Originally Posted by
antimonysarah
Hah. I have hip length hair (in a bun while riding) — I can’t comfortably wear winter balaclavas without a lot of finagling. But I can see the appeal. Also avoids any upset stomach after swallowing too much sunscreen runoff dripping down your face with sweat (ew.)
I modified a heavy Polartec balaclava by adding a similar weigh neck gaiter as a "arm" out the back. I wouldn't have the patience to hand stich spf fabric, but just adding a ponytail slit to the back would be pretty easy.
An as a slightly more relevant comment last year I had a problem with a Walgreens store brand "dry" 100spf sunscreen that ran into my eye and burned. It was very persistent and I couldn't wash it out of my eye with 2 water bottles. I was close to home so rode 5 miles home with one eye shut.