[lilya]

Okay, I've got three costumes with those peeling beads. Maybe four. Nail polish doesn't work as a fix - it continues to flake off. I even tried sanding the beads before painting them to help the polish stick, but no dice.

The best fix I've found so far is to peel all the color off of all the beads, and then color them back in with permanent marker in a color close to the original color. That seems to hold up best. It's not a great fix, but I haven't found anything better!