CarpenterC 200pcs 8mm Gorgeous Natural Round Polished Rosewood Loose Beads for Jewelry Making DIY Handmade Crafts

Love the look of the bracelets that were made from these.

Beautiful finish, easy to work with. Love them. The quality is excellent, the price is reasonable.

Beautiful wooden beads - I will use them and when they are gone, I will order them again 😊.

These beads are beautiful! They just won't work for what I'm doing. I want to use them but the opening is too small. Would love a 10mm version with a 4mm hole.

make up nice jewery

The beads I received were as described, or close enough. The color might have been different, but well within the variation one should expect. My beads did not have any problems with incompletely bored holes. All that earned a four-star evaluation. I added an extra star because the shipment also included a couple of three-hole "T" beads, the bottom part of a guru bead. I was not expecting that. I bought these wooden beads to restring a mala that had been composed mostly of stone beads, so I already had the three-hole bead. However, the new ones included were better than the one I had, so I used one of them instead. There were also some extra single-hole beads that would form the upper part of a guru bead, but they were broken. Well, no matter that as 1) they were an unpaid-for extra, 2) I already had one from the previous mala, and 3), among the extra beads included were some smaller beads, and I could have used three of them to replace the upper part of a guru bead. Whether these extras are always included, i don't know, but I appreciated them, so they were worth the extra star. Finally, I should mention that the beads I received were odorless. I consider that a benefit. If you need a scent, it might be best to rub on some sandalwood essential oil diluted in sesame-seed oil or something of that sort. You would need to do that periodically to maintain a scent even if the beads had arrived scented. Also, if you live in a cold place (as I do), a wooden (or mostly wooden) mala is often better than a stone-bead mala. Typical winter temperatures here are about -14C/7F. At those temperatures, stone beads are painful to handle. Wooden beads are much kinder to the fingers. Wooden beads also make a lighter mala. The mala I just restrung uses three stone beads at the 7th, 14th, and 21st places, but they are so infrequent that they are not a problem on cold days as one handles them only briefly. Concerning the problems some had with rashes, i cannot say much. i do not wear malas on my skin. I generally keep it hidden away in a pocket. If one has sensitive skin and wears the mala on the wrist or around the neck, I would avoid rubbing anything like a scented oil on the beads. Finally, the shipment included two lengths of an elastic cord (another unpaid-for extra). I did not use them. I purchased separately a cord from Griffin. They have silk or nylon cords (in a variety of colors) with an attached bit of wire that makes threading the beads quit a bit easier. All in all, I would say that the supplier of these beads was of a generous nature given the extras. Whether these extras are always included, i do not know.

Beads are great with a variety of colors and so many to choose from for bracelet making. Downside to them is once they get wet they will bleed into each other especially if you have lighter beads. I really wish these were coated to protect them. There is also no fragrance.

Beads have a very nice smooth finish. The but….the holes are not the same size. ..I gave it 5 stars because the beads were very nice. The finish on them was very smooth. A pleasant surprise was that they had a metal long needle shaped object. At first I wasn’t sure of it the edge was sharp. I realized it was a hook. Once I figured out that you could load many beads on and grab the edge of the elastic thread I could pull the elastic string thru the beads the size of the beads didn’t slow us down. Made bracelets with grandchildren and they enjoyed it. For hand beading ….that was when we noticed that Some of the beads were easy to string and others were hard because of the different size holes.