wavezncurlz, your hair looks great with those hair sticks. That blue stick and the earrings look nice with your dark hair. I like how every color tends to "pop" in dark hair.
Rei, I wish I had better advice for you. From my understanding some hair types do tend to mat when worn loose. Keeping you hair in twists or in stretched out styles may be best for you. Have you also tried pm'ing
Mwedzi with this question? Too bad the Mentions feature isn't working now. I would send out a Mention to her to get her attention. But I'm sure she'll come to this thread soon and see your question.
BTW, the single red stick in your updo looks so cute and your hair is so pretty. Love the twists.
In case anyone wonders what wavez wants for Christmas....
I created a treasury of hairsticks on Etsy. Enjoy!!!
Hair Porn Hair Sticks by wavezncurlz on Etsy
*Still eyeing that peacock destiny piece....
Love this. Those peacock destiny sticks are nice.
Someone bought these but I really like the colors:
Earthen Hair sticks
I love this thread
I've been practicing, but how are you ladies putting the hairsticks in without some of the hairs at the scalp pulling?
Thanks SmilingElephant, I was really hoping there was a way to avoid pulling those hairs to anchor the bun.
Does anyone have any success with using hairsticks without the pulling of scalp hairs?
Instead of pointing the sticks in the opposite direction you can simply weave them through without going in the opposite direction and flipping them over. Also, try not to grab too much scalp hair when beginning to insert them. Using two sticks instead of one can help distribute the weight of the bun; thus, relieving tension. You have to play around with inserting the sticks so that they are not too tight and cause too much tension. Also, not making your updos too tight helps.
Ketylos are the most comfortable and easiest to insert without causing tension for me. With my other hair sticks I grab as little scalp hair as possible when inserting them and I don't always go in the opposite direction and flip them over when inserting them. You just have to experiment and play around with them and also consider the position of the sticks such as inserting two sticks parallel to each other, forming an x, etc. I think using two sticks are better for those of us with really thick and heavy hair because (depending on how they're positioned) they distribute the weight of the updo more evenly.
I totally want these: 
*backs slowly out of thread*
