They were worn from the Middle Ages all the way into the mid-20 th Century, and in some areas seem to be making a fashion comeback today. In some eras the back of the snood would be stuffed with artificial hair or other material, giving the illusion of even fuller hair. It would be virtually impossible to have too much hair to wear a snood. Lady MacSnood has waist length hair of average thickness which will fit in a standard snood quite nicely. She does offer extra long snoods for ladies with longer or thicker hair.
Snoods are great for bad hair days.
You just tuck it in and go. Bun Covers and hair sticks are also available for a different look. The hair sticks work well with a bun cover or without. You might need to add a few hair pins as well to your bun cover depending on the size of the bun and your hair type. A small netlike cap worn by women to keep the hair in place.