Hinged Headband fits like sunglasses providing lift and style without giving you a headache Band (Light-Tortoise-Crystals)

Like many reviewers, I cringed at the idea of spending $20 for a headband. But after a week of wear, my headband headaches are gone. Based on other reviews, I wear this headband backward, with the ends curling toward the back of my head, instead of around my ears. This makes it possible to wear sunglasses without having to push the headband back. I like that it sits high on my head, like my sunglasses do when I push them up, and the material seems to be sturdy. Not getting headaches from my headband is worth the price to me. I wish they offered more of their styles and colors on Amazon.

I loved the way the headband looked but it felt too tight when I first put it on. Then I had an epiphany: this headband needs to be worn like sunglasses -- farther back and tilted. Now I have no pain and look great. I ordered two more colors and plan to order more.

I still can’t believe I spent over $18 on a plastic headband, but all things considered it will work I guess. (And at least I didn’t have to resort to buying a $50 so called “French” headband—I mean, really? Is it made of gold? Nope? Just regular plastic like all the others you say? Ok. Dumb.)Anyways, I agree with some of the other reviewers about this headband — the concept makes a lot of sense, it stays in place, and generally it doesn’t pinch behind the ears quite as much as every other plastic headband I’ve tried recently in a vain attempt to replace an ancient, perfectly fitting one that finally broke. I dropped a star though because of the price combined with the fact that the ear pieces are about an inch too long on both sides for any human. It’s really nice that the ends of these earpieces are at least kind of thought about (which is a big step up from most!); they’re a softer more pliable plastic, they’re somewhat adjustable and they’re flexible. Yet after much fiddling, and several trials I still had to strategically crack/cut/remelt each ear piece about an inch up from the end to make the headband actually comfortable and wearable for more than an hour. (Luckily because the ear pieces are made out of a flexible material, it was much easier to alter this headband than the others I tried!) If I’d have left the ear pieces unaltered though, I guarantee they would have put too much pressure behind my ears and caused a headache quickly because they reached down SO far! I don’t know what this company is using to guide their design specs, but two inches of extra length is very excessive, and it needs to be reevaluated I think.And here’s my little rant combined with details about a weird little experiment I did to support my plea to this designer/manufacturer/company to shorten the headband earpieces or at least offer a few length choices maybe: I just don’t get why the earpieces on every plastic headband are so long—I mean I think I actually have a longer, more oval shaped head compared to others, so you’d think this wouldn’t be a problem for me but it is. So I figured if it’s an annoying problem for me with my long head, I can only imagine it’s a problem for most others, right? So I measured this headband from ear piece tip to earpiece tip: 17”. Then I approached every adult person I could (over 40 people total!) and had them put the headband on. Then I had them measure their head from just behind their left ear where they thought the earpiece SHOULD comfortably rest, over the top of their head, to just behind their right ear where the other earpiece SHOULD comfortably rest without discomfort and pressing on nerves and tendons, etc. The collected measurements (from quite a diverse sample set with different hair textures, etc.) didn’t differ more than half an inch from each other; they all fell within 14.5” to 15” which is MUCH shorter than the length of this and all the other plastic headbands I tested. So I really want to know WHO exactly are these companies designing these plastic headbands for with such long ear pieces? Yetis? I really think this company has something unique to offer with this new headband design, which is why I am taking the time to write this long review. If you’re not willing to rework your design to a shorter, more human length, could you at least think about offering us some length/size options?Just a thought and a little request for consideration anyways so I don’t have to keep doing the redesigning for you upon purchase...

It’s a cool design but I wouldn’t buy another one. I also have thin hair and the barbs on the top of the headband are long and a bit irritating. It would be great for thick hair.

This is such a great headband. It holds great my hair stays in place. I also use this to pull hair back while I put makeup on. I love that I also love that it folds like sunglasses to take up less room. I highly recommend it!

This headband was well made and looks very nice but I found it to be uncomfortable behind my ears and cannot wear it for very long, plus it did not hold my hair back as well as pushed up glasses. It is meant to hold the hair back like pushed up glasses, but the fit was much looser than glasses.

It does exactly what it says. It looks just like you’re wearing a pair of sunglasses on your head. It’s very comfortable and I will be getting more colors.😁

I think the paisley is very pretty and would buy lots more colors if they weren't so expensive. $22+ is a lot to pay for one plastic headband, but I get that it's unique. It does feel a little large but that's because it's not perfectly round. I find it much more comfortable to wear backwards, so the plastic earpieces don't dig into the backs of my ears.I'd probably give five stars if they cut the price.