My standard list, and the items that I would recommend are:
- Hair-friendly elastics (metal-free is good, seamless is better)
- Widetooth comb without sharp/rough edges (horn is a great material)
- Thin double-pointed knitting needles, bent in half ("Wavelength pins")
- U-shaped hair pins
- Hairsticks (Try Claire's/Icing, and international/asian stores for decorative chopsticks that can be cut to size)
- Ficcare or fake equivalent
- Satin sleep bonnet
I have other items, but these are what I actually use most of the time. I'm not a fan of claw clips because they tend to pull for me (also, many have sharp seams), but YMMV.
Concerning the sleep bonnet: yeah, it looks silly. The idea is that slick materials create less friction and breakage when you're sleeping than standard cotton pillowcases. Some people like satin or silk pillowcases -- I find that much of my hair doesn't end up on the pillowcase, polyester satin doesn't feel good on my face, and that my cat munches my braid while I sleep, so I use a bonnet.
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