So Spin Pins have been on the market for awhile now. They are corkscrew/coil shaped metal hair pins that allow you to make hair buns/other updo hairstyles and are invisible when in your hair.  I have looked at them several times and each time I didn’t buy them because they were around $6.00 for two pins. I just couldn’t bring myself to spend that much on something I wasn’t sure would work when I have a small makeup bag full of hair elastics that do work. Hair Elastics are good, but they put a kink in my hair when I use them and also if you put your hair up  repeatedly in the same way using an elastic in the same spot over and over you can cause damage and hair breakage in that spot

I have been reading great things about them online. Most people seem to love them. Especially those with longer hair. Today I stopped in the Dollar Tree dollar store to get some onion powder (Dollar Stores can be a great place to buy herbs and spices). I was heading up towards the front when my eye caught a package of what looked like Spin Pins. I thought they were knock offs because I couldn’t see the whole package at first. When I looked closer they were indeed the official Goody brand Spin Pins in the mini size. (Amazon has them for $4.47 for the minis)

My hair is longer so I wasn’t sure about the mini’s but they came 3 to a package and I thought that I could give them a try and if I liked them eventually I would buy the larger pins. I have been playing with them since I got home and they really are great. My hair is long but straight and not very thick. The spin pin minis hold all of my hair in a bun if I use all 3. I think if I had the longer pins that I could get away with only using one or two, but these three are great and do the job so I don’t even need to get the big ones now.

I’ve been shaking my head around and my bun hasn’t budged. I got the dark ones. They come in light and dark. My hair is sort of in the middle but it doesn’t matter as once these are in you don’t see them.

I was really afraid that they would tangle in my hair and be impossible to get out. I was having flashbacks to the third grade picture day when I got a black plastic comb that were handed out to us stuck in my hair. I have taken the spin pins out and put them back in several times and they have never tangled or been a problem. They go in super easy and come out just as easy, no pulling, snagging etc. You really do just spin them in and out of your hair, it’s kind of cool.

I’m sure the bigger ones are more secure for longer hair, and I could probably do more/different hairstyles with the big ones,  but these minis are perfect for me for right now and I’m super happy to have gotten them for a dollar.

If you have been on the fence about Spin Pins or maybe you love them already and want more, check your local Dollar Tree. It is a regular, everything is a dollar store, the weird thing is that I went back to where the hair things were to see if they had more and the spin pins weren’t there anywhere, they were on one clip strip towards the front near where the makeup was. They were actually half hidden they just happened to catch my eye as I was walking by.

I just looked it up online and you can buy them online from the Dollar Tree (but you have to buy a case online).