots of different hair types.
How the heck do these work?? Obviously, I'm not the person who can do much more than a ponytail, LOL .
Specializes in MCH,NICU,NNsy,Educ,Village Nursing.
Short hair. Blow dry, spritz with a little hair spray--maybe--depends on my mood. Sometimes the "I've had a very rough day" look is good for sympathy :)
I have longer blonde hair... some days I wet just the scalp part and brush it back into a pony tail.. and then secure with bobby pins and hairspray. Other days I will straighten it and put it back in a pony but with the shorter pieces and my bangs out on either side.
I find if anything my makeup starts looking messy by the end of the day... but I look 12 years old without any makeup on :)
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teeniebert, LPN
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I've had good luck with 'touchable' or 'flexible hold' or 'soft and strong' hairsprays--Pantene has a nice one and I'm sure other brands have similar things. Wash, towel dry, comb, ponytail, light spray all around, et voila! A smooth, non-crunchy, non-sticky hairstyle with small likelihood of flyaways. It's especially helpful in winter--putting on and taking off a hat, hood, scarf, etc. really does a number on a hairstyle.