Choosing The Right Necklace

Did you know that the right necklace can elongate the lines from your face and make you appear thinner? Or that you must match the length of your necklace to your neckline?

Okay, so you know that – what exactly is the right length to choose? 16” or 18” for a T-shirt neckline? How about a plunging one? Just a couple of inches can make a great deal of difference.

Collars

Collars are the shortest necklaces, shorter even than chokers. These are the ones that fit snug around your neck, often with a slider pendant but just as often with no decoration. A torc is an example of a collar necklace. If the collar fastens in the back or front, the right length for most people is less than 30 cm.

More than any other necklace, a collar should have an adjustable fastening. Even in people of roughly the same weight and height, neck sizes can vary widely. Also, if you have a round face a collar is a necklace style to avoid; a too-tight collar makes it look like your neck is blowing a bubble. Not a good look!

Chokers

Chokers come in lengths of around 40-45 cm, and can be as short as 35 cm. These necklaces are just long enough to not be snug. In most cases, chokers do not have a pendant; if they do, it's a very lightweight pendant. Chokers are perfect on women with great collarbone and neck structure, as they call close attention to good bone structure. They are also ideal for T-shirt necklines. Do not wear them with dangling earrings – the two styles clash.

Princess Necklace

These necklaces tend to be around 50 cm in length, and are great for slightly elongating necks. A princess necklace is a graceful look, and is fine with or without a pendant. These necklaces should always be against bare skin for the best effect. This is probably the most average necklace length, and goes well with almost any neckline.

Matinee Length Necklace

A matinee length necklace is about 60 cm long – think a knotted pearl necklace. These necklaces hang low, well below the neckline, and if you have a good bosom they are perfect for drawing attention to it. If your bosom is only so-so, avoid this length and go for a shorter one; flat chests can wear a longer one.

Opera Length Necklace

These are very dramatic necklaces, about 70 cm or even longer. An opera length necklace is not quite long enough to loop double. Women with large chests generally can't carry off this look; it draws too much attention to the bustline, making them look matronly. This goes double for shorter women. For a tall, relatively slender woman, however, the opera length is a wonderful evening look, bringing glamour to a plain dress. Opera length necklaces are almost always worn over clothes, and they go best with long flowing lines.

Rope Necklace

These necklaces are extremely dramatic and almost always beads or pearls of some sort. They measure as long as 110 cm, and are often knotted at the bottom or looped around two or more times to create a layered necklace. These should be chosen if you want to really accent some curves, but wear them with caution. They make short women look shorter, and very curvy women can wind up just looking fat.

Other Information

You can easily switch one length to another if you have an adjustable clasp – for instance, a necklace that ends in chain links that allow for varying positions. Often, you can find extenders that blend well with a necklace, so look for these as well. Also, ask to be certain whether the clasp length is included in the overall necklace length, especially for the shorter necklaces.

If you have the sort of necklace that cannot be adjusted, be extra certain you get just the right length. It's a shame to get your beautiful jewelry in the mail, and then find that you cannot wear it as planned.

If you don't have an average size neck, measure it at the base before ordering a necklace. If you measure more than 15.5-16.5”, add an inch or two to necklace lengths; less, and subtract one half to one inch. This will ensure that your necklace looks just right on you.

How Jewelry Feels: Buying Jewelry By Touch

We often forget, when looking at beautiful jewelry, that appearance is not all that matters. Beauty, even in jewelry, is more than just skin-deep; it has to do with weight and texture and how cold something is when you wear it. In short, jewelry that looks beautiful and appeals to your sense of touch has an added appeal.

This can be critical if you're buying jewelry for someone who is blind or visually impaired in some way. What jewelry can you get for your mother if she's losing her sight? Or for your sister who is color-blind and does not appreciate jewelry in the same way you do?

Look for tactile qualities in your jewelry as well as visual ones. Specifically, think about the following qualities:

Texture. This is the first, most critical tactile judgment. Jewelry is traditionally metal and stone – but what about the new trends in jewelry today, especially in necklaces, for using crocheted beads, leather, feathers, plastic, glass? Blending a variety of unique textures can add tactile pleasure to your fashion accessories.

Weight. We don't often think about this, especially when buying jewelry online, but if you have a plastic gemstone and a lead crystal gemstone, you can tell instantly. Light, airy necklaces give you a different feel from heavy pendants, and different drape as well. Heavy dangling earrings add a sensuous brush to your neck, and light studs let you forget about them. I still remember the shock when I first picked up an amber necklace and realized how light its heavy-looking beads were.

Material. Related to texture, the material your jewelry is composed of changes its nature. Nylon feels different from silk; leather is very different from even the best synthetic copycat materials. With more and more jewelry being made from nontraditional material, this is a growing consideration. The best rule of thumb is that natural materials wear better, look better, feel better, and clean better.

