Helmet Head

When you bike every day one of the things you have to deal with is helmet head. Obviously you want to look good when you get to work. However a bike helmet sometimes can be a hairstyle killer.

If I had complete control, my hair would look like Louise Brooks’ hair every day:

But it doesn’t.

Some might dispense with helmets or dispense with biking in exchange for awesome hair. I’ve decided to embrace helmet head and work with it. I’ve found I can easily adapt any hair mess into some very popular hair styles.

For example, if I bike in a headwind I’ll do this look called the “Jackie:”

If there’s no wind at all I have the “Sound of Music:”

If I want a little more volume than this I add some hair product and get “The Walk of Shame:”

On a humid summer day I wrangle my sweaty hair into the “Little Orphan Annie:”

But if I don’t want curls I dry my hair under the hand-dryer at work and turn it into “The Hurricane:”

If I want to soften that up a little I put a little molding paste in to get “The Warhol:”

Or I just combine all the hairstyles in one and get “The Courtney Love:”

See, there’s no reason to sacrifice safety for your hairstyle.

However if you’re concerned with the look of the helmet itself and don’t think they are chic there is a product for you called a hair-helmet:

I understand they come in two colors- Dutch blonde and Danish blonde.