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Carrie Bradshaw hated scrunchies.

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She found them outrageously unfashionableand I can’t say that I disagree with her.

Thankfully, there have been breakthroughs in the aesthetic arena since Bradshaw was on our television screen, too.

Then she shared a little science lesson.

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Each hair fiber has a certain amount of energy it can handle before it is fractured.

That’s when I learned rule number 1: The thicker your hair tie, the better.

Next comes rule number two: always consider the material.

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