Sharp edges v. rounded edges. This is not about safety or comfort. Rather, it is about your tactile experience with your jewelry. Do you prefer smooth round pieces, or do you like some edges to your beads and pendants? Your own answer may surprise you.

If You're Buying Jewelry For A Person Who's Blind

There are three more things you need to consider if the actual wearer of your jewelry is blind.

Neutrality. A blind person or one who is visually impaired has trouble matching jewelry to clothes. If you purchase a simple piece that matches many things, or if you make sure that jewelry is tactilely very different from other pieces your blind friend owns, they can easily match jewelry to outfits. Multicolored jewelry is a good choice, like cloisonné. Neutrals, like jewelry based around gold, silver, and white, also work well.

Practicality. You have trouble with some lobster claw clasps – why torment your visually-impaired friends with them? If it's hard for you to put on, it's hard for them to put on. Instead of buying jewelry that requires complex fasteners, opt for bangles and stretchy bracelets, rings, long necklaces that just slip over the head, or even jewelry that uses magnets to fasten.

Safety. This sounds like a no-brainer -- but it's probably a bad idea to purchase pins for blind friends. Before buying something, close your eyes and imagine trying to put on that necklace, pin, or bracelet if you could not see what you were doing. You might be surprised.

Spring Jewelry: Time To Think About Sunshine

It's moving into the tail end of February, and that means only one thing: spring is in the air (at least on the north half of the world). I's time to pull out your jewelry wardrobe, put away the winter jewelry, and think about what you're going to wear this spring.

While winter jewelry is dark in tones and rich in colors, spring jewelry is lighter and brighter. Glass and crystal are perfect for reflecting the brighter tones of spring, and while pastel is always welcome, light jewel tones are also wonderful. Think transparent. Think light. And think living things.

Art nouveau drew heavily from spring themes like organic plants and flowing lines, and today we see fashion jewelry moving in that direction again. Here are a few pieces we like for spring this year, in no particular order.

Sparkly Faux Gemstone Bracelets

Bracelets are one of the hottest trends lately, especially wearing them layered. Wear several on each arm for a powerful statement, with or without a pretty watch. (Hint: if you don't wear a watch, you have a perfect excuse to strike up conversations with strangers.)

Start with something like this: our pretty hearts-themed scallop drop bracelet adds lots of sparkle and takes up lots of room on the arm – both key to giving your forearm that filled-up look you want from layered bracelets. Add something like our wide brass crossover bangle, pictured below, to add weight and an aged look.
Layer new pieces on that express who you are – a charm bracelet with your favorite collection of pendants, a couple of pretty tennis bracelets, or maybe your birthstone. Another new trend is looping a long beaded necklace around the wrist as a bracelet – that's a great way to add a really unique flavor to your look.

Look at our bangle and bracelet collection for dozens of other ideas.

Hearts and Flowers Jewelry

Valentines Day is really the beginning of spring, in a lot of ways; it celebrates love, and spring is all about love and life. Don't put away your Valentines jewelry – add it to flowers and give it a vivacious new look. Consider some contrasting crystal, like this:

Our suggestion: Add this pretty set of Swarovski crystal chandelier earrings to your heart necklace, hairpiece, or brooch, and you have a fresh spring look.

Jewelry looks that blend hearts and jewelry are particularly nice.


Brooches go very nicely in the winter when you want something to decorate coats, jackets, and scarves, but this late in the season you also want something that reminds you spring is on the way. This brooch is hand-stitched leather with a crystal heart and beadwork, and comes in brown and black too so it matches all your late winter fashions.

We'll be revisiting this topic as spring starts uncurling from its long nap, so check back regularly.

Colourful Jewelry: More Than Just Accessories

How would you feel in a room that was entirely pink? Or one that was entirely black? How about rainbows, or industrial gray? Do you express positive moods with dull grey earrings, or with vivid bright-colored jewelry?

Wearing the right color, even in jewelry and other accessories, can change your mood instantly, or it can make others see you in a new light. Try it: blue jeans and a T-shirt for tranquility and innocence – paired with a vivid red beaded necklace to show how sexy you are. Or wear brown to express honesty, and accessorize with bright yellows to brighten your mood.

Here's what major colors mean, and how you can expect them to influence people.

Black is the most powerful of colors, and it's all about power. Widows wear black to show their powerlessness, but it's also a popular color for business suits. When you don black, you're inviting others to a power struggle. White, on the other hand, symbolizes purity or sterility. It reflects color, while black absorbs it. Jewelry worn against a black sweater can look stunning, but the same piece on white may be swallowed up. Both colors should be worn only when you feel very confident that you can pull them off.

