Stupidly basic hairstyle question for femmes.

[rivka]

If a person's hair has a strongly pronounced natural part on the side, how does that person wear a hairstyle that normally calls for symmetry?

I don't know anything about feminine hairstyles, but (a) it's starting to get hot, and (b) Alex's hair is increasingly in her way, even when we use a barette to keep it out of her eyes. I'd like to do side pigtails, but I'm not sure whether I should disregard her natural part (which seems as though it would look funny, because the part is so pronounced), or have the pigtails be asymmetrical (which seems as though it would look funny too).

This is an area of parenting that I feel completely incompetent about, so I would very much appreciate advice from people who understand long hair and/or hairstyling.

Comments

[naomikritzer]

My younger daughter (who's 3 1/2) gets all excited about wearing the pretty flowers (or whatever) but will pull them out five minutes later. And then demand that I put them back in. And then pull them out. I think maybe she's half cat.

[tracicle.livejournal.com]

That's my 21-month-old too. I thought I'd start her early so she wouldn't even notice them when she was older. Success is keeping them in for ten minutes at a time. Usually it's more like ten seconds, and then, yes, she asks for them back in over and over.