Festival Hair & Jumbo Braids

Festival hair is the fastest way to change a look without changing the outfit. This collection holds jumbo braids and tinsel strands in pastel, mermaid and multicolor, made to braid or clip into your own hair for raves, festivals and themed nights.

Jumbo bundle of synthetic hair fiber in a rainbow ombre running orange to yellow to blue to purple, packaged in a loose braid form.

Jelly Totts Multicolor 4 Tone Jumbo Hair Braid

16.00 USD

Jumbo bundle of synthetic hair fiber in a purple-to-blue-to-lavender ombre with reflective tinsel strands woven through, in a packaged braid form.

Ariellia Mermaid Tinsel Jumbo Hair Braid

16.00 USD

Jumbo bundle of synthetic hair fiber in soft uniform pink with reflective tinsel strands woven through, in a packaged braid form.

Pink Princess Tinsel Jumbo Hair Braid

16.00 USD

Jumbo bundle of synthetic hair fiber in a pastel ombre running teal to pink to lavender to neon yellow, with glow-in-the-dark fiber, in packaged braid form.

Lady Lollipop Pastel Jumbo Hair Braid

16.00 USD

Jumbo bundle of synthetic hair fiber in a two-tone blue ombre running cyan to cobalt with reflective tinsel woven through, in packaged braid form.

Calypso Blue 2 Tone Tinsel Jumbo Hair Braid

16.00 USD

What is a festival wig?

A festival wig is a full synthetic wig worn for a festival, rave or themed night, usually in a color nobody's hair grows in. It is the search people type, and it is not what most people at a festival are actually wearing.

The more common answer is loose faux hair: jumbo braids and tinsel strands you clip or braid into your own hair. They weigh nothing, they do not slide or overheat across a long set, and you keep your own hairline, which matters when you are outdoors for eight hours.

If you have only ever worn a full wig, the thing to know is that faux hair is far more forgiving. A wig is one commitment for the whole night. Braids and tinsel can go in halfway through, come out when you are done, and get rebraided differently for the next day.

Types of festival hair & jumbo braids

Festival hair sorts by how it attaches and how it reads under lights:

Jumbo braids: thick pre-made braids in multicolor, pastel and two-tone. You braid them into a section of your own hair, or clip them and go.
Tinsel braids: the same idea with reflective strands worked through. These are the ones that read on camera and under lights, which is most of the point.
Color families: pastel, mermaid blue and green, pink, and multicolor. Pick the one that fights least with your outfit, not the one that matches it exactly.

Ears, crowns and headbands live on rave and festival hair accessories, and they layer over braids without fighting them. The outfit they go with is in rave and dancewear and the wider festival and rave collection. For themed nights rather than festivals, try costumes and cosplay or Halloween.

How to choose the right one

If you are choosing between a wig and faux hair: faux hair for anything outdoors or all day. Wigs get hot, shift when you dance, and are the thing people end up carrying by hour six. Braids do not move once they are in.

If you want it to show up on camera: go tinsel. Plain color reads flat in daylight photos. The reflective strands are what catch stage lights and flash, which is the difference between a look and a photo of a look.

If your hair is dark: pastels need more strands than you think. Light colors sink into dark hair from a distance. Either commit to a full section or pick a saturated color instead of a soft one.

On putting them in: braid into a section, do not try to hide the join. These are meant to read as added hair. Pinning them under your own hair is how they slip out.

If you want the whole look to hang together: pick the hair last. Choose the outfit, then the headpiece, then the hair color that lets both of them win. Hair chosen first is what ends up clashing.