Category: Jewelry

Body piercing is all the rage now! From Paris Hilton and Rihanna to Lindsay Lohan and Madonna, most of the celebrated Hollywood hotties have now jumped into the hottest trend of body piercing. However, there still exist a number of myths and doubts when it comes to body piercing. Here are a few frequently asked questions that will serve as an eye opener giving you enough information on body piercing and body piercing jewelry.
Where on my body can I get pierced? >

There are quite a lot of places on your body where you can get pierced. Some of the hottest places, include navel, tongue, eyebrow, ear lobe, nose, and lips. Piercing in your navel may take a long time to heal though.

Will body piercing be painful?

It wouldn’t really be as painful as most people expect it to be. Most of you don’t realize that the pain is going to last only for a fraction of a second.

Does it take a long time to heal?

It completely depends on the area where you have chosen to get pierced. For instance, if you try putting on navel body piercing jewelry, then it may take around 6 months to even 1 year. Lip, ear, and eyebrow piercing may require 6 to 8 weeks to heal completely.

When can I wear the starter jewelry?

The healing period may vary from person to person. Wait patiently until the wound heals completely. This is because, when you wear a piece of starter jewelry before the wound heals completely, the wound might get disturbed and might even take some more time to heal

What metal should I choose to wear once the wound heals?
Body piercing supplies are now available in a wide range of metals. However, body jewelry made from gold, titanium, or stainless steel is a better choice.

What if my piercing gets infected?

Piercing gets infected only when too much attention is given to it. If you thought of using some healing products, then make sure that you aren’t using alcohol, neosporin, or bactine. If you’re to clean your piercing, then opt only for antimicrobial soaps.

Where can I find cheap body jewelry?

With this hot trend conquering the fashion world, there are several online sellers offering a wide range of piercing supplies. Body Piercing Jewelry is now made available at various online stores in a vast range of colors, shapes, and designs to attract even the pickiest of customers.

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With the development of society and jewelry making, people have come to realize that the expensive jewelry should be made to fit thousands of other people,not just rich people . Now, more and more people are focusing on their unique personalities, especially the young people. The hobby or profession of jewelry making can help you get more except the unique personalities.

Promote the Romantic Relationship between You and Your Lover Jewelry making is a great hobby because it is a funny thing. It would be very exciting if you like designing jewelry and they are liked by others. Just because the jewelry suppliers for fashion jewelry are much cheaper than costly jewelry sets, to convert your designs into reality is not a difficult thing. What is more, you can make jewelry sets for your lover. In China, we call this kind of gift as “Warm Brand Gift”. It is really better than buy jewelry from stores to express how much you love her or him.

Decorate Your House Uniquely with Beaded Adornment If you like, you can decorate your house with beaded adornment, such as beaded curtains, beaded table cloth, beaded cup mats and so on. You can also use Tibetan beads or some other archaic beads to decorate your furniture if you like vintage style. In that case, your house will be much more different from your neighbors’. Just image, how special, isn’t it? At the same time, you can enjoy the funny of jewelry making and slow down the pressure.

Good Opportunity to Make New Friends You will share your designs with your lover, children and friends. But sometimes you may share with some strangers in a certain occasion to share your happiness of enjoying jewelry making purely. You will be proud of your art works when people show their love to them. At the same time, you can even make some new friends with the people who have the same hobby as you, and share your designs, happiness and experiences each other.

A Good Chance to Earn More Money, Even Have Your Own Career As we all know that the jewelry industry is more and more popular and the demand of fashion jewelry is more and more large. Jewelry making will be a good opportunity to have your own career and to make more money.

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Many of us purchase gold jewellery because – it looks good, our mother said so, it compliments the color of our clothes, its a great possible investment, yaddy, yaddy yah. The reasons are as plentiful as the overly honest dealers who would sell you the gold jewellery.

