The evil eye cast by people who are jealous or do not wish well can destroy a person and ruin his or her life. To protect oneself from such negative energy and grave harm, one should hang an evil eye in the house. This keeps negative influences at bay. The design of the eye on the bead has the power to stare back at the person who tries to cast an evil eye and make his or her evil intent bounce back at him or her. It is especially beneficial if there are kids in the house and is often gifted along with clothes to a new born baby and even to sweethearts. Keywords evil eye, negative influences, kids, sweethearts