"headbands" or something? Ideas?

[WaitingSoLong]

So I have to have my hair contained for work. Not like hair-net contained (tho that is an option) but nothing can be loose and the front has to be covered. A lot of the people wear baseball caps. I dislike ball caps for many reasons. We can wear other hats, though.

I have been wearing buns with an elastic cloth headband (http://www.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/51/7/AAAAAgnj9a4AAAAAAFF4UQ.jpg)around it. Only the headband slips back after awhile. I know they make ones with grippy rubber on it, but I am afraid it would damage my hair.

Another girl there wears a bandana folded up and tied at the nape, but I have the same problem, they slip back, even moreso.

I tried a wrap thing from Harley Davidson (I forget what they are called) and they look extremely stupid on me. I can accomplish the same effect with a do-rag, which also works, but I was trying to avoid the bald look.

Is there something I am not thinking of?

[LaFlor]

These headbands claim not to slip because they are made for athletes. Most of the reviews say they don't, but a few say they had slippage...

http://athleta.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=46699&vid=1&pid=905884

[XcaliburGirl]

Maybe just a tighter, wider headband?

I've used bobby pins to keep my headband from slipping. That might be more damaging than the silicone grip, though. I think the silicone is only damaging if you remove it roughly. If you can find a wide headband with just a little grip, that would probably be ideal.

[Ocelan]

I would have also suggested the "buff" but apparently that's the thing you said looked silly on you.

How about this sort of tied style with a longer scarf so you could wrap the rest around your bun? I know there can also be slippage issues, but that's often the problem with scarves. There are also other scarf tying options on the site. http://www.scarves.net/how-to-tie-a-scarf/chain-knot-wrap.htm

Also if you did your hair underneath in a way that gives more grip, scarves might stay better. Like a french braid across the top of your head near the forehead could work, wouldn't have to make a whole crown braid every day but even 5 inches of braid which goes to the same direction as the edge of the scarf might give it enough grip to stay better.

[spidermom]

I like the style where you use a scarf over your head, then braid the ends into your hair.

You could add a few bobby pins (the long ones, also called roller pins) to keep a head-band from slipping.

[Seeshami]

I actually use the superbands and the skiny silicone hair ties and absolutely love them. Yes you have to pay attention and make sure you do not wrap hair around them but other then that they have never ripped out my hair.

Crazy rubber stuff? The naughty mess has some and uses it a lot.

[patienceneeded]

http://www.etsy.com/shop/danielleloporto?ref=seller_info

Have you looked at Etsy? I like this shop for headscarves. I have both her Cappuccino type headscarves and her half-cap. They are super comfy, light, and well made. She makes each one to order, and will make different sizes. I have to get a large/XL size, as I have a large head. =]

[dollyfish]

Where on your head do you place the band? I have a super slanted forehead, so I tend to have this problem as well. Things don't sit on top of my head the way they're supposed to!

If it's hair slippery-ness that's causing the problem, perhaps you could put some oil on your hair (or the headband itself??) first for friction!

[lapushka]

How about a big scarf, folded in a triangle shape and then put on your hair in some way. There is this page where there's a lot of ideas on how to tie a regular, big scarf around your hair, head cover... something... gosh what was it called, I forget...

[WaitingSoLong]

I've tried scarves. I cannot get them to stay and they are super bulky. I need to try a different material, probably silk. Mine are all...synthetic stuff I guess. I just seem to be scarf-incapable.

I like several fo the suggestions. I am trying to avoid covering ALL of my hair because of the bald look. This is what the Harley thing did. BTW it is called a Domer. A lot of the screen shots of people wearing scarves, you will seer SOME of their hair in the front. Fringe or side pieces. I cannot do this. I am trying to balance the requirement with not looking like a bald alien.

I will look around on etsy and check out the scarf website. I have one scarf channel on YouTube but, like I said, the styles are all so bulky.

[Natalia]

i agree with the buffs also there are alot of ways to tie scarfs and bandanas to try.

