How To: Use Bobby Pins
This video shows how to easily use bobby pins.
It has been requested many times by our subscribers.
Using the proper bobby pins is the foundation of any good hairstyle. We get our bobby pins at a Sally's Beauty Supply Store. They are great and last use after use, compared to conventional Drug store bobby pins. In this video I show you a few methods on how to use bobby pins! :)
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You are wasting on my cake, you add smell. I can't replace e hi, my beautiful friends. How are you doing it's me me here today and today we're actually going back to basics, so today's tutorial is actually sort of a tutorial on how to use bobby pins. Just regular bobby pins - and you may be thinking well, that's such a simple thing and that's such a basic thing. Why do we need a tutorial for that? But in my recent few tutorials I've been getting so many requests from girls asking me to do this how-to. So I thought why not and in the meantime maybe I'll learn something new as well. The reason it is important to know the basics is because, if you're doing a hairstyle - and you don't know the basics, you're never gon na be able to succeed in it. And these are just gon na start flying out I mean, if you don't, pin it properly. You'Re, just gon na lose this style in the matter of two three minutes. So it is. The most important thing is to know the basics and then from there you can learn an advance in any way you want for the longest time. I thought I didn't know how to use bobby pins, but it wasn't me it was the bobby pins. So I always tell anyone who asked me is that the most important thing is that you have good quality bobby pins. I used to buy bobby pins, just a drugstore at Shoppers. Drug Mart is what we have here in Canada and they are the worst quality ever. I will show you a comparison of my the bobby pins that I'm using now and the bobby pin that I have from sharpers. I don't know, I think it's a brand called goodie or something this is just a bobby pin after one use. It'S just unbelievable. So you pin the hair and then you pull it out and it's open, so you cannot ever use it because this is loose. This is garbage pretty much, but these I've been using for so long and actually lay up on these at home. I believe Sally beauty, supply store, I'm not sure what brand it is, but they always have them and it's really inexpensive. So that's the ones we found. I mean if you do know what different brands do. Let us know in the info box, I mean in the comment below but um ones that have been working for me. Aleli would love them. We tell everyone, we know all our friends about these because you can reuse them many many times. I'Ve had these for months. Actually stole these from my life, I'm too lazy to go and buy them, but anyways. This is this is where we got the bobby pins that we use in our tutorials they're amazing. You can reuse them so many times and they don't give you any trouble now. Let'S get to the techniques and there's only a few different techniques that you can use the bobby pins for and um I'll show you right now now, if you're like me, this is probably how you use a bobby pin, so you grab a pop bobby pin. You go like this and then you open it with your teeth and then you slide it in your hair, but the reality is you actually don't have to do that and the only reason I do it is because it's just you know it's a force of habit. I don't know think about it. When I do it and then I catch myself or you guys will come and you'll be like. Oh, don't do it don't open the pin with your teeth, but you actually don't need to open it at all and that will actually obviously preserve the quality of the bobby pin for longer. Now what you can do, let's say my bangs are in my face. So I have side bangs and I just want to pin them all you do is take the pin, you don't need to put in your mouth or do anything with it and all you do is just you slide it in. So you slide it in and it holds the hair and then what you can do I mean it doesn't really show the pin not much, but if you want you can bring the hair behind over it and that's it. You know, that's that's what you have. You pinned it it's safe and secure. You can go about your day now what you can also do if you do want to open it. I mean that works too. So you just open the pin, but it's gon na ruin it faster. I guess, and then you know you just slide it in and that way it shows more as opposed to just sliding in it close and then again you can just bring the hair over and you don't really see that pin sticking through now anytime we're doing some Kind of a hairstyle, it's usually pinning the braid or pinning the twist. So, for example, if I were to do it like a quick pin right now, I mean a quick twist, so let's say I twisted it and I want to pin it