Behold, the humble bobby pin. It's small. It's powerful. It's an essential building block of so many hairstyles, and yet, the hair accessory tends to get ignored in favor of flashier clips and pins.

Although we can’t keep track of them, bobby pins are the real MVPs of our hair routine. They’re small enough to fit inside our purse and covert enough for any and every hairstyle. We’ve spent years ...