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it the sterling solution for last<br /><br />Silver is the way to go this season, and the best directions -- for men or women -- are silver bracelets and rings. You cant go wrong by crossing someones palm with silver: Its rich, varied and fits all budgets.<br /><br />Sweet little jewelry is on the way out. The new look, as decreed by Womens Wear Daily, is big. But dont fret: That just means it will be back in again in a few months, and everyone loves delicate little necklaces and those charming small silver rings with a semi-precious stone $32 each, that can be worn one by one or stacked in three or four layers, adding up to something big.<br /><br />Make way for drop-dead, clunky bracelets and rings by available at Saks or those knuckle-busters by Chrome Hearts of Los Angeles -- one of Chers favorite designers they do leather motorcycle jackets decorated with sterling silver, starting at about $5000, available for women at Susan of Burlingame and for men at Wilkes Bashford.<br /><br />Theres also a knock-out 2 1/2- inch basket-weave silver bracelet from Tiffany and Co. for $695. Too much? Try the sleek silver cuff, just as wide, from Following Sea in San Francisco Centre for $70 -- it comes with a jewelers cloth to help keep it bright.<br /><br />For those who just want a nice bracelet -- not too big, not too small -- theres a selection of classic styles from about $27 at Target or as Saks Therese Post and a few million others call it, Tar-zhay. And at Saks on Post theres an abundance of sterling silver bracelets including those by theyre for men but look great on women, too and delicate multiple silver wires with pearls by for $280.<br /><br />Check out the handsome animal charm bracelets at Neiman Marcus by designer of Ojai, and the whimsical jewelry of Anni Co. at Neiman Marcus. Neimans also carries, as do most of the other major stores, gold and silver jewelry by for men and women Shreves has possibly the biggest selection for women. Yurmans oxidized thats the darker, more antique-looking silver cable bracelets, which start at about $200, have been on the top of everyones list for years, and they can be worn separately or stacked.<br /><br />At Nordstrom, we discovered a stunning but simple silver square bracelet by Bayanihan Italian silver designed in Manila for $217 -- ho, ho, ho -- and the silver jewelry at Emporium and Macys is 50 percent off.<br /><br />For the more traditional theres oxidized silver jewelry by at Gumps for men and women from $75, and there are silver bracelets by two other world famous designers, and , at Tiffany. Palomas sterling loving heart bracelet is $950, and Elsas open heart bracelet is $180.<br /><br />Hearts, flowers and stars are favorite motifs of Folli Follie, which has just opened a boutique on Grant Avenue. The Folli shops have been a fixture in London, Paris and Athens for several years. The company specializes in light, whimsical pieces, sometimes combining silver with gold, pearls and gems and starting at about $70.<br /><br />Artists love to work with silver, so do some browsing and shopping at the gift shops at museums. SFMOMA has possibly the best selection of unusually dramatic silver jewelry especially the bracelets and necklaces by , and , and the gift shop at Yerba Buena Gardens has wonderful ethnic jewelry as well as a unique selection of hair sticks with sterling silver and starting at $35.<br /><br />Then there are the street merchants, and some of those specialize in making bracelets and pendants out of antique -- for sure, theyre used -- silver forks and spoons. Price varies -- sometimes as low as $10, but usually about $20.<br /><br />Sterling silver is a gift that keeps giving: Every time you take out the silver polish or give it a rub with a jewelers cloth at last a use for little white cotton gloves it reminds you of the person who gave it to you. No, you dont wish it were gold and low maintenance. Believe it or not, there is the pleasure of watching the silver come to life and glow as its polished. And the oxidized silver needs very little care. If the gift comes from Tiffany, Shreves or Folli Follie, theyll also help you by giving it a free professional buffing every once in awhile.<br /><br />If you have time, its fun to browse through antique jewelry sections at stores, finding something wonderful that brings with it a touch of the past. At s in the , theres an ornate antique silver card case $250, a wonderful gift for the woman who has everything including business cards. A silver card case is also a chic way to carry important credit cards, a drivers license and some paper bills in an evening bag, and Christofle has one thats a pleasure to hold for $350.<br /><br />When hunting antique English silver, always look for hallmarks, the official marks stamped on silver and gold. The marks indicate its authenticity, where its from a lion means Birmingham, England, the year it was made and the initial of the craftsman.<br /><br />For those hung-up on hallmarks, English designer s jewelry uses them as part of his design at Neiman Marcus, from about $100. The hallmark is also another way of saying you cared enough to buy the very best.<br /><br />Perhaps you may not want to buy the very best. In that case, there are small sterling silver block letters about $5 each at Emporium and Headlines so you can create your own personal gift, maybe spell out someones name or a message like, Merry Christmas. If thats too much for the budget, make that Xmas.

