Buying Hair Clips

Where to buy affordable hair clips

This is definitely a common question/comment that I see on social media -- "I would get into decora fashion...if I only I had the money for hair clips!!" 

Hair clips and hair accessories are one of the big style points when it comes to decora fashion, and knowing where to buy hair clips was originally confusing for me as well (since I never really wore hair clips or accessories as a child besides scrunchies). However, once I kept my eyes open, I saw a lot of places that I go to to buy toiletries and medicine also have hair accessories and hair clips for children and adults.

The following list is ranked in order of affordability, and the out of 5 rating has to do with quality, variety, and usual amount stocked (relying on the stores around me)

1. 99 cent store (4/5)
The 99 cent store usually has about everything you can think of, from holiday chocolate (it's May???) to Star wars night lights. I would recommend going to the following aisles to check for hair accessories (depends on the store): the hair care aisle, the children's section, or the jewelry section. There you will not only find huge packs of bobby pins (great for DIY hair clips and securing your wig down) but also a small to medium sized collection of hair clips, usually barrettes and clips. They're usually children themed, so you are most likely to luck into brightly colored clips or cartoon themed! Usually they stock brightly colored plain metal clips, which are great and usually pretty good quality. Feel free here to buy 2 or 3 packs--this is definitely a great deal!

2. Dollar Tree (3/5)
The Dollar tree is very similar to the 99 cent store, and if you don't have a Dollar Tree in your neighborhood, I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that you definitely have a dollar store somewhere there. Take a look in the hair care section and get ready to move stuff around-- at my dollar tree store it's usually a mismanaged mess and all the hair clips have shifted to the bottom of the bins and the back of the racks. They usually carry brown and black toned clips (as to blend in with most hair colors), though you may see some colorful hair clips, hair gems, and butterfly clips in there as well. Definitely a hit or a miss, but when it comes to affordability and quality, they're pretty good as well.

3. Wish App (for Android and iPhone; 3/5)
The Wish app is a shopping app which offers a huge variety of cheap items shipped from China ranging from sweaters to phone cases and everything in between. They also have a good variety of children's barrettes and hair clips, usually in small to medium sized orders of 5 - 20. Since they are manufactured in China, they are cheap, most items on the wish app are all under $1, and their shipping in most cases is $1. They are great for finding some cute accessories at a cheap price but BE CAREFUL--read the reviews and make sure that you know just how much your buying from the item description section. Since they ship from China, the delivery can take up to 3 - 4 weeks, and the price may be not worth the inconvenience.

4. Walgreens (3/5)
Walgreens is usually known for prescriptions and photo printing, but has really become a great place for hair care in general, including hair clips! I bought several packs of hair clips from here, ranging from jelly looking bright colored ones, butterfly and flower gem ones, and cute metal patterned ones! And the price is affordable, you can get a pack of 10 for less than $4 or you may even luck out and find a pack of 20 for the same price! Unfortunately why I give it a lower score is because they are not usually the best quality--the hair clips with gems usually have about one wear until the gem falls out, and some of the metal clips aren't the best quality and tend to bend out of shape pretty quickly. However, they usually have a big variety of clips at relatively affordable prices and I really enjoy most of the things I get from them! 

5. Target (2.5/5)
When it comes to variety, they usually have a decent variety when it comes to colors, textures, and sizes. They they are usually limited to a small section in the shampoo and hair care aisle, they also offer a big range of hair ties, both colorful thick ones and clear jelly ones that are great for hair styling. When it comes to pricing...eh? They sell their clips in packs of 5-6 and are usually a little over $4 after tax, so for me, if I see something I really LOVE, I will spend the extra few dollars to get it, though that is rare for me. Most of them are 'likes' but not 'gotta haves' (though the last time I was there I saw cute colorful hair clips that were also glow in the dark!! Want it so bad but I don't really need it).

This ends my list for now on affordable places to buy barrettes! Remember the 3rd of the Big 3--know when to hold back, you don't have to buy all of your hair clips at once or all at one store!❤❤❤❤