How to Make Bridal Hair Jewelry
Bridal hair jewelry is a category of decorative hair accessories that you can wear with or without a wedding veil. The accessories tend to use metal, plastic, stone, glass or gems to create sparkling, stunning and high-quality hair decorations. Bridal hair jewelry can have a comb, pin, barrette or headband base. One of the most popular and versatile hair jewelry choices is a decorated hair comb. To create your own bridal hair comb, you need to find a sturdy metal hair comb with a thick, plain and relatively flat bar across the top. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Flat metal hair comb
- 3 clean rags
- Mild soap
- Clear round rhinestones, 1/3 inch diameter
- Pink round rhinestones, 1/3 inch diameter
- Superglue
Instructions
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Place your metal hair comb on a flat surface covered with a clean rag. The top bar of the hair comb should be 3 to 5 inches wide and 1 to 2 inches tall. Take the second clean rag, and dampen it with warm water and soap. Scrub the rag across the comb to remove general dirt and oil. Rinse the hair comb with warm water, and rub it dry with the third rag.
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Place the metal hair comb flat on the clean rag, comb prongs pointing down. Place a dab of superglue on the flat back of a clear rhinestone. Secure the rhinestone to the top left corner of the comb. Continue adding clear rhinestones to create a straight, vertical line down the top bar of the hair comb.
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Place a dab of superglue on the back of a pink rhinestone, and secure the gem next to the clear rhinestone. Continue adding pink rhinestones to create a straight, vertical line down the top bar of the hair comb. Keep the lines of clear and pink rhinestones close together.
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Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as needed, interchanging clear and pink rhinestone lines across the top of the hair comb to create your bridal hair jewelry. Let dry.
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Tips & Warnings
For the best results, lay out your rhinestone design on the top bar of the hair comb before making your bridal hair jewelry piece. This helps you determine if you need to adjust the design to fit the comb.
The basic project steps stay the same for each bridal hair jewelry base, depending on the exact material; only the overall size scale that changes. You use the same method to secure three gems on a metal pin as you do to secure 30 gems to a hair comb. You could also use these steps to create a pink-and-clear-striped metal headband.
Do not use a plastic comb to create bridal hair jewelry. Plastic combs are much too weak for something as important as your wedding day. The prongs tend to break off easily, and the bridal hair comb will be useless.
