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Now many prefer to use wooden combs. Such combs are environmentally friendly, do not damage the scalp, hair is not electrified, unlike plastic ones. But most often, these combs are simply polished well, without any decor. A wooden hair comb can be interestingly decorated with decoupage. This technique requires accuracy and precision. If everything is done correctly, the result will surely please. For work, expensive materials and special skills are not required.
Materials and tools:
wooden comb;
acrylic paints;
picture;
sponge;
tassels;
PVA glue";
scissors;
acrylic lacquer.

1. First you need to disassemble the comb. Separate the brush from the wooden case. For our work, we need only its wooden part, put the brush aside.

2. We will do a comb for the girl, so we select the appropriate thematic picture. The picture can be on a napkin, postcard. We cut out the picture, giving it an oval shape and an appropriate size - we make it a little smaller than the body of the comb.

3. Cut out the second picture - a small heart. It will be located at the end of the wooden handle.

4. Now proceed to coloring the comb. We apply several layers of pink acrylic paint. This can be done with a brush, sponge or a piece of foam. We apply a new layer only after the previous one has completely dried. To get a bright and saturated color, apply at least three layers of paint.

5. While the paint on the wooden base of the comb dries, we proceed to the preparation of the pictures. They are cut from a postcard, so they need to be thinned. We put both pictures in warm water for 10 - 15 minutes to get wet. Then we separate the top layer, which we will use in future work. This must be done very carefully so as not to damage the picture, as wet paper easily tears.

6. On the reverse side, we smear the pictures with glue diluted with water. Apply a little glue so that it does not protrude beyond the edges of the picture. To avoid the formation of wrinkles and irregularities, we glue the picture, starting from the middle, gently smooth it. In the event of a shift in the pattern or the appearance of wrinkles, you can raise the edge of the picture and align it.

7. Complement the decor with combs with yellow dots. Dip the back of the brush in yellow paint and put dots around the pasted pictures, then all over the comb. You can apply points with a toothpick or wooden stick, most importantly, that they be the same size. After drying the applied paint, open the surface with varnish. Better to open several times.

8. The wooden part of the comb is ready. Decoupage combs finished. It remains only to collect all the details, and you can start using it. A little fashionista will be delighted with such a comb, because no one else has such, and cannot be!
Also this wooden comb will be a great gift.