i love style needs to get their hair did

post pics of your experiments with them!

Photos just of one of the pins on FB, here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=220439&id=817232998&l=2a6a81959d

You can't really see them once they are screwed into your hair - I've been trying to get a sort of french twist thing going, but I'm terrible at organizing stuff on the back of my head!

hmm i still can't visualize how it works without getting all tangled up?? maybe i just need to buy one and play!

there are tutorials on YouTube like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhE75bxf2I

I want my hair to grow faster so that I can play with stuff like this.

hmmm i want to know more about how this spin pin thing works, i can't visualize it.

I've seen them in the store. I'm assuming that they don't work with thin hair.

I've heard that they work okay with thin hair, but they might stick out a little bit if your hair is really thin.

YouTube! That's great, I never thought to look there for hair tutorials - I find stuff for knitting there all the time.

There's a ton of hair tutorials, for all sorts of hairstyles–complicated retro stuff, long hair options, all kinds of stuff.

Makeup tutorials on YouTube are really great too.

I've heard that they work okay with thin hair, but they might stick out a little bit if your hair is really thin.

My hair is really thin. Combs fall out and brushes scrape my scalp rather painfully. Maybe I'll go ahead and try them.

And I will try those hair tutorials.

DUDES. HAIR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYQ4cpHwtQw&feature=player_embedded#!

I'm obsessed! Here's another one -- this woman's hair is thick but I think the roll-up would work for thin too -- plus it captures different lengths and hides them away, so it can pull a lot of hair off your face. I think I have a project for 7am tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsVghL7r7X0

oh yeah, I totally learned how to do pin curls from these youtube videos. I would like to wear my hair like that more often, but feel awkward walking past the park in my neighborhood where people are grilling and volleyballing and I look like I'm about to take dictation.

Should I get a bumpit y/n?

y! y!

it won't make me look like snookie?

site says:

*Not recommended for children under 12

*Bumpits are not edible

Well fuck it if I can't eat it, no deal!

i'm hesitant to say yes because i would worry more about looking like sarah palin than snooki

I have asked myself the same question re the Bumpit. They're cheap, right? Now that my hair is longish probably gonna try one out.

Photos of hairsperiments w/ spin pins (which worked great today! looks messy b/c I need more practice) and the painful and dangerous Hairagami.

I pin-curled last night and I have awesome secretarial-pool curls today! Could have gotten a little bit better set by starting with wet hair instead of dry hair that I lightly moistened w my hands.

It's SO MUCH EASIER to make any pull-back w barrette or bobby pin styles look good when the ends make a big froth of bouncing curls instead of stick-like pokey bits.

PHOTO PLS

When I tried to do it with wet hair it came out frizzy. I think they mention this on the video too. Just slightly moist hair is better.

sunny, I tried but I hated all the photos. Maybe it's the light in the office, which is deeply antagonistic toward human life forms.

dyed my hair brown today. liking it so far.

photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^^^

i haven't combed my hair in a week+. i am enjoying having curls.

I'm assuming that you have short hair.

yes

i combed it!

nothing done to my hair since trim in june. i think it's time for a trim again. so weird. i've never gone this long between cuts!

ok i spotted these spin pins at CVS today, and grabbed the last pack - LOVE them! they really do go in smoothly and come out easily, and they're 100% secure.

Really? I must be doing something wrong, then. I can't get them to stay in more than three hours, and that's only if I put the pins in horizontally (vertically, like the instructions say, lasts less than fifteen minutes). This is only if I use them in a bun near the top of my head; any other style I try falls out right away.

are you using two at a time? i have really fine hair so often pins and things fall out really quickly, but these seem to stay in really well.

maybe try using a little mousse/gel/hairspray?

I find they work better if I haven't just shampooed (only 1x/month or so now it's so long).

lucky you! i wash mine every day! i just don't have the nerve to go the first painful 3 months to get to the normal unwashed stage - my hair is a greasy mess after about 36 hours.

mine, too. i wash/condition every day. seems to be ok for me. i guess it varies depending on your hair. i think any damage is due to the blow drying more than daily washing.

When I was first trying this out, I used a baking soda solution every three or four days and rinsed really thoroughly in the shower every morning. I still rinse it every morning, but stopped using the baking soda after a few months. I had a few uncomfortably greasy days early on, but it's going on 4 years now and I don't think my scalp has ever been healthier.

Should probably point out that the no-shampoo thing for me was about horrendous scalp irritation/itching, not about hair per se.

I am using two at a time--one at a time (like in some of the styles in the package) falls out right away. I don't want to use gel or hairspray because I'm worried that it would make my hair look bad when I take the pins out--I only wear my hair up for work and I always put it back down first thing when I get in the car afterwards. And going without washing my hair for more than a day makes my scalp itch. I might try having my husband put them in.

I trimmed a bit more than I meant to off the length on Sunday - Mr. Jaq was too terrified he'd screw it up and I couldn't see paying $$ to get the ends trimmed. Forgot about that "hair is longer when wet" deal, so took off 2" instead of 1". It's still long enough to put up, but just barely!

I trimmed my bangs a bit shorter than I wanted for the same reason (not wanting to spend $$$ – My hair was dry and I still did them too short).

Guys how do I fix staticy hair? This is not cool. Not cool at all. :(

Some sort of styling cream? Like Kiehl's silk groom or Bumble&Bumble styling cream (not sure of exact name). I think static only happens in pretty dry conditions, so getting some lube in there should help?

Leave-in conditioner? Wiping your hair with a dryer sheet?

For emergency static fix, put on some hand lotion and very lightly run your hands over your hair, smoothing it, before the lotion has completely sunk in.

i just use a little bit of water, usually does the trick

What was that stuff in the can? Oh yeah STATIC GUARD!

Now is the time of year (cold, dry) when I do NOT miss getting out of the old car and receiving a seriously painful shock. Every. Damn. Day.