When an older trend becomes new again, I often ask myself, why did we stop wearing it in the first place? OK, that’s not the deal for everything. (Low-rise jeans can die forever.) But when it comes to fun, affordable accessories like banana clips, I’m seriously glad they’re back. If 2021 was the year of the claw clip, 2022 will be the banana clip’s biggest year since 1989. If you’re not an old millennial like me and have no idea what a banana clip is, allow me to explain.

They’re called banana clips because, well, they’re shaped like bananas. Unlike the round shape of a claw, these are U-shaped with two plastic sides that come together in the middle. Stretchy teeth inside hold even the wildest flyaways. Claw clips force your ponytail end up, while banana clip styles mimic a typical ponytail and often make your hair look a lot fuller and longer.

Banana clips were hugely popular in the late ’80s and ’90s. Not Y2K but think more the Saved by the Bell era. I wore one throughout elementary school, no doubt inspired by my mom. They take some practice to nail but as you might have seen on TikTok, you get the hang of them pretty quickly. I especially love the way TikToker @vickynatashcha pulls back her thick, wavy hair with a crystal-adorned clip, and @curlsbykeish used two smaller clips to give her curls major volume.

The best things about banana clips are they’re seriously affordable and they work on all hair textures. Designers and trendy accessory brands haven’t really jumped on the trend yet so most of the options still cost less than $5. Score. Shop some of our favorites below to get in on 2022’s hottest look.

Scunci.

Scunci 5″ Banana Combs

Grab six classic banana clips (the tortoise color is so ’90s!) for less than $6.

Camila Paris.

Camila Paris MP78 3.5 inch Small French Banana Clip

If you have shorter or finer hair, or want to try a half-up style, this smaller clip won’t slip out. It even comes in a trendy green color.

Etsy.

Gorgeous Design Finds Banana Vertical Hair Claw

Update your New Year’s Eye hair with this faux pearl-detailed clip.

Bp.

Bp. Banana Clip

This two-tone clip feels retro in the best way possible.

Meilliwish.

Meilliwish Noble Leopard Banana Hair Clip

Reviews say this pretty clip is worth the few extra bucks because it holds even thick hair really well.

Etsy.

View from the Farm Myrtle Beach Banana Clip, 5.25″

Matte claw clips were hugely popular In 2021. It only makes sense the matte banana clip is next.

Cantu.

Cantu Extra Hold Thick Hair Clip

Those with natural hair — especially ones who favor a pouf — will love this heavy-duty clip made for thicker hair.

Etsy.

Vina Hut Large Marble Beach Banana Clip

If the OG banana clip feels just too ’80s to you, these pretty resin versions are a lot more low-key.

WILLBOND.

Willbond Banana Hair Clips, 6-Pack

These colorful clips look way more expensive than their $2-each price tag.

WILLBOND.

Willbond 4 Pieces Banana Hair Clips

Those with thick and curly hair love these stretchy, no-crease styles because they’re easier to manipulate into various looks.

When an older trend becomes new again, I often ask myself, why did we stop wearing it in the first place? OK, that’s not the deal for everything. (Low-rise jeans can die forever.) But when it comes to fun, affordable accessories like banana clips, I’m seriously glad they’re back. If 2021 was the year of the claw clip, 2022 will be the banana clip’s biggest year since 1989. If you’re not an old millennial like me and have no idea what a banana clip is, allow me to explain.

They’re called banana clips because, well, they’re shaped like bananas. Unlike the round shape of a claw, these are U-shaped with two plastic sides that come together in the middle. Stretchy teeth inside hold even the wildest flyaways. Claw clips force your ponytail end up, while banana clip styles mimic a typical ponytail and often make your hair look a lot fuller and longer.

Banana clips were hugely popular in the late ’80s and ’90s. Not Y2K but think more the Saved by the Bell era. I wore one throughout elementary school, no doubt inspired by my mom. They take some practice to nail but as you might have seen on TikTok, you get the hang of them pretty quickly. I especially love the way TikToker @vickynatashcha pulls back her thick, wavy hair with a crystal-adorned clip, and @curlsbykeish used two smaller clips to give her curls major volume.

