Lovely sticks! Now let me see, we have similar hair types, and it wasn't too long ago that my hair was your length... so...
*goes and measure hairstick which was favorite at that time*
My favorite hairstick at that length was 6 inches total. Now, that was all usuable length, so I didn't have to worry about decorations on the end but I imagine 5.5 inches of usualbe length would have been sufficient because at 48 inches, I still love that hair stick and find it works for most things still.
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