Thursday 31 May 2012

Ficcare help please


I have 3 sets of Ficcare that I can’t seem to get any use out of.
(Yikes, that is 252 USD worth of hair toys I don’t use!)

   
 Some years ago I could wear them for cinnamon buns



But then cinnamon buns lost their stability and I started using them with braided buns



Then the braided buns lost their stability too and that was pretty much the end of me using them.

I have tried an experiment to see if a crown wrap would work


Slightly messy in the back because it was just a quick attempt. I could make it look sleeker if I braided it to the side to begin with I think?



But I guess it doesn’t matter how it looks in the back because it looked huge from the front!

I tried holding a Figure 8 bun with one and it looked good from the back but…



...It gapes uselessly over most of the bun and looks ridiculous from the side


I tried one in each Figure 8 last I made doubles, but even that they are too small for!

I mean, Ficcares are even almost too small for just gaping over my base braid!


(Okay, this is a “Fakkare” from Evita Peroni, but the statement still stands)

I thought of putting them up on the trading board alongside the Hairsense brush that doesn’t work for me at all: It just “slips” over my hair without getting through to my scalp. (Figures that the brush would be a disappointment too!)

But I can’t get myself to do that. They blue and green ones are flaking and peeling along the edges and I’m generally not very impressed by them. “The Rolls-Royce of hair clips”? Hah.


I did get double Ficcares to work for holding a rosebun, but they also almost drown out the details of the bun.


I got a single Ficcare to hold a braided Nautilus 1-1½ year ago, but it wasn’t completely comfortable or stabile.


Maybe I could use doubles to hold the centre first and then slip the outer coils around the Ficcares later?

Now that I’ve gone digging through my old photos I found an old favourite I haven't done in ages: The “horseshoe bun” or “super flat bun”



I wonder why I stopped doing these? I really can’t remember. Hmm? 

Annoying picture-spam aside, I guess tomorrows hair-plans are to give the braided Nautilus a shot and see if I can hold it with one or two Ficcares. And if not, see if the “horseshoe” bun still works.
Anyone have another style that might work?  

11 comments:

  1. Wow ! I'd like to have some ficcares but I just can't choose one. And my hair is too short é__è

    I'm not sure, but maybe a big gibson tuck would work with a ficcare to hold it ? (By braiding the ends if you have too much hair ?)

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  2. I found these ones :
    http://www.whylonghair.com/victorian.jpg
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RHN-Kvn6yVQ/S7fdfIao0PI/AAAAAAAAC68/1eV59NXtwx8/s400/1860_med_length_hairstyle_05.jpg
    I think it would like good with a ficcare (or a comb)!

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    1. The second one of those is tucked braided pigtails on just past shoulder length hair: http://theladysguide.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/victorian-hairstyle-for-medium-length.html

      Not so easy for knee length I'd imagine...

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  4. Maybe flatter buns will work with it, like the Vortex bun. There is a really pretty version of it done with three 2 strand rope braids.

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  5. I bought ficcares from a trade board and loved mine, even though one was a bit damaged. I said I could care less as she reduced the cost--perhaps people in your area would feel the same way if you planned to sell them?

    I never found ficarres like this worked--the ficarrisimo worked better for me--probably because I find the latter one is more even so it secures any hair style better. Course, my hair is a quarter of your length and half the thickness.

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  6. Hmm... the only style I can think of that would be simple enough to work as an everyday style and at the same time not require a tightly wrapped or braided length creating density that would be hard for the ficcare to handle would be a ropebraided length turned into a figure 8 bun. Maybe that could work?
    Or perhaps securing the braided nautilus with two ficcares pointing in opposite directions? Anyway good luck! I hope you find a style that works for you :)

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  7. What if you used them differently by inserting the back part like it was a hairstick? So you might poke it through the outer coils of a cinnabun, instead of just clipping it over the side?

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  8. hm I realize I need to clarify what I meant, I meant that perhaps the ficcares would work in a braided nautilus if both held the middle like you would a hair stick, but instead use two, pointing in different directions. Sorry if my descriptions are still a little muddled, I need more coffee :)

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  9. I like the “horseshoe bun”. (I think I may give it a go, if my tailbone length hair is long enough.)
    If it is comfortable and stable, then you have found the solution to your problem on your own. ;)
    Super Clips (http://www.ficcare.com/Products.aspx?collId=56) can hold more hair than the Maximas style. Unfortunately, the choice of colours is quite limited. Have you looked into these?

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    1. About your border Ficcare clips flaking along the edges... Well, I have a blue one and it does that too... I would not buy clips from the Border collection again. However, the Lotus collection have a better finish, although the design is not for everyone...

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