So the other day I was out of hair ties, I lose them amazingly fast. I was desperate to put my hair up and I couldn't find a hair tie or headband at all (I'm in the midst of packing). I did however find one of my old hair combs from way back when. And lo and behold it worked. Ever since then I've been wearing my hair combs (got back in middle school when I had super long hair) at least once a week. I love this hair comb.