What is your favorite hair accessory?

I don't really have any favorite clips but I was wondering....I have a question that kinda goes along with this topic....My hair is really long(thigh length) and really thick and I have a hard time finding hair styles that will work....braids, of course and then the good old pony tail! but, I can't really do the french twist and whenever I use hair sticks or other items like that, they don't really work. Does anyone know of any hair items that work really good on long, thick hair? Let me know!

How are you using the sticks?  There is probably a way to do it that makes it work, tell us what you've tried and we can offer other suggestions.

DaveDecker wrote: welcome, horselover!  Wow, your hair sounds kinda long Lady Godiva (among others) have had great success with a "log roll" secured by a XL ficcare clip.  (Lady G, you out there?)

I'm here, thanks for the nudge, Dave. Hi to horselover, too (from one who "rode a horse," heh heh).

My hair is floor length and thick.  I wear log rolls as my most basic hair style and affix them either with a Ficcare Maximus (Large - they don't come in XL, darn it) or a large leather slide/wood pin tool.

Making log rolls is not hard, and they super fast, once you get the hang of it.  Start with a ponytail at the nape, though not tied off with an elastic hair band.  I simply twist my hair against itself, working just over my left shoulder with my left hand. See my demonstration photos from almost 7 years ago here at TLHS, and you can see that my left hand holds the hair, which is folded, really just twisted against itself.  Then I lift this mostly upward, and with my right hand, take the remaining length and wrap it around/around/around the twisted portion until it's used up. Wrap the hair in an upward direction so the ends are near the top of the twisted part.  Then simply press the roll against the back of your head and use the Maximas or leather slide/wood pin to fix it right there, catching some scalp hair, of course.  This takes me about 30 seconds to do.

Another useful style is the alternate version of a Figure 8 bun, which is called an Infinity bun. This requires just one hair stick, and I assure you that it works.  How I make it is, again, I start with my hair twisted a bit at the nape, except I twist it as a rope, not bending it against itself. I make two typical bun coils, with the second coil directly on top of the first, not going around it (larger/wider - no). I take the top coil and flip it over sideways, and work the two coils into a proper infinity symbol. Then with my left hand (thumb in left loop and index finger in the right loop), I pull it slightly from my scalp, which leaves a little space between the infinity symbol and my scalp hair. Of course it's connected at the center X, which is what I work with next. I  simply wrap the rest of my hair's length around the X like a regular bun, going around/around/around, flat against my head. Finally, I use a sturdy wood hair stick and stick it into the right loop, underneath/thru while grabbing scalp hair, and then it emerges thru the left loop. If you place it low enough at the nape, this style should last all day. Basically, you're making a leather slide-type barrette out of your own hair to hold the rest of your hair up. It takes me about 2 minutes to do this style.

Best of luck!

Lady Godiva - Do you have a picture of your hair? How long did it take to
grow it to the floor?

I guess you could call waist a "short term" goal, we'll see how it goes!

If you want normal stuff like hair sticks etc. go to Clares. That's where I get mine from. If you want pretties, you're probably best of looking in craft fairs etc.

Go to Clares and  Accesorize etc first though as they have lots of toys. 

I think one of my favorite clips is..........................a barrete that has seashells one them and I want to redo the paint on it though! I also like my mom's clip that has beads,seashells,and really wild things on it!By the way LadyFrog,I love your hair clip and your is very pretty!

missrini wrote: Lady Godiva.....STUNNING HAIR!!!! Oh my goodness! Thank you for linking to those pics :)

 

I totally agree!!