BOBBY PINS HOW TO

Each pin is crafted by hand in our Brooklyn studio, using opalescent Swarovski pearls of varying sizes. Your best bet is to twist sections and pin them into place. Don’t be surprised if you use a couple of them to hold all your hair in place and it suddenly falls out. Trying to fit too much hair in: Bobby pins are great, but they aren’t miracle workers.Once they’ve been bent too much, they won’t go back to normal, so you’ll have to get some new ones. Stretching it too much: If you find your bobby pins are losing their grip and are slipping out a lot, you might have overstretched them.

Make sure you match the color of your bobby pin to the color of your hair. Choosing the wrong color: If you have blonde hair and want a bobby pin to hold your updo in place without being seen, it makes no sense to use a black bobby pin, for example.Putting them in wet hair: This won’t damage your hair, but will cause indents to form so it’s best to wait until your hair is dry before using bobby pins.Using them without the extra coating on the end: If the protective coating has fallen off, it’s time to get some new bobby pins since the unprotected end can cause damage to your hair and scalp.

BOBBY PINS HOW TO

We’ve explained how to use bobby pins, and now we’ll explain how NOT to use them:

If you want to prop up your ponytail so it doesn’t droop, attach two bobby pins to the hair tie so your ponytail rests on these and doesn’t sag.īobby pins are very straightforward to get to grips with.

If you’ve braided your hair, but don’t want to tie off the braid with a chunky hair tie, simply use a bobby pin and it will look like the braid is magically staying put.

If the sides of your hair are too short to stay in place when you tie your hair back, use bobby pins to pin these strands to the side.

This will pull your hair together, but you won’t be able to notice the pin. Then rotate it and push it the opposite way (the direction your hair is being pulled).

In order to pull your hair tighter, take a bobby pin and push it in against the direction that your hair is being pulled.

Spray dry shampoo such as göt2b® Fresh It Up Instant Refresh Dry Shampoo or texture spray such as göt2b® Beach Trippin Texturizing Finishing Spray on the bobby pin before you push it into your hair.

The textured side helps it to grip better.

Make sure the wavy side of the bobby pin faces downwards.

Here’s how to use bobby pins as effectively as possible: So you don’t quite trust your updo to stay in place all day? Don’t worry, just push in a few bobby pins and it’ll stay put.