Did he think she had all day here? “Look here, you. I have a show I need to finish preparing for in a few hours, and you want to be presentable, don’t you? Now sit still.” Because he wasn’t going to any show of hers looking like that.
Bobby-pins were the least of what she had with her; hair spray, brushes, mousse, some of the many tools she would need for her performance later. Of course, she could eliminate many of these options for him, simply because if he messed the end result up, he wouldn’t know how to fix it.
“Now, the easiest solution is to simply pull your hair back. Braid it, tie it, whatever you like.” For this? She’s going to stick with a low ponytail. The top would be the challenge, but hardly a worthwhile one. There’s really only two options for that: pull it back with the rest of his hair, or push it to the side. In either case, he’d need something to keep his hair in place.
Keep it simple, Claudine. Just pull it all back. If you make it too fancy, he’ll only panic more. And leave the stupid braid in the front because it’ll probably make him feel better.
“I’d normally give you a mousse to use. Done right, it make the hair look like it naturally falls like that. Trickier to do that with hair spray. But in your case, we’re going to keep it simple, and hair spray will hold better.” One ponytail, her no-frizz hair spray for thick hair, and a comb. That’s all she was going to need today.
“Close your eyes and don’t move.”