Monday, May 31, 2010

Fashion And Nobility in Pearls

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People always associate pearls with noble females; pearls are the Angel Tears in legends and actually are the most womanliness jewels. No matter who are critical and picky with jewelry will absorbed in its warmness and smoothness at the sight of pearls. In some right occasions, wearing pearls can adds the crowning touch to the dressing, which increase your charming and temperature in virtually a lot of. People wearing pearls in daily life to please themselves and express their appreciation for beauty, at the same time, it is a sort of status.


Now some people still holds old ideas that the styles of pearl jewels are obsolete and oldish. As a matter of fact, pearls resigne becomes diversification in fashion styles. We can see more and more stars and celebs take pearls as their top choice in wearing jewels. They pick up the pearl styles according to their own personal temperatures, in elegant, dignity, grace, smart, warm, charming, jaunty and so on. Pearls just become their best shield for all the critical eyes. Pearl jewels are the favourite wild matching with all kinds of dressing for its simple nobility and dignity that gorgeous but no publicize.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Matching Your Skin Color with Pearl Jewels

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Choose a pearl jewelry just like you select your cloths in the shops, you should pick up the one that best suit you. Your skin color is one of the elements that should be take into consideration when choosing your pearls, and different colors of pearls have their own languages.


Generally, the classical white or cream color pearls could make the skin looks clearer; pink and lavender pearls could let you look younger and better in appearance; golden pearls go with the luxurious and fashion in some important and formal occasions; while black pearls can enhance your personal charming.


Those with fine skin of whiteness have more advantages in wearing pearls, they can wear most of the colors as they like. For the yellow skins, white and cream are the best, pink is ok, and the golden pearls can let you become more statuesque, but they should avoid the lavender which may decrease your appearance. As for the tan skins, pink pearl or white pearl with pink overtone are the perfect suit, black Akoya with green overtone or golden South Sea pearls are also they choose. Swarthy skins are born for silver or black Akoya with blue overtone pearls, if they prefer bigger ones, Tahiti can be the best replacements.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Blossoming Dressing with Perfect Pearls

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As the temperature increasing gradually, the season of blossoming skirts is coming again. As you put on your colorful and stylish fashion, do you find that you still need another special jewelry to shine your passion under the hot sunshine?


Pearls are know as the most classical elegant jewelry that born to women. It is a wild matching with most styles that no matter who can find one that best fitting to. Pearl is one of the must in a woman's jewel box. It is shinning in parties and weddings, while it can best glistening with women's colorful dressing. The pearl choker or long opera necklace, cocktail ring or engagement ring, stud or hook, multi-strand or corolla pearl bracelet, bail or designed pearl pendant, no matter which styles that you can make yourself a changing girl with them.


It has nothing with the styles, lady style, wild style or sport style, business wear, bobtail or casual cloths, just try pearl jewels in single or mix matching, you can easily match a riot of colors in different styles. It is a wonderful idea to choose a pearl as your dressing accompany, and just blossoming yourself in this passion summer.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Why Wearing Pearl Jewelry?

Women wearing pearl jewelry as a fashion because pearls can promote all the characters and temperaments of females, beauty, elegance, princeliness and honor. In reality, except to enhance one's appearance, pearls also can make person more healthy. This is the important reason why people like wearing pearl jewelry.


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Early in the history, a famous Chinese medical scientist, Li Shizhen has paid a lot of attentions to the pharmacological effect of pearls. He even pointed that the pearl is perfect to beautify people's skin. As the society develops, pearl's medical role in many aspects has been verified in science. It can be ground into powders for external use as well as internal use. Pearl is good for eyes and nebula, has a sedative and detoxification myogenic effect to people; modern research also shows that it also plays a unique role in enhance human immunity, slow aging, whitening supplement the calcium and so on.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Flaws And Pearl Surface Quality



Pearl lovers always desire perfect pearls without any flaws, while making perfection is obviously not the goal of the Mother Nature. She wants to make this beautiful gift unique. In fact, the longer a pearl is in its oyster, the more possible it grows to be irregular and get blemish. Flaws on a sea pearl is also more often happened than in a fresh water pearl.


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Flaws are not merely negative features of pearls and jewels, as a matter of fact, they help us identify each pearl and prove that this pearl is a real one but not a imitation. Pearls with flaws don't affect their overall beauty and durability, and the lower price are much more worthy of your having. Therefore, what we should own arenot those flawless ones, we just need to know what kinds of imperfections need to pay attention to when .purchasing pearls.


Take care of the following surface imperfections when choosing your pearls


a. Cracks throughout the pearls

b. Patches of missing nacre

c. Prominent flaws on a single pearl

d. Obvious discolorations throughout the pearls

e. Blemishes which cover the majority of the surface of the pearl

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Pearls And The Romantic Moon In Chinese Culture

Since the first pearl was found, people take pearls as lucky, completion, happiness, wealth and rank. There are also many romantic legends about pearls talked by people from generation to generation.


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In Chinese most popularized legends, pearls have something with the moon. It is said that pearls are formed because of the moon. The knowledge of pearls' history always included numerous remote and ethereal stories, which are the combinations of the true and false, beauty and ugliness, as well as some wealth, right and love.


The beauty of the moon are believed as the most important element in the formation of a pearl in Chinese culture. As some classical literature says, the mussel, the mother of the pearl, will open to absorb the light and the spirit of the moon in the night of the full day. After a proper accumulation over a long period, a beautiful pearl was born. In this way, the size, roundness and the luster have something with the moonlight that a mussel absorbed.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Proper Expression Of Pearls' Size

As every body knows that the larger the size, the higher the price of a pearl. But pearl's price jumps between pearl sizes are often uneven. When the size reach the 8 - 9mm or above, pearl prices tend to increase much higher.




