It is a regular banana clip, but the decorations on the side dress it up a little. It looks nice in my hair. I recently cut my hair from waist length to just below my shoulders. My new style has many layers, so it was difficult to put into a ponytail like I used to do with my hair when it was longer. These worked perfectly to pull my hair back and keep it out of the way. My hair is pretty thick, but I had no trouble using these to grip my hair or closing it once my hair was up. This is made of plastic, and seems like it would be flimsy and break easily, but so far they have held up. I've had them for about a month now.