The Rise of Hair Accessories: How to Elevate your Style with Headbands, Clips, Scarves & More

Do you ever leave the house feeling like there’s something missing from your outfit? Immediately our minds go straight to adding stacks and stacks of bangles, rings, earrings and necklaces. For a change, I want you to keep the jewellery minimal and make the hair accessories maximal. That's right! Hair accessories are on the rise and are the perfect statement to take your outfit from weak to chic. 

High End Headbands 

Channel your inner Upper East Side Blair Waldorf and pop on a headband. It’s the perfect accessory for when you're late running out the door or need something a little extra to add to your fit. If you’re after a more casual look go for a classic black stretchy headband and for a more preppy look opt for a black or coloured structured headband. 

Looks best with: Super sleek and straight hair! Our Straightener nails this look. 

Hot Girl Headscarves

This is another chic accessory that easily hides greasy or grown out roots and is super trending right now, especially in Australian festival fashion culture. If you’re not a fellow Australian, just search up ‘naarmcore’ and you will see exactly what we mean. Take some inspiration from the 60’s and add a vintage patterned silk scarf to your next purchase list….thank us later!

Wear with: A bouncy blowout using the Interchangeable Blow Dry Brush. 

Cutie Hair Bows

Bows were trending in 2024 and are here to stay in 2025. If you’re after that ‘cute girl’ look or a simple accessory to add something extra to a plain hairstyle, this is the accessory for you. Current trending feminine aesthetics such as ‘coquettecore’ and ‘balletcore’ are helping give rise to the hair bow. We LOVE pairing a bow with a half up, half down look to achieve the desired preppy, expensive look.

Pair with: Some bombshell bouncy curls using the self rotating curling iron Spin.

Cool Girl Claw Clips 

Here at Mermade Hair, we are obsessed with Claw Clips. So much so that we released some of our very own. This is the perfect accessory to quickly and effortlessly put your hair in an up do, whether you’re at home or out and about. We recommend always keeping one in your bag!

Purchase: The 90’s Clear Claw Clip or 90’s Pink Claw Clip are both perfect for this look and super small to fit easily in your bag. 

Super Scrunchies

Maximalist hair accessories are so in at the moment. That means oversized hair scrunchies are the go. They do say the Dutch are ahead of the fashion game, which was highly evident at the recent Copenhagen Fashion Week. Let’s just say their hair was accessorised to the max and maximalist scrunchies were everywhere. 

Styling Tip: Use a styling gel to get your bun or pony super sleek, ensuring things are kept super neat so that the scrunchie is the main statement.