I'm Margaret - the Inventor of HairStixies
Necessity is the mother of invention
Plato
Idea strikes mid-Pandemic
Idea
Hi, I’m Margaret — the founder of HairStixies and mom to a busy little boy.
HairStixies started the way many good ideas do: in the shower, mid-pandemic, staring at a wall covered in loose strands and thinking… there has to be a better way. I was newly married, our wedding celebration was postponed, and I suddenly had time to clean, think, and notice every annoying problem around me — including my shedding hair.
HairStixies takes shape
Pre-Launch
The idea wouldn’t leave me alone. Even though I’d never created a product, something in me said, try. I began sketching, designing, researching adhesives, ordering samples, creating prototypes and building what would eventually become HairStixies.
Health Journey
Thyroid
My journey wasn't only entrepreneurial; it was deeply personal. While building HairStixies I learned my excessive hair shedding was tied to thyroid issues. I started on a healing path to restore my thyroid health in preparation for motherhood. Through functional medicine, acupuncture, and meaningful lifestyle changes, I restored my health, energy, and thyroid function.
Went viral on TikTok
Launch
In the fall of 2023, just a few short months after we launched, HairStixies went viral on TikTok. I was seven months pregnant, and my husband and I spent countless nights packing orders until 1, 2, even 3 AM — surrounded by shipping envelopes, labels, and baby kicks. We completely sold out just weeks before our son was born.
Welcomed our son to the world
Birth
And the greatest blessing of all — in December 2023, we welcomed our baby boy.
Patent Issues
Patent
Then life delivered a poetic twist:
the same week I gave birth to our son, the patent for HairStixies was officially issued.
New York TIMES square billboard feature
Today
Today, I’m building HairStixies as a founder and mother — two roles that fuel each other. What started as an idea in the shower has grown into a brand that helps people make their routines cleaner and easier.
Here’s to building solutions, families, and futures — sometimes all at once.
Xo,
Margaret