Help for silky straight hair!!!!

[NagChampa]

So my 33" silky straight hip length hair has been reallllyyyy irritating me recently. I will admit that I'm a newbie to hair sticks in the sense that the only style I know and my go to style is a Cinnabun. Normally my hair will happily stay in one all day but over the past week I've found myself having to redo the style 10+ times a day, I'm not doing anything different it's just my hair has been in a lot better, silkier condition and when paired with my heavily sanded down acrylic hair stick (yes I only own one) I have had no luck with this style staying in. What do you recommend? Does anyone else experience the same issues and can I please be lead to either some new bun styles to learn or new hair sticks to purchase. I had to settle for an English plait today which has made me a very unhappy bunny. Thank you!

[pailin]

You might find that a pair of sticks, or a fork, holds better. Or you could help the hairstick with a spin pin or two.
My go-to bun is a lazy wrap; it's more secure for me. So I would recommend trying that one.

[ravenheather]

Nautilus bun. I could never hold a cinnamon bun with a hairstick. Spin pins are good. But lots of hair toys are better. Lol. I personally have great luck with Jeter forks.

[lapushka]

Try a wooden 2 or 3 prong fork. That might be better in more slippery hair. Also, I agree with the suggestions of trying a LWB and a nautilus. The cinnabun doesn't even hold all day in my hair, and I have a bit of texture going on.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Try using spin pins, they hold like glue.

[Nique1202]

The disc bun is another possibility. My hair is slippery as an eel, but the disc bun has been holding for me since about midback. The lazy wrap and nautilus as recommended above may still slip out but if you're a i thickness as your profile says then they might since you'll be able to make more wraps around the base than I can. (My hair still won't hold in a lazy wrap for love nor money and nautilus still slips out sometimes if I'm not very careful about stick placement.)

Also, you might have better luck getting buns to hold if you braid your hair first and use that to make the bun. Braided buns give the stick a little more tension to hold by.

[Shiranshoku]

Buns don't really tend to stay with sticks for me, either. Especially not a cinnabun, I need a fork or u-pins for that.
For about a year I basically always wore my hair in a cinnabun with a fork, but recently I've been switching it up with a braided lazy wrap.
I find that a regular lazy wrap doesn't hold that well for me, but a braided one holds like a rock. HTH!

[NagChampa]

You might find that a pair of sticks, or a fork, holds better. Or you could help the hairstick with a spin pin or two.
My go-to bun is a lazy wrap; it's more secure for me. So I would recommend trying that one.

Thankyou pailin!

[NagChampa]

Thankyou all for the suggestions. I will have lots to practice tonight haha! Lots of things to look up to, thank you all.

[browneyedsusan]

My hair is slippery too. I've never been able to make a cinnabun: the twist slips, the center pops out, it tries to bee-butt, or slides out immediately.

I use a nautilus and a stick or 2. (Most of my sticks are diy 1/4" dowel rod from the hardware store--cut down and sanded.)
Forks hold a little better, the more tines they have, the better they hold.

Also, a pha bun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsF9Kp5W9Ig) works great with a stick. The thing I like about this bun is that I can leave the tail out if I want. :)

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[Mirabele]

I dont have any good advice. My hair is slippery and straight as well. First day after washing no bun holds well. Damp hair + some oil helps a bit.
The oilier my hair gets the better it holds in a bun.
I find that acrylic sticks are very slippery. Some wooden holds better but it depends. Two sticks hold better but i personally dont like that style.
High buns are for some reason more slippery than low buns on me.
I also agree with others, try some different kind of buns, maybe they will hold better for you.

[Cg]

I agree with those who've suggested nautilus, LWB, and disc. Braiding makes those even more likely to stay put. Plus try an acrylic 3-prong fork (acrylic holds better in slick hair than wood) rather than a stick. I have yet to find a single stick that holds well other than a large CM spiral. Even stick pairs don't have the hold of a multiprong fork.

Roller and Amish pins either en masse by themselves or with a fork can help. If all else fails, I use an elastic and 8 Amish pins plus a snood over a braided bun.

[Anje]

Try bunning the braid. That usually helps a lot for slippery hair. Otherwise, I'm echoing the calls for you to try a nautilus or lazy wrap bun instead -- I think they hold better with sticks than cinnamon buns do.

[MidnightMoon]

Didnt read all replies but I hold my connamon bun with amish pins. I twist my hair and put some as I keep twisting. Every "layer" of the bun needs to be secured. For my hip length hair I need about 8.

[animetor7]

I have very slippery, straight, hip length hair. What works best for me is to use four little claw clips, like the octopus ones from goody placed on either side about an inch or two apart. These can grip my hair even when it's freshly washed and at it's most slippy, but they can also handle the weight of long hair if you use many of them. I can even hold a cinnabun. Any kind of bun with a knot also helps hold for me, so the nautilus as others have mentioned, but also JJJ's pretzel bun, the celtic knot and another bun that I don't know the name of where you start it like a celtic knot but pull the hair all the way through then wrap the hair around. Another solution is to split your hair in two, bun the top section and then wrap the rest of your hair around it and secure. This adds more stability to your bun. Good luck!!! Slippery and straight hair can be obnoxious to try and get up!

ETA: Claw clips like these: http://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/i/spin/image/spin_prod_ec_1193727310??hei=64&wid=64&qlt=50

[RebekahE]

I use claw clips most of the time, because they are quick and reliable and they hold everytime.

[Flipgirl24]

What about a sea salt spray? Spritz hair then put it up. It will 'rough' your hair up so it stays.

[lora410]

i get the crazy slippy hair after a fresh washing. I think a fork would definetly be what you need.

[NagChampa]

So... On a tight budget right now so I cannot afford to treat myself to some spin pins or hair forks but I did experiment with some new bun styles over the weekend! Still attempting to master the lazy wrap and disc bun but I did have success with the nautilus and I love how secure it isn't especially with a stick! Thankyou for the suggestion ravenheather, lapushka and browneyedsusan http://s16.postimg.org/6fv82xa8x/IMG_9649.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/6fv82xa8x/)

[NagChampa]

I also tried braiding my cinnabun and I was surprised at how better it stayed. Once I get some more money I will go on a hair splurge haha, lots of new things to look up as well like Amish pins. I agree with you Mirabele my hair also holds a lot better when oily.