With beauty girlies and A-listers alike very much on team claw clip (like Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, to name a few), it’s no surprise that the beauty aficionados of the world would create some effortless claw clip hairstyles to switch things up with their daily go-to accessories.
First emerging in the ’90s and continuing to be well-loved throughout the early 2000s, Millennials know that claw clips were a total must-have. And just as countless other Y2K-era trends are making their way to the forefront — think icy blue eyeshadow, nostalgic vanilla perfumes, hair tinsel, low-rise denim, and more — it only makes sense that the clips frequently worn by Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel on the cult-fave sitcom Friends would make their way into more modern glam moments.
And while French hair pins have been named as the more elevated hair-cessory to make your looks a bit more SFW or fancy for a nighttime event — claw clips undoubtedly still reign on the popularity front (with no signs of going anywhere anytime soon, thankfully).
If you’re looking to change up your everyday look with some surprisingly easy-to-recreate ‘dos, here are 14 unique claw clip hairstyles to serve as your inspo.