This is a stupendously great shower bonnet! I know shower bonnets are not a big deal in the scheme of life, but a bad one can really rankle your daily routine.

I have shoulder-length hair that is thick and somewhat coarser now that I'm a bit older, so I only wash it three times a week. In the meantime, I still take showers, but need to keep my hair high and dry.

This shower cap is really amazing, in that it is tight and nary a drop of water gets in, but it's not so tight that it bothers you or cuts off your circulation. The plastic is really neat and isn't noisy like most others. And it dries completely in a flash. And the best part of it is that there is no smell and no mold.

The shower cap that I just had to throw away was lined in terry cloth and wicked water inside the cap. It took forever to dry, and if I didn't place it outside in the sun to dry, it would get all smelly and turn a grayish color inside, which indicated that mold was taking hold.

So, the bottom line is, if you are having difficulty deciding, purchase this shower cap!

This shower cap fits nice and snug against my head and keeps the water out. As described, the stitching is good and should keep it from mildewing. I've had other caps that aren't stitched as well and they didn't last. This cap also had a lot of room which should be helpful if you have long or thick hair. I don't so there's a lot of extra room but the elastic keeps it from sliding down.

When I bought this I didn't think I'd have anything great to say about a shower cap, they all seemed the same. This is really nice though! It is very sturdy, and I imagine it will last a long time. The elastic is also snug enough that I'm not worried a bit of hair will fall out. It has lots of room too, I have fairly short fine hair, so it doesn't really matter, but it seems like a lot of hair can fit in this cap. Also shower caps are not exactly cute looking in general, but this is about a cute as I imagine they can be.

I will often skip the hair-wash, sometimes to save time in the shower, but mostly because my hair tends to behave a little nicer when it's had a day or two to relax. I'd been using the disposable, 20 for $5 pack of shower caps from Sally Beauty for years (well, using the same one until it managed to get a hole somehow), and for whatever reason recently decided to get a nice, durable, stylish shower cap. I went back and forth between several, and ended up choosing this Betty Dain Fashionista cap because it was Prime, plastic lined, and seemed to be of decent quality.

There are several collections of the Betty Dain caps available, and they have different shapes, different features, etc. Some are terry lined, some look bunchier at the top, etc. This review pertains to the **PEVA lined Fashionista collection**.

* This shower cap IS quality. It's made of a nice fabric outer, and a thick plastic inner. There aren't any loose threads, weird seams, anything like that. It doesn't feel flimsy at all, and the plastic inside is sturdy, but not too rigid, sharp, or "crunkly". It does NOT make that plastic-bag-on-your-head noise when hit by water.

* The cap fits really well, even with my hair bunched up underneath it, and is pretty comfortable. For reference, my head is not too large (a size S motorcycle helmet) but I have LOTS of hair (it will touch my lap when I'm sitting) and will stay in place when washing my face, etc. This is very important, the cheapie plastic ones tend to slide around from the weight of the water.

* Water that lands on the outside of the cap will bead up and run off. The surface of it was barely wet when I got out of the shower. I didn't totally douse it while in there, but it definitely gets wet- the cheapies are always full of little water pools that drip all over the floor when I reach for the towel.

* The "ring around the forehead" from the elastic is not as prominent as with the cheapie shower caps. This is likely due to the fabric being doubled where the elastic is. There's still a mark, but it's WAY less visible and disappears quickly. The elastic area is a cushy and pretty comfy, but the tradeoff is that the thickness of the elastic pushed my ears out a little more than normal. I didn't deduct a star for this, because I probably wouldn't've noticed had I been wearing contacts, but since my glasses were on at the time I noticed that the ear-space/arm/elastic ratio was a little tight.

I can't see myself needing to replace this cap anytime soon, but as of now I'd definitely purchase another Betty Dain.

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This shower cap was exactly as expected. It was large enough to hold medium length hair, cute, and well made. See photos for my hair length. I'm glad I bought this one.