SECOND UPDATE! Painted Beads

Ok, I had two pink beads and one orange bead in her hair yesterday. The pink beads were painted with Folkart Outdoor Metallics Rose Shimmer

This paint is holding up very well. It's acrylic paint designed for metal, wood, terracotta, stone...like for painting flowerpots. However the orange bead is not doing so nicely...it's just Apple Barrel Acrylic Craft Paint. Here is how it looks at the end of the day, next to the two pink beads.

I like the look of the shimmery paint anyway, so I would definitely recommend the paints designed for outdoors.

The bits of orange that came off were nothing to just brush out of her hair.

Looking forward to your experiments!

UPDATE! Painted Beads

Hi everyone, I thought I'd update you on the status of our beads from Tidbit Tuesday that I painted on the inside. I braided three of her locs in front and added the beads and a snap (I'm a big fan of pink with orange!) and off she went to school. I asked her if she minded the big beads swinging around her face all day, and she shook her head and said "nope!! I like it!" (music to my ears).

So the outcome was, no paint on her locs! I checked later, and the paint was still on the beads. No pink locs. The next trial was last night. I oiled the braid with jojoba and coconut oil and even rubbed the beads back and forth. I checked if any paint had scraped off, and it hadn't! This is the acrylic craft paint I used, by the way. I haven't tried the stain yet.  With the acrylic paint, you need a couple coats.

I can't speak to ALL hair products, but these did fine with the coconut and jojoba oil...so far. If anything changes, I'll let you know. If you try it and have anything to add, please tell us!!!

(the incoming teeth crack me up!)