Okey-dokey, I'll try to explain how I use them- and I've pinned up my bangs (fringe) this way, too. I take the pIn I'm gong to use, put it over the piece of hair I want held down, turn the pin sideways (with the piece of hair in the pin), go over and then under the hair next to the pin, pushing the open part of the pin towards where it originally was. Does this make any sort of sense? It's actually easy once you've done it once or twice!
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