Holds hair very well - but need some smoothing to avoid hair damage
I have nearly waist length fine hair, finding pins that stay in is challenging.  These do, they hold up a variety of buns and twists with just  two or three pins.<br />My only complaint and it is a major one is the sharp residue on the ends of the pins cut a shocking amount of my hair. There are small holes on the tips of the pins that are used to dip them in the gold  and silver coatings, that is where the sharp edges come from.  I solved the problem by smoothing them with my Dremel and a diamond sanding bit.
Rating: 4 stars