Abstract: A hair retaining device comprises two co-acting virtually identical circular helical coils. Pockets are defined between the coils. In use, the device is screwed into a user's hair and the hair strands are captively retained in the pockets. The two coils preferably are joined at one common end. The coils are wound on the same hand and are coaxial with each other to form the pockets therebetween. The other ends of the two coils are free and spaced apart.