Leather slide slides right off. Any advice?

[Nineteenbirds]

I bought a beautiful leather slide at the Renaissance Faire today, but, even though it fits snugly around my ponytail, it slides out after a short time. I've tried substituting a few different sticks from my collection for the stick that came with it, including some curved ones, but a tighter fit don't seem to help. I am thinking of sticking something to the backside of the leather to give it a little more grip but that's as far as I've gotten with this. Does anyone have any ideas for what to try?

[lapushka]

Often it is the style. Ponytails? Nah. I wouldn't with a leather slide. Buns on the other hand might work perfectly. As you scoop some scalp hair with the stick, the whole thing is more destined to stay put.

[C_Bookworm]

Hair elastic underneath, leather slide over the top. (My hair is slippy too).

[Hedera]

Yeah, slides are tricky, you have to get the size *exactly* right.

Like some people do with Flexi-8s that slide out, you could try wrapping some of those extremely grippy silicone hair elastics around the stick.

[TatsuOni]

I never use my slides for ponytails. They would never hold. Instead I use them in updos or French braids.

[Nineteenbirds]

Thanks for all the advice! I do have a couple of older leather slides that stay up in a ponytail, but I've never seen one big enough to hold any bun that I might try. I don't use elastic bands because they do so much damage to my hair. But I did run some coarse-grain sandpaper on the back of this new one and also on the stick, and that has helped somewhat.

[blesseddamozel]

Seconding C_Bookworm, I always use an elastic underneath a hair slide to keep it secure in place. If you don't use elastic bands maybe you could tie a ribbon and use that to poke the hair slide stick through?

[shelomit]

Is the back side of the leather napped? If it's too smooth, you might try getting thin chamois-type leather (sold fairly cheaply at auto parts stores, since it's used in buffing cars) and adding it to the underside of the slide. I have a couple of Hopi-style chamois hair ornaments that a friend made for me. I can use them to tie off double pigtails and they hold all day.

[Nineteenbirds]

Great idea! I will try that and let you know. Thanks!