I purchased a pair of bracelets for my grand-daughters with "big sis" and "lil sis" beads. They were delighted but disappointedly the elastic broke on both within hours, leaving one of them in floods of tears. I felt I'd cheated them, but in reality it was Claire's that had cheated all of us with shoddy goods. I will not be buying from them again. Sadly I had bought them online and not kept the paperwork.