Red gives you confidence rather than requiring it. It's been shown that red has a powerful stimulatory effect on humans; that's why it's the color of anger, of love, of passion. It is better used as an accent in most cases, though it's hard to find great red jewelry. Wear red when you really want to get attention.

Pink is derivative of red, and instead of being stimulating it calms the nerves. Wear red for a passionate evening, and pink for a more romantic night out.

Because it calms the nerves, blue is perfect as a bedroom color. If you have a job interview coming up, wearing blue jewelry or other accents send the subliminal message that you are loyal. Blue also gives the impression of class and culture. Green is calm too, soothing the eyes and refreshing the spirit. Because it is associated with the earth, it's a perfect color for nature lovers. If you want to be seen as an earth mother or nurturer, calm green and blue accents are perfect.

Yellow is the color to wear if you trying to lose weight, but only bright yellow; it has been shown to speed your metabolism. The cheerful nature of yellow calls attention to you, but be careful – it has a similar stimulatory effect to red, and in the wrong circumstances can get exactly the opposite reaction you're seeking. Yellow jewelry, however, can almost always be classified with browns in their effects on people. Orange colors are the same – bright ones are stimulating, while more subdued ones are closer to browns in effect.

Brown is an earth color, a masculine color and a practical one. If you wear brown gemstones or wooden necklaces and other jewelry, you seem more genuine and honest – down to earth.

Wearing purple jewelry accents is a way to indicate that you are unique, original, and creative. It is also not often found in nature, and may feel fake unless you really a unique, original, and creative person. Be cautious about wearing purples, and only wear them if you really can carry them off.

The author of this article uses a variety of color combination methods to show you how color can be used to create a theme mood, not just a simple one. It's the best description I've seen of how that fashionable friend can wear a green sweater and bright red necklace and look stunning, not like a Christmas leftover.

Awards Jewelry Sets Fashion Trends

One great way to stay ahead of the jewelry fashion curve is by following awards ceremonies – not for what celebs wear, but for what's in their bags.

Specifically, their gift bags. Every year for decades now, the celebrity gift bags passed out to presenters and nominees at the the Emmys, the Grammys, the British and American Academy Awards have contained clothing, tickets, makeup, and fashion accessories of all sorts. The standouts have always been jewelry.

How Jewelry Is Selected

Because one of the best ways to get worldwide exposure for your designs is to have a celebrity wear them, the competition to give things to celebs in their gift bags is fierce. Most winning designers “know” someone in the business, dressers who are connected to the awards shows. Regardless of who you have connections with, getting your designs chosen is a grueling affair involving up to a six-month selection process as well as providing hundreds of free items of very good quality and a hefty placement fee.

With luck and the right product, giving items away to the right ceremony can make a jewelry design company's reputation. And by watching what items are provided to celebrities each year, you, the customer and fashion afficionado, can stay ahead of the fashion trends yourself, picking up jewelry just before it gets hot.

Selected Jewelry: 2006

Along with a four-day stay at the exclusive Hawaiian Halekulani Resort, celebrities at last year's American Academy Awards received a Tara and Sons cultured Tahitian pearl necklace. While Tahitian pearls are a relatively conservative choice for a gift bag like this, they demonstrate one of the overriding themes in fashion recently: globalism. Exotic jewelry, jewelry made in poor countries by artisans, have become increasingly popular in fashion.

Selected Jewelry: 2007

Lorenzo's sterling silver and gold jewelry graced the Grammy bags in 2007. Lorenzo has a unique sleek look, focusing on the beauty of the metals and vivid gemstones, mostly semiprecious. You can achieve a very similar look by focusing on the Janeo Swarovski collection, particularly the silver and bright colors.

What for 2008?

This year's Oscars should have some amazing stuff; the pre-awards bags, which always have the smaller gifts, feature Kwiat Diamonds and Maggie Ferrari jewelry.

Ferrari's jewelry is of two types: heavy, chunky, smooth-textured sterling silvers, and necklaces blending a variety of links and beads, similar to some of the Janeo designs. Like Janeo, Ferrari uses many Asian influences, including jewelry from Tibet and Afghanistan.

Kwiat Diamonds create silver jewelry in a variety of shapes, most of which owe a great deal to Victorian and gothic looks – yet they still manage to look modern and updated.

The contents of the main awards bags are a heavily-protected secret. As with every year, though, expect to see items that are unique, beautiful, modern, and almost certainly global.

Rene Lalique and the Quality of Light: Jewelry As Art

So often today we wear jewelry with little understanding of where it came from. The red necklace is to set off the black dress suit, or the crystal set looks perfect on that maroon velvet dress.
Cheap jewelry, the kind you buy in chain stores, is nothing more than decorations for your outfits. Real jewelry, however, is art. Rather than a finishing touch on an evening look, it is wearable art, something your outfit should frame. The very best jewelry should, in turn, complement you. It works in harmony with you and your personality, bringing out your best just as you bring out its best.

