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Using a basic cosmetic bag, a simple, gold chain and some electric gems, we whipped up our own showstopping piece that's much more affordable. We can already feel our other old standby necklaces shaking in fear. Keep watching for the easy how-to!
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00:04Hi guys, I'm Chloe with Refinery29 and today we'll be making a neon necklace.
00:09I was inspired by so many pieces on Pinterest right now that are mixing
00:12plastic and bright colors, so this is my take on it. Let's get started.
00:17What you'll need is a piece of plastic, a chain, gem, a pen, exacto knife, pliers,
00:27scissors, and a glue gun. For the first step, I'm going to go ahead and cut out a piece of
00:31plastic,
00:32and I'm going to use this old cosmetic bag, but any type of plastic will work.
00:37So I'm going to go ahead and cut the side out, use my exacto knife and just do a little
00:43slit,
00:45and then go in with my scissors and cut a piece out. So now I have my piece of plastic,
00:50I'm going to go ahead and draw a hexagon shape on it, and it doesn't have to be too precise.
00:54You can use a ruler if you want. I'm just going to freehand it. So I'm going to go ahead
01:00and cut it out.
01:01Now I'm going to take my gems and arrange them on the plastic and then begin gluing them on.
01:14So once the gems are secure and let them sit for a little while, now you're going to go ahead
01:18and take your chain.
01:19I have this one from Forever 21 that I just snipped in half, and I have the clasp at the
01:24bottom here.
01:25So I'm going to lay that out, and then take my exacto knife, and I'm going to be doing two
01:31small slits in the plastic right on the edges on the sides there.
01:36You'll want to go ahead and open up the end of the chain here with your pliers, and then we're
01:42going to be looping it through the plastic.
01:46Go ahead and just pinch it shut. And then once you've secured that other side, you're all done and you
01:52have a great neon piece that's perfect for spring.

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