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  • #1

    How do you stop your hairnet from riding up your ears?

    Just like the title says... I don't like hooking it on the bottom of my ears. I've tried tighter hair elastic, looser, etc. but just can't get it to stay where I put it.
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    It doesn't work as well as it used to, with the $#!@^ helmets now. But a bobby pin on the end of each side, pulling the hairnet a little tighter, up through a bit of the hair and the elastic edge of the hairnet, ending up in the ponytail. That makes no sense written out, but you will figure it out in practice.

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      How do you put your hair up? I put the hairnet over my hair while its still down, pull my hair AND the hairnet back into a ponytail together, that way the sides are tight. It helps to hook the front of the hairnet over your nose while your doing it so you can pull it really tight without it sliding back, then push the front up after you have it tied back. And because its tight you can have fuller "patties" that never come loose or fall out. My hairnet NEVER rides up... it just digs into my ears and hurts like crazy after a few hours.. but it works!! How does the saying go? pain is beauty?

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        Originally posted by TheOneandOnly View Post
        How do you put your hair up? I put the hairnet over my hair while its still down, pull my hair AND the hairnet back into a ponytail together, that way the sides are tight. It helps to hook the front of the hairnet over your nose while your doing it so you can pull it really tight without it sliding back, then push the front up after you have it tied back. And because its tight you can have fuller "patties" that never come loose or fall out. My hairnet NEVER rides up... it just digs into my ears and hurts like crazy after a few hours.. but it works!! How does the saying go? pain is beauty?
        Hm... That's exactly how I do mine, but I'm still having problems! Maybe I have odd-shaped ears?

        Do you do the ponytail elastic up really tight?
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        • #5
          I do mine the same way as TheOneandOnly, but dont pull mine tight, and have never had them ride up. I position mine so they cover right above where my earings are. Are you using the cheaper hair nets that only have one piece of elastic going around it or the more expensive ones that have more of a band with I think three strands of elastic? Maybe try whichever one your not using currently.

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          • #6
            I do my hair the same as TheOneAndOnly. I have to use the thick edged hairnets. I've also realized that how well your hair works out depends on your hairline. I have had to do students hair before and if they have a high hairline/forehead, then its hard to get the hair to look right over their ears and it tends to ride up. Keep the pony tail as low as you can in the back to offset this. As you pull it back, loosen the sides over your ears to get a little swoop, then tighten everything up as you pull it in the low pony.
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            • #7
              Ditto the quality hair net. The cheaper ones are really thin and don't hold on to anything, I think Dover has the nice ones that have the inch wide elastic all the way around. To tell you the truth I didn't even know hairnets could ride up! It seems like you would have to have some movement there for it to be able to? What kind of helmet are you wearing and does it fit you well? I do the ponytail just as I would a normal ponytail, tight but not too tight. Its the hairnet on the sides of my head that I pull really tight. I guess it could also depend on the thickness of your hair?

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              • #8
                Loop the hairnet around your earlobes when you make your ponytail, and leave it there until the helmet is on your head. Then adjust to the position on your ear that you like.

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                  Originally posted by TheOneandOnly View Post
                  Ditto the quality hair net. The cheaper ones are really thin and don't hold on to anything, I think Dover has the nice ones that have the inch wide elastic all the way around. To tell you the truth I didn't even know hairnets could ride up! It seems like you would have to have some movement there for it to be able to? What kind of helmet are you wearing and does it fit you well? I do the ponytail just as I would a normal ponytail, tight but not too tight. Its the hairnet on the sides of my head that I pull really tight. I guess it could also depend on the thickness of your hair?
                  Hm. I have really, really thick hair and use the thicker hair nets, the one-knot kind from a local tack shop. I wear a speed air, which fits me well.

                  If you say it is tight enough to hurt your ears a bit, I will try pulling mine tighter. I'm just not sure where I'm going wrong!

                  Originally posted by AlterWhiner View Post
                  Loop the hairnet around your earlobes when you make your ponytail, and leave it there until the helmet is on your head. Then adjust to the position on your ear that you like.
                  I will give this a try too, but I always wear earrings and they already often get caught in the net while I'm putting my hair up, so I think I would have to take them off to do this and that's a bit of hassle.
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                  • #10
                    I do mine like theoneandonly...except....

                    Start with the hairnet cupped over your ear lobes.

                    After you put the pony tail with hair net in, flip the pony tail up over your head. Add a second hair net from back to front which is also cupped over your ear lobe. Pull the second hairnet tight at the front, twisting it up until it's tight, then tuck the twisted part under the first hair net. Put the helmet on from back to front tucking the hairnets up in the front. Un-Cup your earlobes from the hair nets.
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                    • #11
                      I use the thicker hairnets you get at tack stores...

                      I put my hair in a pony tail first, leaving the hair where I want it over my ears. I place the hairnet first at the back, with the pony tail in it, and pull up towards the front, making sure that the hairnet edges contain the hair over my ears where I want it. I use bobby pins to secure the hairnet at the top of my head by my forehead.

                      I then use a second hair net over the first, using the same process. It's the second hairnet that really holds the hair over my ears. I then put my helmet on back to front to keep everything in place.

                      I can't keep my hair contained any other way. It's cut in layers so the double hairnets catches all the wispy stuff.

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                      • #12
                        Man.... Now I feel like I'm not doing this right. My way has seemed to work for the past 10+ years. I have long hair (about 6" from my butt) and it's extremely thick and heavily layered. I use the "thick" hair nets that you can get from most tack shops, Dover, Smartpak etc.

