These are rigid bands with flowers built onto them, not soft crowns you tie at the back. The blooms sit raised on the band, either small and grouped to one side or opened out into wide petals. Beige and pink run through the whole selection, so they sit quietly against most hair colours.

Our flower headbands, one by one

Search for a flower headband in the UK and you land on two very different things. Worth knowing which one you are buying before you get to the colour.

Flower headband or flower crown?

A flower crown is soft, wraps the whole head and usually fastens at the back. What you will find here is the other kind: a rigid band, worn like an Alice band, with the flowers fixed to one part of it. It goes on in a second, it holds a fringe back, and it comes off without unpicking anything. On fine hair that matters more than the flowers themselves.

How the two finishes catch the light

One version is moulded in beige resin, matt and quiet, disappearing into fair hair until you turn your head and the rhinestones flash. The other is finished in gilded metal, which reflects properly and stands out far more against dark hair. Both keep the same beige and pink palette.

How each version looks when worn
DetailSmall side bloomsLarge openwork blooms
BandResin, one centimetre wideGilded metal, slim
SparkleRhinestones set between the petalsA pink crystal in each flower centre
Seen from the frontBarely, the pair sits to one sideClearly, the petals carry real width

Where to sit a one centimetre band

A one centimetre band works best pushed back behind the top of the head rather than pressed against the hairline. The flowers then show in profile, which is where the asymmetry of a side pair actually reads, and the hair keeps some lift on top. Resin has a smooth underside, so a long day in one is not a problem. For plain and patterned styles with no flower on them, look through everything else we carry on a band.

Keeping the stones bright

A barely damp cloth is enough for resin and for gilded metal alike. Hairspray and cosmetics dull both the finish and the stones, so put the headband on once your hair is done rather than before. Store it flat, dry and out of direct sun, and the openwork petals will keep their shape. The wider styles wrapped in fabric need looking after differently.