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Gray beaded diffuser mask chain attached to black fabric mask
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5 from 2 votes

Mask Chain with Diffuser Beads

Keeps your mask handy while diffusing beneficial essential oils
Active Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Yield: 1 chain
Cost: $10

Materials

  • 1 Tape measure
  • 20 inches Assorted glass, semi-precious, or plastic beads See notes below for beads I used.
  • 1 spool Bead stringing wire
  • 2 Lobster clasps at least 15 mm long
  • 2 Crimp beads
  • 2 Crimp bead covers
  • 1 Crimper tool
  • 1 pair Needle nose pliers
  • 1 pair Scissors
  • 1 Bead design board (optional)

Instructions

  • Use the tape measure to determine how long you want your finished mask chain to be. Drape the tape measure around your neck. The ends should be a few inches below your chin, but not so low that your mask will touch the table edge when hanging.
  • Use scissors to cut a piece of the bead stringing wire about 6 inches longer than you want your finished mask chain to be.
  • Thread one end of the wire through the small hold on the lobster clasp. Fold over about 2 inches of it.
  • At the opposite end of the wire, thread one of the crimp beads and pull it all the way to the other end, next to the lobster clasp. Thread the short tail of the folded end of the wire through the crimp bead.
  • Make sure that the two parts of the wire are parallel and not twisted. Put the crimp bead in the outer groove of the crimping tool and squeeze. Then put the crimp bead in the next inner groove of the crimping tool and squeeze. Rotate the chain 90°, put the bead in the outer groove again and squeeze to round off the crimp bead.
  • Use the needle nose plier to pick up a crimp bead cover. Place the cover around the crimp bead, and use the plier to gently squeeze the cover until the two halves meet.
  • Arrange the beads on the bead design board in the pattern you wish. Or, lay the beads on a towel with the tape measure along the edge to the length you wish. If you are using diffuser beads, place them high enough up so that the beads will lay on your skin, not your shirt. (For me, this was about 4 inches up from each end of the 20 inch long chain.)
  • Thread the beads onto the wire.
    Threading seaglass colored beads onto bead sringing wire, in front of bead desgin board
  • Thread the other crimp bead after the last decorative bead.
    Crimp bead in palm of hand
  • Thread the end of the wire through the small hole in the second lobster clasp and fold the wire over. Thread the tail of the wire back through the crimp bead.
    Lobster clasp threaded onto bead chain, and bead stringing wire folded back and through crimp bead
  • Use the crimping tool to squeeze the crimp bead the same way you did in step 5.
    Crimping tool being used to crimp bead on finished beaded chain with seaglass colored beads
  • Add the crimp bead cover using the pliers.
    Needlenose pliers holding crimp bead cover, in front of seaglass colored mask chain
  • Thread the tail of the wire back through the first few beads, then trim the excess with scissors.
    Completed seaglass colored beaded diffuser mask chain, and crimping tool

Video

Notes

For both mask chains I used:
For my "sea glass" mask chain, I used:
For the gray mask chain, I used:
If you included the lava stone diffuser beads, put one drop of essential oil onto each bead before putting the mask chain on. 
To clean your mask chain, you can rinse in soap and water, or use a disinfecting wipe. Test out your cleaning products on the spare beads first if you are unsure of their durability.