France LuxeLuxury Rectangle Barrette, Ivory Tokyo - Classic French Design for Everyday Wear

This is a beautiful well made barrette. I have salt and pepper hair with some warm low lights and this looks great in it. I bought two sizes one for when I put up only part of my hair and a larger one for when I want to put up all of it. highly recommend.

Updated review August 2020:I’ve upped the star rating, as the seller quickly replaced the broken barrette with a new one. While my prior review still stands in that the barrettes don’t seem to be as durable as they used to be, I’m now careful to pull back a bit less hair and it hasn’t broken again. Also a factor in all of this is that I have yet to find a prettier brand of barrettes anywhere else.Original review:I’ve worn this brand for at least 10 years, but Warning: the barrette broke after wearing only three times! The latch no longer ‘snaps’ shut; the metal they use is softer, I’m guessing? It used to take years of regular use for this to happen.I’ve never left an Amazon review before, this is my first, but for $16 ($18 not on sale) I’d expect it not to break like this. Before what must have been a change in the material used for the latching mechanism, each of these beautiful barrettes would last years.Beware, they look like the same beautiful product but now it will break just as quickly as the cheapies you find at WalMartSo disappointed. These barrettes used to be sold at Nordstrom, but no wonder I couldn’t find there anymore.I’ll report back to let you all know if at least the seller at least doesn’t give me a hard time returning it.(Update 12/10/10): Seller offers returns/exchanges; I chose to exchange it so as to give the produce anther try, hoping that the broken one is a fluke. I had ordered 4 total, not all of them have arrived yet; once I start wearing them regularly, the eventual product rating will reflect the aggregate quality of all of therm.

Really fantastic product. My hair doesn't get tangled in it. It holds the hair securely, It's very attractive and well made. Comes in a lot of great colors, too. There is no comparison between this and the cheap Goody product of the same type that I was using.

Very disappointed with this purchase. I have been using the same brand of hair barrettes for a while and decided to buy a new one in Nacro black. Did not realize that this one is not of the same size as the ones I have been using, although the names were similar and the pictures look the same. Only after careful comparison I discovered that the recent one is described as France Luxe Luxury Rectangle Barrette where as the previous one was described as France Luxe Classic Rectangle Hair Barrette. The recent one turned out to be a tiny barrette which will not hold all your hair for any adult. You will have to part your hair and use it as decoration only. I immediately tried to return it in exchange for the bigger size but the seller will not accept to take it back. So I wasted $16 for something that is utterly useless.

Love this barrette! Doesn’t hold all my hair but good for half up/half down.

It’s pretty, but very small so it is more of a decoration. If you need something to actually hold your hair in place, (unless it’s a small strand and you have fine hair,) this is t it.

Classy and holds a lot of hair

Quality saddly i know the difference.pleasedWith product will get a lot of use