If you have longish hair and you subscribe to our simple-yet-stylish mantra, hair sticks should really be a part of your life. I carry a pair with me in my bag so I always have the option of putting my hair up (especially helpful on hot days, bad hair days, at the beach, on in my convertible). They make a simple bun more elegant and they don’t leave you with that awful hair elastic ridge when you take it out later.
OMFG Tip: Put your damp hair up in a low bun held in place by hair sticks. Go about your day. Later, when your hair is dry, remove the sticks for Blake Lively waves minus the damage and frustration that can be caused by curling irons.
Step-by-step instructions on making a hair stick bun and some cute hair stick options from Etsy:
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- pull your hair back like you would for a ponytail
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- when you get it into a ponytail, begin to twist
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- continue twisting to the end (for a “messy” bun, once you have the hair twisted, shake it out to loosen some of the layers)
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- start wrapping the twist around itself to create a bun
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- when you finish your bun, tuck the end underneath
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- insert the first hair stick into the top of the bun, angled in toward your head
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- as you push the stick through, gradually shift the angle away from your head
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- repeat with the second stick, but coming in from the other side of the bun (as if you’re forming an “x” with the hair sticks)
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- viola!
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- Titanium Hair Sticks, $28
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- yellow hair sticks, $4
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- hot pink acrylic hair sticks, $8
