Review (5/5): Leather Hair Slide (or Hair Pencil,  Hair Pin, Hair Pencil Pin)
I have THICK hair that goes nearly down to my waist. So it can be pretty darn heavy. I got the Hair Slide yesterday. As soon as I got it, I took down my elastic tied ponytail and replaced it with the slide. It lasted the rest of the night.
The way I have always done it was the taken a top section of hair and cinched it in the back; in this case with the slide. I gather the hair as if I was going to use the elastic BUT I make sure that when I am placing the stick through, that I get a little of the hair that is under the section I just grabbed. For me, this secures it. Also sometimes I WILL use elastic and add the slide for decoration. Both methods have worked with all previous slides I have owned.
I am about to wear this particular slide for a full day of work and play. I will edit this review if it fails.
Edit: Some Hair Slides are NOT meant to hold lots of hair; I ended the day with all of my hair cinched in the back with this thing and it held pretty well (I changed the style because I needed all my hair out of the way with what I was doing). I still say it is a good hair slide for me.