Cheer/gym moms-How do you make those super tight curls?

[missypie]

DD is a gymnast. In the past they always wore buns at meets but now they have the option to wear super tight curls. I tried it last weekend and although DD's hair looked beautiful, the curls drooped big time.

How do you make those super tight curls that stay super tight for hours?

 

[Brianne]

I can't figure out how to do it myself either. Although, after looking at some of the competing teams in my DD's last competition, it looked like they were wearing fake hair. There are websites that sell ponytail/curls---somehow you attach it to a bun & it's instant perfect curls. Here's a site that shows what I'm talking about: http://www.cheerleaderhairpieces.com/

 

[CathrynRose]

http://www.epinions.com/beat-Hair_Care-Styling-All-Redken_Hot_Sets/display_~reviews

It works!

 

[ntburns22]

"Big sexy hair" hairspray, It holds my DD's hair really well. She can even sleep on it and it still looks pretty good. Its funny when we are in the drupstore and DD reminds me to get her big sexy hair. You should see the looks I get.

I spray each stand before I wrap it rollers/curling iron. I spray it again as I take them out.

 

[Christine]

You need to buy some "salon" products for this. Drugstore brand stuff doesn't cut it.

When my DD had her up-do done, it lasted all day and night. They put a LOT of product in her hair and basically shellacked (sp?) each curl with Sebastian Shaper Plus Hairspray. Another heavy duty spray is Aveda's Firmata. I think you need to spray it on each strand, then curl, then spray again.

 

[TarraLee]

Cheer coach/gym owner here. We don't do the curls anymore, but when we did, I always recommended cheercurls.com. But then again, with cheer, it is important for uniformity, and the cheer curls do a great job of making the girls look peppy and very visually consistent at the same time. Since gymnastics is more individual, the sleep-in-rollers method may work for you. I'll second the "big sexy hair" products too! Love em.

 

[missypie]

Thanks! I don't want to do fake hair, because then you have to do something with the real hair and there are even more hairpins, etc. The beauty of curls is no hair pins to stick into their head while they're tumbling, etc.