Product Review: Save Your Do Gymwrap

Surgeon General at Bronner Brothers'

I've been trying to find products and hairstyles to make exercise less taxing on our hair, especially since I attended the Bronner Brother's Hair Show last year. There, during a Health Hair style competition, the Surgeon General spoke about the intersection of black women, hair, and exercise. This topic, and our supposed reluctance to "mess up" our hair has been all over the news over the past year. Let's change that perception...or just find a tool to make exercise easier.

It seems like we found one! Nicole Ari Parker's Save Your Do Gymwrap. Mrs. Kodjoe created this patent-pending technology and began selling the wraps early this year. My guest writer, Antanette, has been wearing the wrap for several months. And here is her review:

[I am] definitely pleased overall with the product.  I’m natural but wear my hair straight most of the time.  I go to the gym several times a week and usually sweat a moderate to heavy amount.  The product works very well for me.

Likes

1.       Full coverage keeps hair throughout entire head flat and dry down to the roots;

2.       Stays on securely, keeping front edges dry and straight; and

3.       Black goes well with different workout gear.

Minor Dislikes 

1. The wrap is a bit bulky/not especially fashionable - but with proper folding of the front,  it can result in a tighter fit throughout and reduce some of the bulk.
2. The back edges of my hair sometimes go uncovered if wearing I'm wearing a ponytail.  The smaller wrap would probably provide more consistent coverage for the back of my hair.

So it seems that the largest problem with the wrap isn't whether it works, just which size wrap you choose. The gymwraps come in three sizes: narrow band gymwrap; wide band gymwrap; and the full triangle gymwrap (that Antanette is wearing above) and in three colors: Black; Celadon; and Fuscia. Both the narrow and wide bands retail for $24.95, while the full triangle costs $29.95. You can receive a $5.00 discount if you like the product on Facebook. Check it out here.  

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Write by: Unknown - Tuesday, July 17, 2012