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10 beautiful—and festive—ways to accessorize your hair

The Best Holiday Hair Accessories

Hair Accessories Author: Julia McEwen

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10 beautiful—and festive—ways to accessorize your hair

A strategically placed hair accessory can upgrade your holiday outfit from pretty to stunning in a single swoop of hair. Check out our favourite embellished combs, pins, barrettes and headbands. 

If you’re holiday parties are overtaking most of your evenings during the month of December, planning your outfits can be downright stressful. Not to mention figuring out your hairstyles.

Do you consider yourself hair challenged? Or maybe you just don’t have time to wield a heat tool to give yourself a wavy style—really, who does!? If you’re not a hair whisperer and time is of the essence your best bet is to tap into hair accessories market. These embellished barrettes, bobby pins, elastic  and headbands can instantly adorn a ponytail or a half-up style in seconds. Consider these hair accessories as jewelry, each one adds polish and style to any hair cut, style or updo.

Not only is this a great idea for the holidays, but based on what came down the runways for spring/summer 2017 hair accessories are a major trend. We saw rosettes, ribbons and tulle barrettes adorning models’ styles at Rodarte, sleek and sculpted ponytails tucked into the ends with two sleek gold hair clips at Custo Barcelona and a thick black headband that gave a sporty look to models at the Creatures of the Wind show.

Let's face it, between holiday shopping and attending all these holiday bashes, finding a spare hour to style your strands isn’t going to happen. We’ve searched high and low and found the chicest hair embellishments. Each piece is guaranteed to flatter up and down styles alike, while adding an extra does of festive flair to any ensemble. 

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10 beautiful—and festive—ways to accessorize your hair

She’s a star

Gold toned stars give your do' a little bit of whimsy with a dash of edge, thanks to the hanging chains. 

Stars and chain hairband, $18.



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Star worthy

Add a little twinkle do you up do with this celestial duo of rhinestone encrusted star pins and crescent  moon barrette. 

Stellar hair set, $48.



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10 beautiful—and festive—ways to accessorize your hair

Glitter girl

This Swarovski encrusted hair tie adds statement appeal to your basic ponytail. 

Jennifer Behr gunmetal-plated hair tie, $68.



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Gilt trip

This crystal and grosgrain ribbon headband feels both festive and romantic. 

Glided leaf crown headband, $68.



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10 beautiful—and festive—ways to accessorize your hair

Seeing spots

The classic barrette is gaining momentum as an "it" accessory, especially as we move into 2017. 

Sephora Collection blind date hair barrette, $7.



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Rosy outlook

Pearls and rhinestones embellish three small roses on this snap-closure barrette, ideal for the classic (and romantic) half and half hair style.

Rose barette, $5.



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10 beautiful—and festive—ways to accessorize your hair

Feather weight

Pull your locks back with this gilded feather-like clip. 

Lead alligator clip, $18.35.



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Petal power

If wearing a jewel embellished headband is too much bling try a floral design with pearl-like details that sits at the back of your hairstyle.

Floral pearl-like headpiece, $18.



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Top it off

This single-strand headband is all the embellishment you’ll need to make your little black dress shine.

Crystal embellished head wrap, $34.

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Minimalist bait

Give your daily do' a much-need upgrade. 

Rose golden toned curved metal hair elastic, $18.



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