Show Me Your Barrettes!

[cindy58]

I've got a zillion barrettes! (Only half-kidding.) To those who consider them damaging, I haven't had issues if I carefully remove them rather than yanking them out.

I sometimes wear a barrette either above or below a bun, depending on the position, to add some interest and get more use out of my collection. I have also fastened small, beautiful barrettes in the center of a bun. I think it looks pretty!

What a pretty collection you have, Mely!

[viking_quest]

I've got lots of barretts, but I don't wear them much anymore. I mostly use sticks or forks.
Here are some of them:

I love the math barrette and pretty much every barrette in the second column.

[wendyg]

mely: second from the top, the open celtic silver knot. Where's that from? I've been wanting something like that.

wg

[sapphire-o]

Did anybody see these barrettes on Etsy? So colorful, and so expensive. I couldn't believe how tempted I was, even though i don't use barrettes now. I think barrettes are the best thing to show off Dymondwood. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id...ion_id=5122794

[Mely]

mely: second from the top, the open celtic silver knot. Where's that from? I've been wanting something like that.

wg

I bought it from a store in Victoria (British Columbia) that sells Irish things. It is made of pewter, and is quite heavy. Here is a similar barrett:
https://www.thecelticthread.com/product.php?pid=194

[Mely]

Did anybody see these barrettes on Etsy? So colorful, and so expensive. I couldn't believe how tempted I was, even though i don't use barrettes now. I think barrettes are the best thing to show off Dymondwood. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id...ion_id=5122794

I was just looking at those this morning--it is unusual the way they have those little depressions drilled in the barrettes, exposing the colours underneath. I wonder it you could engrave designs, instead of just the depressions.

[Darkhorse1]

Oooh! Blue plaid!!!!

I LOVE seeing other people's hair toys. I LOVE hair toys...

[darkwaves]

mely: second from the top, the open celtic silver knot. Where's that from? I've been wanting something like that. -- wg

I wonder if that's a St. Justin Pewter barrette? (click the link on the drop down menu for hairslides.)

The one that's second from the bottom in the second row is definitely a St. Justin's design! I have the same one, which I bought from the British Museum giftshop last spring. The others above it (not the top one, though), also look like they're made by that company.

I have another design by them -- Celtic, but swirly. I will post.

These only hold half-ups for me, though.

(Thanks, Tabitha, for the suggestion of FL volume barrette. I think your hair must be close in thickness to mine, so I will try.)

[Mely]

I wonder if that's a St. Justin Pewter barrette? (click the link on the drop down menu for hairslides.)

The one that's second from the bottom in the second row is definitely a St. Justin's design! I have the same one, which I bought from the British Museum giftshop last spring. The others above it (not the top one, though), also look like they're made by that company....

Yes--five of them are St. Justin's barrettes. Here is the exact one:
http://www.stjustin.co.uk/cornish-ha...exd.asp?id=131

They are very sturdy and well made. I wore those barrettes day in and day out for years, and they never showed any sign of wear.

[wendyg]

Thanks, re St Justin.

sapphire-o: I have a stick of hers. She makes nice stuff.

wg