Reddit reviews Goody Simple Styles Spin Pin for Dark Hair 3 Easy Styles 2 Pins

I have pretty thin straight long hair. I wear a bun and a headband for every work out!

I use these spin pins to make the bun so that I don't get a crease in my hair and supposedly help prevent breakage from wearing tight ponytails everyday.

And this headband is my favorite. It's the only lululemon thing I own because it's the only lululemon thing I can afford but it is great. It never slips, I never get headaches and I wash it once in a while with my regular laundry.

I have long, thick, wavy hair that like to escape, and has a tendency to give me headaches when worn up in a bun for too long.

these are LIFESAVERS. I bought two packs and use two pins for my buns, and occasionally a bobby pin or two for any stray hairs.

My go-to is a quick bun held in place with two smallish octopus clips. It holds quite well if I just twist, spiral, and clip (no hair elastic necessary), and it takes like five seconds to do. I have to redo it if I do something bouncy like a mat run, but it stays for basically everything else.

Some of my friends have slipperier hair than me, and they find that two spin pins work better for them than two octopus clips.

If I want something more secure, I'll go full-on classical ballet bun. I'll get my hair damp with a spray bottle, ponytail, and pin the shit out of it. I find that two-stranded buns hold the best and look the nicest (personal preference, though). I'm sure it's not good for my hair, but it's practically indestructible. You can jazz it up by doing a braided bun, a twist-and-braid combo, twists or french braids into the bun, and a bunch of other things.

Ugh, this is making me miss my long hair. I just cut a foot off.

Looks good unless you have fine/thin/shorter hair

The best way I've found to secure my hair is by using these spin pins to pin up my bun and then I use an elastic on top of that. My hair does not budge!

> messy hair,

Agreed on riding slower, but I find that putting my hair up is the only way to keep it from being a rats nest after biking 3 miles. I use a spin pin or two to put it in a low bun - it takes about 5 seconds, doesn't crease my hair, and I just pull it out when I get to school.

There are many things I've learned growing my hair out, but these are the most important:

1. One of the best things you can do is keep your hair in a bun or a braid as much as possible. The less opportunity it has to tangle, the less likely it is to break, and it helps protect the ends. I keep it up most of the time out of necessity at this point - my hair is hip-length and I'm constantly sitting on it if I leave it down.
   
   
2. A good detangler is important. My stylist recommended this a few years ago and I bought a bottle from the salon for $20. I only use a couple of drops after every wash in my hip-length hair, and I'm still on my first bottle (though it's almost empty - I just bought a new bottle). It keeps my hair super soft and shiny and untangled on the rare occasions I leave it down.
   
   
3. These are my favorite hair accessory. After a little practice, it only takes three of these and five minutes and my hair is in a bulletproof bun and ready for any situation. And that bun will last until I pull the pins out - I've fallen asleep with my hair up and woken up with it still in the exact same style (if a bit frizzy).

I don't use bobby pins for this reason. They're terrible, especially for holding any real amount of hair.

If you want to secure a bun, use amish hairpins, or spin pins, or hair sticks, or a ficcare, or something else along those lines. Bobby pins aren't worth the metal they're made from, in my opinion!

Love,

Lady with mid-thigh length hair.