According to CIBJO, the world Jewelry Confederation, different pearls are measured by different methods with different minimum units' expression.Here is the general pearl size measuring methods:

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pearl size


Pearl Size Description

Single PearlRound shape: average diameter


Fancy shape: maximum diameter, maximum lengthPearl


size: <10mm, expressed to the nearest 0.25mm


>,=10mm, expressed to the nearest 0.1mm


Graduated Strands: Maximum diameter of the largest pearl and the smallest pearl on the strand


Pearl size:expressed to the nearest 0.1mme.g.8.6-13.3mm


Uniform strand: Stated as the minimum size


Pearl size:expressed to one half(0.5)mm variations


e.g. 7.0-7.5mm

Monday, May 10, 2010

Different Styles of Pearl Rings

When mentioned rings, we all have the similar image of a ring in our minds. In fact, there are also different styles of rings for different occasions.


Pearl Cocktail Ring

cocktail pearl ring
Large, oversized ring set with precious or semiprecious stones, like pearls. The cocktail ring was popularized first in the 1940s and 1950s, as cocktail parties continued to be popular events. Although cocktail parties are less common nowadays, wearing a cocktail ring with huge diamonds or pearls is still popular for formal dressy occasions, especially for events like premieres of films, Broadway theater productions, or award shows like the Oscars or Emmys.


Pearl Engagement Ring

pearl engagement ring
Known as the "stone of sincerity," pearls are equal to faith, charity, innocence, integrity, truth and loyalty. A gorgeous and unique pearl engagement ring will not only be a special party of your engagement but also show your fiancee that she's that very special woman with whom you've chosen to spend the rest of your life.


Other Pearl Rings

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A hard gemstone isn't the right way to show your feminine beauty while a small pearl ring can instantly inspire every woman's feminine charm with its soft glow and elegance.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Pearls In Art And Literature

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The formation of pearls is a unique phenomenon of mother nature--not only for their origins, created by certain mollusks in the ocean and accessible only in deep-sea, but for their unusual, beautiful luster, their pale color, and their roundness. All of these have contributed to the enduring public fascination with pearls.


Pearls have been celebrated in Western art and literature since they were first brought from the East, many believe by Alexander the Great between 334 and 330 B.C. The Pearl examines the various myths associated with pearls, including the belief that they had medicinal or talismanic powers; the response of the Church to the wearing of pearls and the symbolism of pearls in Christianity; and the various literary references to them.


Myths and legends of pearls in China are always have something with the moon. The first pearl was born because of the moon; one of the four beauties in Chinese history, Xi Shi was born from a big beautiful pearl of the goddess of the moon, Chang Er.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Simple And Vintage Pearl Rings Styles For Your Fiancee

Wedding season comes again in this sunny summer, are you ready for it? A romantic wedding place, elegant bouquet, gorgeous wedding gown... I think your pretty bride already have good ideas for all these. But have you selected your wedding ring for your fiancee that can right express your sincere and eternal love?
Wedding ring is a most important one that your fiancee expect, she canl learn your love from the ring you chose for her. A simple but vintage pearl ring can be the right one. The most precious and eternal rings always with the simple and vintage styles. Here are three carefully selected elegant pearl rings for your reference.
1. 18K White South Sea Pearl Ring, 12.0mm-13.0mm,round,AAA




2. 18K White South Sea Pearl Ring, 15mm-16mm,round,AA




3. 18K White South Sea Pearl Ring, 10.0mm-11.0mm,round,AAA


Tuesday, May 4, 2010

How To Measure Your Ring Size?

Pearl ring can promote your beauty, while beauty should not be a price for your confort. A ring is your most intimate jewels and is often worn every day. Wearing a ring that fit your finger well not only let your shinning but also make you healthy and comfortable, so here are some tips for you about how to correctly measure your ring size.




Measure your finger size at the end of the day when your fingers are at their largest (like sizing your shoes' sizes).
Don't measure finger sizes when your hands are cold; let them warm up to room temperature.
The width of a ring is an important factor in determining the right finger size.
A wither ring may require a slightly larger size, because it covers more of your finger.
Wrap a piece of string or a strip of paper around your finger.
Mark the point where the two ends meet.
Measure the string or paper against a ruler to get the circumference of your finger.
Divide that by 3.14 to get the diameter of your finger.
Your can look up your scientific ring size using the table shown on our website.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Choose Different Clasps for Your Own Jewelry

Pearl jewelry is one of the most elegant accessories that popular among the fabulous women in the world. When people purchase a pearl jewelry, no matter earrings, ring, necklace, pendant or bracelet, they will choose her favorable pearls as Cultured pearls, Akoya pearls, South Sea pearls or Tahiti pearls, also will choose these pearls according to their shapes (perfect round, round, off-round oval baroque, etc), colors (white, pink, black lavender, etc) and diameters (4-4.5mm, 7-8mm, 13-14mm, and the like).


Have choose the best pearls for her jewelry, a pearl crazy lover will also pay serious attention to the clasps for their perfect pearl jewelry. Just as people says, the right saddle must is set on the right horse, a carefully selected clasp can easy promote the beauty and nobility to your necklace or bracelet. That's why Shecy Pearls provides several special design and style clasps for our customers. You can just find the right clasp for your charming pearl jewelry.