Once upon a time, jewelry was designed to take center stage. Heavy gold settings framed opulent gemstones, and the idea was to wear as much of it as possible to demonstrate how wealthy you and your family were. It was common to melt down an old fashioned necklace, have the metal reworked, and reset the original jewels into a new modern setting. There were a few real artists who created jewelry, and an enormous number of craftsmen who could make settings that held gemstones. But all of it depended on the qualities of the material, not the quality of the craftsman.

Art noveau in the late 19^th century shaped modern jewelry, just as it revolutionized the art world. This was when Japanese art arrived in Europe, shaping the way the French impressionists looked at the world. Influences from Muslim art, where the focus is on design and symmetry, were melded with the freestyle floating forms of the Orient and the traditions of Europe. Suddenly, focus was not on the materials in jewelry, but on the form and the style of the piece as a whole. The peacock pectoral below could never have been created in any other artistic atmosphere.

During this transition, many of the great jewelry lines we know today came of age: Tiffany, Bulgari, Cartier, Faberge. One of the earliest jewelers for Cartier was a young French artist named Rene Lalique. He became one of the greatest jewelry artists of his time.

Lalique worked not with gold and silver, but with horn, ivory, glass, and semi-precious stones. It is fair to say he was one of the first wearable art designers, for he was not concerned with the value of the material but the beauty of the artwork. Typical of the Art Noveau movement, his work was all flowing lines and living things, breathing life into cold materials and showing the brilliance and light in each piece that went through his hands. Lalique's work lives on today in the very upscale Lalique Company, but even the best of the modern work pales besides Rene Lalique's designs.

This cat's choker is a perfect example of Lalique's work. Each square is an individual tiny work of art, with the joints that allow it to bend disguised cleverly with small diamonds. The cats are individually carved out of rock crystal, and the whole is fitted together into a nearly seamless puzzle, transitioning from cat to cat with perfect grace and sinuousness.

There is no Lalique today, but Swarovsky crystal owes much of its heritage to him. Each glittering piece of crystal depends heavily on light for its beauty, and many of the finest pieces of Swarovsky are shaped into animals and flowers, stone brought to life. The beautiful cut crystal can trace a clear line back to the Art Noveau movement, and when you wear necklaces and earrings made of Swarovsky crystal, you have captured some of the magic of light Lalique worked so hard to shape his works around.

The next time you buy jewelry, remember Lalique, and look for quality, light, and that certain je ne sais quoi, the sense that the piece has a life and spirit all its own. This is the kind of jewelry that expresses your inner glow, and the kind that you cherish for your entire life.

Art Jewelry: What Makes Your Jewelry Art?

Calder. Picasso. Man Ray. Dali. What do these artists have in common, besides the fact that they are all postmodern painters?

They have all delved into the unique subgenre of art that is wearable art – more specifically, art jewelry. This is extraordinarily unique jewelry crafted individually or in tiny lots, almost always handmade, and created for a particular artistic purpose in mind.

You've seen those unique pieces of jewelry on models and actresses in magazines? This is where they get it – from the wearable art world. These often-beautiful, always-striking pieces are designed around a theme or a specific gem or just as an expression of how the artist feels that day. They go far beyond simple jewelry, though jewelry often picks up the themes of wearable art in the fashions of the day.

As you can see from the images here, the jewelry created by these great artists varies in theme and tone, but it is always beautiful and always influential. It tends to make you look twice, to think about the jewelry, and to say something important about the wearer.

Man Ray created these “lampshade” earrings, once photographed on Catherine DeNeuve, which inspired dozens of copycats. That's part of the problem: while jewelry created by recognized name artists go for many thousands of dollars, it's difficult to authenticate any given piece. Especially for Dali, there are a hundred imitations for each real piece. And in the case of artists like Picasso, there are only some thirty pieces, each made privately with a specific person in mind, making them incredibly valuable despite their somewhat mediocre quality.

But art isn't a price tag or a particular person. Rather, it's a very personal thing. Anything that is created or modified from its natural form into a form that is pleasing to you – that's the real definition of art, and it's different for everyone.

How To Choose Your Art Jewelry

Probably, you don't have thousands of dollars to spend on jewelry. You can have the same stunning effect with jewelry, however, if you just choose your ordinary jewelry wisely.

1. Art jewelry can be everyday jewelry. A great piece of art jewelry can become your signature piece. You want jewelry that wears well, that goes with lots of different things, and that you love because it expresses something about who you are.

2. The best art jewelry should stand out, yet be complimentary to who you are and how you look. This means use common sense. Round earrings aren't flattering to round faces, though long dangling lines can work very well. If you are a shy, retiring person, you may not want to wear a huge dazzling pendant – unless it matches a hidden part of your personality.

