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Make Your Own Hair Accessories
By Beverly Smith
You are in a hurry and you just can't find
just the right hair clip or barrette... Sounds familiar?
Well, why not make your own?
Let's start with the smallest hair
decorations: bobby pins.
You can buy packs of these for quite a low price. Just get
the plain black ones and decorate them with nail polish to
create nice hair clips. Nail polish is the best to use as it
dries quickly so you can do last minute changes.
You can also try painting stripes on. Use
sparkly or metallic polish for interesting effects. Then you
can also add tiny rhinestones, available at your local craft
store, while the polish is still wet. Hold the stones in
place until the polish dries around them. You may need to
reapply them at a later date. Tiny glass beads can also be
used for an interesting effect.
The larger hair clips that bend to snap
into your hair will not take beads and rhinestones very
well. They will tend to fall off due to the flexing of the
clip, but you have lots of room for painting on designs! Use
a toothpick to help you make tiny designs on the clip. You
can do zebra stripes, polka dots and letters on these. Let
your imagination take over.
How about large hair barrettes?
These are the metal ones that have a spring clip at the
bottom. You can buy packages of them at the local craft
store. These are lots of fun to decorate! Go ahead and
experiment, you will surprise yourself...
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