[PrincessBob]

...aaaaaand snood:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77066719/1860s-crocheted-snood-for-women-and?ref=sr_gallery_27&ga_search_query=crochet+snood&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=handmade

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58556379/cotton-celebrity-style-beret-tam?ref=sr_gallery_22&ga_search_query=cotton+cap+snood&ga_order=price_asc&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=0&ga_search_type=handmade

http://www.etsy.com/listing/45284866/summer-cotton-beach-rasta-snood-bad-hair?ref=sr_gallery_13&ga_search_query=cotton+snood&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=handmade

http://www.etsy.com/listing/45284866/summer-cotton-beach-rasta-snood-bad-hair?ref=sr_gallery_13&ga_search_query=cotton+snood&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=handmade

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77066719/1860s-crocheted-snood-for-women-and?ref=sr_gallery_27&ga_search_query=crochet+snood&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=handmade

http://www.etsy.com/listing/92086917/crocheted-snood?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=crochet+snood&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=handmade

http://www.etsy.com/listing/73321473/crochet-snood-or-beanie-cream?ref=sr_gallery_15&ga_search_query=crochet+snood&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=handmade

[luxepiggy]

How much of the front has to be covered? Would something like this work, if you wore it further forward?
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/head-scarf.jpg

It's pretty easy to style & secure. You just need a single-ply silk scarf that's about an inch wider than you want the band to be, and some snap clips. Determine where you want the band to sit and place the scarf wrong side up, with the edge about an inch back from your chosen spot. Use snap clips to secure the scarf to your hair in several places, like so (pardon the oily hair, it is wash day at the pigpen!):
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/scarfheadband.jpg

Then just flip the scarf over to cover the snap clips:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/hair/scarfheadband2.jpg

Secure the tails at the nape to keep the scarf folded flat against your head, and you're done (^(oo)^)v

[WaitingSoLong]

Yes, Luxe, that would be wide enough. Basically the front has to be "secured" and the back of longer hair cannot hang down. All I can do there is a bun, though I do have a braid-to-bun thing I did once or twice.
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp17/Poetry4me75/th_DSC00578.jpg (http://s393.photobucket.com/albums/pp17/Poetry4me75/?action=view&current=DSC00578.jpg)

The whole-head snoods present the same issue as the buff/Domer/do-rag. No hair would be seen. All the models show SOME hair sticking out of the sides or fringe. There is a reason for that! I really do look silly with cloth of whatever kind covering ALL of my hair. My face just doesn't lend itself to such styles.

[Dorothy]

People who wear "coverings" for religious purposes have a technique to keep things from slipping back that works for me. You put your hair up. Then you put a "clippy" - one of those spring loaded slightly curved barettes - parallel to your face, over your forehead, just behind where you want the scarf/headband to stay. You put the scarf on, then just in front of where the clippy hides underneath, you put a straight pin through the scarf, through some of your hair in front of the clippy, and back out through the headband. I've done this and it doesn't seem to cause hair damage. I saw this on a video first, I wish I could find it for you. I think two clippies and two pins might work better to keep things firmly in place.

[Macaroni]

I just treated myself to this for when I coconut oil my hair. Do you see anything that you like?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/99664512/white-tie-back-cotton-head-wrap

[cobden 28]

You could try an Alice band to keep the hair off your face, and to keep your hair 'up' at the back simply put it up in a bun at the back of your head....?

When I wear my hair in a bun I have to use a bun net and lots of hair pins to stop any bits coming out loose...would consider hairspray as well but that makes my scalp itch, hence the reason I choose the Alice band instead.

[WaitingSoLong]

I don't know what an Alice band is?

wow, a straight pin huh? I always wondered how they did that.

[patienceneeded]

I didn't know what an alice band was either, so I googled it. Apparently, any type of horseshoe-shaped headband qualifies as an alice band. It's named after the style of headband worn by Alice, of Alice in Wonderland. You learn new things everyday!

[patienceneeded]

WSL - the etsy shop I linked you to earlier in this thread makes a smaller headwrap, she calls them a half-cap. They are 3" wide and are super comfy. I have one and plan on ordering more. I also have 4 of her full caps, but I don't like to wear my hair up with them, same issue you have with wanting SOME hair to show. I LOVE the full caps, but only wear them when my hair is down. I wear the 3" half-cap with my hair pulled up and it works really well. She can make any of the fabrics you see into a half-cap, so if you see something you like all you have to do is convo her. They are really nice (the half-caps) and the seller is nice too.

(I have NO connection to this seller, other than as a sometimes customer)

[WaitingSoLong]

I haven't tried anything yet except the ones I bought at Wal-Mart. Yesterday was a long day and I had to fix it about 3 times because it was slipping back. I wore my paranda in a braid, bunned in a semi-head eating bun with a band that matched. It looked ok, I guess.

I am allowed to wear braids (+ headband), because technically the hair is contained, but mine is so long, and doubling it doesn't feel right on me, or look right IMO. I could always wear a baseball cap or some other kind of hat with a braid. I coudl throw my braid down the back of my shirt if it was in the way.

Patience...the half-caps are nice. The bands I actually have are pretty wide but not gathered at the bottom. Here they are (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Goody-Fashionow-Limited-Edition-Lynn-Headbands-3ct/20670158).