The best things about banana clips are they’re seriously affordable and they work on all hair textures. Designers and trendy accessory brands haven’t really jumped on the trend yet so most of the options still cost less than $5. Score. Shop some of our favorites below to get in on 2022’s hottest look.

Scunci.

Scunci 5″ Banana Combs

Grab six classic banana clips (the tortoise color is so ’90s!) for less than $6.

Camila Paris.

Camila Paris MP78 3.5 inch Small French Banana Clip

If you have shorter or finer hair, or want to try a half-up style, this smaller clip won’t slip out. It even comes in a trendy green color.

Etsy.

Gorgeous Design Finds Banana Vertical Hair Claw

Update your New Year’s Eye hair with this faux pearl-detailed clip.

Bp.

Bp. Banana Clip

This two-tone clip feels retro in the best way possible.

Meilliwish.

Meilliwish Noble Leopard Banana Hair Clip

Reviews say this pretty clip is worth the few extra bucks because it holds even thick hair really well.

Etsy.

View from the Farm Myrtle Beach Banana Clip, 5.25″

Matte claw clips were hugely popular In 2021. It only makes sense the matte banana clip is next.

Cantu.

Cantu Extra Hold Thick Hair Clip

Those with natural hair — especially ones who favor a pouf — will love this heavy-duty clip made for thicker hair.

Etsy.

Vina Hut Large Marble Beach Banana Clip

If the OG banana clip feels just too ’80s to you, these pretty resin versions are a lot more low-key.

WILLBOND.

Willbond Banana Hair Clips, 6-Pack

These colorful clips look way more expensive than their $2-each price tag.

WILLBOND.

Willbond 4 Pieces Banana Hair Clips

Those with thick and curly hair love these stretchy, no-crease styles because they’re easier to manipulate into various looks.

Alexia Echevarria’s Neon Pink Confessional Look

Real Housewives of Miami Season 4 Episode 1 Fashion

So if you know me you know I love me some neon, which is why I neeeeded to write about Alexia Echevarria’s neon pink confessional look. At first we thought it was a dress, however it is actually a crop top and midi skirt, making it even more ah-may-zing. And while you are shopping the show-stopping Style Stealers, I’m totally going to be in search of her matching lipstick shade.

The Realest Housewife,

Big Blonde Hair

Click Here to See her Alex Perry Loren Crop Top

Click Here to See the Matching Skirt

Originally posted at: Alexia Echevarria’s Neon Pink Confessional Look

There are two words that, generally speaking, in the Western world we don’t like to mention much. One of them you will probably not be surprised by. But the other you might well be.

#1 Death

Given my specialty is end of life planning, you can easily imagine what one of these words is – yes, the ‘d’ word – death. Many don’t like to use this word because it’s a bit too much ‘in your face’.

But being willing to talk about this subject, especially when we are 60+, is important. It’s the one certain thing in the very uncertain world we live in, so why do we shy away from it so much?

There’s lots of reasons but many of them boil down to feeling scared.

Scared because we are ignorant. We know very little about this event, since it has become medicalised, and we hand everything over to funeral directors.

Scared that if we talk about it, we will offend others. That we will be accused of being morbid.

And scared that if we dare to consider the fact we ourselves will die, that we will somehow be struck down in that moment.

But the thing is, it IS going to happen. Statistics show that 100% of us will die!

Sometimes it happens out of the blue, but more often it approaches slowly. I learnt about this when my husband was diagnosed with cancer, and a year later had died.

We had a baptism of fire into confronting what is to so many the dreaded elephant in the room.

But in that time, I also learnt about the other word we don’t actually like to say much.

#2 Love

And that one is ‘love’. A bit more surprising perhaps.

But it’s not always easy to say ‘I love you’ to anyone other than your partner or your child, is it? And perhaps not even to them.

After Philip died, I became horrified at the thought that those I loved might not know it. So I allowed the words to flow out, despite awkwardness, to my siblings, my parents, my friends.

​I didn’t shorten them to ‘love you’, which has become pretty common as a goodbye statement. I didn’t cringe and stumble. I just opened my mouth and let my heart speak.

