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LaRe Amethyst Offline LongLocks Rocks! Posts: 1	sunscreen for hair May 15^th, 2007 at 11:21am I'm trying to let my hair grow out, but I spend alot of time in the sun in the summer. Does anyone know any good products to use for sunscreen to protect my hair? I can't use anything too heavy, because my hair will get greasy and limp. Any suggestions?
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greek_lady Diamond Offline Carpe Diem Noctemque Posts: 698 Greece Gender:	Re: sunscreen for hair Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2007 at 12:18pm When I used salon products, I only used products from the Kerastase line. All of the ones I used, including the sunscreen for hair were very good products. The sunscreen, though, was more geared towards beach-usage, so maybe a bit more shinier/oilier than you would want. How about using a nice scarf/bandana/hat?
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: sunscreen for hair Reply #2 - May 15^th, 2007 at 3:40pm I tend to just cover my hair with a hat or scarf. Wind is as much a problem for me as sun, so the hat/scarf helps me with both.
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PreciousLocks Diamond Offline Turning my gold to silver one hair at a time Posts: 812 Gender:	Re: sunscreen for hair Reply #3 - May 17^th, 2007 at 9:28pm Speaking of hats... I love hats, but with my longer hair now I find it hard to put them on and keep them on! I like to wear the wider brims in the summer. Suggestions?
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Re: sunscreen for hair
Reply #4 - May 17^th, 2007 at 9:57pm

LOL - the first thing I thought of was HAT PINS! Grin

My grandmother wore her hair in buns or french rolls all the time and kept her hats on with hat pins. Personally I've never mastered the art of keeping a hat on via a hat pin.

I've picked hats that have an opening in the back so that I can either have my bun or braid thru the hole. This helps secure the hat on my head. You do have to be a bit more creative, but don't give up!

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Re: sunscreen for hair
Reply #5 - Jun 13^th, 2007 at 2:31am

bikerbraid wrote on May 17^th, 2007 at 9:57pm:

LOL - the first thing I thought of was HAT PINS! Grin

My grandmother wore her hair in buns or french rolls all the time and kept her hats on with hat pins. Personally I've never mastered the art of keeping a hat on via a hat pin.

I've picked hats that have an opening in the back so that I can either have my bun or braid thru the hole. This helps secure the hat on my head.

Are you talking about baseball caps? I was trying to picture a straw hat (think like a boater) with a hole for the hair. LOL!

The hatpin has to be a bit on the long side. The pin is supposed to go through hat, hair, hat and then put a clutch on the end. Most modern hat pins are a bit too short to accomplish this.

But I just inherited a couple long hatpins from my step-grandmother. They are freakishly long. The pin part of one (not counting the ornament on top) is 6 3/4 inches long, the other is a tad short of 10 inches. Her hatpins were divided among all the female heirs, and I don't remember seeing one under 5 inches long. But they've lost their clutches. Not sure if I'll try to use them or just make some. (I found some 6 inch blank hatpins. Now have to get beads to put on them.)

Or you can use ribbons to keep a hat on. A couple stitches to the sweat band will keep the ribbon on, you just tie it under your chin or under your hair.

I have seen some hats where elastic was used to attach two small plastic combs to the sweatband. The combs are situated over the ears. I have such a hat and it does stay on. But I'm not a good enough seamstress that I can attach elastic to the sweatband or inside lining of a hat.

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