Soft, and thick enough to hide bangs [SEP] My daughter likes these headbands. They are fairly thick, and soft, like t-shirt material. They don't 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's a little tricky to quickly identify the inside and the outside of the hair band, because it all looks so similar, but there's a seam down the middle of the inside part. I don't think she'll 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.