Hairpin bliss?

[SwanFeathers]

I finally found some hairpins that dont damage my hair!!!
They are amish made, 3" crinkled stainless steel and they work wonderfully.
keeps my wavy and unrully shoulder length hair in a french twist with only 2 as opposed to the 15 standard bobby pins i would usually use.
Has anyone else fallen in love with fisher wire's hairpins?

[Groovy Granny]

Nope..... haven't felt the bliss yet
I have straight ones that have gone unused because they don't hold; bought them when I was new and had no clue lol...should have gotten the crinkled.

I also have unused clear plastic pins.

Spin pins are my go to pins these days....but I plan to pull these 2 out to retry now that I have more length....plus Summer humidity triples my volume/curls.

[hopefullocks]

I have not tried those as I've been using mini spin pins until my layers get a little more length. The hairpin struggle can be so real! I am glad you've found some that work so well for you.

[Anje]

Amish hairpins are the best! I recently upgraded from straight ones to crinkled ones, and I like them even more.

[Groovy Granny]

Amish hairpins are the best! I recently upgraded from straight ones to crinkled ones, and I like them even more.

Is there any way to make the straight ones workable?

I tried giving them a squeeze while inserting them with the usual insertion protocol ...not sure if it helped any lol

I may end up splurging for crinkles just to have the experience.

[Cg]

I use both straight and crinkly long Amish pins. My guess is they stay in better with wavy or curly hair, but for a couple of hours they're fine even for slick straight hair.

[Anje]

Is there any way to make the straight ones workable?

I tried giving them a squeeze while inserting them with the usual insertion protocol ...not sure if it helped any lol

I may end up splurging for crinkles just to have the experience.

Bend them out so they're more V-shaped when they're relaxed, perhaps. Then when you squeeze them parallel-ish, they'll spring back a little more and have a bit more resistance to sliding out.

[lapushka]

I have my Amish pins (plain & crinkled) in a drawer. I barely ever used them, but I keep them because I'm sure someday they're going to be useful. I'm pretty faithful to my LWB, but who knows. I might feel the need to change it up in the future, and then those pins will perhaps be really handy.

[reilly0167]

Wow I never heard of these, are they really sturdy? Because I have the regular U shaped bobby bins but they are flimsy and I have to shape them back.

[Anje]

Yeah, they're good and stiff, much better than most of the U pins you find elsewhere.

The trick to using them is that they're just like miniature hairforks, in case anyone reading doesn't know. Don't insert them like they're bobby pins -- it doesn't work!