Do you band your hair? Benefits of banding?

[Honey-Dip]

How often do you do it and how does it work? TIA!

 

[Gracie]

What is banding?

 

[anon123]

I did it a few times when I was trying to go a month without combing or brushing. I would band my hair and wash in the bands, then wait for it all to dry. When i took the bands out I would finger detangle. Because of banding, my hair did not get tangled and stayed stretched. The shed hair also comes out easily by your fingers this way. I plan to make a folder for it in my fotki for How to Not Comb Your Hair.

Um, do not use colored bands. They left their own colored lint in my hair. This is my hair banded.




This is after washing with the bands in. The orange one at the bottom of the front section is the best way to band:



This is once dry taking the bands out:



This is after finger detangling with Karen's Body Beautiful Hair Milk:

 

[Irresistible]

Banding is when you take bands and put them all down the legnth of your hair


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Its supposed to help stretch the hair, so for various styles it would already be stretched. I actually do it for a style by itself.

 

[Irresistible]

I did it a few times when I was trying to go a month without combing or brushing. I would band my hair and wash in the bands, then wait for it all to dry. When i took the bands out I would finger detangle. Because of banding, my hair did not get tangled and stayed stretched. The shed hair also comes out easily by your fingers this way. I plan to make a folder for it in my fotki for How to Not Comb Your Hair.

Um, do not use colored bands. They left their own colored lint in my hair. This is my hair banded.




This is after washing with the bands in. The orange one at the bottom of the front section is the best way to band:



This is once dry taking the bands out:



This is after finger detangling with Karen's Body Beautiful Hair Milk:

yeah how she does is more how its meant!

 

[Riverwalk]

I did it a few times when I was trying to go a month without combing or brushing. I would band my hair and wash in the bands, then wait for it all to dry. When i took the bands out I would finger detangle. Because of banding, my hair did not get tangled and stayed stretched. The shed hair also comes out easily by your fingers this way. I plan to make a folder for it in my fotki for How to Not Comb Your Hair.

During the month, would you only band your hair when you washed? How long would it take you to band?

Also, what type of styles would you wear on your hair during this time?

 

[Riverwalk]

Banding is when you take bands and put them all down the legnth of your hair


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Its supposed to help stretch the hair, so for various styles it would already be stretched. I actually do it for a style by itself.

This is what I have been doing as of late --- do you redo it every day, or only when you wash? Have you retained a lot of growth with this style?

 

[Irresistible]

This is what I have been doing as of late --- do you redo it every day, or only when you wash? Have you retained a lot of growth with this style?

This can last up to a week ,just with touch ups and re positioning the bands as needed. I consider it a protective stlye, I wouldnt attribute this alone to length retention as I dont do it often enough to claim its the biggest thing. This is actually something I do for a style when I want my length to really show and for something a little different, My usual style is the 3 scrunchi pony

 

[Riverwalk]

This can last up to a week ,just with touch ups and re positioning the bands as needed. I consider it a protective stlye, I wouldnt attribute this alone to length retention as I dont do it often enough to claim its the biggest thing. This is actually something I do for a style when I want my length to really show and for something a little different, My usual style is the 3 scrunchi pony

Thanks. I think that style looks great, btw.

 

[Irresistible]

Thanks. I think that style looks great, btw.

Thank you girl!

 

[Cichelle]

I do. I've just started doing it again because I gotta find something to do with this hair that doesn't pull on my scalp or make my neck hot. I do it like Irresistible, but she has the tolerance for a detangling session that comes from keeping it in for days. The most I will go is three or so days.

I have pics in my fotki from a year or two ago (don't remember) of what my hair looked like after I had banded it in about four sections, taken it out and brushed it with a paddle brush. There are no pictures of the actual banding, but just imagine four sections with multiple bands on each...maybe about seven.

 

[Vshanell]

I band mine in one or two ponytails to stretch it out before straightening or just to wear stretched out fluffy hair. It takes forever to dry though. I have some pics in my fotki.

 

[Irresistible]

I do. I've just started doing it again because I gotta find something to do with this hair that doesn't pull on my scalp or make my neck hot. I do it like Irresistible, but she has the tolerance for a detangling session that comes from keeping it in for days. The most I will go is three or so days.

I have pics in my fotki from a year or two ago (don't remember) of what my hair looked like after I had banded it in about four sections, taken it out and brushed it with a paddle brush. There are no pictures of the actual banding, but just imagine four sections with multiple bands on each...maybe about seven.

oke: take pics!

 

[Irresistible]

I band mine in one or two ponytails to stretch it out before straightening or just to wear stretched out fluffy hair. It takes forever to dry though. I have some pics in my fotki.

oke: post pics here!

 

[Vshanell]

oke: post pics here!

Ok, you convinced me....now quit poking me.

I could only find two banded pics and I know I have more but I'm not sure where. The first is my banded already straightened hair. I banded it to try and keep it straight.

The second is the result of my wet freshly washed hair banded and air dried. It's a bad pic but you can see some of it.

 

[Eisani]

I banded my hair one day last week and was going to wear it for the rest of the day and when my dd saw me she was like where are you going today? I think she offended me

Banding is when you take bands and put them all down the legnth of your hair


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Its supposed to help stretch the hair, so for various styles it would already be stretched. I actually do it for a style by itself.

 

[Irresistible]

Ok, you convinced me....now quit poking me.

