help! interesting non-ponytails

Hi! I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me ... My hair looks all poofy when it's loose because I have annoying cowlicks, so I tie it up into a pony tail. But this is getting boring - is there anything you can think of - a way to tie it up that isn't too over-the-top and glamerous? Curly up-do things are really pretty but they wouldn't be suitable. Is there some kind of twist or something? Please - help! Thanx, Ames xx

Hairboutique has these things called Evita Peroni Audrey Pelican clips... they hold hair up in a simple French twist. Claires also has some they call "concorde" clips. You roll your hair up into the twist shape, then slide the beak down the inside of the roll. Catch your scalp hair and roll hair at the same time. Or you could clip it across.

ahhhh it's so hard to explain... I wish I had pictures.

Anais

thanks! I'll check the hairboutique site and thanks for the low-pony-side-parting-with-ribbon suggestion