{"id":11897,"date":"2010-08-31T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T13:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=11897"},"modified":"2010-08-31T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T13:21:21","slug":"review-bondi-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/08\/review-bondi-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Bondi Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have seen Bondi Bands<\/a> all over the running blogsphere this summer.\u00a0 They intrigued me.\u00a0 A headband that is designed to keep hair and sweat out of your face.\u00a0 It’s also supposed to be able to fit any head-shape and stay in place.<\/p>\n

Now they have my attention!<\/p>\n

I have a super small head that is also skinny.\u00a0 I also have super small ears but that’s another story for another time.\u00a0 I do not have the luxury of having thick flowing locks of hair either, I have poker straight super fine hair.\u00a0 The kind where if it’s humid, while everyone else goes frizzy, I end up looking like a reject from The Brady’s.\u00a0 My hair is thin, flat, and lifeless.\u00a0 I’m not hating on my hair, I’m just stating facts.\u00a0 I actually am in love with my hair now! It was a long process but we’ve made peace.<\/p>\n

Because I have a small head with thin hair, getting headbands to stay on my head is a battle that I just cannot win.\u00a0 Those little tiny elastic headbands that are popular now a days to help keep flyaway hair out of your face?<\/p>\n

Those actually will roll off my head and go flying across the room.<\/p>\n

No lie.<\/p>\n

Even if they have the magic “grippy rubber” on them.\u00a0 Flying off my head like I’m playing some weird game of horseshoes.<\/p>\n

Most stuff is way too big for my head and I was anxious to give these Bondi Bands<\/a> a try for two reasons: 1. Because they claim to have a no slip motto, 2: Because my current running hat<\/a> was causing me some woes.\u00a0 It was causing sweat to run down into my face and eyes way too much and too easily.\u00a0 My lucky day came when I won a Bondi Band in a contest over at Java Joggers<\/a>.\u00a0 Hooray!<\/p>\n

That’s me up above wearing my winnings!\u00a0 I picked one of the hottest mornings to give it a try and as you can see from the pic, I produced a good sweat.<\/p>\n

The Bondi Band worked wonders!\u00a0 It stayed on my head, kept the small hairs out of my face, and held back sweat.\u00a0 The parts of my face that did sweat, were below the headband itself.<\/p>\n

In fact I loved it so much that I bought two more!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I don’t know if you can see it very well in this picture but I got a purple band that says, “One Hot Mess” in silver.\u00a0 I also got a plain dark blue band that doesn’t say anything.\u00a0 I figured that one I could wear out hiking or perhaps to martial arts training.<\/p>\n

The thicker bands are the ones with the sayings.\u00a0 They do a great job at keeping sweat out of my face.\u00a0 The plain one is a bit thinner and is much better suited for light workouts with only a small amount of sweat.\u00a0 On me, it couldn’t handle a big sweaty run.<\/p>\n

While they do fit my head, they also ride up just a touch during workouts.\u00a0 It’s not noticeable and I can’t feel it when it happens but I will start to become sweaty on the place that is newly exposed.<\/p>\n

Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n