I could only find two banded pics and I know I have more but I'm not sure where. The first is my banded already straightened hair. I banded it to try and keep it straight.

The second is the result of my wet freshly washed hair banded and air dried. It's a bad pic but you can see some of it.

ok I'll stop now

wow that result is pretty!!!!!!

 

[Irresistible]

I banded my hair one day last week and was going to wear it for the rest of the day and when my dd saw me she was like where are you going today? I think she offended me

awwwww I guess it can be a girly type of style

 

[anon123]

During the month, would you only band your hair when you washed? How long would it take you to band?

Also, what type of styles would you wear on your hair during this time?

Yes, I would band my hair only when I washed. I would coat each section with coconut oil and band it. The banding probably took 20 minutes or so. I could wear any style I'd normally wear with banded hair, plus whatever few more a bit more length would allow me, since the banded hair was longer. In order for me to finger detangle more easily, it was important that I let my hair dry in the bands. The part of this routine that most hair board members can't get down with is that, while your hair is loose in between washings (assuming it's not in twists or braids), you cannot add water based moisturizers or humectants, basically anything that would cause the hair to shrink up again.

My hair will never be long enough to do a banded ponytail like Irrestible's, Cichelle's, or Eisani's. I mean, even if it grows much longer, the texture will never allow it to look that long or get bands on it like that. So I did it like in the pictures. The smaller they are, the more you get a good stretch, anyway.

 

[lovepeacesoul]

is it okay to sit underneath the dryer and let the banded hair dry that way? or is that not safe? (im having vision of melted rubber bands )

 

[FindingMe]

is it okay to sit underneath the dryer and let the banded hair dry that way? or is that not safe? (im having vision of melted rubber bands )

I would think it woud be ok if you used the cloth/ouchless kind of bands...
bumping, tho-, cause I wanna know, too...

i swear i learn something new on this site er'yday....

 

[PuddingPop]

I band my daughters 4B hair after washing. I wash and detangle, put her hair in 4 pony tails and band down the length of the ponys. I let it air dry this way. her hair comes out pretty straight and stretched, even better than using a blow dryer. When I was natural my hair never got long enough to band

 

[Honey-Dip]

I do. I've just started doing it again because I gotta find something to do with this hair that doesn't pull on my scalp or make my neck hot. I do it like Irresistible, but she has the tolerance for a detangling session that comes from keeping it in for days. The most I will go is three or so days.

I have pics in my fotki from a year or two ago (don't remember) of what my hair looked like after I had banded it in about four sections, taken it out and brushed it with a paddle brush. There are no pictures of the actual banding, but just imagine four sections with multiple bands on each...maybe about seven.

Thanks for sharing. Beautiful hair!

 

[Honey-Dip]

I band mine in one or two ponytails to stretch it out before straightening or just to wear stretched out fluffy hair. It takes forever to dry though. I have some pics in my fotki.

Your hair is very pretty and looks so healthy. Thanks for sharing.

 

[kblc06]

Yes, I would band my hair only when I washed. I would coat each section with coconut oil and band it. The banding probably took 20 minutes or so. I could wear any style I'd normally wear with banded hair, plus whatever few more a bit more length would allow me, since the banded hair was longer. In order for me to finger detangle more easily, it was important that I let my hair dry in the bands. The part of this routine that most hair board members can't get down with is that, while your hair is loose in between washings (assuming it's not in twists or braids), you cannot add water based moisturizers or humectants, basically anything that would cause the hair to shrink up again.

My hair will never be long enough to do a banded ponytail like Irrestible's, Cichelle's, or Eisani's. I mean, even if it grows much longer, the texture will never allow it to look that long or get bands on it like that. So I did it like in the pictures. The smaller they are, the more you get a good stretch, anyway.

I don't know. Sera and sonce's hair hangs very long when banded and their texture is similar to yours (especially sera's)

 

[JustKiya]

What's the difference between banding results, and a large braids, results? Does the braid tend to give ya'll more waves, and the banding ends up with bigger 'stretches' of straight hair?
Doe braids take longer to dry than banding does?

 

[anon123]

What's the difference between banding results, and a large braids, results? Does the braid tend to give ya'll more waves, and the banding ends up with bigger 'stretches' of straight hair?
Doe braids take longer to dry than banding does?

Yes and yes. I don't dry in braids because the couple of times I've tried it took way too long to dry, it couldn't even dry overnight. Braids take longer to dry than twists for me. Banded hair like in my picture takes even less time to dry. You get a better stretch and yes, fewer waves.

I don't know. Sera and sonce's hair hangs very long when banded and their texture is similar to yours (especially sera's)

Good point. I guess it could happen one day. I have almost 12" of hair in most places now and can barely make a tiny ponytail. Maybe I'm not doing it right.

 

[DeepBluSea]

I tried banding before, but it didn't turn out so well. I felt like I was making my hair more tangled trying to get the bands off. Also, it looked it it does when I don't band it at all.

 

[Eisani]

awwwww I guess it can be a girly type of style

I do it quite regularly, I just think she didn't expect me to wear it out of the house, I've never done that. I thought it was pretty cute

 

[Vshanell]

is it okay to sit underneath the dryer and let the banded hair dry that way? or is that not safe? (im having vision of melted rubber bands )

It's ok to use them. I use them for my ponytail sets and they dont melt.