Hairstick material (plastic, wood, resin) - does it matter?

**CrazyPlantLady** · May 30th, 2019, 12:29 PM

I've been deep conditioning weekly, which has made my hair feel AMAZING

BUT now I'm having trouble keeping hair sticks in my hair. I'm barely APL so the only updo I can do with a hairstick is a french twist, but after deep conditioning my hair sticks just fall out

I only have some cheap plastic ones I got from Sally's and they've done just fine, should I maybe switch to wood? Does the material matter?

**-Fern** · May 30th, 2019, 01:10 PM

Yes. Acrylic and wood and metal will all hold better than plastic. Thickness and shape matters, too.

**littlestarface** · May 30th, 2019, 01:17 PM

I love acrylic,it stays all day and I can take it in the shower with me and it wont get damaged.

**CrazyPlantLady** · May 30th, 2019, 03:25 PM

Thanks ladies! I just ordered a couple of acrylic sticks off Etsy, so hopefully they'll work!

**eresh** · May 30th, 2019, 03:35 PM

Twisted sticks also stay better in my hair than straight sticks

**lapushka** · May 30th, 2019, 03:42 PM

APL is still a bit short, and if you're making the hair more slippery, chances are the other sticks might not hold either.

I myself swear by 2-prong forks as sticks just offer less hold, IMO. But as a iii I definitely needed to wait until waist/hip to do a proper bun.

It might be better to try a peacock twist with a regular claw clip until the hair is longer.

**CrazyPlantLady** · May 30th, 2019, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by lapushka

APL is still a bit short, and if you're making the hair more slippery, chances are the other sticks might not hold either.

I myself swear by 2-prong forks as sticks just offer less hold, IMO. But as a iii I definitely needed to wait until waist/hip to do a proper bun.

It might be better to try a peacock twist with a regular claw clip until the hair is longer.

This is one of my go-to's, I had been managing to get a french twist to stay for the past couple of months with a stick, but the past two weeks I'm lucky if it stays put 5 minutes. I'll definitely wait to get some hair forks, they look great in everyone's hair.

**lithostoic** · May 30th, 2019, 04:03 PM

I have a wood fork and a few wood sticks that I hardly wear because they slide out within minutes! Only thing I can rely on holding all day are my 3 prong forks, one plastic and one metal.

**lapushka** · May 30th, 2019, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by CrazyPlantLady

This is one of my go-to's, I had been managing to get a french twist to stay for the past couple of months with a stick, but the past two weeks I'm lucky if it stays put 5 minutes. I'll definitely wait to get some hair forks, they look great in everyone's hair.

Yeah, you can never go wrong with a peacock twist. That was a staple of mine (later log roll) as I grew to waist/hip.

I'm so sad to hear that your French twist no longer holds. But your hair will go through phases as it grows and the only thing is to adapt.

**Kalamazoo** · May 30th, 2019, 07:47 PM

My hair forks really don't stay in my hair. I'm relying on either bobby pins or an EZ Comb.

ETA: Some of my hairsticks will stay in, if I put up the bun first with bobby pins, and then, after it's secure, put the hairstick in only as decoration. But I have to think about gravity & which end of the hairfork's the heaviest, and about which direction I'm likely to be bending, because the hairtoy might slide out if I bend the wrong direction...

Bobby pins & EZ Combs are divine!