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![]() "George Adams" wrote in message ... From: "riverman" tried a lipstick case, but when I dumped the hairs out, they all fell into disarray again. If you "dump the hairs out", nothing will work. You need to hold them by the butts once the tips are aligned, and keep pressure on the hair until it is tied in. I suppose a lipstick container would work, (you'd have to cut it down so that the butts of shorter length hair would be exposed), but a "real" hair stacke isn't real expensive, and, in most cases will be a bit more user friendly. What I did discover with the lipstick case was that the inside bottom was not flat. (I had to use the lid, as the main body has some sort of mechanism that holds the lipstick.) But even if I used a shell casing, I found that when I put the hair in and tap it, most of it doesn't really settle down. Then I grab the bottoms to take it out, and then transfer it to my other hand by grasping the tips, and then tie it in. But in all that transfer, the hairs get a bit out of alignment again. I think a real hair stacker has some sort of 'collar' that you remove so that you can take the hairs out by the tips, is that correct? Like I said, this is sort of just mindless chatter, as I am going to buy one anyway to try it out. I didn't know they came in different sizes, tho. --rm |
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