Perhaps I shouldn’t pass too quickly over the “great investment theme” because its or can be somewhat important to know that “10 Carat gold” all the way up to “18 Carat gold” is generally not considered to be great investment material. And unfortunately the fact that your home insurance will cover it still doesn’t make it investment grade material.

If investment is your reason and you don’t want to buy gold bars or certificates, and of course you want to flaunt your investment on your skin during special occasions then go for jewellery that is at least 22-24 Carat Gold. Typically, the areas of the world where stronger than 18 Carat Gold can be purchased are parts of India,Philippines,Hong Kong and the Middle East

Most jewellers who don’t sell 24 Carat gold are likely to tell you that there is no such thing in jewelry since its too soft for most applications. They do have a point there however from experience I can tell you that 22 Carat Gold necklaces of 110 grams have been known to support the pull of a 22 klg child.

I first started buying gold in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. It was, at one time very cheap there. Then I moved on to the gold souks of Dubai and the other middle east commercial centers. Genuine 24K stuff can be purchased there – not the 10K worthless stuff sold in england or the 14K **not-to-die-for* stuff sold as gold jewelry in Canada and the United States.

Truth was, I thought it was 24, but it was often only 97-98% pure, but hey, still better than the 14k fluff sold in North America.

Then I found them. These were the massive jewellery stores on both the Hong Kong and Kowloon side. They sell fantastic pearl, emerald and exquisitely carved gold pieces. We are told and shown paper that indicates that, the HK government certifies what they are selling, but a few of these tourists traps have all kinds of interesting motivational **deals** especially in Kowloon. Anyway, they have certificates claiming their 24 Carat Gold is 99.999% pure, but when I took their stuff to Toronto, I was told oh no, its only 22K not 24.

When I took this material to an internationally known goldsmith to melt down, he again informed me that the material was only 22 to 23 Carats Gold purity. I keep thinking about how embarrassing it would be to pull out one’s own little gold volume/weight measurement tool in one of those massive elite stores and proudly if not loudly proclaim that their 99.999% gold isn’t truly what it claims to be – I am also imagining that one would be set on not unkindly by the police for creating such a golden disturbance.

I am expecting a counter plug where someone will say I am from HK and the government certifies these big shops blah blah but I have purchased big items 4 times in 6 years and each time while trying to sell elsewhere in North America and the UK have been told similar bad news ( Even when I presented the govt stamped HK certificate|It made no difference to the buyers even when presented with the certificate of authenticity which comes with each piece purchased from HK ) Can authenticity certificates be faked? Certainly. Might certain shops fake them? I can’t say.

The lesson to learn perhaps is when buying gold internationally don’t ever fully 100% trust your seller or your buyer because the value of the metal is so high, understand that if either of the two groups can sucker you for even 2-3% of the value, they will, they can and they won’t stop – irrespective of govt certifications blah blah blah.

Lesson learned, when buying precious metals in the form of jewelry internationally don’t ever fully 100% trust your seller or your buyer because the value of the metal is so high, understand that if either of the two groups can sucker you for even 2-3% of the value, they will, they can and they won’t stop – irrespective of govt certifications blah blah blah.

If your goal is truly for investment and you have no real need to put on your bling then buy a regulated certifiable gold bar from a western based dealer who is very much liable in western courts and has both insurance and liability coverage.

If what you are looking to purchase is 14 Carat or below, ignore everything said above since, 14 Carat is not investment quality anyway.

If you are in Hong Kong and not sure if you should buy. Don’t hesitate, just understand that very rarely ever will a street vendor sell you absolutely 24 Carats, even if he/she believes that is truly the gold carat. Dicker the purchase price with the knowledge that what you are getting is substantially more than 22 Carats but really not 24 Carats. Compare this to the North American or even UK experience where you are most likely being sold only 14 Carats.

Wear it, enjoy it, don’t lose it and have fun.

