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Ponytails and Baseball Caps
Could ponytails be called horsetails or donkey tails? I think we must get the picture where the
name must have come from. Did you ever see the way a pony flags its tail when it runs? They are quite striking and graceful as the
animal moves into a gait and the tail swings straight up and the hair of the tail billows over and falls gracefully all the way down.
Some tails practically touch the ground. Not even a woman’s ponytail could ever come close to the beauty they give.
Everywhere we look today, we are seeing women of all ages wearing a baseball cap with this thing we
call a ponytail sticking out of the wee opening in the back of the cap. Forget about the lovely contour of a head, as the cap is
pressed down tightly and rests very closely to her ears, everything looks quite flat. The usual accommodating costume is a sweatshirt,
shorts, water bottle, sunglasses and running shoes, oh, let’s not forget the cell phone. Did you ever see one jog with a cell phone?
This must require a special talent and frankly, I do not know how they can do that. Does this mean, there is a ladies ponytail
baseball team out there somewhere and the initiation is to have a ponytail, baseball cap and a cell phone? What am I missing? The
ladies ponytail baseball cap club gives everyone the idea that this girl is: very busy, sporty, not sexy and means business in
keeping her weight down and her life totally intact. Organization is her middle name. Scheduling is how she has managed to do so
many things for so many people at once. Look out world, for she is the epitome of absolute sheer determination. She appears to be a
super woman and I cannot help but admire her stamina. Hollywood probably started this fad and now this is all I see on every corner,
at every gym, running into stores, on the beach and driving the children to school. The ladies ponytail baseball cap club, have made
their statement. With all that though, I have to say, unless you are a pony; horse or donkey this look isn’t as attractive as you
think. We all have this concept of how we see ourselves. What we see isn’t necessarily how others see us though. For some of us,
this can be a cruel, rude awakening. Ouch. Who of us wants to be told our ponytail looks more like a donkey, although, donkeys are
quite beautiful, in their place.
You can look cute, even in that coveted baseball cap of yours. Let me just give you a small fore
warning though, if you wear that cap too much; your scalp won’t breathe and you will get thinner hair without paying for it at the
salon. That would be one bargain you had not planned on. If you do not have enough hair to be pulled back neatly into that ponytail,
why not try combs on each side of your hair? Why not try a new low maintenance haircut and then, slap that cap back on? I see bits of
wiry hair that has tried to be pulled back into a hair band with hair going out and looking more like the comb of a rooster, forget
about the donkey.
Did you know they now have combs and clips that have hair connected to them? You could brush your
hair up toward the center and then clasp the comb around the small parts of your hair. Presto, you have more hair.
Not only that, there was someone out there who recognized your baseball cap club for what it is and
now you can purchase; baseball caps with hair coming out of the back. If you have gotten that fresh haircut and find yourself missing
that “tail,” order a cap with your same coloring or go with today’s trend and purchase a lighter or darker one than your hair and you
will be just like the rest of the team. I think they even have party colors of pink, blue or lavender.
Ponytails can look elegant too, but not under that baseball cap. Here’s a simple trick for you to
try. Section your hair off into fours. One on top, each side from the top to the ear is clipped and you have the back left which is
where you will begin. Brush your back up and place into a hair band made with heavy cloth, never rubber bands. Now, make a slight
hole that is just above your band with your fingers. Make another opening just below your pony. Take your pony hair and maneuver it
into the hole that is below the pony and with your other hand bring the hair under the band and up and into the hole above the pony.
Pull it up and out. Spread the hair where you want it with spray. As for the sides, section them off in three horizontal rows. Take
one row at a time and twist or braid your hair while going back to meet your pony. Tuck the hair under the band or tie with a band or
fasten with a pin. The top can be a bit more adventurous. Take your comb and section about one inch in the very front and clip. Take
your rattail comb and exaggerate a large zigzag part. Then, take each part of the zag and twist or braid back to meet your pony and
fix with a decorative hair clasp, a band or pin. Another option for the top is to part on the side a smooth straight part. Smooth
the large section flatly over your head and tuck either into the band or fasten with a pin depending on how long it is. Do this until
it is all finished. The top where you have clipped, dampen with spray and smooth across your forehead into the opposite direction and
around your side, depending how long of hair you have. For variety you could add some clipped pieces of hair in different colors.
There you have your most elegant pony.
Come to think of it, there are a lot of people who wore ponytails. There are some of the British
Parliament wearing their pony tailed wigs and I still believe Tarzan had long flowing hair and probably twined it up occasionally into
a “tail.” The flower children of the sixties definitely wore tails. Look at those Samurai wrestlers, they all have tails. Many real
pirates who sailed the 7 seas wore an earring in their left ear and a tail in the back. Old time movie star Earl Flynn did when he
portrayed a man of the sea as did Captain Hook too. Our early settlers had ponytails as such famous people like President George
Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton who pulled their hair back into a pony from time to time.
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