How long was your hair when you started using sticks?

**Corvana** · March 29th, 2018, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Corvana

Not gonna vote yet, because I can't! At least not with any sort of consistency. A fork holds better for now. I think I'll need BSL+ for a single stick? But I might try double sticks once I get some lol. But for now I stick with my 4-prong fork because even my 2-prongs won't hold super well.

A little before APL my disc buns started holding with my spiral stick, and now at APL they'll hold with a long smooth stick!

**Lisa Long4Life** · March 30th, 2018, 05:21 AM

BSL I think

**Hairkay** · March 30th, 2018, 06:08 AM

I don't think I'll ever be a hair stick person. The hair is thick and probably won't work with a hairstick at present plus I don't like hard stuff sticking out stuff on my hair. My hair is tightly curled enough to stay in a lwb without anything else needed to hold it up in a bun or I tuck my plaits/braids up. I'm a hair minimalist.

**sapphire-o** · April 1st, 2018, 04:20 AM

I started at about BSL. My hair is medium thickness and very slippery. I had to quit using conditioner to use sticks. It also has a lot of strength, has broken many cheap hair stuff even though it's not thick. By the time it reached waist I could do all sorts of things with sticks except wrap buns. My buns have to be twisted for security and friction, wrapped buns can only be secured with multiple forks, which I think look like too much.

**Glitch** · April 17th, 2018, 02:52 AM

~BSL as well.

**zanelle** · April 17th, 2018, 03:34 AM

MBL. I used forks and clips before that. I also did the mistake to wear in the same ponytail most of the time...

**cjk** · April 17th, 2018, 12:18 PM

When my hair could meet in the back and overlap about an inch.

It doesn't take a lot of hair if you're careful. But longer hair does make it easier and more secure.

**SnowDancer** · April 18th, 2018, 10:58 AM

I started wearing chopsticks in my hair in 2010 when my hair was APL. I didn't know there were actual "hair sticks" and other toys until I joined this forum.

**Nyrak** · April 20th, 2018, 11:52 AM

Shoulder-armpit for me. The trick at the shorter lengths is to put it up in a French twist. Then move to cinnamon bun. Now I am around bra strap and can do lwb but not nautilus. FYI until this week, my hair sticks were knitting needles and pencils.