Sad state of aff-hairs

Jealous of everyone's amazing hair buns, I finally bit the bullet and bought a "bun-maker" (first sad point of this post: it requires a bun-maker for me to even attempt this). Decided to give it a whirl this morning, and although it looks semi-decent and I somehow mastered the use of hairpins (a HUGE achievement, I assure you), my hair is really too fine to work. And therefore you can see the bun-maker through my hair. Embarrassing, but not enough for me to take it down. I present exhibit A:

Bun-maker: 1, Sarah: 0.