Sometimes my trips to Boots result in practical purchases; multivitamins, tissues, meal deals. Other times they do not. The following products were definitely picked up during the latter because I went a little wild down the hair accessories aisle of all places. I found this little section of styling aids that looked downright bizarre but promised to make ponytails, buns and plaits easy peasy, so being a bit of a hair noob I thought I was the perfect candidate to give them a go and share my experiences. I’ll give you the deets on them blow-by-blow, but let’s just say that this post should be renamed ‘Getting My Hair in One Big Knot So You Don’t Have To’…
Twist & Snap Hair Band – I couldn’t find the exact link or name to this thanks to me stupidly lobbing the packaging in the bin, but thanks to you knowledgable lot on Twitter it is apparently the staple tool in the art of Hairagami (thanks to Susan for sending me this hilarious instructional video). Designed to make twists and buns as easy as one quick bend and snap I just couldn’t get to grips with this one. Hair fell out the ends and I ended up whipping myself with the springy plastic one too many times for my liking.
Scunci Easy Plait Braider – a.k.a the easiest way to plait your hair into one gigantic knot. It’s almost like having a third hand with little slots to place sections of hair in; put strand 1 into slot 3, then bring 2 into 1, 3 into 4 – you get the drift. It’s very confusing and ended up with me creating the most un-plait like plait I’ve ever made. I think I’ll just stick to fingers next time.
Goody Simple Styles Spin Pin – finally one that worked. Now these are awesome. I’m a big proponent of the pineapple hairstyle; when I’m at home my hair is slicked back into some kind of bun explosion on the top of my head. Fancy locks and PJ’s? Ain’t nobody got time for that. Just gather your hair wherever you want to place it, twist it round until it forms a bun then twist these in, one from through the top and one at the bottom. I didn’t hold out much hope because my mop is heavy, but they really did the job – securing things without leaving any band marks. Just untwist in the opposite direction when you want to let it down.
So bizarre hairstyling aids get a 1 out of 3. Now it’s time for my TangleTeezer to work overtime…
P.S) Yes the grey tinge to my crown is down to a shoddy dry shampoo application. Philip Kingsley One More Day we’re over.
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