Decent Hairtoys on Amazon?

[nerdymomma]

I was given a $30 amazon gift card for my birthday last month, and I really want to buy a nice hairtoy for myself with it. I don't really use any products on my hair except specific shampoo and conditioner bars, so there is no point in ordering one of those.

I don't have many good hair tools or accessories. I have a nice BBB and wooden comb, and a plastic wide tooth comb with smoothed seams. I have a flexi-8 small and medium, and one pair of Lilla Rose hair sticks. I dislike hair claws, the kids take them out and play alligator with them and break the teeth off.

I need/want an XL flexi or a Ficcare-style clip (no clue what size) or a nice acrylic hair stick/fork since I damp bun quite a lot.

So, I guess what I'm asking is, have you ever found anything like that on amazon? What should I look for? I've tried the obvious search terms, 'flexi-8, flexi hair clips, hair clips, hair sticks'

Their selection of hair sticks looks promising, but how do you know what is high quality? The last thing I need is more mechanical damage, ykwim?

Thank you so much for your help. :)

[nerdymomma]

I've seen a few nice hair forks that I like, by this company: http://www.amazon.com/Baerreis-Original-Rosebud-Natural-African/dp/B000U8DYU0/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1336577875&sr=8-8

But they are so short! I don't know how a 3" or 4" prong would work in my hair.

And there are others, like this: http://www.amazon.com/Crystalmood-Handmade-Peach-Carved-inches/dp/B004QZMLPW/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1336578016&sr=8-22 but they look quite thin, I don't know how sturdy they'd be.

[wendyg]

Besides Baerreis forks, you can get France Luxe stuff through Amazon.

wg