Wig in the wind.

[KymG]

I sometimes take an evening drive and post letters, but haven't yet been out dressed during lockdown.
Decided tonight to do so.
New favourite dress, newish shoes, fully dolled up and feeling great.
Step outside and found out what its like to have long hair in the wind.
What a mess!
Still, it was a new experience I suppose, and I can understand now why women get annoyed with their hair.

Kym

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Kym :hugs:, Sorry but no one ever aid that being a lady was going to be easy, Just fun. >Orchid ..O:daydreaming:O..

[Tracii G]

Wear a hair band or tie your hair back away from your face.
Thats what I do on a windy day.

[AngelaYVR]

Synthetic hair is never a match for wind. A hat can help. Pulling it back is not usually an option on most wigs.

[Natalie5004]

I bet you loved every minute of it.

[alwayshave]

Kym, my wife always wears a wig and I have seen her almost loose it in a heavy wind.

[BrendaPDX]

You are right, a heavy wind can make a quick mess of things. But, I love facing into a light spring breeze. Getting back into the car is a different matter with your hair obscuring your vision of the door lock. :)

[Jenny22]

Bobby pins do help. Also, if your wig and natural hair are the same general color, try this when you put on your wig: use a crochet needle, and come down through the wig and catch your own hair; then pull it up and thru the wig. Do this a number of times, and your wig will almost be locked down.

[Stephanie47]

In days gone by many women wore scarf on their heads when it was windy. I rarely see head scarfs these days. I grew up in a Queens neighborhood that had many Catholic families. It was the custom of women to wear head coverings, hats or scarfs, to mass. Somewhere around the house is a bright red scarf I had bought decades ago. The only scarfs I see now are infinity scarfs.

[CarlaWestin]

LOve the post, "Wig in the Wind!" Just sounds like reckless abandon behaviour.

[Tracii G]

Some wigs have combs in them at the front and rear to hold to your real hair.
I pull some of my own hair thru the wig on the top to blend my own hair into it and that holds the wig on better as well.

[JoanneNY]

Stephanie47, I also grew up in the Queens Borough of NYC, in the Polish enclave on the south side. We called them things "Babushkas". But yes, it was the norm then for all women wear a head cover for services, some were quite stylish....

[missjoann49]

It's all part of who we are, enjoy it

[docrobbysherry]

Life is ALL ABOUT learning, Kym. Consider yourself lucky! GG's with long hair have to do all that nonsense the girls posted above me here.:daydreaming:

But, all u have to do is switch to a shorter wig!:D

[Cheshire girl]

It doesn?t look good if your wig cap or your own hair is revealed when the wind blows your wig hair up. I put my hand on my head to stop this and get inside as soon as possible. A hat helps of course!

[donnalee]

And when the hat blows off?

[lucy_miller]

I do remember a similar experience and it felt worse with the wind behind me but ok if i walked into it. I've always made sure I have brush in my handbag, never without it after that one

[KymG]

LOve the post, "Wig in the Wind!" Just sounds like reckless abandon behaviour.

What was reckless? I hadn't realised it was that windy until I stepped out...
Just thought people may be amused by it.

[Patience]

Lol, that’s why I like going out wearing a headband. It helps keep the wig in place a little and keeps hair off one’s face.

[Teresa]

Kym,
As you can see from my avatar my wig isn't long but evenso it does react very much like human hair , if a GG looks a mess well mine is going to look the same if we are out and about in the same weather conditions . The one thing I'm not fully aware of is how wet it's getting if it starts to rain , you also have to take care with pulling hoods up on jackets the wig can get displaced without realising it .

For all that I'm not complaining , I still prefer it .

[Ressie]

I attempted to grow my hair out last year and a couple of years ago. The wind is the main reason I gave up on the idea twice. And having a wig blow off of one's head has to be very embarrassing!

[abby054]

I rented a Mustang convertible in January last year in Phoenix. It was great fun but I was still untangling my wig in June.

[Maid_Marion]

My hair is long enough that I put it in a ponytail and wear a hat with a strap to hold it to my head.

Marion

[AnnieMac]

Reminds me of a Bob Seger song.