Guide hair initial rotation?

I’ve been having quite a bit of fun playing with Blender’s hair, but have run into a snag… does anyone know if there’s a way to adjust the initial guide hair orientation?

This is especially important when using the children hairs and Spiral king settings. I can get nice curls, but they all align the same way. Would love to have some randomization in their alignment.


As you can see, they’re all completely aligned. I want to keep the tight curls… but just add some variation in the orientation.

Any suggestions?

thanks!
-jason