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Old 03-11-2009, 05:32 PM   #16
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They sprinkled dd with the pixie dust at WOD while in the princess room last summer. I was still finding little pieces of it in her hair a week later (after several baths!)
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Um.... nope. It's very fine, very heavy sparkles and the CM was a little overzealous and completely coated us. We sparkled and shimmered for days.

That's kinda' cool though . . . in a sparkly Disney way!
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if it's *the* pixie dust, they're tiny little mickey heads and you can find them ALL over the ground at the MK..
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Not in my case, Brad -- it wasn't Mickey confetti. It was very fine sparkle dust.

We couldn't get it to wash off either!
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Not in my case, Brad -- it wasn't Mickey confetti. It was very fine sparkle dust.

We couldn't get it to wash off either!
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Sounds like the Tinker Bell dust you get at BBB when you make a wish. I loved that stuff! We wash the kids hair every 2-3 days and the girls still found pieces up to a month later! I wish they sold the stuff somewhere.
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That reminds me that I'm going to have to stop in there and buy some pixie dust. Years ago when I dressed up as Tinkerbell for Halloween and my lil sis as Ariel, she demanded my bottle of Pixie Dust and there were supposed to be 2 bottles. Since she was younger obviously mom gave into her demands, I'll just have to pick up my own bottle to have Thanks for letting me know where I can find it.
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It was in a little star-shaped "wand" that she twisted open and then began sprinkling us. (I was first and got to watch her do this to my 13 year old son!! Eeep!)
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Um.... nope. It's very fine, very heavy sparkles and the CM was a little overzealous and completely coated us. We sparkled and shimmered for days.
I thought you were just so happy to meet us.

I do wish I had known that, the kids would have LOVED it!

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