I made some mini hearts for a baby shower and dipped them in a half glue half water mix to stiffen them as was suggested to meMy hearts are hot pink and black and now they have quot;flakesquot; on them from where the glue is driedAnything I can do to fix this?
I hope the baby shower went wellYou didn't say what fiber you used for the heartsIf it was crochet cotton, the best all-purpose stiffener I've used is sugar water My experience with starching crocheted motifs is primarily with snowflakes, both crocheted and macrame-edMost people who stiffen fiber snowflakes for, say, Christmas decorations use the glue-water mix only if they are going to add glitter to the snowflakesThen a little flaking here and there on white snowflakes coated with glitter won't matterAlso, as far as I know (and I could be wrong), the glue/water mixture is permanent and doesn't need to be redoneI've used sugar water for stiffening things for years, and I am happy with the resultsYou make a super-saturated sugar-water solution by boiling 2 parts sugar for 1 part water (1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water, for example)The solution needs to be gently boiled until all the sugar is dissolved, then for a couple of minutesLet it get room temperature before you disturb it in any way so the sugar stays in solutionThen dip, squeeze, blot if necessarsy, and pin the item into the shape you want (I use a blocking board, but you could use a dishtowel over a piece of courrogated cardboard as long as the item is pinned out flat)Some folks use a 1:1 proportion of sugar to water, particularly for ruffled doilies and similar items If you use laundry starch, be sure to use the old-fashioned kind that comes in cakes or powder and has to be boiled, or perhaps the liquid kind (test it on one item to be sure it doesn't dull the surface or form flakes)Spray starch won't be stiff enough Both the sugar-water stiffener and the laundry starch stiffener lose their stiffness over time with use and have to be renewedThey wash out easily and can be re-done any number of times.
Get an instyler or buy shampoo to help damaged hair
Use some sort of heat protector, or somethingyou put it on before straightening your hair so it burns the oils instead of your hairalso try to use shampoo that repairs split ends and stuffhope this helped :)
