The other day, I ordered my first sweatyband. What is a sweatyband? It's nothing more than a headband, but their product slogan says "Omg...they don't slip!" I was skeptical because I have bought under armour, nike, and goody sport headbands. All of which offered that same claim that they will stay in place. Time after time, I would get the new headbands, and wear them for about 30 minutes before the band would start shifting on my head. I would pull and tug and reposition, but when you are in the middle of the elliptical or you are road running with a water bottle, it is a real hassle to reposition constantly. I also started using bobby pins to fasten these headbands in place, but it never worked. I sadly thought that I would never wear workout headbands. I thought that my head must be severely mis-shapen because every no slip headband, even the ones with the grips on the back just wouldn't stay on my deformed head. At the Divas Expo, I saw the Sweatybands vendor and the flock of women who were trying on the bands, and I was skeptical. I decided not to even go near the table because I just didn't want to invest $15 into a product that wouldn't stay on my funky shaped head. However, one of Annie's sisters bought a sweatyband, and I observed that the entire weekend she had to do very little readjustment of the band. She ran a half marathon on the headband never slipped. Her's was also sparkly and it worked with her regular outfits. A week later, I saw Sweatybands at the Baltimore Running Festival Expo. They had a cute crab one that said "Run Baltimore" on it and I contemplated buying it. This time, I decided to research the company and see what people had to say because this vendor, like the Divas Vendor, was also booming with business. So, I checked out http://www.sweatybands.com/ (click the link if you want to see their products).
Here's what I found. Countless women were loving sweatybands, but what prompted me to order my first sweatyband was a comment made by a woman who said that she always thought she had a funny shaped head (I believe she said cone head) and it wasn't until this product that she realized all the other bands just weren't designed right. I was sold, I gladly purchased my first sweatyband and I have worn it the past two days. I even ran 10 miles this morning and it didn't slip. It is weird adjusting to the fact that I don't need to reposition the band. Sometimes I found myself tugging out of habit, but nothing was amiss. So this skeptic is on board with sweatybands and if you have trouble with headband slippage, then I encourage you to try them. I have already bought two more, and I am going to invest in some of the plainer ones to introduce into my daily wardrobe wear. One of the nice benefit of sweatybands is that you are not left with the headband headache, which I also love.
So I have joined the sweatyband nation! If you do purchase from their site, then make sure to register for an account. After 70 points, you gain sweatybucks. Not sure, what this is, but I am assuming it gives you the ability to put money towards the purchase of a sweatyband.
Until next time, happy running!
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