The Blog - Hair Tutorials and Hair Styling Tips

A guide to French hair accessories and the timeless French hairstyles they help create, from the French twist to the chignon.

Sleek buns, soft waves and subtle bows: the 2025 BAFTAs red carpet hair trends and how to recreate them with elegant accessories.

How to introduce statement hair accessories into your wardrobe, from subtle mini claws to elegant filigree pins and barrettes.

Meet the autumn 2024 additions to our French Handmade collection, including new barrettes, claws with extra grip and the Amber colourway.

Our Opal colour returns for summer, with soft pearlescent combs, barrettes and headbands.

Why the material and finish of your hair clips matter, and how polished cellulose acetate accessories compare with plastic ones.

The V&A, one of our wholesale stockists, chose a collection of our French handmade hair accessories for its Chanel exhibition in London.

What makes a hair accessory truly luxurious: comfortable headbands, long-lasting clips and the French craftsmanship behind them.

Everything you need to know about French barrettes: what they are, how to wear them and how to choose the right one for your hair.

Looking back on ten years of TEGEN Accessories, and why we choose beautifully made, long-lasting hair accessories over disposable plastic.

Simple ways to look after your hair health, from gentle styling habits to smooth, hand-polished hair accessories.

Why our French Handmade hair accessories, crafted from cellulose acetate by a family business since 1892, are made to last.