Goody Simple Styles Modern Updo Pin - Blonde

Ok, so I was really confused the first time I tried to use this product, simply because the instructions not well written! What works for my hair is to make a bun, and then insert the pin through the bun (not the base like the instructions say), so you will catch the twists in your hair. Then, when the ends are just barely poking out of the top of your bun, then you can flip up the base of the pin while pressing the two prongs against and then down your scalp. You end up with the curved part up and the two prongs pointing down towards your neck and well hidden by your hair. Since my twists are always different, it may take a couple of tries to get just the right one, but I always get a very nice updo that looks elegant, yet only takes under a minute to do! I also like that it STAYS! I actually plan to use this updo for when I get married next month!

I have to go out for the evening tomorrow, and I'm no genius when it comes to hair... I'm not a hairstylist, and I spent the 80s shellacking it into place with Aussie Instant Freeze, often to ridiculous amounts of poofiness. I can do a French twist with a long-tooth plastic comb, but the commercials made these products look so easy and so much better that I wanted to try them.

Just following the written instructions in the box were not enough for me... I was having trouble doing anything other than the ponytail. The Goody website has the same diagrams, and that wasn't helping either. Luckily they have a channel with how-to videos on You Tube. The instructions were much clearer, and watching someone do it was just the thing I needed. Goody really ought to link to the videos on their website, or even do "how to" commercials. I bet it would eliminate a lot of frustration I'm seeing about this and the other Simple Styles products.

Anyway, this smooth brass-tone wire is exactly what it says on the tin. I have thick hair down to my bra strap; your length, cut and texture may cause your mileage to vary. The pictures I've uploaded are my first try after watching the how to video for the French twist, on hair washed and flat-ironed. It feels very secure, but it doesn't pull. It feels like I could easily use a rat-tail comb to pull tendrils if I wanted, and it looks fantastic. I know the folds in the back look so elegant that I don't want to take it down, and I'm sitting here in shorts and a t shirt!

Whether you're going out for the evening or just at home wanting to get your hair off your neck in the summer heat, this little hook will do the trick, and is sturdy enough to last a lifetime. I highly recommend it!

I am completely hair do challenged. For my wedding, I wore my hair down because I couldn't find anyone to do my hair and I wasn't going to wear a pony tail (the extent of my "updo" abilities). I bought this today because I wanted to give it a try and I was hoping that it would work. I have a lot of hair but the strands are all really fine, so my hair doesn't typically hold pins really well. And, as I mentioned, I can't do my own hair. But this was so easy to use - you form a bun (idiot-proof), the use the tongs of the pin to pull the base of the bun up, forming a french twist kind of look. Then you push the pin down into the style and it stays put! It literally took me 30 seconds to do. And it looked great! Finally, I can quit spending over $100 to get an updo. Or, I can get a simple updo for a cute date-night hair do change. Thank you Goody!