A review of Tulips' "Glam it Up" Products....a shiny review...

I adore sparkle. Glitter, sequins, rhinestones, oooohhh!! *drools*. Sparkle is good. It perks up the hum-drum in life and makes reality a bit more glamorous. We all need a touch of shimmer in our lives!!


So, I found something I thought was awesome on eBay, and (because it was shiny) I bought it.  About 4 days later...this comes in my mail: 

Here we have a Tulip Glam It Up Heat Tool & 750 rhinestones in a handy plastic case they call a Crystal Keeper(iron on). AHHHH!!! SHINY!

So let's start with the Heat Tool. Officially named "Cordless Crystal & Stud Heat Setting Tool" (in case you can't read it in the photo below). Average cost is around $8. 

The heat tool (magic wand), is basically a stick that heats up, super hot. Very hot. I didn't read the directions, which would have let me know the afore mentioned "hot" fact, or the fact that it gets hot.. super crazy insanely fast....so, I managed to burn a lovely circle on my arm, and my finger. 

This little tool is quite handy, the tip screw in like a light bulb! Nifty. I assume there are/will be other tips to use for large rhinestones? Perhaps, and perhaps not. 

Once I determined the Heat Tool did in fact work, by burning the skin off of my arm and finger. I opened the rhinestones (giddy as a school girl). The Crystal Keeper is your basic plastic storage container, with plastic dividers to give each color it's own little home.

Oh pretties. But, what looks like millions of amazing sparkle-goodness...turns out to be foam. Sad gray foam filling. The package does say 750 rhinestones....(runs about $10)

See the little bag...THAT'S the true amount of rhinestones per color. Meh, they're still shiny...even though the packaging is a bit of an over-kill. I doubt anyone would be filling up the handy plastic case full of rhinestones. I didn't actually count the rhinestones, to insure they gave me the proper 750...I do love sparkle, but those are some tiny little buggers!!

So....the test...does the tool actually work? Will the rhinestones sparkle? Will I burn myself again? ...See the next post!!