Blasted hairnets!

[Ravenwood]

Right now I am getting dressed to go hunting and I always really struggle with hairnets. I have long thick curly hair which I put into a pony tail and double up but still a hairnet never stays on - or loose hairs start appear and I end up looking untidy (can't bear that!) Hate kirby grips under a hat as well - how do you cope with your hairnets?

 

[*hic*]

I used to do two plaits, starting them below my hat line and then coil them into the hair net. No loose hairs! If you want them self supporting so they don't drag your hairnet off with their weight then put a pony tail band round each plait close to your head and cross the plaits over, tucking the "extra" of the opposite plait into the ponytail band.

The other method that I've used is to make one plait then double and re-double until you have a neat amount to fix into a snood which you have attached to the back of your hat with a safety pin. Secure the plait, when rolled up, like you would with a plaiting band.

 

[TGM]

My daughter has long hair and I put it in one long plait and double it up and secure with a band, then put a net over the top and secure around the base of the plait with another band. It stays put really well with no stray hairs!

 

[conniegirl]

i put mine in a low ponytail, twist it untill it starts curling back on itself then wrap it round the base of the ponytail secureing it with a scrunchy. i then put the hair net over the top and secure it with anouther scrunchy and a ton of hair spray

 

[JACQSZOO]

Do what I did - cut it all off

 

[emma69]

I have 2 methods

The first is the easiest, I put my hair in a low bun by forming a low pony tail, and then curling the hair around the hair band, then using another hair band over the top, and a bun net (or a hair net doubled up) Then I put the proper hairnet over the top

The other way, there is a cute little thing boots sell, it's about 6 inches long, made of black velvet, and you use it to twist your hair into shape (bun shape for horse hiar related!) Then the net over that.

You can get different 'grades' of hairnet, the finer the net the more easily it will break but the finer it is the more hair it will keep inside - less stray hair. The ones you get at saddleries look like fishing nets, they have huge holes - pharmacies sell smaller holed versions (you can always use a thicker one over the top if you are worried about it not looking right.

Another way to deal with stray hair is a bit of hairspray or gel smoothed over once you have it in the bun - elnet is fab!

Anotehr idea that I have seen is a french plait folded under at the bottom, and then that into the net - I can't french plait to save my life (I swear because it's the 'wrong way round' to when I do horses tails!!! )