Holds your long hair comfortably all day.   Lasts for years.  Easy to use:

1-start like you are making a pony tail at your neck hairline

2-twist your hair like you are wringing water from it

3-place up the back of your head (and back down under the first layer if your hair is very long)

4-place the holding stick through one hole in the barrette

5-while using one hand to hold your hair in place, grasp the barrette and holding stick in your other hand and slide stick through your hair and the other barrette hole