Set of 65 assorted hair accessories

Why a 65-piece hair accessory set beats buying them one by one

Hair ties disappear. They leave with the borrowed jumper, stay behind on the beach towel, sit forgotten in a desk drawer, and by Thursday there is one left on the wrist. Buying a set removes that arithmetic: a few live in every bag and nobody rations them. Single pieces still earn their place when you want a shape you will wear often, and the clips sold individually cover that.

What is inside, counted out

The split is fixed, so nothing is left to chance when the pack is opened.

A closer look at the clips

The photograph lines them up along the right-hand side: marbled ivory, khaki, grey and tortoiseshell, plus two cut-out shapes, a heart and a flower. The scrunchies have the kind of satin finish that slides rather than grips, which is what makes them bearable overnight. Three flat metal slides come on a single card.

A neutral palette does the deciding for you

Black, taupe, beige, cream. None of it clashes, which sounds like a small point until you are choosing at seven in the morning. Reach in, take the first one, go. If you would rather browse by shape, headbands and alice bands included, the styling section sorts them into families.

Keeping the thin ties from going slack

Thin ties stretch out when they live twisted round a wrist all day, and laying them flat buys them months. Clips are tougher, though they chip if they hit a tiled floor, so a shallow closed box suits them better than a loose drawer. Scrunchies hold their shape longest with a cold wash and no spin cycle.