3. Try to choose pieces that have a timeless quality. While the latest trend jewelry can be fun for a season or even a year, pieces that look classic will be fun to wear in ten years, and the best pieces can even be resold.

4. Be bold. If you see, for instance, a chunky ring that you love but you think you can't carry it off – try anyway. It won't always work. But most of the time, when you see something that just calls to you, it's calling for a reason.

5. Express yourself, but don't limit yourself. You are proud of your Celtic heritage, so you wear Celtic jewelry. That's fine, but does that define who you are? Think about who you are, what message you want to give the world about you.

Remember, when you wear jewelry you are a living canvas. The right jewelry does not define you, nor you it; instead, you enhance the beauty of one another. That is real living art, and the end purpose of wearable art.

Jewelry -- Smaller (company) Is Better

When you buy jewelry online, what are you really looking for? Quality, beauty, value all come to mind. You want your silver rings to shine, your diamond and diamond-look jewelry to sparkle. But what we often forget about is the importance of customer service.

With that in mind, I've noticed Overstock.com is making a real push lately to sell jewelry. It's pretty jewelry, and looks great online. But what happens if it isn't what you expected when you get it? It may not be worth sending it back. Here's why.

1. About 60% of Overstock.com's products are actually sold by partner organizations. Because Overstock may not be shipping your necklace, when it gets to you it may be damaged, poorly packaged, or not even what you ordered in the first place.

2. When you do have problems with your purchase, Overstock.com has a very unfriendly customer replacement/refund guarantee. It's in flux right now, as they are trying to make it a little more palatable, but the typical replacement involves a 21-day wait for any recourse – a $4.95 or more restocking fee, which you will never get back and which applies no matter whose fault your dissatisfaction is – and the potential for spending hours on the phone with customer service trying to get the prepaid mailer to return your product.

As an alternative to Overstock.com, think about smaller companies when you buy your jewelry. Though they don't have the massive jewelry inventories of a giant like Overstock, they also don't have the massive jewelry inventories of a giant like Overstock.

In other words, small companies depend more on great customer service. If you don't get the right necklace or ring, the smaller company cares a great deal. They can pay more attention to what they're shipping to you, and get it right the first time. They have a small staff to address your problems promptly, and it pays for them to not have those problems to begin with.

Overstock, on the other hand, has grown too fast for its own infrastructure. They're trying to cover it up, but this company is in a great deal of trouble. If it's not taken over soon, it will probably go under, taking your orders with it.

What About eBay?

Ah, the other giant. eBay is also in some trouble right now. Every year, they change their rules governing how payments are processed, which causes their merchants a lot of stress.

How does that affect you, the customer?

Well, the best merchants on eBay, the ones that sell the most jewelry and who have the highest customer satisfaction ratings, are moving off and starting small companies. This leaves a smaller pool of companies for you to choose from. And the smaller, newer companies – guess – often have customer service problems.

What good is it to win the auction or find the perfect piece of jewelry when you have to return it immediately? eBay does have much better return policies, but isn't it better to get the right item to begin with?

Let's bring it back to JaneoJewels.

We have a relatively small stock of jewelry compared to the giant companies, but every piece on our site is of excellent quality and good value to you, carefully selected by our experts to give you only the best. Most of our jewelry is hand-crafted, real wearable art and not just cheap costume jewelry. Our Tibetan silver is imported from Tibet, and we have artisans around the world, often in the poorest countries where people desperately need work, creating beautiful hand-made jewelry especially for our customers.

Whether you're looking for the perfect Tibetan silver ring for your lover, or brilliant sparkle from a dazzling piece of Swarovsky crystal, JaneoJewels can provide it. Our inventory size is just right – small enough to guarantee all our jewelry are quality pieces, but large enough to give you plenty of selection to suit your own tastes. And we give you personal service. Our business depends on your satisfaction – no, on your delight. Check out our dazzling collection of Swarovsky crystal jewelry, and our hand-beaded necklaces, and see where your curiosity takes you next.

Tibetan Silver: A Rising Trend

Some of the most beautiful jewelry at Janeo Jewels are labeled Tibetan Silver. What, you might ask, is Tibetan Silver?

Tibet has significant silver deposits, and for millennia its artisans have worked this unique silver into millions of pieces of art, from rings to ornate silver metal screens used in their temples and homes as room dividers and decorations. Tibetan Silver has a few unique features:

• It is not hallmarked silver, or silver that has been certified with a certain purity or alloy content. This is because there is no agreed-upon hallmark for Tibetan Silver; it is a much rawer form of silver than most castings and can have considerable variation in its alloy. The best Tibetan Silver is about 92.5% silver, with the remainder of the content typically copper. This gives Tibetan Silver a naturally aged appearance even when new.

