How to Properly Wear Elastic Headbands on Long and Silky Hair

Some hair textures may be naturally rough, making them much more difficult to style, but for women who have long, silky hair, your hair days may be less dramatic than those with wavy hair. Taming thin, long, silky hair is easy; in fact, you can run your fingers through it effortlessly and not worry about using thick lathers of conditioner to keep your hair flowing. Tying and styling straight hair, however, can become quite a challenge since naturally silky hair tend to damage quickly when tied or set in a tight bun.

Needless to say, for long, silky hair to stay straight and flowing, tying your hair in a ponytail or a bun is highly discouraged. Doing so will only cause a crease to form and make your long, flowing hair look curly or wavy. These creases are difficult to fix and may even lead to split ends and other forms of hair damage later on. One of the many common ways to fix hair creases is to use a hair straightening iron regularly but that too can cause other hair damages on its own.

With hair straightening irons and chemicals out of the picture, what do you do to protect fine, silky hair? 

Believe it or not, the best way to take care of your hair is to go natural. No heat, no pressure, and no chemicals are necessary to give your hair the silky look and the sheen it needs. In fact, all you need to add to your hair styling kit is a wide-toothed comb and a crease-free elastic headband.

Fold-over elastics and skinny elastic headbands are the ideal hair accessories for all types and textures of hair. Elastic headbands do not leave crimps of creases behind no matter how long you keep your ponytail is tied. Since these kinds of elastic headbands do not cause crease to form, you don’t have to worry about further hair damage caused by low-quality hair accessory materials, either.

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Shopping for your crease-free elastic headbands is cheaper when done online. In fact, these headbands are sold only for $5 whereas big-name brands like Sephora sell them for $8.50.

Hair Care without Chemicals

Taking care of your crowning glory is easier than it looks. Contrary to what popular media tells you to do, you don’t actually need several types of shampoo, thick foams of conditioner and even a bi-monthly visit to the salon to give your hair the pampering it needs. In fact, hair experts encourage men and women who are conscious about their hair to try natural, no-chemical solutions to keep their hair clean, fresh, and most importantly, healthy.

You can take care of your hair by mainly keeping yourself healthy. What you eat or drink shows through the shine and texture of your hair. Eating too much oily or eating unhealthy food will often result in dry hair and an itchy scalp, while eating healthily will give you livelier tresses.

Drinking water regularly also leads to better hair, aside from giving you better skin. Who knew that hydrating yourself means getting clearer skin and shinier hair, at the same time? If you want to keep your hair shiny, make sure to drink at least 8 tall glasses of water daily or 2 liters a day. Toxins in your body are washed out by your consistent water intake before they get to your hair to do further damage.

When it comes to shampooing, experts agree that washing your hair with shampoo is best done every other day. Take note that hair shampoo consists mainly of chemicals and these, when applied on the hair at excessive measurements, could lead to hair breakage and damage faster than numerous visits to the salon. It would be best to wash your hair thoroughly with water first, before applying a dab of shampoo. When rinsing your hair, make sure all shampoo suds are gone completely, before applying a thick layer of conditioner.

Finally, when grooming or tying your hair, try not to use tight “scrunchies” or hair bands since the garter used for these are much rougher than those used in skinny elastic headbands. The amazing thing about skinny elastic headbands is that smoother types of cloth and garters are used to make them, in order to protect your hair and to keep the headband from causing friction with each hair strand.

Taking care of your crowning glory does not have to be costly or even, unhealthy. In fact, you don’t need dangerous shampoo chemicals to give your hair the shine and sheen it needs.

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For your first pack of skinny elastic headbands, choose a neutral color like black or white. Working with these colors will be easier since they occur naturally and may compliment several shades and colors.