How to make hair bands for your hair?

All girls with longer curls than with a "boy's haircut" are more likely or less likely to walk withhairstyles, and here you can not do without gum. Of course, in the arsenal of each lady there are not a dozen such jewelry for the hair, but sometimes you want something original and unusual, why the question arises how to make hair gums with your own hands. A few interesting ideas you will find in this article.

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How to make hair gum?

All the charm of this idea is that in order to make a hair elastic with your own hands, you can use any improvised materials without any restrictions:

• fabrics - leather, felt, satin, cotton, and lengths of any size, because for suchdecoration is not necessary much and it can be sewn not from one, but from several flaps;
• thin inexpensive purchased rubber bands or wire;
• beads, stones, bordeaux and anything else you can imagine for decoration decor;
• plastic.

Of course, you will need tools and materials to consolidate all this into one:

• thread;
• needles;
• scissors;
• metal small clips and rivets;
• wire;
• adhesive.

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"Flower of the Aster"

To make such a hair elastic, a thin fabric of any shade is suitable. The manufacturing process is very simple:

1. Cut a strip 5 cm wide, up to 10-20 cm long( depending on how lush you want to decorate a flower).
2. On the one hand, cut along the entire length of the strip according to the fringe principle - these will be petals.
3. Take the needle and thread and collect the entire strip on the thread from the side where there are no incisions.
4. Tighten it so that a circle with petals appears on the outside.
5. Tie the thread and sew the edges of the fabric.
6. In the center you can insert another same strip of this or any other color, or decorate the bead of a suitable size.
7. On the reverse side, attach a thin rubber band to the flower, which you will tie strands. For this purpose, rivets or a small piece of cloth are suitable.

Important! As you can see, there is nothing complicated. Concerning the color - choose for yourself, but keep in mind that for blondes perfect will suit a gentle blue or pale pink color, and brunettes can take a more saturated green or chocolate.

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The simplest velvet gum with your own hands

The wide velvet gum always looks very luxurious, and it's easy to make:

1. Take 1 or 2 pieces of velvet fabric of any color. If you took 2 pieces, cut out 2 of the same size rectangular parts and sew.
2. The width of the rectangles is the width of the decoration, the larger it is, the finer the decoration, the length is 25-40 cm, so that you can decorate the beautiful assemblies.
3. Inside, thread a strong elastic rubber thread that will collect the fabric with waves and it will be good to hold a bunch of curls, and tie it.
4. Sew the hole.
5. Straighten the jewelry.

Important! This option is perfect for everyday wear. If you make the decoration itself less lush and broad, you can additionally decorate it, for example, with a bow. To do this, after sewing the base, cut out a rectangle of velvet, felt or leather. The length of the rectangle is the length of the bow. Collect the part in the center to form folds in both directions and in this form, fasten with a rivet on the elastic band.

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"Flower from satin ribbons"

This decoration is more suitable for girls and will become a wonderful gift or accessory for the holiday. To understand how to make such a rubber band for hair with your own hands, read the instruction below:

1. Take a pink satin ribbon with a width of 2.5 cm and use a ruler and a burner to decorate 5 strips of 7 cm in length.
2. Do the same with a 5 cm strip of purple hue, but the stripe length should be 10 cm.
3. FoldRibbons of the same color in half and sequentially sweep all the parts into one thread and tighten so that the circle turns out( do this on the side where the edges of the tape join).So we get one circle of petals.
4. Do the same with the ribbons of the second color.
5. Glue one flower on another, and in the middle - a button.
6. On the back of the flower, glue a clip or elastic that will keep a bunch of strands well.

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Elastic band made of plastic

This version of the homemade decoration for your head of hair will be a real godsend for fashionistas, as you can unlimitedly express your imagination and make a new model every day. To do this:

1. Take a piece of plastic.
2. Cut out a rectangular piece from it and draw any pattern.
3. To fix the paint, cover the picture with transparent lacquer on top - it can be used for nails. If you want to decorate more elegant, even perfect varnish with sparkles.
4. Wait until it dries, and then glue to the plastic on the back side of the elastic band, into which you will collect your curls.

Important! If there is time and the desire to tinker for a bit longer, you can cut the plastic itself not with a rectangle, but in the form of a concrete figure - a bunny, a seal, a flower, etc.

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Stylish elastic band

Very stylish and stylish look jewelry made of leather, When the elastic band covers a bundle of hair in several circles. If you simply take a strip of skin, it will slip, while delivering constant inconvenience. Therefore, we offer a variant of leather that will definitely look unusual and tightly hold the curls in the bundle:

1. Take a strip of leather - at least 30 cm long.
2. Cut the edges "obliquely".
3. Mark the center of the strip, fix in this place on one side an ordinary thin hair band with a rivet.

Important! To collect hair, fasten the bundle with a thin elastic band, and from above wrap a leather strip around the bundle, tie it with a knot. This decoration will look very original and unusual.

Now you know how to make an elastic band for your hair yourself. Start with the simplest version, try out your design capabilities, and then show your imagination by improving the decor. Surely after a few samples you will want to create more interesting and unusual jewelry for creating different hairstyles!