Review (1/5): Not good. Maybe okay for lefties.
I almost never write negative reviews, but I had this set in my wishlist for weeks waiting for it to come back in stock and unfortunately I’m just not happy with them. The set I received only has 3-4 of the designs pictured which would be okay if they were of good quality, but they’re not. My set looks like horn and doesn’t have any raised lines down the sides which would indicate that they’re molded plastic, but they could simply have been sanded down to get rid of that.
Unlike other carved hair sticks I have, these are flat on one side and therefore you cannot see the dragon, bird, etc. from both directions.. Because of this, they only look good with the carved side out and most of them need to be inserted into the bun from the left to achieve this. If you’re left handed they might be okay but that’s very awkward for me and not the way I usually make my buns. Quality hair sticks that are the same on both sides are much better because they look great no matter which direction you choose to use them, as well as from the front and the back of your head. In addition to being decorative on one side and flat on the other, several of them are curved in such a way that if I were to put them in with the right side facing out they are curved away from my head rather than towards it, making them even more awkward to use. I don’t know if they’re made this way or if they warped during shipping, which would indicate plastic.
Overall, I’m unhappy with half of them and the others are mediocre at best, so they’re not the great value I thought they were. There are other sets of carved wood hair sticks that I’ve purchased here which are fantastic, as well as other carved horn sticks that are gorgeous and functional. The only way I can really use these is to make a bun that’s held in place with pins and then add one of these as a mediocre looking decoration. They’re just not very good at holding my long, thick hair up on their own. There are much better choices out there. Not recommended.