• The designs on Tibetan Silver pieces are hand-shaped, not cast, and are based on traditional Buddhist designs.

• Tibetan Silver pieces often have gold or copper overlays to add color to the designs.

Janeo Jewels offers several authentic Tibetan Silver rings and matching bangles, like the ones you see here.

“Ah-ha!” you say after looking at a few. “Janeo charges more than the ones I see online. I'm a smart shopper, so I'll go elsewhere.”

You might want to rethink that.

Popularity Breeds (Sometimes Dangerous) Copycats

China and other emerging economies innovate a lot – but they also have gained the bad reputation of copying things, often illegally, and often with inferior materials. This is barely okay as long as it remains on the gumball-machine, we-all-know-it's-fake level. But often today, these inferior products are passed off as the real thing.

Real Tibetan jewelry is made of a silver-copper alloy with other trace elements and gold or brass ornamentation, and very little dangerous metals like lead and arsenic (just so you know, tiny trace amounts of lead are in every piece of silver; it's impossible to totally purify it.)

The fakes that have begun proliferating on the Net and small markets are a tenth the price of real Tibetan silver. They are also not Tibetan silver at all. Instead, they are cheap castings of Tibetan and contemporary designs made sometimes of nearly-pure lead, but more often of nickel, tin, and antimony, often with lead impurities. In many cases, dangerous levels of arsenic have been found in them as well. Arsenic and lead, as you know, can make you ill, cause severe skin irritation even in people who don't have sensitive skin, and even kill you.

Because Tibetan silver is not hallmarked, it is much easier to pass off fakes as real. The only way you can protect yourself, bar buying a whole bunch of lead testing kits, is by purchasing your Tibetan silver only from companies you trust.

Janeo Jewels guarantees the content of its Tibetan silver. Our silver has only trace levels of lead or other dangerous metals, and our rings and bangles are not cast, but hand-crafted, as tradition dictates, to bring forth the true beauty in this unique metal.

You will find a number of lovely unisex, easily-resized Tibetan silver rings at our site, purchased by our agents in Tibet. If you have sensitive skin, these rings still may bother you -- remember, Tibetan silver is not pure silver. However, we also have a collection of wonderful stainless steel jewelry that will not irritate or discolor your skin, just in case.

Lets view Jeremy Beadles death in a postive light...

IT was indeed sad to hear about the death of Jeremy Beadle; but at a recent and sudden death in my family also of some one who was only 23 years old, it was the positive aspect of his life I focused on and indeed the same with Jeremy….. both brought so much joy to so many others…

Carrying on my theme of positiveness form yesterday, the story is the same!
We can all, so easily fall in a trap of looking at things for the worse and dwell on that……

So what if some one bought a piece of jewelry at $4500 from the net-a-porter.com site, specializing in designer fashion and jewelry only!
Hopefully it brought joy to them, they liked wearing and showing it off for its beauty, brand and its associated wealth ( its their wealth)…
They may have had the perfect neck for wearing the crystal necklace they bought for instance; and to look at them wearing it made us admire them, comment on how it beautifies the crystals into the neckline contour, etc…

We perceived all positive notions of this scenario…. Life should be the same; Jeremy Beadles Obituary by the BBC is full of this quality of him which all his acquaintances admired and commented on.

He was truly generous, always available, and helpful to any more; above all he made people laugh with his pranks on the TV show and he made people smile simply by being him and displaying his huge smile he was known for.
I personally also watched for the huge rings and also necklaces that he some times use to wear… he loved his costume jewelry and his gold jewelry too…that made him happy too!
Id like to think any jewelry you purchase form our site is having a fruitful impact on you too… id like to think so!

Lets be positively jewelry mad

Every day I read articles about such thing as the 10 worst eating disorders, the 12 bad habits we must break, the things to notice if some ones being unfaithful, and so on …. But you get my drift… the usual things that we read on first page of MSN or Yahoo, etc.
Its always the negatives, the don’ts….

What prompted me to write today was today’s headline article in MSN, 21st Century Health Hazards;

Ross Chainey, the author bases his article on a WHICH magazine report, and talks about the dilemma of the sandwich, the take away coffee to work, the muffin we buy.. etc.

I’d like to talk about positive things… rather then all the precautions we need to take and so called hazards about eating or doing various things in our life.

The ''positiveness'' in costume jewellery for example, since that’s my subject!.

There can hardly be negatives, and before you say it! There are hardly any allergic reactions by wearing imitation costume jewelry, especially when we sell all our jewellery nickel free.
A small, very select few can not wear imitation jewellery, but they will probably not be able to eat additives, or wear non natural fibres etc.... you cant satisfy everyones needs 100%, and since when has having nickel in jewerly killed any one... Its a stupid peice of legistaltion!
Wake up EEC!!!
Concentrate on turning the butter and milk mountains being wasted and thrown away, and converting them into useable food aids to third world, rather then creating totally bureaucratic rules….woops, lets get back to postiveness!

