Claw clips for thick hair

Every reviewer counted here said they have thick hair. Scunci Luxe Acrylic Claw Clip has the best record at 12 of 12, but that rests on a small group, so treat it as promising. Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Claw Clips are next at 15 of 18, though 28% of their reviews say a clip broke or snapped.

  • 196 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Aug 2023 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it hold thick hair? What reviewers with thick hair said
  1. Scunci Luxe Acrylic Claw Clip 12 said either way
  2. Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Claw Clips 18 said either way
  3. The Hair Edit Gilded Wing Claw Clip 11 said either way
  4. Kitsch Jumbo Classic Claw Clips 9 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for slipping. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Best record Scunci Luxe Acrylic Claw Clip 12 of 12 say it held all their thick hair See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Slipping is the common complaint on the lower-ranked clips: 42% of Kitsch reviews and 31% of Hair Edit reviews say the clip slips or falls out.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1

Scunci

Luxe Acrylic Claw Clip

Best for holds all day

12/12 say it held all their thick hair

12 of 12 thick-haired reviewers said it held all their hair. 63% of reviews say it holds all day, 47% say it looks nice and 37% call it comfortable. It's a small group, so the clean record is promising rather than settled.

What buyers praise

  • Looks nice 47%
  • Comfortable 37%
  • Sturdy 16%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Target 12 of 12
2

Gimme Beauty

Thick Hair Claw Clips

Best for holding thick hair

15/18 say it held all their thick hair

15 of 18 thick-haired reviewers said it held all their hair, and more of them weighed in on this clip than on any other here. 28% say it holds all day and 10% call it good value. The catch is that 28% of its reviews say a clip broke or snapped.

What buyers praise

  • Looks nice 13%
  • Good value 10%
  • Sturdy 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Broke or snapped 28%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 15 of 18

Share of 39 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

3

The Hair Edit

Gilded Wing Claw Clip

Best for looks nice

7/11 say it held all their thick hair

Looks are the draw: 56% of reviews praise how it looks and 38% call it sturdy. 7 of 11 thick-haired reviewers said it held all their hair, but 31% of reviews say it slips or falls out.

What buyers praise

  • Looks nice 56%
  • Sturdy 38%
  • Good value 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Pinches or hurts 13%
  • Too expensive 13%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 7 of 11
  • Brand site 3 of 3 shown, not counted

Share of 16 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

4

Kitsch

Jumbo Classic Claw Clips

2/9 say it held all their thick hair

Jumbo in name, but 7 of 9 thick-haired reviewers said it didn't hold their hair. 42% of reviews say it slips or falls out, 32% say it pinches or hurts and 16% say it's too small.

What buyers praise

  • Sturdy 21%

What buyers complain about

  • Pinches or hurts 32%
  • Broke or snapped 26%
  • Too small 16%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 2 of 9
  • Brand site 7 of 8 shown, not counted

Share of 19 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 4 products ranked here carry 490 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about slipping, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Aug 2023 and Oct 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Scunci Luxe Acrylic Claw Clip Target (19 reviews counted)
  2. Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Claw Clips Target (39 reviews counted)
  3. The Hair Edit Gilded Wing Claw Clip Target (16 reviews counted)
  4. Kitsch Jumbo Classic Claw Clips Target (19 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which claw clip holds thick hair?

Scunci Luxe Acrylic Claw Clip has the best record among reviewers with thick hair (12 of 12), followed by Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Claw Clips (15 of 18) and The Hair Edit Gilded Wing Claw Clip (7 of 11). The group behind the leader is small, so read the reviews before you buy.

Do Gimme Beauty Thick Hair Claw Clips break?

Some reviewers say so. 28% of reviews say a clip broke or snapped, though 15 of 18 thick-haired reviewers said the clips held all their hair.

Do jumbo claw clips hold thick hair?

Not always. Kitsch Jumbo Classic Claw Clips have the weakest record here at 2 of 9, with 42% of their reviews saying a clip slips or falls out and 16% saying it's too small. Reviews copied from the brand's site are kinder at 7 of 8, which we show but don't count.

How many reviewers are behind these numbers?

Each clip rests on a small group of reviewers who said they have thick hair, from 9 reviewers for Kitsch to 18 for Gimme Beauty. People also tend to write when a clip fails or snaps, so read the shares as a guide, not a promise.

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