Product Review: I put Invisibobble hair ring to the test

If you have really long hair, like mine, it's a constant battle between leaving it down and it looking good but irritating you, and tying it up and feeling more free but also knowing that that meant the end of kinkless hair for the day.  

I've tried all sorts of hair ties over the years, and it's only important because it's something that is literally a part of every day of my life... When I dance, I need a reliable solution to keep my hair from falling down and into my face and then there's the bouncing bun that is just annoying. My point was, I'm always on the look out for something new with added benefits.

I saw the Invisibobble for the first time on the gorgeous Whimsy Is Forever blog and thought I'd try it out. The website boasts the 'product science' behind it is that it doesn't leave traces in your hair (so no kinks), helps you avoid headaches when wearing high ponies as it distributes the weight, wearable in all hair types, and that it looks okay as a bracelet (?).

Be aware that there are a number of stockists in Cape Town, but many are selling at much higher prices, I suggest Takealot because their price is the lowest and they are trustworthy. I ordered the chocolate brown to go with my hair colour. At the time of this post, you got 3 Invisibobbles in one box for R41.

Looks super cool and comes in this adorable, invisbobble box

My Review

Awesome concept - It's like wearing a phone cord in your hair! It definitely didn't pull on my scalp when I had a high pony (when I most experience this), and it went in easily and came out with very little effort. My only problem was that it didn't hold my hair tight enough when I wanted a midi pony, but did fine in a high one or in a proper bun. I couldn't use it when I trained at dancing as it just got looser and looser. I was also kind of sad that it stretched so much (it eventually broke after a couple of weeks).

Left: After; Right: Before

Cool thing is - for Summer it won't stay wet in your hair like other cloth ones do. Finally, it did leave a slight kink in my hair when I took it down but was noticeably less noticeable (funny sentence!). I imagine this works even better with people with finer hair, that won't weigh down on it as much as mine did.

I rate Invisibobble 3 and a half stars.