(If allery is something that worries you when buying costume jewlery, then remember we have a our new stainless steel collection, soon being added to with also stainless pendants, and rings; they are totally allergy free…!)

Jewlery brings pleasure to the wearer, and lifts their self esteem (some time over the top I grant it..) but it helps the wearer feel better, be happier, and be positive!
Costume jewellery is what its says, costume; imitation, relatively non expensive jewellery , which in the case of janeojewels uses genuine swarovsky crystals, and we can produce a stunning look without spending a fortune…

It brings joy to some one when they admire and notice an individual wearing gorgeous jewelry.
When you comment some one wearing nice attire, it lifts their spirit as well.

I’m personally involved in the selection process of http://www.janeojewels.com/ , jewelry, and I always have one thought at the back of my mind when I select what goes into our collection; is it going to make the wearer have a feel-good-factor, will it give them pleasure, joy and of course satisfaction …..

For example, For the coming season, we want to offer some thing a little more unusual… so our new key rings collection, has 3 uses: just a key ring, a bag charm, since it has a large clasp, and finally to make it different, we attached a long chain on the jewlery charm pendants, so they are a really funky necklace cum key ring necklace collection; a ring holding your most important key attached. Safe and fashionable.


Have a look, tell us what you think, and drop me a line, .. id love to hear your suggestions.

There’s new things happening on our jewellery website, and we want you to be part of it.
Do a post here on our blog please.
Lets talk positive jewlery!
Give Positive vibes;
Lets be positively jewelry mad!

Paresh raja Director: http://www.janeojewles.com/

Say it with Jewelry, not flowers, Send a subtle hint to Cupid!

I said id write each day, and that’s exactly what im doing:

Love is in the air; Valentine is approaching and we at the jewelry online store say:

say with jewlelry, not with flowers!

But then we would…. costume jewellery and mens jewelry is what we sell!

BUT, there is a point here though: You spend a minimum of 15.00GBP upwards to send a bunch of flowers which last a few days; you spend the same and they last a life time!

Were introducing a special feature on the website for Valentine;

SEND A SUBLE HINT TO CUPID !
Every costume jewelry product page will have this tab, if you like the jewelry on that page, simply click the CUPID tab and fill the details; we will send it to your loved one; Fill a special message also, and let cupid work its magic!

There are valentine hearts falling on the janeojewels.com website….make some one happy, choose your gift, and there s even a special Valentines Charity card we have introduced: $1.00 extra , and 50% of this goes to our nominated charity !
Say it with jewelry !
Enjoy

Paresh raja
www.janeojewels.com

Gaslighting: Stealing Your Inner Sparkle

Ever see the movie Gaslight? In this 1944 Ingrid Bergman classic, a jewelry thief murders a famous opera singer, but flees before finding her jewels. He returns to marry her niece, and to maintain control over her, he gradually convinces her she is insane by doing little things: making a brooch disappear, hiding a gold watch chain, or dimming gaslights. His goal is to have her committed so he can find the jewelry without interruption.

A type of psychological abuse takes its name from the movie. Gaslighting is when a person -- usually a significant other -- makes little changes in your personal world reality to make you doubt your sanity, memory, etc. A recent article on UK-MSN addressed how to spot gaslighting in your relationship and put a stop to it.

No, the gaslighter doesn't do it by hiding your jewelry or other possessions. Instead, he hides the things you know to be true, chipping away at your self-assurance a little at a time. "Oh, I thought we were having that great lobster dish for dinner, not steak. No, no, that's okay." "You don't cook as much as you used to." To your child, "Come on, sweetie, I'll clean you up since Mommy's too busy reading her novel." It's insidious, and sneaky, and absolutely unacceptable.

What helps? Sometimes just having something physical to hold on to -- like a string wrapped around your finger helps you remember. Once you've learned to spot gaslighting, it can't hide anymore, provided you remember to watch for it.

Because the exact right jewelry can be surprisingly empowering and gives you that physical thing to hold onto, we at Janeo Jewels decided to have a little fun putting together the collection we would use to heal from this sort of ordeal, step by step. According to the article in MSN-UK, there are ten different things you can look for to identify gaslighting in your relationship; we have a beautiful piece of jewelry to answer each.

"1. You are constantly second-guessing yourself and ask yourself, 'Am I too sensitive?' a dozen times a day."

We thought a black piece would be appropriate for this dark mood. Black is also a power color, the shade you wearwhen you're ready to get serious about something. Pair sparkling black Swarovsky crystal with a silver spiral pattern, and you have this pretty pendant.

