Magic Collection

Magic Collection Black Rubber Bands Secure Hold for Hair Styling & Braids 500 pcs

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Black bands disappear into dark hair, which is the whole reason to buy them over the assorted pack. On a stitch braid or a sectioned style where the bands stay visible, you want them to read as nothing rather than as a row of coloured dots.

Five hundred to the pack, all the same size, which suits repetitive work. Parting a head into boxes, holding sections while you braid, finishing plaits, tying off a ponytail base. They stretch properly and hold their grip through a day of wear without slipping down the plait, and the elastic is soft enough to cut out cleanly at takedown rather than tearing hair with it. That last part is where cheap bands cost you length.

Anyone doing their own protective styles will use these constantly. Braiders get through them faster than anything else in the kit.

Application tips

One size, so there is no decision to make once you start. Take a band, wrap it twice round the section, and keep the tension consistent from the first box to the last. Consistency matters more than tightness on a head of cornrows, because an over-tightened band at the front shows up later as a thinner braid.

Cut them out at takedown with the points of a pair of snips, working from the outside in.

Results

Repetitive work is where a uniform pack earns its keep. Every band behaves the same, so you build a rhythm and stop checking each one.

Black against dark hair reads as nothing at all, which is the finish most protective styles are after. The elastic gives enough to close round a section without pinching, and holds through a full day of wear without walking down the plait.

Composition

The full INCI is printed on the pack. We publish it here as soon as the brand supplies it, and we will read it off the bottle for you if you ask.

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