My hair type is like yours as well and I can get banana clips to work. Granted banana clips are supposed to be one of the first things you can do after a ponytail and I had to wait until I was half-way past shoulder and on my way to APL, but eventually.
Now french twists. Those are beyond me. I cannot make those work.
~Lady Menrva of the Cat-Kept Library in the Order of the Long Haired Knights~
Chin~Shoulder~APL~BSL~MBA~Waist~Tailbone~Classic
Oh man, who remembers these horrible things? http://www.amazon.com/Caravan-Circle...6067838&sr=8-9
What the heck is it even called? The toothy circle headband of doom? Certain headache? Someone gave me one of those with little rhinestones on it for Christmas I think. That was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Actually, I used that for a period of time in my pre-ponytail phase around jaw length. I had to be very careful with putting it on and taking it off, but it's actually pretty comfortable. I wouldn't use it with long hair, though, too much tangle potential. I would be afraid to use one with rhinestones, they seem catchy.
I want to finally get back to Classic. Growing again starting March 2018.
I actually like the sparkly stuff and feather fascinators too. I normally don't wear feathers in my hair for everyday occasions, but I wear my rhinestone fakkare quite often.
What annoys me are the really tiny barrettes or jaw clips that won't even hold a few strands of hair. I guess they are supposed to be decorative, but if they are so small I can't use them for a 1/4 or 1/2 up, what's their use?
Also tiaras! I seriously don't understand that trend (especially for weddings).
May 2017
Lady Rhoslynn Of Two Wheeled Thunder~Order of the Long Haired Knights
I like flower and rhinestones and the models I see with them in in magazines but I couldn't pull it off. I already look 16
ON MY WAY TO WAIST
Oh! I have found that these little things are the only things that'll hold a bun up on my head comfortably. I only have a few strands to hold up though . I can wear my Ficcare once or twice a week but since it's anchored in only one place (as opposed to the tiny claw clips that are distributed on the outside of my bun), they pull and tug my hair and scalp like crazy. Must be a finest of fine hair thing. My hair's not thick enough to support anything much bigger.
May 2017
Lady Rhoslynn Of Two Wheeled Thunder~Order of the Long Haired Knights
MsBubbles, you're not alone. As a child of the eighties I tried and tried and tried to get banana clips to work in my hair but no matter how carefully my youthful agonized self placed them those darned banana clips forsake me. And i would be lost without those teeny tiny clips - anything larger and the hair slides right out.
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