"2. You are always apologising to your mother, father, boyfriend or boss and wonder frequently if you are a 'good enough' girlfriend/wife/employee/friend/daughter."

Red is for anger, getting even, and energy. We found a dark red beaded necklace to wear during those evenings when you must remind yourself to be strong.

"3. You can't understand why, with so many apparently good things in your life, you aren't happier."

In the original movie, Ingrid Bergman was tormented by having a brooch hidden from her (she's holding it in her hand in the picture at the top of the post); her husband convinced her that she had misplaced it in her growing "madness." Your brooch will stay right where you put it.

"4. You frequently make excuses for your partner's behaviour to friends and family."

Have you done this? Then it's time to make amends to your favorite girlfriend. Buy the first brooch for her, and the second for yourself; that way, every time you wear it, you'll remember your friend, who still loves you and will help you get through this. Bright rainbow Swarovsky crystal will keep your spirits up.

"5. You find yourself withholding information from friends and family so you don't have to explain or make excuses."

This is the point when you're turning inward, instead of reaching out to those who love you. Pick up this lovely pink Swarovsky crystal conversation piece of a necklace instead, and draw attention to yourself with its Hollywood glamor.

"6. You start lying to avoid the put-downs and have trouble making simple decisions."

This pink Swarovsky crystal heart brooch reminds you that you love, and you are loved. The ones who love you don't expect perfection from you -- but they deserve the truth. So do you.

"7. You think twice before bringing up certain seemingly innocent topics of conversation."

Again, the answer to this is to draw attention to yourself. This bold turquoise jade piece, with its American Indian feel, brings you back to the complex center of things, and draws all eyes to you.

"8. You have a sense that you used to be a very different person."

So rediscover who you are. Pick up a free natal chart to help you remember your strong and weak points, and then choose your zodiac symbol from our hand-carved leather necklace collection.

"9. You feel as though you can't do anything right."

This is completely brought on by your abusive partner -- of course you do things right! Make yourself feel better with something sexy and dangly, something that draws all male eyes to your femininity. This Belli-design iridescent Swarovsky crystal necklace drops dangerously low, making you feel sensual and wicked, and the matching earrings brush against your throat, sparkling perfectly in candlelight.

"10. You find yourself furious with people you've always got along with before."

And why not? You know something's wrong. It's hard to peg where the something is -- so you aim it out, and whoever gets in the way gets the blame.

You have two choices: fix the relationship you're in now, or break it off and start a new relationship with someone who deserves you. Make a promise to yourself: you will not remain in a relationship that gaslights you. Seal the promise with one of Janeo Jewels' sexy Tibetan silver rings. Wear the ring until you find the perfect man -- or your man shapes up and earns your forgiveness -- then pass it on to seal your commitment once again.

the man behind janeojewels.com costume jewelry

I went to a blog workshop today….. as the guy behind www.janeojewels.com and I guess im the boss, well yes I am;
The breakfast seminar was great and revealing! Costume jewelry and selling jewelry on line is what I need to promote more and blogs are one aspect of my on line marketing strategy.
To come to the point, what it taught me today was that I need to write my blogs EVERYDAY here on my blog…. My personal feelings of what ever I feel strong about that day! So folks, well here it is, my late, but new year resolution to write a few words of wisdom ( or not) as the case may; each day!
I want to get personal and i want to hear what you have to say....

I attend many seminars and toady was really one I enjoyed, as the style of delivery and content struck a cord!
Jewlelry is my love and my business and I want to tell people about it, I want to know what else I can do to make my selection and my site better…and so from today, im going to invite anyone who wants to comment and tell me: say a few words please about our jewelry selection for men and women, do u like our swarovsky crystal range…, do you like the stainless stele jewelry recently introduced for men… non allergic, life time plating guarantee, wear in the sea… and its really funky….

She, I mean the speaker, Eileen Brown from Microsoft was simply wonderful! Shes a so called Technology Evangelist (see her blog)…. check out other related blogs around she said, in www.Technorati.com ( what I said…but she had it all printed for us too for reference!) ( TECHNORATI : the blog webiste of them all ) and so I did; I typed a few words like costume jewelry, fashion jewelry and jewelry in the search , and behold… , yes really, IM still amazed!…. I WAS THERE! On the first page( of 176 results), 5th entry down, there it was, my last blog I wrote 16 days ago was there! ( Join us! link to our fashion jewelry Website; it’s a win-win situation )….. im not sure what it meant or not; but it made my day: blogging works!

Thanks Eileen…. Ha la lo yah, The Evangelist blog queen had a conversion today!
There no stopping now , just for you Eileen Brown, im going to compose a HYMN, to evangalise about from a disciple.. ( oh well may be that’s going too far…. )

So drop me a line… put me on cloud 9!
Paresh raja
Creator: www.janoejewels.com