Hi, all.  Hubby scanned these pics for me and so I'm happy to share them with you, hoping to spark some inspiration.  All the hairsticks in these photos are LongLocks.  

So, let the inspirin' begin...

http://tinypic.com/99dx8p.jpg
Bridal Lily Bridalstix
http://tinypic.com/99dzqo.jpg
Fan Tasy Original Hairstix
http://tinypic.com/99dzxu.jpg
Rapsberry Frappe Gemstix
http://tinypic.com/99e077.jpg
Meadow Sage Shadowstix
http://tinypic.com/99e0i9.jpg
Shanghai Rapunzelstix
http://tinypic.com/99e0qt.jpg
Bridal Lily Bridalstix
http://tinypic.com/99e0yo.jpg
Midnight Sparkle Sterlingstix & Gothic Midnight Geisha II
http://tinypic.com/99e2ck.jpg
Opal  Petal Bridalstix
http://tinypic.com/99e2jq.jpg
Pearl Glitz Glitterstix
http://tinypic.com/99e2r7.jpg
Violet Lilly Spiralstix & Spring Lilac Geishastix
http://tinypic.com/99e2z7.jpg
Green Sea Shadowstix
http://tinypic.com/99e361.jpg
Sultan's Mistress Sterlingstix
http://tinypic.com/99e3ci.jpg
Exotic Aqua Shadowstix
http://tinypic.com/99e3o6.jpg
Pink Valentines Shadowstix
All pics are pre Jessicurl products and nearly all are from when I was still coloring my hair red.  The exception is the pic in which I'm singing and the hairstic have pearls on the end.  That was the transition of semi-perm color.  
I'll have to come back later with all of the stick names!

Hip hip hurrayyyyyyyyy
Three cheers for a very ingenious and creative and inspiring lady!
I just [glb]looove[/glb] all your hairdos Sakina. All of them!
I can't, for the life of me, understand how you are able to do all that!!! My repertoire is soo pitiful and it's buns, buns,buns :-/
Please come over and teach me
We can play with our hairsticks too  ;D ;D ;D

P.S. You do have to come up with all their names I agree  :P ;D

Whew!  That was a lot of hunting for all of the names!

G_L, thanks!  I always wanted my own personal cheerleader  ;)

Hey, if you can make a bun you can do all of the do's that aren't braided!  Absolutly positively!  I'm willing to bet you don't give yourself enough credit.  It does take practice.  I think my secret tip is to visualize what you want to create.  Of course your fingers will need training, and that's where the practice comes in.  It takes 500 repititions to learn something new-to establish the neuro-muscular connections, so be patient and don't give up.  Natural Rogue recently posted somewhere 'round here to give a new do 3 tries and then take a break.  You can try again later, 3 tries and then take a break.  Before you know it, you'll be posting all the cool do's you do  ;D

I'd love to come over and play hair!  If you want some directions for any of the pics, lemme know!  Let me know when's the best time of year to visit Greece, since I've never been!  Hey, maybe you can teach me some Greek songs!

Wowza!!!!!!!!!

Very Pretty and yup  ;D inspiring.

But come ON, 500 times, say it ain't so *waaaa*...g

Wow, very pretty! I like them all, but I have to say the second one is my favorite, quite interesting looking. Reminds me of a bow. Cute!

wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2005 at 6:13am:

I think my secret tip is to visualize what you want to create.

 
Well, that's exactly what I cannot do! Artistic talents for g_l= zero  >:(


wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2005 at 6:13am:

I'd love to come over and play hair!  If you want some directions for any of the pics, lemme know!  Let me know when's the best time of year to visit Greece, since I've never been!  Hey, maybe you can teach me some Greek songs!

Done! Best times are end of May and June and of course September. Early September would be perfect. Less tourists on the islands, not extremely hot weather, maybe an occasional rain. Soooo....when are you coming?  ;D ;D

Very inspirational!  Thank you so much for sharing your hairstyles AND your hairsticks!

Beautiful!  I love the styles.  Makes me want to be more creative!

You have beautiful hair!

Lynn

:o :o :o

:D :D :D

Wow! Styles are great, hair is great and sticks are great.
Your hair looks very thick. When my hair was same length as yours is now I could make only about two simple styles. You really have talent! So inspirational! I love especially your first 'do and styles with GeishaStix...very inspiring...*starts to plan*

That's a great collection of sticks and hairstyles!  Thanks for sharing!  