again. You can just just see I'm not opening the pin at all, I'm just sliding it in and just take the pin. You slide it in and it's there and if you want to use one more just to make sure it's safe and secure there. You can put another one over and again I wasn't opening it at all and that's it. You'Ve pinned it. So that's one of the ways to use the bobby pins again. If you want to be like me and open it with your teeth, which I'm gon na try not to do anymore, you can go ahead and do that. But you really don't have to do that now. There'S another technique to using a bobby, pin and I'll show. You that in a second and it's sort of a half, half-up half-down or any time you're doing a body, you would use the same kind of technique. So I'll just show you on this sort of hairstyle, so you just grab a section of hair and you twist it now. All you need to do is with your pins. You need to secure this part, so you have a half up half down haircut. So what you do is you take the pin right and you sort of insert it in this part, and then you lift it. So you lift it, you feel your sculpt and then you push it down and then you can take another pin. I mean it's safe at the moment, so it's safe with one thing, but I would be still freaking out that it's going to fall out. So I probably use two pins, so you can take another pin insert it in this part and then you lift it and twist it back so now I know for sure this hairstyle is not going anywhere and I only have two pins in there, and this is A perfect hairstyle that you can just use a work. You know if your hair is in your face or if you're at school, it's just pretty health up half down. It looks really nice when your hair is wavy and um. This is how - and this is the same thing you would do if you, you know, if you had a bun, and you know I'm just going to quickly show you in my hairs, you're gon na look weird right now, but if you were doing some sort of A bun and you had let's say elastic in there and you just needed to pin sections. That'S the same thing you would do. You would insert the pin in the hair and then sort of twisted there and secure it and lock it in there. And you know you would do the same thing around the bun. But what I'm trying to say is that it's the same kind of a technique that you're using you're, not just lighting it in you're sliding it in the hair and then you're going like this. So I'll just show you on one part of my hair, so you're sliding it in and then you would go like this, so they sort the main few techniques that I use to pinning my hair. When I do hairstyles, I hope you found them helpful. Definitely leave a comment or video response if you have any other ways to use bobby pins or let me know if there's any other amazing brands of bobby pins that I should know about, but up. Thank you so much for tuning in have a wonderful day and I'll see you guys in the next tutorial bye. You are at the time your inspiration to this round. You
Comments
Mara Iorga: Hi Mimi i just wanted ti say that I observed that you insert the bobby pin in with the wavy part up... My advice is to put them with the wavy part down because that's specially formed to grip your hair and pin it in place. Ps: Love your videos!
turzadalma: thank you Mimi! your tutorials are always helpful! i think it would be great if you make some easy, spring hair styles:) xoxo
lilmia81: So simple, so effective! Thanks!!
momo: This was actually so helpful. Thanks so much for doing this!
Y: Thanks, Mimi! The basics videos are exactly what I need! ;)
Claudia Devlin: All of my friends laugh at me cause I can't use bobby pins lol I'm gonna go try this now XD
Lucy Lloyd: Love love love your videos thank you, totally agree, unless you can master the basics you can't create your beautiful styles thank you! Love from the UK xoxox
mtde1mantram: THIS IS SO HELPFUL bc i NEVER knew of this technique!! PLEASE DO MORE!
Marce C: this was super useful, I always make a mess with my bobby pins especially when I'm doing buns or anything like that thanks for bringing the basic back
emyshins: Thank you so much! I never knew how to use bobby pins to secure buns. I'll definitely have to try your technique out. :)
no thanks Big no: Sadly I have trouble just putting my hair in a ponytail.
Skye Laraine: So that's how you backward pin your hair! Thank you! I've always used my teeth and just slid it in my hair! I can't wait to try this today! :D
JoyceN.: I really really appreciate that you took some times to do this tutorial. I always had troubles keeping those BP on my hair. Thanks so much!
Tingli Kuang: thank you so much for sharing this technique with us! Now I can save both time and money! I have broke many pins already, lol
Shannon Anderson: Love the basics idea please do more :)
Thomas McCall: Are the bobby pins supposed to go in ridges down?