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Yesterday, I happened to attend my friend’s party and when I returned home, what did I see, my favorite necklace was missing. From many days, its toggle clasp was loose but I did not notice and now, I have lost my most favorite necklace. Here, the question arises, what actually a toggle clasp is and how it protects our jewelry from falling down? This article will be very informative for you as well as, it will keep you from losing your jewelry as I did. In this article, I will not only throw light on toggle clasps but will tell you certain facts about it too.

Toggle clasps are the small hooks which you usually find at the end of your bracelets and necklaces. Their foremost function is to keep your jewelry in place, that is, to keep your jewelry closed at the ends. They not only does this, but secures your jewelry too. Do you know how? Here is the answer. As they, keeps your jewelry closed at the ends, it simply keeps your jewelry from falling away and secures your jewelry, indeed. This is what you must be really careful about because, if, unluckily, your toggle or clasp is loose, it will eventually fall away and separate the two ends of the beautiful necklace or bracelet you are wearing, creating 100% chances for them to fall away too. In this way, your jewelry is lost and you don’t even know the cause.

This was for the women who wear ready-made jewelry created by professionals, no matter artificial or gold, now I shall tell you about the new trends in fashion. Nowadays, women prefer hand-made jewelry and you surely know the reason. No? Let me tell you. In this age, every single woman is very much conscious about latest fashion trends.

As for the hand-made jewelry, it is the latest fashion trend in jewelry because it not only looks adorable but adds a unique touch to your personality too. Hand-made jewelry is designed simply by using customized fashion beads and metallic wire. You can easily design handmade jewelry but do not forget to have a noticeable amount of high quality and reliable toggle and clasps. The reason behind that is, of course, security of your jewelry.

If you do not want lose your precious jewelry items then get their toggle clasps fixed or add new set of toggle clasps, after all it is all about security of your jewelry.

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Bridesmaids have an essential role in wedding ceremonies. A bride-to-be has the opportunity to pick who her bridesmaids will be. Ideally, females should only get married one time in her entire lifetime. Then again, this is not the situation every time. There are some relationships that get sour so couples have to split up. Individuals get married again. Even though it keeps on happening, it is still as special as the first one. Bridesmaids make the celebration much more special. Therefore, they should be valued by giving them bridesmaid jewelry. It is among the best presents that a new bride can give to girls who put in time to help make her wedding a successful one.

Women like to use jewelry. It is already a known fact. Women usually do not mind shelling out a large amount as long as they obtain the jewelry that they want. Providing jewelry will certainly make any woman happy. Because these things are special, it is supposed that they are given only to special people on memorable events. Weddings are special. Thus, jewelry is the perfect gift that any bridesmaid can receive. Giving a piece of jewelry indicates that you cherish the efforts of each lady.

Bridesmaid jewelry must be chosen carefully by the bride. As the bride, it is expected that you know what kind of dress your bridesmaids will use. This is where you must base your choice. Try and choose a jewel that complements the gowns of the girls. If you need to be sure that every person who walks down the aisle on your wedding ceremony looks stunning, give a piece of jewelry to every woman. If you have extra budget, you can always select jewelry sets.

Some individuals think that jewelry is too expensive. Hence, they do not even think of getting one for somebody close to them. These items are not pricey at all. Well, it would be determined by the type of gem you will buy. If you are on a tight budget, then select the less expensive ones. Besides, the decision is all up to you. The cost does not really matter anyway. It is more important that you give the gifts sincerely. Do not worry about ladies not loving your presents. It will never happen.

There are lots of kinds of bridesmaid jewelry sold in the market. You should have a look at all the available necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. You might even end up purchasing one for yourself. Pearls are really popular and are used by lots of individuals. If you wish to be sure that the user will appear elegant, go for pearls. You will never make a mistake with pearls. It is up to you to give the jewelry prior to the wedding day or after the celebration. If you want them to use it, then give it just before your big day. Nonetheless, if you would like surprise them, give it only as soon as the wedding celebration is finished. Your wedding day must be unforgettable not just for you, but for all the attendees also.

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