DIY foldover elastic hair ties

Have u seen those hair ties that claim that it will not leave indentation marks on your hair? They come in a lot of colors but at a very high price at SGD10 for 3.

I nearly got a pack but I recall seeing somewhere on the internet that we can easily make ours using foldover elastic. So I start my journey to search for the specialised elastic in Singapore. I read that Spotlight might have them but was greeted with disappointment when the shop assistants tell me that there is none in the shop.

By chance, I was at chinatown square looking for some notions and found just 1 roll of it, selling at SGD1 per metre. I got 1 and a half metre of it and feel motivated that I should be able to find more of these in other shops if I had more time to shop around. Shall keep you all updated if I should find more of them.

End of my little search for the foldover elastics and here is how I make the hair ties...

You need foldover elastics, scissors, ruler and candle

Cut your elastics to size.. foldover elastic is different from the usual elastics, they do not stretch as much, so you need to trial and error how much length is suitable for you. I have more hair and need abt 9 inch of elastic to tie a ponytail. After cutting the elastic, singe both ends with the candle flame to prevent fraying.

 Then tie a knot like this.. and you can use your hair tie

My thoughts about the hair ties

I have trouble getting all my hair into 1 pony tail with my first tie which I had cut it to 8 inch long. It was a hard realisation for me that it's not a one size fit all hair tie. 

The hair tie does not give you a very tight pony tail but good enough to hold the hair up for the whole day. The greatest part is when I remove it at the end of the day, there is no indentations on my hair where the hair tie was. My hair is slightly wavy so I am not sure about the results on rebonded hair. 

After using it for several times, it gets slightly stretched but still works well.. Shall see if it last longer than the normal hair ties.