GUMMYB34R5: This is something so simple, but I never knew how to properly do it. So thank you for this video! :)
illethereal: I never thought I'd find myself watching a seven minute video on bobby pins... and learn so much from it!
sambaileyxo: This video was actually super helpful! I had no idea why bobby pins didn't work for my up-do's now it makes sense. Thanks so much! :)
foxxy9104: This is amazing. I have always been doing it wrong!!! Thank you for sharing that ;)))
Marie: I thought when using bobby pins the side with the waves was suppose to be facing your head instead of the way she did it
Mehbuba23: Just what I needed!!! I was always wondering how exactly most ppl were able to secure their hair. Mine always fell off in a minute or two. Like always.... THANK YOU!!!!!
koxy: thank you mimi for doing this tutorial! :)
Crepusculem: Thank you for this video, I didn't know the last technique for the half up half down look, really helpful ! Thank you !
Priyal Jain: 've always wanted to know how to pin a bun ! thanks so much mimi !
OHSOSCENTY: Bobby pins should be used flat side up!!
Lauren Soleo: THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This was so, so, so helpful; I've been using them wrong all along.
bluegreenred5: @LuxyHair I love your videos so much!! Your styles are so easy to create, and I always get compliments at school when I use your hairstyles!!
loading1345: Omg! That was so helpful I am constantly trying to use bobby pins with my super thick hair and I think I will start using that twist thing to secure it!
adsrotufs Soho: now teach us how to pick a lock with bobby pins
KawaiiGuitarGirl: The last technique helped me alot, thank you Mimi!! X
Jenny P: Thank you so much for doing this. I've been using bobby pins for the longest time but have been using them wrong and I always thought it was my hair but it was the way I pinned it lol.
ljaqui: Thank you for showing the updo technique, I've always wondered on that one and you are so fast when doing them in the tutorials! Now I get it. And I'll stop with using my teeth and buying cheap bobby pins! Tomorrow, I'll buy good ones from Sally's!
tellie4life: i love love the video editing!!! another amazing video! thanks Mimi and Leyla ! love you guys very much!!!
紅葉セリ: I always wondered how to use bobby pins to secure hairstyles. wondered what i did wrong. xD i didnt know you had to insert it like that
marylouburns: I love this basic tutorials. Back to basics is a great idea.
Mika Mi: really simple and helpful :)
Christina V: Great video! I honestly have been using Bobby pins all wring and wondering how so many people are able to get such cute hair styles using them...too funny! I also just saw someone use an empty tic tac container to hold bobby pins! Genius!!! :)
Myra Bansil: Thanks for the tips! Excited to try that in and upside down method for my buns. By the way, where did you get your bracelets? I Love them!
Chloe Pavelka: You should use blond ones, for the video purposes, it is hard to see them. :)
Starrcassie: That was so easy! Thanks for the video.
Ellen D: Please do a Katniss inspired braid please! Love your videos! Thanks
day_saram: When you said "a lot of people have been requesting this tutorial" in my head I'm like that was me!!! I really didn't know how I'm learning so thank you so much I love all your videos!!!!!!
Penny Lester: Thank you for this video. I wasn't sure how to use them, so now I will definitely give it a go.
Debasree Banerjee: a video on how to use u pins too,, they just slip away and so does my hairstyle, i cant even do a twisted bun using them.. :'(
SharaH N: thanks so much for this! really helpful i was excited for this! the one style i was looking forward to is when you do a pony tail and you wrap a piece of your hair around the hair band how would you pin the bobypin? the same way like you showed for the bun would work? thanks so much mimi! mwah
shills: Goody has been a really good brand for me so far. I haven't used their bobbypins (not avaliable in my local store), but all of their other products have worked really well for me.
skiscute: you explain so nicely!!!! I wish teachers could explain things that way and make subjects way more interesting!! <3
Amee: very helped full always love your tutorials!!! <3
Im_That_Monk: Not sure how I got here. But I like her accent :)
vicobulle: Mimi! I love all of your videos, the hairstyles are so beautiful and simple! When i do your hairstyles everyone in my school tell me that i'm a genius :D but could you do a tutorial for very long thick hair, because i can't do some of your hairstyles beacause my hair is too thick and heavy :( Anyway Love you!! from Belgium :D
Sara Tahir: Thank you so much..now I know how to secure buns !
