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Updated: Jun 19, 2020

"BlinkOne bracelet making kit is created specially for your family fun time. Letter beads can increase children brain stimulation to recognize letters and exercise their hands-on ability. Explore what you can imagine."


I’m a voracious crafter so these BlinkOne’s Alphabet Bead Set was extremely appealing to me. The Acrylic beads would be perfect for a multitude of crafts; for parents, teachers and youth leaders. There’s a fantastic range of styles on these craft beads and you can mix and match or just pick one dedicated style. I tested them out by Bracelet making, but you could easily use these on embroidery or glue them onto a card or other projects.



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Design/Quality

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There’s a wide range of circular and cube-shaped beads here, so you can go wild with a funky mixed design or stick with just circle or just square. The set also includes letters and some really adorable love heart beads. The BlinkOne beads were a fantastic surprise. Often when you order from 3rd party brands things can arrive and be poor quality, but that wasn’t the case here at all.


BlinkOne’s Alphabet beads were perfect and I mean, spot-on perfect. Every bead was finished to a great standard. There was no overfill, malformation or flaws whatsoever. The holes were perfect with no scratchy edges and no issues. The cubes have a really large opening so you can use them with thicker string, while the discs have a narrow opening designed to fit the included elastic.


Since it includes elastic, everything you need is ready to go, which makes it perfect for parties or multi-kid households. The elastic included in this kit is thick, not overly stretchy or too stiff, it’s simply perfect; like the rest of the kit!





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Value

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There’s fantastic value in this BlinkOne Acrylic Alphabet Bead Kit. The letters have beautiful, bright colours and with the range of designs and quality, I really can’t find something to complain about. There’s a great range of letters and numbers.


Since it’s only $23.99 (at time of review), I feel that’s more than reasonable.


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Summary

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This is a great letter bead kit for anyone on any budget. It’s a brilliant price, top-notch quality and is very easy to create adorable bracelets or use in other crafts. If I had to nitpick I’d say that you’ll need your own storage if you don’t want to reuse the sticky plastic bags, but they are reusable if you don’t want to store them elsewhere. The Acrylic Alphabet Beads don’t take up a lot of room and if you’re like me you never run out of craft storage! (It just spills out into the rest of the house!)


Pros:

+ Perfect Quality, not a single flaw.

+ Totally uniform beads with two sizes of opening.

+ Bright colours and a massive range of designs.

+ Lots of beads included for a low price!

+ Elastic is good quality and included!


Cons:

- Literally nothing, these are amazing!


Recommended: 100%! Great price, great quality, a brilliant set from BlinkOne.





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Updated: Jun 19, 2020

I’ve been wanting to try a pet grooming glove for a while, but unfortunately, the quality of the AWINNER pet Grooming glove just doesn’t stand up. While testing it the quality was definitely the biggest issue I faced, but with three cats I also didn’t find that they were in love with this grooming glove.





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Quality/Effectiveness

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I thought it would be a fantastic option for my long-haired cat who always wants to bite brushes (Thanks Archie, ya butt!). However, I found the short stubby spike design of this pet grooming glove meant that it only really groomed the top coat and didn’t penetrate very far. Since Archie, the biter has no undercoat (he’s a Birman) I thought this would be fine, but it didn’t seem to neaten his fur. It does take off some fur, but doesn’t penetrate the lower sections of fur (or undercoat on my other cats) well enough.


The rubber of the brush also seems to build up static, leading to painful looks of betrayal and it doesn’t hold onto hair very well either. Since the Awinner grooming glove mostly lets hair float through the air, it’s not ideal for cats. You can’t really take an indoor cat outside to be groomed.


Even for dogs I can’t recommend this due to the quality. While it hasn’t yet fallen to pieces, I expect it to any day. If I even so much as gently tug the rubber portion it starts to separate from the glove. It’s obvious to me that the type of glue used to connect the two is not working well with fabric. As a result the rubber section of the groomer just peels up at the slightest touch. I don’t think it will last long.





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Value

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The Awinner Pet Grooming Glove is cheap, at $12.99 (at time of review), but given the low quality and lack of effectiveness I feel it’s lacking in value. Even at $5 I wouldn’t purchase this.


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Summary

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Pros:

Good for pets that are afraid of the brush.


Cons:

- Doesn’t get the undercoat well or even the lower layers of the topcoat!

- Hair flies everywhere, so it’s only really good for outdoor grooming.

- Builds up static easily.

- Terrible quality, rubber section is attached with glue that doesn’t play well with fabric and it is peeling up already.


Recommended: Stay far, far away from the Awinner Pet Grooming Glove. NOT a good alternative to a brush.





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I’m a notoriously cheap/budget Queen so while the price is a little higher than I’d like ($22.99 at time of review) this Pen Holder by Amoysanli is easily the best one I’ve used. It’s a c-c-c-combo of the great look and a few nice features.


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Design/Feel

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The design is a stand out here. Since it’s basically a metal cup, you can use it to hold pens, pencils, paintbrushes and basically whatever you want. It’s a multi-function desk piece. What I love about a holder like this is that you’ll never regret getting it. Change your desk around and don’t need it for pens anymore, there’s always SOME use for a sturdy, quality pen holder.


The metal design means this is sturdy as heck, doesn’t scratch easily and will last a long time (if it doesn’t, you best believe I’ll update!). On top of that, it comes in a really cute Rose Gold colour. You also have the choice of black or grey, I’d like to see more colours from them, but I do love the pink colour.


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Features

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Other than being a standard pencil holder, the Amoysanli holder has two important features. One, it has a non-slip bottom. I have a fairly glossy desk and non-slip is a must-have. Secondly, it has a felt interior insert, so nothing you put in here will get scratched or make that awful ‘moving against metal’ noise.


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Summary

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While priced a little higher than budget seekers might want to pay, there’s no arguing with the quality of it. The Amoysanli pen holder is a perfect desk companion, multi-functional, good-looking and great quality!


Pros

+ Fantastic metal design in a range of nice colours.

+ Sturdy, metal will last forever, doesn’t dent or scratch easily.

+ Felt insert stops scraping or damage.

+ Rubber non-slip bottom stops it from being knocked around your desk.


Cons

- Perhaps a little highly-priced priced for some folks.


Recommended: Yes! Would work for any desk and looks great doing so!

You can buy Amoysanli Pen Holder at Amazon.ca for $22.99 (at time of review) it comes in Black, Silver or Rose Gold.



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