This 5.5-inch sturdy metal pin comes in nearly a dozen shades. It holds most hair lengths and textures more securely and elegantly than a traditional elastic, but the technique takes practice.

As for those with much thinner, or even shorter, hair, Stanwell recommends using it once your roots have a bit more oil or grit by way of products like dry shampoo to avoid the pin from slipping ...

Pin and spray to seal your style. Then gloss up your rose with a shine mist, like CHI Shine Infusion. Tip: To hide the elastic bands, tuck under the opposite braid and pin.

It’s iridescent (about the size of a playing card) and retails for $35. Plus, unlike elastics, it doesn't break my hair when I pull it out. French Hair Pin $35.00 at shopmachete.com Advertisement ...

The rose bun is the only hairstyle we want to wear this spring. The ubiquitous slicked-back bun blossomed into something far more interesting when hairstylists at fashion week gave the classic chignon ...

In her video, she uses a bobby pin to give her hair a bit of volume, completely concealing the usually hard-to-hide hair accessory. It seemed simple enough, so I decided to try it for myself.

My pins not only work for a library of hair types, textures and densities but in fact quite securely. Both thick and fine hair need different amounts of pins but require the same tension to keep ...

This little pin is Hannah’s affordably elegant fix for low-maintenance hair. It doesn’t look like much: an oblong U of nylon-coated steel with a few ripples on the tines.