I know what you're talkin' about, yeah. I can picture it just fine, too, and taking the description at base value, that is what it seems to translate to...but I just can't shake the fact that she reminds me so very, very much of Kaylee, and the fact that two braids would be easier to keep up than ten (unless she has magical powers of never-frizzing, and her braids stay perfectly confined even after she's slept on them several times, in which case doing ten braids once a week is easier than two every day).

I was picturing even more than ten. freaking crap i wish i could find a good example to show you.
http://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/15/17/71/41/hair-b11.jpg is as close as i could find. just without the beads.

I know. I was just throwing out a random number. I told you, I know exactly what you were picturing, I've seen that before. And I know how pony beads work in hair, too--they'd work best on small braids like that. But again, like I said, unless her hair is capable of being like that for a week or longer without starting to come loose and be frizzy and crappy looking, it'd take more time to keep doing it up than I imagine a Mando mechanic would bother putting in to styling her hair.

I just can't imagine her having cornrows. Those take so long to put in place. (I've never had them, but my roommates have shown me how they do it.)

Possibly something along these lines: [link]

But I like to think this kind of thing would be easiest to maintain: [link]

also keep in mind her hygiene might not be quite up to what ours is. I get the feeling that an armor clad warrior wouldnt have washing their hair daily on their priority list. This could greatly affect the look and upkeep of her hair.

Mesh, that's kinda what I've been thinking--it takes too long to do a whole lot of tiny braids, and if she did them every day because they come loose being active and such, it'd be way easier to just do two of them (though I'm not certain whether they'd be french braids like that; I suppose it'd depend on whether she wanted to put either a few or several minutes into doing her hair that day).

Dose, you make a good point, but to what effect do you think those factors would have? I mean, it's not like you HAVE to wash your hair before you style it, especially if it's just a braid (or sixteen). (Besides, you shouldn't wash your hair daily, it strips it of its natural oils too much--every other day, or every two days, is better for it. 'Course, that's assuming their shampoo works like ours does, which it may very well not. XD)

usually for that style you leave it in for several days, and a suit that doesn't have some kind of climate control when most are able to be vacuum sealed would be a bad idea. not to mention you have some one else do the braids to make it faster. so maybe once a week she redoes it and having sister, girlfriend, some one help her. 20 minutes per week?

What the heck does a climate controlled suit have to do with anything? ;P It's not like it can completely prevent sweating, and the helmet would actually mess up her hair faster, what with sitting on top of her head and moving and whatnot.

And, again, it feels like it'd be more work than it's worth to spend so long just sitting there getting your hair done by someone else, instead of doing your hair in a style that can easily be done while walking around and on your own. That might just be me, though; my logic says easy, do-it-yourself while on the go makes more sense than designating a night every week to do your hair, but I guess it's possible Parja likes that kind of girly activity. *shrug*