Erama’s Hair Ties–Etsy

If you remember awhile back I posted about hair ties sold on Erama’s Etsy store. I made an order and they were kind enough to send me a beautiful pair of earrings along with their best selling tie, the “White Buffalo Turqouise and Cowarie Shell Tie”.

Ok, so many of you might be wondering…what are hair ties? I know I had no idea and once I found out what they were, I thought they were only for people with locs. They are so not! From Erama’s store:

I specialize in custom order jewelry for the hair and body. My hair ties are a favorite because they accent any kind of hair, especially curly hair, thick hair, natural hair, sisterlocks, traditional dread locks, really sleek straight air that slips through, or any type of hair that doesn’t fit well with traditional ponytail holders.

If you have hair that falls into any of these categories, then you know how difficult it can be to find a ponytail holder or headband that fits all of your hair into it, allows you to determine how tight or loose you want the hair to be pulled, DOES NOT pull your hair out, DOES NOT slide off, AND is FASHIONABLE and accents your style… and taste.

From her blog:

The hair tie is comprised of a hairpipe (The long bone shape) on one end, and a pendant on the other. Elastic cord holds the two together. You take the pendant and place it where you want it to stay put on your head. While holding the pendant in place with one hand, you take the free hand and wrap the cord around the hair you want in the ponytail.

You can wrap it around a small patch of hair for a half up, half down effect, the entire head for a head band effect, around all of the hair for one ponytail, or you can experiment and come up with new ways. Once you have the cord wrapped around and achieve the desired tightness and location, take the hair pipe and stick it through the hole on the pendant. This secures the hair tie in place. Now you are all ready to go!

She also has instructions on her blog about how to put them on.

Anyhoo, on to the important stuff. I love these things. They are my new obsession.

Look at the cute little bags they came in!

My new cute earrings

These earrings are pretty neat, you can adjust the amount dangling by sliding the chain through your ear

The ties are not tight at all. I could even see using it as a loose headband, but I could wrap it twice around my old thick puff (and that was when my hair was in full fro mode lol) . The black part (the pipe?) stretches a lot, which is a must for any of my hair accessories.

I can’t wait to try this on twists, I know it will be awesome.

The prices range anywhere from 10.00  to 39.00. Shipping was fast and the customer service was great.And as with most items, the shipping is pretty cheap if you buy more than one item.

Here is a really unique tie that she will engrave a customized message of your choice on. Pretty neat, huh?

I will post pictures when I try these out on tmy twists that I hopefully will put in tomorrow.