Whether you call them hair sticks, chop sticks, hair picks - whatever you choose, once you start to pull your hair up and back securely with a bit of wood, bone, plastic or metal - you won't look back!

Hair sticks are in vogue now, as women are constantly on the go, and need  a simple natural attractive and easy care hair style.  The history of hairsticks goes back hundreds, if not thousands of years.

• Hairsticks in early Egypt were made of gold, and embellished natural gemstones and treasures. 
• African cultures made hair sticks of ivory and wood, and also decorated them.
• The Chinese used special chopsticks to create elaborate hair styles. 
• The Japanese Geisha still use Kanzashi hair sticks today.
• Hairsticks are found in every culture including indigenous American Indian cultures, Indonesian, Aboriginal, and Victorian

Who can use a hairstick?

Hair sticks are not just for women, many men use them as well.  If you have long hair or longish hair, you can easily learn to use a hair stick and put your hair up in a casual or ornate style.  Don't despair if your hair is not long, as there are many ways to put up even shortish hair with a stick or pick!

They can be as simple as a piece of bone or a sharpened twig, or an ornate piece of hair jewelry, complete with gemstones or precious metals!  They are made from the rarest and most exotic of woods, sterling silver, cast iron, molded plastic, resin impregnated wood, even glass by American craftsmen and women.  Flowers, beads, good luck symbols, and religious symbols adorn hair sticks.

The following instructions are a compilation of input from women who use hair sticks, and a very nice hair stylist named Scott, who contributed excellent directions:

Scott's Instructions:
1. Begin with clean, dry, tangle-free hair.

2. Brush your hair back into a low ponytail. Raise it a little higher on the head if you wish to include shorter side layers. Get a firm grip around the base of the ponytail and use your other hand to twist the tail into a tight spiral.

3. Hold the base of the ponytail with one hand, then lift the tail straight up with the other. Begin to coil it clockwise around the base. When you've made half of a circle, release the hand holding the base and use it to hold the forming bun as you continue to coil the tail.

4. Complete one rotation - a little more if you have longer hair - then tuck the end of the tail under the bun. If your hair is long enough, you might be able to push the tail through the bun and make a knot.

5. Secure the bun using a a hair stick. Insert the stick pointed in and up, then lift like a lever and weave the stick into your hair. 

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push the tip of the hair stick up through the right or left corner of your bun, so that a thin flat layer rests on top of the stick.

Rotate the stick 180 degrees and push it gently through the base of the bun.

6. As the stick begins to emerge, hook a small amount of hair on the underside of the left corner, then center the stick.

JUST REMEMBER!
Let your fingers do the work. With a little practice they'll learn where to put all of the things you can't see. Look at the final results and let your fingers feel areas that might need an adjustment.

After just a little practice, you will find that using a hair stick is the easiest thing for simple every day styles with unlimited variations!

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