Lauren Weeks: I love Sally's hair pins! It's the only store in my area that I know of that carries the longer hair pins which I have to use on my long hair. Sally's pins hardly ever stretch out and they hold my hair amazingly! The only time I ever have to buy more is when I run out cause my friends are always borrowing them. Lol
ian bentley: I love this video thank you so much i don't have a mom to talk to for tips or many girlfriends that give advice in this way so this was awesome i will be able to finally style my hair differently! Never can think of good ideas that i couldn't do with bobby pins but i didnt know how they worked or when they were no longer good. thanks again! :D
natalie han to: She used it wrong the curvy side is supposed to be down
Gayatri Diwan: I love how you explain the hairstyles. Could you please do a tutorial on Selena Gomez's messy bun?
TuyetDung Nguyen: Thank you!!! My buns fall apart a minute after I pin them in place!
Laura cu aura: Hey, I've tried the last technique and it works very well even with not so good quality of the bobby pins. Thanks ;) :*
Natalia Orrego: always wondered how to do the 2nd technique!! <3
Olivia G: Dollar store brand Bobby pins are life
xod0llfacex3: this was actually very helpful. i didn't bobby pin correctly before. thanks! :)
Insufferable Cómico: Thanks for the twist your hair tip Totally helps!
pjcoco: thank you for making this tutorial! it is a little embarrassing that i've lived my 29 years and only now learn how to use a bobby pin properly... haha and yes, i use my teeth as well! can't wait to actually use the pins with success now.
Helena: The Scunci bobby pins are amazing. I really do highly recommend them!
ashley m: I'm not trying to hate or anything but this video didn't help ): I slid the bobby pin in my hair and my hair just fell back, I don't open it either because I read somewhere to not do that and stuff. I have a lot of hair, too, but idk if that has to do with anything but can anyone help I'm so lost like lately I've been wanting to do hairstyles with my hair but I'm restrained because so many hairstyles use bobby pins and I have no clue at all how to use them xc
Annelu Diwa: This helped me a lot! Thank youuuu!!!
YoungBritain: Hi! Thank you so much for this tutorial, I happen to be useless with bobby pins. I have very thick hair and I find it very difficult to hold any hairstyle in place. My bobby pins look like the first one you showed and named "trash" after the first use..... I'll give this techniques a go and hopefully, they'll work. Any special tips for girls with really thick hair? thanks a lot :)
Anna Marie: Thank you for the tutorial! I have been using the goody ones...the cheap ones. No wonder they didnt hold long!!!
Hey it’s B!: Yay! Basic how-to videos are awesome. It seems silly that there is a proper way to use a bobby pin. Clearly I wasn't putting it on correctly because my hairstyles would never last. Thanks for the video!
KC Y: I have trouble putting bobby pins in a bun
Jay Emm: Hi Mimi/Leyla, I love your videos and had a question. Sometimes when I do hairstyles that require bobby pins I usually end up using TONS of them and at some point they tend to fall out of place or slip out I find myself slipping them back in. How can I fix this??? I hate using a lot and ending up with none :/
Renzé: Hi! I love this video, it is explained very well! The only thing is I found it very difficult to see what you were doing because your pin blende in so much with your hair (not a bad thing). But, for the purpose of the tutorials, do you think it would be possible to use a bright coloured pin so we can see the work you are doing? Thanks a bunch, keep making the fantastic videos!
