How do you tie your hair with pencil?

[FluffleNuff]

I watched this show called The Forbidden Kingdom on Saturday, (you know the typical boy is transported to ancient china to finish quest plot) where the main girl character (yes, she died and then a girl that looks exactly like her appeared at his homeland) ties up her hair with a jade chopstick. I've been obsessing with how to do that!

Sadly, my hair only reaches down to my shoulder blades, and is rather short. I know how people tie up their buns with a chopstick, but is anyone has any tips, please share them with me!

I've watched YouTube videos, read wikihow but still I can't tie up a bun that will stay for more than 5 seconds... Help!

Thanks!

[Eviecorn]

Have you looked for a diagram?  That helps me a lot better than a video personally.

[Vintergatan]

I've always wondered how one makes a bun that stays up with ANYTHING! I have really long, slippery (very straight) and heavy hair and I don't seem to be able to make it stay up with anything. So i'll be lurking just in case

[kaoskat]

I'm afraid I'm useless. My hair is curly and I can get a bun to stay for a good while in my hair using nothing at all.

[mlp4me]

I'm in the same boat... curly and stays put rather easily in a bun...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4AjiWOIEIE
I do not know if this link will work, youtube is blocked at my work. But hey if you google there are quite a few results...

[kaninchen]

I'm afraid I'm useless. My hair is curly and I can get a bun to stay for a good while in my hair using nothing at all.

this. 

[Kiwi]

My hair is useless at staying in any style - it sometimes slips out of a basic ponytail!

[melodys_angel]

I have to get my sister to pit chopsticks in my hair if I want them in!  I can never do it on my own >>

[Rainsong]

When I do buns, I ponytail (with soft cloth ponytail band, in a hair-matching color) my hair where I want the base of the bun, then twist my hair into a spiral until it starts to twist around the ponytail holder. Once it's done, I tuck the end under my hair, then insert the hair sticks of choice through the mass - usually one side above and the other below the ponytail holder on each stick. My hair was is long/straight when I started it, now it curls a lot - but it's so freaking fine that all my hair accessories (except ponytail holders) slide out anyways. The bun still works, though!

[Alexia]

I am always twisting my hair up and using a pen (I often loose my hair ties some time during the day) or I have hair chop sticks.  My hair is extremely thin, fine and straight. It doesn't hold many hair styles for long. 

Gather all your hair like you are going to make a pony tail (or you can just to half- works well if you hair is shorter) and start twisting it. Keep twisting and you will notice that it starts to roll down on its self, allow that to happen and wrap it in a bun.  Take the pointy end of your stick (or pen) and feed it through the bun from the bottom until the end is pointing out the top.  Then lift the bottom (the point end will run against your head) and then feed the point end back down through the bun until it pokes out the bottom.  In the end my sticks always seem to point slightly to the side and not straight up and down.  The trick is to get it just tight enough to hold but not so tight as to break hair.  It also works best if your hair is slightly damp.

Does that make sense?  Feel free to message me if you have questions. Maybe I can get some one to take pictures while I do it.

[Sprinkles]

This is actually something I have been wondering for quite awhile. I searched on Youtube for a good tutorial when I saw this thread and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlzUl-OO1EA She makes it look really easy! I tried it after watching the video and was successful the few times I tried.

[spookysage]

If your hair's too short it might not work, but twisting the hair to keep it from going astray is definitely the key. Practice on a pony or doll, maybe? I see it done with two sticks too, maybe some hair types need more support?