Claire’s Boutiques

Stopped by today during my lunch break to get my ears pierced; the person who helped me (Savanna?) was extremely friendly, while being quick and professional. I’d definitely recommend the Granville location!

Great, affordable accessories shop! The bag are cute & trendy, lots of great tools for creating fun hairstyles, nice travel size makeup brushes & kits. Also, lots of cute things for young girls… I nearly bought a plushie for myself: P
Happy with all my purchases! Making an exchange the next day was also EASY and quick.

In need of cheap accessories? Look no further! Claire’s is to accessories, what Tiffany’s is to diamonds. This place probably has everything you are going to need and them some. You might have to fight your way past tweens getting their ears pierced for the first time and some of the tights and tutus may not quite fit you… well maybe not if you’re old and fat like me, but now and then you can find some sweet steals at this boutique!
They have a range of products from fake hair (to cover up your receding hairline or that comb-​over that was pointed out to you by your least favourite relative over the holidays), to fake diamonds, to necklaces with upside-​down crosses to bring out your inner hipster (or hater, you decide) all the way to Katy Perry’s fake eyelashes, although I’d much prefer to have something else of Miss Perry’s grace my body… *cough cough* ahem…
In any case, they usually have some pretty good sales, like buy one get one 50% off or if you’re still a young offender — the five finger discount, not that I endorse that kind of behaviour, I’m just saying with all that trinkety shit everywhere I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them crappy Kayne West sunglasses got real shady on their way out the door. Overall, I like Claire’s for those times when diamonds aren’t gonna be your best friend, cuz you’re just never gonna have the chance to meet.

Did I miss something? Maybe I had it wrong all along, but Claire’s was my one-​stop shop for kids’ accessories. I have always thought of Claire’s as a «5−10 years old» type of place. Was I wrong? I was quite shocked to find that Claire’s has become more «tween-​y» today. By «tween», I mean 10 – 15 year olds.
I had my mind set on purchasing a birthday gift for a little lady turning 6. My first thought was bringing her to Claire’s so she could pick something out for herself. When we got there, we were surrounded by tweens! These young ladies were yapping away about the accessories, what’s cute and what’s not. It made me feel slightly disoriented. My little 6 year old and I took a walk about the store anyway.
Most of the stuff sold here had a picture of a boy on it. It may have been Justin Bieber or One Direction or both. We realized that there wasn’t much for my little 6-​year old except some Hello Kitty merchandise.
We emerged from the sea of tweens, empty-​handed and disappointed (me). I did spy some Halloween hairbands that could have been good for all ages, but that wasn’t what she wanted for her birthday. Now that I know what Claire’s offers today, I won’t make that mistake again. Claire’s = Tweens. Good to know!

Cool boutique if you want to shop for funky jewellery or an hallowen.
It is pretty big with a good section for kids.
The place is clean and the service is average but now we are in Claire, I wouldn’t ask for much.
They always have good deals !!

Cheap & cherful.
Great for costume jewlery, seasonal accessories, hair ties, barrettes,
Halloween, grab bags, prizes, kids birthday parties, ect ect.
You can often find sales, as well as really good clearence deals.
Not high end by any means, but you wont cry if you lose or break it.

A lot of fun and tacky jewelery at Claire’s for all occassions.
When I need accessories for Halloween, I always check at Claire’s first before going to the Dollar Store. Especially if you need pearl necklaces, theme earrings or hair clips. A friend of mine found almost all of her accessories for punk rocker here last year.

This is the only Claire’s location where I can get exactly what I am looking for. When I need something cheap, fun, kitsch and tacky, I can get it at this location as they’re stock in comparison to the others like Metrotown lacks. On St, Patty’s day I got the guy I am dating and I a shamrock frilly thingy (I don’t know what it is called). Last year at the Zombie Walk I got some glittery blood. On Easter I got cheap rabbit ears with bling on them… you get the idea. The best part about this location compared to others is their 10 for $ 10. I love getting treats for my little nieces. When I threw her a B-​day party, these were awesome goody bag items. The staff need to smile and be a little more friendly. If I had to listen to Beiber 8 hours a day, I would act as though I have a stick up my but, however, at the end of the day there is no need to be rude to the customer. It is easy for me to ignore this as I am in and out of there within 10 minutes. The shutter glasses I wear all the time… they came from here.

When I was twelve years old, a friend of mine was caught shoplifting at a Claire’s location in California, as I was with her I was told that I was banned. I took that quite seriously and self-​enforced that ban for a good fourteen years. I didn’t think I was missing much amongst all of the cheap jewelry and glitter body paint.
I broke that ban today in search of cheap sunglasses after misplacing the first expensive pair I had ever splurged on. And oh did I find what I was looking for, cheaply made fashionable sunglasses that I actually liked, on sale 2 for $ 13. I would have been happy to pay the original price of $ 14.25 as well.
I noticed that they also have a wide variety of flip-​flops similarly on sale and was really interested, but they were all to shiny for me.
If you want cheap sparkly objects over expensive quality, check out Claire’s for sure.