Hair Ties
Having had long hair pretty much all my life and having worn that hair in a pony tail for probably about the past 10 years I must say that I'm really not thrilled with the direction Hair Ties are going. The powers that be have apprently decided that long hair for men is out or that they just aren't going to put products out there for those of us who have long hair.
It used to be the common hair tie was that little colored band-like thing with the gold colored stripe in it and the metal connector. These hair ties tended to last quite a long time (at least in my experience) and did a damn fine job. The only drawback to these was that every so often your hair would get caught by the little metal connector and you'd end up yanking a few hairs out. OUCH! but it was over quickly. The colors were pretty basic....black, yellow, brown, red, blue, white and green. These hair ties have now become extinct. Nowadays, you have a much greater selection of types (thick, thin, woven, smooth, corrugated (at least that's what I call em) and a much greater selection of colors (pink, marigold, chartruse, purple, neons, pastels, etc etc etc) none of which are very masculine past the black and blues. The one thing that all of these have in common is that they aren't very taught. It used to be that I'd wrap the band aroudn my pony tail 3 times and I wouldn't have to touch it the rest of the day, regardless of the day's activities. Now, however, I find my self wrapping the pony tail 5 times minimum just to get it to stay up and lord help me if I happen to need to run, jog, move quickly, sneeze, or even shake my head yes or no. All of those activities usually require a fix to the pony tail. They just don't hold your hair like they used to. The other thing they have in common is that little metal connector is gone. Apparently this is to make them "ouchless."
Now some of you may be saying "Well, you are getting older, are you sure your hair isn't just thinning out?" to which I must answer yes, I am sure that isn't the cause. I actually found a few of the older ones (the ones with the metal connector) and low and behold, still just need the 3 wraps maximum to hold the hair up. The length and condition of my hair is still as it was when I first started wearing it up.
These "ouchless" hair ties don't seem to stand up to much wear and tear either. After about a weeks use, it is time for another one cause it's lost its elasticity.
My other problem is these new colors. I don't want a pink hair tie or any of these other pastel girly colors. I can live with purple, but that's about as far as I'll go. So I can either buy all black (which is pretty much what I've been doing) or buy a pack with some colors and give Savanah and Kathy most of em, leaving me with the 5 or 6 that will work for me or switch to rubber bands........uggg and ouch!
I want the old ones back, with the little metal connector. They worked, they were the right colors, and they lasted a month or more per band before unravelling.
It used to be the common hair tie was that little colored band-like thing with the gold colored stripe in it and the metal connector. These hair ties tended to last quite a long time (at least in my experience) and did a damn fine job. The only drawback to these was that every so often your hair would get caught by the little metal connector and you'd end up yanking a few hairs out. OUCH! but it was over quickly. The colors were pretty basic....black, yellow, brown, red, blue, white and green. These hair ties have now become extinct. Nowadays, you have a much greater selection of types (thick, thin, woven, smooth, corrugated (at least that's what I call em) and a much greater selection of colors (pink, marigold, chartruse, purple, neons, pastels, etc etc etc) none of which are very masculine past the black and blues. The one thing that all of these have in common is that they aren't very taught. It used to be that I'd wrap the band aroudn my pony tail 3 times and I wouldn't have to touch it the rest of the day, regardless of the day's activities. Now, however, I find my self wrapping the pony tail 5 times minimum just to get it to stay up and lord help me if I happen to need to run, jog, move quickly, sneeze, or even shake my head yes or no. All of those activities usually require a fix to the pony tail. They just don't hold your hair like they used to. The other thing they have in common is that little metal connector is gone. Apparently this is to make them "ouchless."
Now some of you may be saying "Well, you are getting older, are you sure your hair isn't just thinning out?" to which I must answer yes, I am sure that isn't the cause. I actually found a few of the older ones (the ones with the metal connector) and low and behold, still just need the 3 wraps maximum to hold the hair up. The length and condition of my hair is still as it was when I first started wearing it up.
These "ouchless" hair ties don't seem to stand up to much wear and tear either. After about a weeks use, it is time for another one cause it's lost its elasticity.
My other problem is these new colors. I don't want a pink hair tie or any of these other pastel girly colors. I can live with purple, but that's about as far as I'll go. So I can either buy all black (which is pretty much what I've been doing) or buy a pack with some colors and give Savanah and Kathy most of em, leaving me with the 5 or 6 that will work for me or switch to rubber bands........uggg and ouch!
I want the old ones back, with the little metal connector. They worked, they were the right colors, and they lasted a month or more per band before unravelling.
posted by Cayusa at
12:23 PM
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