Hair ties that stay in

Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands have the best record for staying in: 21 of 22 reviewers said the bands held their hair all day without slipping. Gimme Beauty Fine Hair Bands follow at 14 of 15. The best pick sold on Amazon is Kitsch Nylon Elastics at 20 of 25, which is also the weakest record here, with 22% of its reviews saying it stretches out.

  • 225 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • May 2022 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did they stay in? What shoppers said
  1. Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands 22 said either way
  2. Gimme Beauty Fine Hair Bands 15 said either way
  3. Kitsch Nylon Elastics 25 said either way
  4. Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Bands 21 said either way
  5. Kitsch Spiral Hair Ties 8 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for hold. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Best record Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands 21 of 22 say they held their hair all day without slipping
Best pick on Amazon Kitsch Nylon Elastics 20 of 25 say they held their hair all day without slipping See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Stretching out is the complaint to watch. It shows up in 19% of the Gimme Beauty Fine Hair Bands reviews and 8% of the Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands reviews, and slipping shows up in 8% of the Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Bands reviews.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1

Gimme Beauty

Comfort Fit Medium Bands

21/22 say they held their hair all day without slipping

Nearly every reviewer who said how it held was happy, at 21 of 22, and the brand's own site agrees at 9 of 9, which we show but don't count. 52% say it holds all day, 25% say it holds thick hair and 10% say it keeps its shape.

What buyers praise

  • No snagging 57%
  • Holds thick hair 25%
  • Keeps its shape 10%
  • No crease 8%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Stretches out 8%
  • Too expensive 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 21 of 22
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted

Share of 40 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2

Gimme Beauty

Fine Hair Bands

14/15 say they held their hair all day without slipping

A smaller group weighed in, and 14 of 15 said it held all day. 67% praise the hold and 10% say it keeps its shape, but 19% say it stretches out.

What buyers praise

  • No snagging 67%
  • Keeps its shape 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Stretches out 19%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 14 of 15
  • Brand site 5 of 5 shown, not counted

Share of 21 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

3

Kitsch

Nylon Elastics

20/25 say they held their hair all day without slipping

More reviewers weighed in on this set than on any other here, and 20 of 25 said it held. 50% praise the all-day hold, but 22% say it stretches out and 10% say it slips out.

What buyers praise

  • No snagging 38%
  • Holds thick hair 13%
  • Keeps its shape 8%
  • Good value 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Stretches out 23%
  • Too expensive 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 20 of 25
  • Brand site 8 of 8 shown, not counted
4

Gimme Beauty

Thick Hair Bands

Best for thick hair

17/21 say they held their hair all day without slipping

The reviews back up the thick-hair label: 38% say it holds thick hair and 44% say it holds all day. 17 of 21 said it stayed in, and 8% say it slips out.

What buyers praise

  • Holds thick hair 38%
  • No snagging 26%
  • Keeps its shape 13%
  • No crease 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 17 of 21
  • Brand site 6 of 6 shown, not counted

Share of 39 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5 Kitsch Spiral Hair Ties

Kitsch

Spiral Hair Ties

7/8 say they held their hair all day without slipping

Just 8 reviewers said how these held, and 7 of 8 said they stayed in, so the record rests on a small group. 35% praise the hold and 15% say they keep their shape, but 10% say they snapped.

What buyers praise

  • No snagging 30%
  • Holds thick hair 15%
  • Keeps its shape 15%

What buyers complain about

  • Snaps 10%
  • Snags or pulls hair 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 7 of 8
  • Brand site 5 of 5 shown, not counted

Where these numbers come from

The 5 products ranked here carry 5,550 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about hold, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between May 2022 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (10 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands Target (40 reviews counted)
  2. Gimme Beauty Fine Hair Bands Target (21 reviews counted)
  3. Kitsch Nylon Elastics Target (40 reviews counted)
  4. Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Bands Target (39 reviews counted)
  5. Kitsch Spiral Hair Ties Target (20 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which hair ties stay in?

Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands have the best record (21 of 22), followed by Gimme Beauty Fine Hair Bands (14 of 15) and Kitsch Nylon Elastics (20 of 25). Stretching out comes up in 22% of the Kitsch Nylon Elastics reviews, against 8% for Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands.

Do Kitsch hair ties stretch out?

Some reviewers say so. 22% of the Kitsch Nylon Elastics reviews say they stretch out and 10% say they slip out. For Kitsch Spiral Hair Ties, 7 of 8 said they stayed in, and 10% say they snapped.

Which hair ties hold thick hair?

Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Bands and Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands both get repeated praise for holding thick hair, at 38% and 25% of their reviews. 17 of 21 said the Thick Hair Bands held, and 21 of 22 said the same about the Comfort Fit Medium Bands.

Do hair ties slip out during the day?

For some people, yes, but it is a minority complaint. Slipping shows up in 8% of the Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Bands reviews, 10% of the Kitsch Nylon Elastics reviews and 5% of the Gimme Beauty Comfort Fit Medium Bands reviews.

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