                        I first put my hairnet over my head, little knot on my forehead and pull the back of my hair into a ponytail with the excess hairnet in it. So now the hairnet is secured on my head, from my forehead, over my ears and secured at the nape of my neck by the pony tail.

                        I then take my fingers and "rub" the hair at the top of my head to fill the hairnet down over my ears. So basically I'm trying to cover my ears with hair instead of just hairnet.

                        I make sure I pull the hairnet a tad looser so I can push the knot up past my hairline. Then I flip my head over, flip my ponytail with it and from back to front put my helmet on. I make sure to push the front knot of the net past my hairline and under the helmet, and double check that my ponytail is underneath.

                        Since I hate hairnets digging under my ears or on my ears I then take the bottom elastic of the hairnet, which I had tucked under my ears when I was rubbing the hair down around my lobes, and I push it up top of my ears. I then have these little "flaps" of hair netted hair that I can push flat against my ears.

                        Sounds really weird, but no painful elastic on my ears, and it looked just fine.

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                        • #13
                          I just wanted to plug the heavy-duty one-knot hair nets. I get a few packs from VTO every time I make an order. It's made a WORLD of difference not having a knot pressing into my forehead!
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                          Oh, well, clearly you're not thoroughly indoctrinated to COTH yet, because finger pointing and drawing conclusions are the cornerstones of this great online community.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by TheOneandOnly View Post
                            I put the hairnet over my hair while its still down, pull my hair AND the hairnet back into a ponytail together, that way the sides are tight. It helps to hook the front of the hairnet over your nose while your doing it so you can pull it really tight without it sliding back, then push the front up after you have it tied back. And because its tight you can have fuller "patties" that never come loose or fall out. My hairnet NEVER rides up
                            that's exactly how i do mine and it always works/looks excellent

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                              Originally posted by TheOneandOnly View Post
                              How do you put your hair up? I put the hairnet over my hair while its still down, pull my hair AND the hairnet back into a ponytail together, that way the sides are tight. It helps to hook the front of the hairnet over your nose while your doing it so you can pull it really tight without it sliding back, then push the front up after you have it tied back. And because its tight you can have fuller "patties" that never come loose or fall out. My hairnet NEVER rides up... it just digs into my ears and hurts like crazy after a few hours.. but it works!! How does the saying go? pain is beauty?
                              This is basically how I do mine, except I have found that if the hairnet is pulled TOO tight it will pop up over my ears while I am riding. Plus, I can not stand indents in my ears.....they take days to go away on me for some reason. So, I put it on this way, and gently pull on it so it relaxes a little, and allows the weight of the hair over my ears to hold it in place, in a sense. I've never had a problem doing it this way

                              Is it possible you are putting your pony tail holder a *little* too high? I would think that this could cause your hairnet to pop up also

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                              • #16
                                Originally posted by stillknotreel View Post
                                Since I hate hairnets digging under my ears or on my ears I then take the bottom elastic of the hairnet, which I had tucked under my ears when I was rubbing the hair down around my lobes, and I push it up top of my ears. I then have these little "flaps" of hair netted hair that I can push flat against my ears.

                                Sounds really weird, but no painful elastic on my ears, and it looked just fine.

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                                That's what I do as I hate the elastic digging in to my ears. Haven't had a problem

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                                • #17
                                  I have very thin, fine hair which is cut quite short and in layers, so the above examples would not work for me. I use drugstore hairnets because the mesh is so fine that it captures all my wispys.

                                  I also start with the hairnet just above my eyes and put it on carefully, making sure that the hair over my ears hides the lobes and inner ear. To keep the hairnet down (instead of lifting up what little hair I have over my ears), I hook the hairnet underneath the small stud earrings I wear.

                                  Then I carefully pull it back and put it under the hair in back (which is not long enough to put into a pony tail).

                                  Then I do a second hairnet from back to front, again making sure that the edges of the hairnet stay lower than the hairline and under my earrings. If there are any errant hairs in back I push them to the side or under and spray them. Only when I am ready to put on my hat do I push the hairnets up, just barely high enough that they follow the hairline on the side of my face.

                                  I use 2 different color hairnets -- brown and blonde. It gives a less opaque look to my hair because you can see the bottom net peaking through the top color.

                                  I have learned to Photo Shop in "good helmet hair" in any picture I want to buy because, as we all know, to hell how you look in person -- It's really all about the picture.
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                                  • #18
                                    As an aside, stillknotreal, what kind of boots are those?

                                    I too gather up my hair and put the rubberband over the hairnet. Not much problem with riding up but it's sort of a balancing act on how tight to make it.

                                    It holds up okay usually.
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                                      I put my ponytail lower today, and it helped a lot, no slippage... until I fell off . I knew I could count on COTH .
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                                        Originally posted by TheOneandOnly View Post
                                        How do you put your hair up? I put the hairnet over my hair while its still down, pull my hair AND the hairnet back into a ponytail together, that way the sides are tight. It helps to hook the front of the hairnet over your nose while your doing it so you can pull it really tight without it sliding back, then push the front up after you have it tied back. And because its tight you can have fuller "patties" that never come loose or fall out. My hairnet NEVER rides up... it just digs into my ears and hurts like crazy after a few hours.. but it works!! How does the saying go? pain is beauty?
                                        +1 to this!

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