You have the face of a Gibson Girl.   :D  Have you tried a Gibson yet?  I bet it would look great on you!

Cynde

Those are great!  I love the first one.  

I am totally inspired! :-* Thank you for sharing your pictures, Sakina. Looking forward to many more...

Anais

:o that's one scary amount of pictures!!!
amazing hair & stick collection  8)

Gorgeous Sakina!  You've got some great fingers and visualization skills.  Thanks for posting all those pics.

Absolutely stunning hair & hairstyles!! :o
Looks like you have even more hairsticks than me ;)

Wow!  What nice pics!  Very inspiring!  ;D

Holy Hairsticks, Batman!

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing, you're making even me think of trying something new.
:D

Just beautiful; both the hair and the sticks!!

Wow!  Beautiful!  ;)

Thanks for all of the responses!  I'd love to see your takes on the styles I've posted or maybe a new twist on something shown here.
When we get inspired by others, everyone wins!  

wrote on Jul 26^th, 2005 at 12:57am:

Thanks for all of the responses!  I'd love to see your takes on the styles I've posted or maybe a new twist on something shown here. When we get inspired by others, everyone wins!

That sounds fun - I'll play!  Here is my interpretation of your first pic.  It looked to me like a French braid and a bun.  My hair is longer, so instead of one bun, I coiled 3 times upwards to end in the same spot as yours.  I loosely tucked the end under the last coil so that some hairs still stuck out.

http://www.eccentricus.net/khrome/images/frenchbraidandbun.jpg

Thanks, that was fun (and challenging since I'm really bad with French braids.)

Cynde

8)  I like your version, too, Khrome!

wrote on Jul 26^th, 2005 at 11:21pm:

8)  I like your version, too, Khrome!

Thanks!  Though when I looked at my pic again just now, my first thought was "armadillo".  My second thought was "pillbug".  LOL  Sakina wears the style much better, me thinks!

Cynde

Okay, I've been inspired...nothing fancy, I'm still in the "learning to walk" stage as far as updo's go.  My big announcement today

*drum roll*

[glb]a bun with just hairsticks[/glb]~~~TA-DA!!!~~~

*bows to applause*

(it fell apart only after having to put on and take off a TB respirator mask at work - trying to get the elastic strap over the hairsticks just didn't work too well :(.)

:::clap clap clap clap clap:::

Congratulations!

PreciousLocks,
YAY!!!  Every babystep counts, and someday they'll add up to a giant leap!

Khrome,
Right on!  Beautyful!  Your braid looks great-I don't see the bug connection.
However, technically the first pic is not what you thought.  This is the directions I originally wrote in my journal March 2, 2005:

"Last night I came up with a really cool new hairdo.
Take the hair from ear to ear across the back of the head and make a pony, use a ponytail holder.  Twist into place.  Add a pair of hairsticks.
Then, take the hair that is hanging down and twist it, as in making a french twist.  Do not twist too tightly.  Take the twisted hair and wrap it around one side of the bun (my hair's about 20 inches, so it only went 1/2 way around the bun) and secure it at the top with a pin, another pin at the side to attach it to the bun and then one more pin near the base.  Use your fingers to "comb" the the hairs smooth to make it look neater.  It was very pretty, of course I wore it with my Bridal Lily bridalsticks."
I can see how you thought it was braided, 'cause of taking the hair in two parts to make the style.  So its really a 1/2 pony bun and semi french twist with the tail wrapped around the bun.  Hope this makes sense!

PreciousLocks - congrats!  Buns are still a challenge to me.  For some reason I can secure other styles easier.

Sakina - Silly me, I should have looked in your journal entries!  duh.  Next time!  About the pillbug - is that would you call those rolly-polly bugs?  I think my French braids make my head look like a giant rolly-polly.   :D  Ohyeah, I used to call them Potato Bugs, but someone said that was wrong when I was older.

Cynde

wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2005 at 2:10pm:

Done! Best times are end of May and June and of course September. Early September would be perfect. Less tourists on the islands, not extremely hot weather, maybe an occasional rain. Soooo....when are you coming?  ;D ;D

Sorry, G_L-it took me awhile to find where this was again (I lost track of it) and so, if you're serious September 2006 may find me on your doorstep.  PM me w/details, suggestions.  And a list of any particular stix you want me to bring...