Sunday, August 28, 2011

Tutorial :: How To Use a Hairpin



Hairpins can be somewhat daunting - they certainly were for me the first time I had to use one. Now they're my favorite, and I almost always pick one over a bobby pin. Here's a simple tutorial on how to properly use one:



1. Put the ends of the pin perpendicular to your head and hook some hair with them.

2. Lower the pin so it's more flat against your head and wiggle it up and down as you slide it into your hair (almost like you're sewing). This will help you grab hair from both of the sections that you're pinning together.

3. Push the pin in all the way.

If you do this correctly, the pin should be completely hidden. The key to hiding it is making sure you put it in perpendicular to your hair, as mentioned in Step 1.

4 comments:

Fiona Cartolina said...

Love your blog. I used to be a hairstylist. We used these pins slightly differently - we bent the ends of the pin right back on themselves and then poked them into the hairdo - that way they hold very fast and don't come out.

rubi said...

thanks fiona, that's another good way of using them!

*ehu. said...

I always wondered how the heck those were to be used. Those pins always made me think of Sister Usher.

Hyeku said...

rubi, do you tease your hair before pulling it up into a bun? does it make it easier to hold?

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