This elastic material is made of plastic, not rubber, so it eliminates tangles, pulling and broken ends. Choice of salon pros, now available for your horse! Our bands are thicker than what you can find in beauty supply stores, they are designed for horse hair. Unlike rubber bands that break down with age, Slick Bands can sit in your tack box over the winter and be useable in the spring! Slick Bands do not dry out in the sun either. Each re-usable pouch contains approximately 400 Slick Bands.