camilabeads.jpgA couple of weeks ago I found the Girl Crush Magic Hair Beader for $4 during a shopping excursion to Thriftown. I bought it as an activity to use in the summer, but of course, the girls were eager to try it so we did so last night and this morning. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well.
What you basically do is put a few beads in the applicator, then slide in a strand of hair, and push the beads onto it. Then you put a smaller clasp bead to prevent the other ones from falling. The one problem I’ve experienced is figuring out just exactly how big that strand of hair should be. Too much hair, and the beader won’t work. Too little hair, and the beads will fall out. If you manage to get *exactly* the right amount of hair they will stay in and can look cute – but otherwise you are in trouble. I beaded Mika and Camila’s hair today, and I’m expecting that they will come back with no beads on their hair. This wouldn’t be too big a deal as I have a bunch of pony beads I can use, but I only have a few clasping beads that I really don’t want to lose šŸ™
I wasn’t particularly careful on beading the kids’ hair – the picture below shows how messy Camila’s head looks – but I think that with some care the beads could look quite cute.
All in all, it was a good purchase.
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