Help for new yr7 with baby fine straight hair !

[Didiplanthis]

Dd11 is just starting secondary (tomorrow) . Until today she has shown zero interest in any form of hair styling etc as long as it didn't get in her way ! Today we are having a small meltdown about flyaway messy hair. I have thick wavy hair I just pull back in a pony tail and long gave up on taming mine so I am of little help ! Hers is baby fine and poker straight, and its not very thick at all. It was recently well cut to shoulder length but long enough to tie back. Any tips on management/styling or nice easy to use products/styling tools which are safe for a young dyspraxic 11 year old with the attention span of a gnat 😆

If she was to plait it over night would the waves hold tomorrow?
Half up half down with the the hair that's tied up pulled out abit so not flat on head
French plait
High pony tail
Bun

I personally just use abit of hairspray to keep my fly always down.

What hair styles does she normally wear?

The year 7 girls at my school all seem to favour kind of French plaits on both sides at the moment.

Normally straight back in messy pony tail but hair always splits over her head so show scalp as so thin. If plaited overnight waves drop out in about 30 mins ! Half up half down might be a good low stress option.... french plait is really hard to get neat as its so fine and slippery. are there any products that you put in first to make it easier ? There are with horses but it might be considered rude to use that 🤔

TWO French plaits ??? Oh god please no 😂

Lots just wear it down in y7 - but she would need to put it up herself for science and tech.

Seconding a French plait either side, if you do it while it’s still damp (or use a light spray) then it’s great for catching all the shorter flyaway hairs.

Salt spray usually gives a better grip on fine hair for plaiting

OK. I need to get practicing French plaits by the sound of it ! with her dyspraxia she can barely tie her shoe laces so her doing it is a non starter for now.

With sea salt !

My dd who has very similar hair wore hers down in y7 which she liked because in primary I made her wear it up (nits!)
If you look at your school's website, you'll see what kind of hair is "normal" While there will be ponytails etc, there will be girls with their hair down too. My dd kept scrunchies and hair bands in her bag for lessons like PE

I can't help with the hair problem but can with the laces. DD and I both have these silicon dress shoe laces in our brogues for school/ work. Fiddly to pop through the holes but brilliant afterwards, holds the shoe to your foot even when running around but easy to take the shoe off and put on, to aid speedy PE changing which is why Dd has them. I have them because I haven't matured much since a teenager and kept ruining the backs of shoes rushing to put them on in the morning and not bothering to untie the laces .

You could try one French plait starting at the front on the side and then curving round her head. Then gather the plait and all the rest of the hair into a high ponytail. It's super quick and keeps hair tidy all day.

ours all wore it down and loose, and had a hairband on their writs so for pe etc they quickly stuck it in a pony and let it down again straight afterwards

Sea salt spray or texture powder or plaiting spray

What about something like this, some up some down pigtails.

If her hair is quite think flyaway there are good little comb gel things you can buy online. Looks like a mascara and captures all the little hairs to make them beat and better than hairspray!

@NotMyCat

Sea salt spray or texture powder or plaiting spray

I might have tried plaiting spray 😳.. then felt guilty 😆

The some up , some down pigtails looks nice but I dont think she is 'cool' enough to carry it off and would look about 6 !

Mine didn’t get nits until secondary- don’t think yr 7 means goodbye nits. I’d go with it down or ponytail until she susses out what others have. DD’s school seem to have it down and bobble in case need to tie up for a class.

@Didiplanthis I figure if irs gentle enough for horses it's fine
I may have put purple spray on a cut before

For future try umberto giannini blow dry in a bottle spray for drying and/or aussie miracle volume shampoo & conditioner

Her hair sounds exactly like mine. I'm 50 and it's always parted when I tie it back, because there's not enough of it. I always had a shortish bob at school tbh - any longer and it looked straggly and lank or flyaway. Even if plaited or French plaited, it escaped and looked messy by halfway through the day as it's too slippery! Would she consider a shorter bob?

I have this hair type. Mine was way too fine to have bunches, or two plaits, there just wasn't enough of it. It was easiest to style if I didn't use conditioner, only washed it once a week so that it was 'dirty' for longer, and also used talc (the 2021 equivalent would be batiste dry shampoo!).