soft and thick enough to hide bangs [SEP] my daughter likes these headbands they are fairly thick and soft like t shirt material they do not have a ton of elasticity but definitely enough for them to stay on her head she loves that there is enough coverage to hold back her bangs when they are being uncooperative it is a little tricky to quickly identify the inside and the outside of the hair band because it all looks so similar but there is a seam down the middle of the inside part i do not think she will actually wear all the colors some of the florals are not really her style but she loves the nude black and navy ones they look really cute on her