it was not for me but it might be for you [SEP] my year old daughter tried these with her thick long hair in the following styles a bun the hair clip did not stay tight enough to hold the stylea ponytail it is very tricky to pull the hair tight and get the plastic clip around the hairone of the clips broke because she over stretched it in order to open it as wide as possibleshe lost interest quickly and rarely uses them now she prefers a good old fashion rubber band for ponytails