ElectriccBluee: At first, I laughed at the idea of watching a video on using freaking bobby pins but then I watched it and I learned SO MUCH! haha! Thanks for this video!
sjgutierrezmarquez: Omg, yes! Bobby pins never work for me, until now!! You guys are awesome
Brenda Mireles: Yeah! We want a Katniss insipred braid!! Pleaaaaase! And thanks for this video :)
Amanda Craft-Frietch: You are an ANGEL thank you SOOOO much. I'm 25 and can't do a single thing with my hair. everytime i look up tutorials for super simple hair styles its like they got even more basic training than ive ever found or had. Just these simple steps help me understand it soooo much better thank you thank you THANK YOU! :)
Mkimmy101: so now i know why my buns and half up do's always fell out. Thank you so much for making this vid!! =)
Melissa Galianos: THANK YOU!! I was always too embarassed to admit it but I could never get bobby pins to work for me! I'm going to try this! ...xoxoxo...
fdoeppen: I live in US and I always get the bobby pins from Sally's beauty supply that are made in Japan. They are sooo good!
Priya C. Bascope: This was very helpful.thank you! Love you and your sister!
Michaela Higgison: This helped so much! :) thank you!!!
JoAnne Stein: Awesome video! I learned a lot! Bobby pins have always been challenging for me. What about hair pins though? I have really thick hair and regular bobby pins don't always hold it. Can you offer some tips? Thanks! :)
smiley: thanks Mimi, I always use my teeth to open bobby pins. I will definitely try sliding in! Thanks again :)
Jennifer Lam: That was very helpful! Thank you!
allio21: I got my hair done up at a salon for my prom 4 years ago and I saved all the bobby pins they put in my hair and I still use them today because they are AMAZING. I have no idea where they got them though.
Hannah Knight: Really helpful! Btw, the song in the background is Icing by Charity Vance, I went to high school with her and she's super sweet. She actually wrote that song about her best friend who also went there. :) So awesome that her music is being heard all over the place now, I'll have to share the video with her!
Sandysfashion: thank tou sooooooo much for this tutorial, I've always asked how to use it !!
AM: Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much for this video I could NEVER use bobby pins before this.... This video helped soooooooooooo much thanks again:)
bonvoyagekat: I love Sally Beauty Supply Store! :) And yup the one's at Shopper's aren't great haha. Thanks so much for the tips!
Jaimie Lynn: this was so helpful for the bun and half style. i usually just slide them in and after awhile they would slide out. thank you so much
joan pu: H & M has really good bobby pins! They have a pack of 30 for only $2.95. I always get the metallic gold and black, :)
Lucille M: Hi Mimi, I am laughing to myself here, you know why? I have been using the bobby pins in correctly all my life.. OMG. I feel so stupid right now, thanks for doing this video. Now I will be doing it correctly, no wonder my hair kept coming apart mid day. Lv Always Lucille PS I love your bedroom it's so pretty!!!
Peyton Crenshaw: Thank you for this video! It was very helpful because I am trying to find good bobby pins but like you said, the goody bobby pins don't work! I love all of your other tutorials as well.
Goose Creek Homestead: Very helpful! Thank you!
MzGee77: Thank you for this basic techniques!
Grateful: helped me sooo much, thanks! especially the second part
Amy Leahy: Thanks for this! I've been through fifty other ones and this is the only one I understood!
nyslor1982: I've been watching a bunch of videos on doing hairstyles, and I can't believe how all of you can do your hair by yourself without mirrors! I guess you get used to it?! But I sure haven't gotten used to it!
jtnguyen0001: i use bobby pins by conair; you can usually find them at claire's or icing packaged kind of like a pack of matches/lighters; they're super convenient and i always have one with me wherever i go!
Laura Alarcon: I literally got bobby pins like 15 minutes ago and I wanted to know if I should open them or leave them.Thank you so much.This helped