Ugly Trend Alert: Harem pants are back. Or are you guys the ones who told me about that?

Scrunchies and I go way back, to the days when Brazilian hair straightening treatments didn’t exist, when I would drive to the grocery store in the early morning before school (high school) to sneak samples of hair products and then drive back to my house to see if one of them lived up to their promise…silky, smooth, frizz-free hair. I had to do this because my mother cut me off from spending $ on my hair, after I had acquired three kaboodles full of products. None of them really worked, but I was determined…the 80’s were out in the 90’s, curly hair was just not cool. Where do scrunchies come in you ask? When I would labor over straightening my hair for hours, scrunchies enabled me to let my hard work last for days. See, with curly, dry hair you shouldn’t was it daily. At night, in bed, scrunchies left my hair kink and mangle-free. God knows I would never rock a scrunchie in public, but in private they are truly a gem. Here the reasons why scrunchies are better than conventional hair ties:
- they are easy to find
- they do not make your scalp sore
- the do not damage your hair
- they create less of a kink
- they come in a variety of colors, patterns & fabrics
- who didn’t love the 80’s?
- they are way more normal than the current “real & faux-hair barrettes/headbands” Has anyone seen these?