Teenage Hairpins

One of the things I find hard to style is my hair. It is straight and doesn't hold shape, so I have given up and usually put it into a ponytail. It also becomes a horribly knotty mess once it is a certain length long. Is there a solution for this? I don't know. I wasn't paying attention when the kids my age were learning that sort of stuff. I also don't know how to properly use hairpins, for the same reason. But I do know that I can make fun hair pins. I kind of wish I were back in highschool or junior high so that I could wear them. Here are some examples of stuff I've made.

The one on the left says 'saranghae' in Hangul (Korean)  which means 'I love you'. The one in the middle is meant to make it look like there is a zipper in your head. I can't wear either of these to work. The giraffes on the left were made of foam bits. I ended up giving them to my cousin who is of age to wear them. Lucky her.