Putting hair up?

What is classic length?

Ah, yes, AnaisSatin - I´m so with you here!

There is something about the beauty of classical lenght that makes the quest for it almost a religious/spiritual aesthetic journey. Like an act of reverence for natural/godgiven beauty. And I feel like what is standing in my way is civilization and the effects of it: pollution, dry indoor air, stress, chemichals, denutritionized foods, fashion, general peer pressure idiotia, etc.

This forum, however, is a haven from all that.

Maybe it´s the full moon - I feel more emotional today...

My hair is pretty long -- waist-length. It's very soft and silky, so I can't get it to stay in a high bun without a scrunchie, a chopstick or a pencil on hand. I can make a low bun (at the nape of the neck) quite securely without any hair holders. I twist the length of my hair tightly, then make a loop. I bring the end through the front of the loop, then around the back and through the front again. There are usually a few loose ends falling out, but I like how they look. I'm not sure if this would work as well on shorter hair -- I think that going through the loop twice is the key to securing it.

Hi korsakovhatt3 and vanessa - welcome!

korsakovhatt3, I see that glimpse of "soft and silky" hair in your avatar photo. Is that yours? Very pretty.

korsakovhatt3 wrote: Hi Dave. That is my hair in the photo. Thanks for the compliment. Your hair, by the way, is spectacular.

Thank you very much!

eKatherine, do you mean Amish pins? I'm thinking of getting a pack for experimentation... SOMETHING has got to work for this slippery hair.

I agree with Viktoria.

Your hair might not have conditioner on it, but it won;t have other stuff on it either like spray.
Sometimes giving your hair a day or two of rest from all products is good for it. Give it a chance to breathe (not literally but let air touch it)

Remember less is more sometimes.

Oh, gosh, if I didn't use conditioner in my hair, it would be lots shorter and all broken at the bottom.

I don't use Amish hairpins, I use Bunheads, in both the medium and long lengths. You can get them at a dance supply shop. Lots of people have good luck with the Amish hairpins, but Bunheads are available to me locally.

I also use the short hairpins you can get at the supermarket, the strong ones, not the fine ones.

http://www.bunheads.com/producttext/3sizes_hairpins.html" target="_blank"> Bunheads hairpins

I'm with you, eKatherine. I once made the mistake of going without conditioner. Big mistake. My hair was unmanageable. Could not get a comb through it. (BTW, your hair is gorgeous!)

Anais Satin, is that your beautiful hair in your avatar photo? Wow, so glossy!

Feeling like showing a pic of your hair worn loose, Viktoria?

Thanks for the hair compliments everybody! (This is the first few days of having a hair photo online and such good juju from board members... and it was funny when a member mistook the half-up pic for a cat, so I switched it to a full bun! I thought that was soo hilarious and cute.) And FINALLY something keeps my hair up! Wavy, crimped, or corkscrew hairsticks!!!!

Viktoria--from what I've seen of Amish pins, they're the kind that are bent in a U shape but have no crimping. They are 2-3 inches long and are supposed to be more durable than normal hair pins.

Well eKatherine, I went on the Bunheads site (I see direct links don't work on HB anymore. It confused me for awhile) and those hair pins are fantastic : ) They also have a store locator.. and [dunn dun dunnnnn] there's a Dance store 3 minutes from my apartment! Off to buy hair pins... Thanks eKatherine!

Anais