Reddit mentions of DCNL Hair Accessories Sticks

It's okay. It's really nice to see a dude with long hair who doesn't leave it dirty and greasy, lol! Not a dig at you. I'm just so tired of seeing dudes like, grow out hair and then not fucking wash it. Why?

The sideburns are a little messy, but that's covered in other comments. The nape of your neck has a lot of baby hairs, but they're all in a really uniform length... Do you cut them that way? It could be breakage from the hair band, so you might want to switch to a hair stick or a comb like this or this to prevent that if your hair tends to break. If you cut it that way... stop it.

The frizz and flyaways could be from static or dryness. There's some non static combs. You can go high grade or low grade. For dryness, you can try a leave in conditioner, but I don't know what dudes put in their hair, so I don't have any real recommendations.

My hair is waist-length again, and I can get a messy bun with 2 spin pins, a nice proper bun with 4 spin pins.

However, I have also twisted two spin pins into each other before and that was an absolute nightmare, so sometimes I use a big claw clip to just hold my bun in place on the top. That works best if I twist super well.

I have also used hair sticks, just basic ones I got from Sally Beauty Supply like these, but I found that I have to use 3-4 to get a secure hold, which can look a little bizarre. Sometimes I use pens or chopsticks as a make-shift way to hold a bun but they don't stay in place for long.