cat bells (and friends!) hair sticks

One pair of 9″ wooden hair sticks, decorated with either a jingly brass bell or a silent silver alloy maneki-neko charm plus a little tassel for extra color and movement. Maneki-neko (“beckoning cat”) are Japanese good luck charms.

Most of these dangles are about 2.25″ from top to bottom–bigger tassels are 3.5″ & are noted (plus they look different). The sticks are 22 grams a pair, or a little more than the weight of four nickels, and are each 9″/23cm long.

These particular sticks hold up well to heavier or curly hair, and have proven long enough to hold hair that’s past waist length. They’ll work for people with finer or shorter hair too, though! The sticks are also sealed, so you can wear them in wet hair without worries.
Care and feeding of the tassels: If the tassels get a little crazy, they’ll straighten out in humidity (so breathe through them, have them in the bathroom when you take a hot shower, or otherwise gently steam them). If they have a stray string, cut it instead of pulling it–pulling strings out will eventually make the tassels fall apart.

Need a particular color combo or noise level? Let me know, and I’ll see what I can do! 🙂