I had to force myself to do it, initially. I felt awkward and a bit embarrassed, particularly being British when we are still not supposed to show our feelings.

But I was driven by the impulse of needing to let people know how much I loved them before it was too late, not just by actions (hugely important) but by saying the words ‘I love you’, looking in their eyes and really allowing them to land in both my heart and theirs.

And you know what? It was wonderful!

Some people responded almost by rote, telling me ‘love you too’ – yes, they were a bit awkward. Others just said thank you (that was nice, it felt like I had given them a gift, which of course I was doing). But everyone felt touched, and so did I.

It got easier with practice too, I felt less awkward and less embarrassed.

So my message to you in this article is to think about to whom you might want to say ‘I love you’, someone who wouldn’t normally hear these words from your lips.

Listen to the name that pops into your mind, and then let them know, if you can, face to face. If not, on the phone or video or whatever is fine too.

Then just do it!

See what happens – you just might be surprised.

How often do you mention the word ‘death’ in your conversation? How about the word love? Do you tell your friends, siblings, partner, or children that you love them? How do they respond?

When an older trend becomes new again, I often ask myself, why did we stop wearing it in the first place? OK, that’s not the deal for everything. (Low-rise jeans can die forever.) But when it comes to fun, affordable accessories like banana clips, I’m seriously glad they’re back. If 2021 was the year of the claw clip, 2022 will be the banana clip’s biggest year since 1989. If you’re not an old millennial like me and have no idea what a banana clip is, allow me to explain.

They’re called banana clips because, well, they’re shaped like bananas. Unlike the round shape of a claw, these are U-shaped with two plastic sides that come together in the middle. Stretchy teeth inside hold even the wildest flyaways. Claw clips force your ponytail end up, while banana clip styles mimic a typical ponytail and often make your hair look a lot fuller and longer.

Banana clips were hugely popular in the late ’80s and ’90s. Not Y2K but think more the Saved by the Bell era. I wore one throughout elementary school, no doubt inspired by my mom. They take some practice to nail but as you might have seen on TikTok, you get the hang of them pretty quickly. I especially love the way TikToker @vickynatashcha pulls back her thick, wavy hair with a crystal-adorned clip, and @curlsbykeish used two smaller clips to give her curls major volume.

The best things about banana clips are they’re seriously affordable and they work on all hair textures. Designers and trendy accessory brands haven’t really jumped on the trend yet so most of the options still cost less than $5. Score. Shop some of our favorites below to get in on 2022’s hottest look.

Scunci.

Scunci 5″ Banana Combs

Grab six classic banana clips (the tortoise color is so ’90s!) for less than $6.

Camila Paris.

Camila Paris MP78 3.5 inch Small French Banana Clip

If you have shorter or finer hair, or want to try a half-up style, this smaller clip won’t slip out. It even comes in a trendy green color.

Etsy.

Gorgeous Design Finds Banana Vertical Hair Claw

Update your New Year’s Eye hair with this faux pearl-detailed clip.

Bp.

Bp. Banana Clip

This two-tone clip feels retro in the best way possible.

Meilliwish.

Meilliwish Noble Leopard Banana Hair Clip

Reviews say this pretty clip is worth the few extra bucks because it holds even thick hair really well.

Etsy.

View from the Farm Myrtle Beach Banana Clip, 5.25″

Matte claw clips were hugely popular In 2021. It only makes sense the matte banana clip is next.

Cantu.

Cantu Extra Hold Thick Hair Clip

Those with natural hair — especially ones who favor a pouf — will love this heavy-duty clip made for thicker hair.

Etsy.

Vina Hut Large Marble Beach Banana Clip

If the OG banana clip feels just too ’80s to you, these pretty resin versions are a lot more low-key.

WILLBOND.

Willbond Banana Hair Clips, 6-Pack

These colorful clips look way more expensive than their $2-each price tag.

WILLBOND.

Willbond 4 Pieces Banana Hair Clips

Those with thick and curly hair love these stretchy, no-crease styles because they’re easier to manipulate into various looks.