Dress your hair with your own accessories
You quite often have the same problem with accessories as you have with clothes: you see something you love on a celebrity and go absolutely mad looking for something similar with no joy. The thing is, unless you know how to make patterns and sew this is almost impossible with clothes, but with accessories it’s a lot easier, all you need is a bit of craftiness and items we all have at home.
Do you love the bows Lauren Conrad (star of The Hills) wears as grips but can’t find them anywhere? Get a hairpin you no longer use, satin ribbon you will find in any haberdashery, some plastic sheets of the sort used to keep men’s shirt collars straight, and some glue.
Cut several bits of ribbon (whatever colour you prefer) and the same number of plastic strips and join them using a few drops of glue on the same side. Once they’ve dried out, put them in the shape of a bow and place them on the hairpin in a fan shape, pressing down hard with your finger so that it doesn’t come apart. Take one of the remaining bits of ribbon and knot it round. Voilà .
You can repeat the same operation with glass beads from some broken necklace you might have in your jewellery box, with jewel embellishments that have fallen off dresses and you don’t know what to do with, etc. Anything goes if you have a bit of imagination.
Another possibility is repeating the same process but with a hairband. My favourite is the spikes and studs option: stick them onto a thin or wide hairband and you’ll get one of Mischa Barton’s favourite looks. It’s also perfect for getting that total punk look.
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I’ve made rubber bands with tires and buttons when I was young.
These tricks are also used to make bracelets, too!!!
um gonna try the hair band look 4 sure……..