more fun to play with than use in your hair [SEP] i will say that the gummy texture is fun to play with i find myself squeezing it between my fingers like a little mini stress ball donutas a hair tie it just sucks it takes serious effort to get it installed and trying to get it out safely without breaking a lot of hair takes patience and time i have very fine hair and i feel like i lost a lot of strands to this thing do not get me wrong once it is in it holds pretty well if i would gotten several hundred of these things for the price i would just take a scissors to it when i was done with it and not worry about trying to take it out if there is a secret to getting this super band out of my hair with no damage i have not found it yetdo your hair a favor and pass on these