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Mum reveals 50p hack to get pesky Barbie rubber bands out of your kids’ hair in seconds – without pulling or cutting

Published on April 09, 2025 at 09:33 AM

THEY may look cute when you tie your child's hair up with them, but when it comes to the end of the day – many parents know how they can be a nightmare to take out, often ending in tears.

But one mum has revealed a 50p hack that’ll help get those pesky rubber bands out of your kids’ in seconds.

Pile of clear rubber bands.
A mum has shared a simple hack to help get these hairbands out of your kids hair
Woman holding a bottle of hair detangler.
She shares her 50p tip on TikTok

The hair ties are often stretchy but are small and such as ponytails, braiding, and daily hairdos.

But due to being so thin, they have a tendency to get knotted in between hair.

However, Taylor Rachele revealed in a video to her 7,628 TIkTok followers, that all you need is nail varnish remover and a cotton bud.

In the video, which gained 2.7million views, Taylor claims that this will help you get out those stubborn tiny rubber bands without having to pull or cut them.

Taylor proved this by showing that all you need to do is dip a cotton bud into the nail varnish remover so it is soaked, and then just dab it on the hair band.

The video then showed the just breaking after seconds, meaning that she didn’t need to pull it out.

It also meant that her daughter was left unhurt and didn’t have to experience her hair getting pulled out.

Her video gained over 2,000 people rushing to the comments section to share their thoughts.

One wrote: “My daughter is going to love this because she hates getting rubber bands Removed from her hair!”;

And a second thankful mum added: “Good job Mum.

“Sometimes babies swim and play rough then fall asleep with rubber bands in and it hurts to pull them out.

“This is a great idea. Thank you for sharing.”;

There were some other suggestions too, as one said that “lemon essential oil does that same thing.”;

And added: “But good to know there are multiple options. I hate pulling those out of little one’s hair.”;

Removing a rubber band from hair with a cotton swab.
By just dabbing some nail polish remover on it slightly, the mum claims the band will snap
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