[patienceneeded]

WSL -

I have some of those Goody ones, and they do slip. All. The. Time. They are really difficult to keep in place for any length of time. The half-caps from the Etsy seller don't slip. Ever. At least, not in my experience. I'll wear one all day and never have to readjust, or fix, the placement of the half-cap (or the full cap). They hold better than any other headband-thing I've tried, plus are the most comfortable. I order mine in a size Large, because I have a big head. :grin: Most store-bought "one-size-fits-all" are too tight and give me a migraine. Traditional headbands pinch and give me a migraine too. My 5-year-old DD has one too, and she is a wiggle-bug. It stays pretty well on her, even with her constant movement. Everything else just slides out of place.

[Kitsu]

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Pepperlonely?section_id=7546009

theese thingys any use? they claim non slippage

[WaitingSoLong]

Patience, what keeps them from slipping?

[patienceneeded]

WSL- I have no idea what keeps them from slipping off my head. They're just fabric! Regardless, they are wonderful. I have no clue why they work do well, I just know they do. I have a few similar headscarves from a different etsy seller, and I do like them, but the half caps and cappuccinos from the seller I linked earlier are better. I'm not a crafty person, I don't sew, I have no idea how to go about making these things. But I know that my half-cap is amazing.

[Barbie Diamond]

I use head bands like yours but add a couple of small claw clips to hold them in place.

[Not Lynn Merely]

Perhaps they don't slip because they are so narrow at the back. When I have worn wide, cloth headbands in the style of WSL's, they always seem to slide back because the back has to stay scrunched for them to stay in place, but they want to flatten out.

What if you did your hair in a French braid that started just behind your forehead (instead of at the crown), fastened it into a bun, then added a thin-fabric scarf of the minimum width needed for your job. I can think of a few ways of tying it:

1) (Would require a really long scarf) Leaving a few inches for tying at the nape of your neck, run the scarf up behind your left ear to the crown of your head, then thread the end into the center of your braid at the point you would want a headband to hit, pulling it out on the right side of the braid, running it behind your right ear. Then loop it around the bun to secure it, run it back up the left side. This time thread it below the braid so that it comes out the center at the same point where it entered the first time. Run it back down under the bun, and tie the ends together.

2) Thread the scarf under your braid, at the point you would want a headband to hit. Center the scarf, then bring up the two ends and cross them over your head. Bring the ends to the back of your head, wrap around the bun if you choose, then tie under the bun to secure.

3) Center the scarf over your braid, just behind where you would want a headband to hit. Thread each end into the braid, coming out the center of the braid at headband-point. The ends of the scarf should emerge in the same place. Cross the scarf ends so that the right one goes down behind your left ear, and the left end behind your right ear. (If not crossed, I think they would pull apart too much and make a gap in your braid, leaving a bit uncovered.) Tie under your bun, wrapping around the bun first if you choose.

With these choices, I think they would hold, but I am not sure if they would meet your coverage requirements.

[WaitingSoLong]

Securing it at the back doesn't help keep it from slipping at the top but those are neat ideas! Maybe I am misunderstanding. I don't have any silky scarves an I don't think a non-silky one would thread very well.

I am still just using my Goody headbands. Sometimes they slip, sometimes they don't (?). I keep looking in stores but nothing else is what I think would work and I am too hesitant to order offline.

[Not Lynn Merely]

Securing it at the back doesn't help keep it from slipping at the top but those are neat ideas! Maybe I am misunderstanding. I don't have any silky scarves an I don't think a non-silky one would thread very well.

I am still just using my Goody headbands. Sometimes they slip, sometimes they don't (?). I keep looking in stores but nothing else is what I think would work and I am too hesitant to order offline.

I agree; securing them at the back alone isn't enough. I was just thinking that a French braid would serve as a way to anchor the scarf at the top. Each suggestion was just a variation of a way to secure and cover at the top. I'm going to have to find a scarf and try to get a pic of one of these.

[WaitingSoLong]

I agree; securing them at the back alone isn't enough. I was just thinking that a French braid would serve as a way to anchor the scarf at the top. Each suggestion was just a variation of a way to secure and cover at the top. I'm going to have to find a scarf and try to get a pic of one of these.

Oh I see, you thought the braid would keep if from sliding. It is a thought! I would have to start it at the very top, though, where my fringe would be if I had any.

My goody bands are not sliding as much now. They are probably starting to soak up my hair oil and not be as "new". Plus if I spritz it with my aloe water, it gives the hair enough friction to hold the band better. I am not having any luck with the scarf thing. Scarves are unwieldly to me. I love scarves, but they don't go on me like I tell them to!