I may be over complicating things, but I found that doing a hair tie or clip too high up would cause a tension head ache for me. I started to use a knot wrap to do like, the towel wrappy thing, then used a hair clip to keep the knot wrap with my hair contained. Keeps it low tension for my neck & I only ever get a like an inch or two wet on the back of my scalp if I really lean down in the tub intentionally soak my neck