Hacks and tools for creating competition day hair that looks beautiful, yet lasts throughout all of the flipping, tumbling, and hair flips of cheer routines.
Wax sticks are so helpful for slicking back hair into high ponies. We always keep one on hand on comp day to slick back any lose flyaways without having to re-do the pony.
Wax Sticks For Hair
We never have enough Bobby pins. We pin everything in place- loose hair, bow tails, etc. They are great for positioning the cheer bow exactly as desired and then pinning the tails in place.
Bobby Pins
Teasing brushes are essential for teasing the high pony and adding tons of volume.
Teasing Brush
Teasing powder helps to get the pony teased high with lots of volume.
Powderfull Volumizing Styling Powder
Zip ties are great for holding a hair piece in place and ensuring it will stay and not fly off. They are also great to keep in your comp bag, in case of a bow coming unglued at the last minute. You can secure it with the zip tie as a quick fix.
Clear Zip Ties
We always keep tons of elastics on hand and use multiple elastics to increase the height of the pony. The cheer bow hides the stacked elastics.
Goody Ouchless
This is the best gel, it’s budget-friendly, holds strong, lasts, and keeps hair in place for a perfect slicked back look.
Tresemme Extra Hold Gel
Smoothing brushes are a wonderful tool when slicking back hair, to get a smooth, even look with no bumps.
Hair Smoothing Brush
Smooths frizz and flyaways. This is small, easy to keep on hand, and an amazing tool for fixing and smoothing flyaways throughout comp day.
Kitsch Hair Taming Wand with Biotin & Aloe
These can be a great hack for creating a teased high pony. They can be placed and secured around the base of a pony, and hair can be teased in sections over the top of it, to create a high volume look.
Teenitor Donut Hair Bun Maker Set - 7 Rings
Extra strong hold hairspray is essential for helping tease and maintain hold after styling the cheer pony. We like this brand and always keep travel size hairspray on hand on comp day to smooth away any last minute flyaways.