GD Comparisons

GD Comparisons<br /><br />Zico - GD Comparisons.<br /><br />Okay, let be real. You have to compare Zico to GD. Zico, whether purposefully or not, is a lot like G-Dragon, style wise. With his new teaser, he got on an outfit that looks like GD would wear, and he got his painted on tattoos, like GD, and he got blonde dreads it like a cross between GD yellow braids in One Of A Kind and Zico old dreads, and what looks like Chrome Hearts jewelry, which GD practically bleeds. Zico 100% has his own flavor, and in no way is JUST LIKE G-Dragon, but there is definitely similarity in that style.<br /><br />Personally, I think Zico does this on purpose. We know he likes/admires GD as an idol, and he probably knows people compare him to GD all the time, and let be honest, GD is a good person to emulate. What I love about Zico is, he loves a lot of his senior rappers, K-rappers or American rappers, and he not too full of himself to admit that love, or openly love them. The kid oozes talent, so much that it insane, and yet he humble enough to respect and fanboy over those that came before him. And it not some calculated move to make people like him. I believe he genuinely loves and respects the rappers/artists he mentioned or spoken highly of, or spoken to.<br /><br />I pause for a moment to say that I love G-Dragon, and I love Zico. Out of K-pop in general, they are the two idols that have a special place in my heart. I will not have anyone speaking negatively of my two boys. Which is what this post is about.<br /><br />Notice, I said that GD Zico are similar in STYLE. That means, I don think they similar in any other way, really. Their personalities are different, their musical styles are different And that when I think people are wrong for comparing them. Comparing their looks, and their clothing styles and swag, that works, because it is similar, whether purposefully or by chance. Comparing them as artists doesn work. And here why.<br /><br />I hear people always say Zico is a better rapper than GD, or something. But then, they take one of Zico mixtape songs and compare it to one of GD fun singles.<br /><br />That not a proper comparison. That like comparing Tupac Love to Nas and saying that means Nas is a better rapper. You don compare someone best work to someone radio single; that not fair.<br /><br />First, it has to be taken into account that GD doesn make mixtapes. He just doesn Either he feels he not in that stage in his career, or he just has no interest in it, but he doesn make mixtapes. Zico, being a newer rapper, and a rapper who is more of an underground rapper that sort of ended up in an idol group, he makes mixtapes to be able to say what he wants to say.<br /><br />BUT GD SAYS WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY, too, in his songs. He just metaphorical. So, say something happens in his life, and he wants to talk about it. He turn it into a love story, and write extremely poetic lyrics about it.<br /><br />Second, it has to be taken into account that GD is not JUST a rapper, and hasn been JUST a rapper in forever. He writes nearly all of Big Bang songs, including his members solos, and on his two solo albums, a lot of the songs were sung and not rapped, or a mix of singing rapping. He doesn make songs as much, the way Zico does.<br /><br />Personally, I think Zico has a more interesting cadence than GD recently, but I also think that a lot of fangirls mistake his cool cadence for better skills. Cadence is like your rhythm, in rap. How you flow. Another thing to take into consideration is that Zico voice is quite deep, while Ji is light. This also makes him sound more to fans, and makes it sound like, yes, Zico is much better at rapping.<br /><br />Because he sounds a lot more like American rappers.<br /><br />Personally, I think Zico lyrics are more introspective than deep. Like Nas, again! Speaking about issues, speaking about his personal experience, being honest that introspective rap. And he really, really amazing at introspective rap. You don see it much in K-pop, but you do see it a lot in K-hip-hop.<br /><br />Which brings me back to GD. GD isn making a lot of introspective songs. But the reason is because he a K-pop rapper. He usually only writes raps either to compliment a song, like when he features on someone song, or when he writes his rap part for a Big Bang song. Other than that, he making songs for the radio. Songs you wanna dance to, party too, etc. Those usually become his singles, or Big Bang singles. But the album album usually has beautifully written songs by GD, but they not always rap. So, GD doesn write a lot of introspective rap, but rather, writes deep ballads or includes clever metaphor or double meaning into his other songs, so that he can say what he wants without being inflammatory. Zico, on the other hand, on his mixtapes, hasn seemed to worry about being inflammatory at all, taking his cue from American rappers.<br /><br />There was another point I wanted to talk about, but I forget what it is now. But basically, what I trying to say is that comparing GD Zico as rappers is just weird, to me. They two completely different types of artists.<br /><br />Zico is a young rapper who wants to be a great rapper, but happens to be in an idol group.<br /><br />GD is a young musician, who started as a rapper, but wants to be known for the great music he makes and the lyrics he writes.<br /><br />Zico is what GD might have been had he not gone to YG when he was like 12, and spent his teen years being an underground rapper instead. But where GD is in his life and career, GD concerns are more so lyrics, producing, and fashion. GD is a more rounded artist, while Zico is more of a rapper, whose passion is in rap, and an up-coming producer.<br /><br />When people say is better than GD they talking about cadence and intonation and introspection; they talking about rap, which is just not the full story for GD. And it makes GD sound like he a joke, when he not.<br /><br />Now, I think GD did want to prove he can still rap, with this mini-album, since there a focus on hip-hop, and he raps a lot faster.<br /><br />People also should realize cadence is style, and is applied per song by a lot of rappers. Look at by Jay-Z Kanye West. They use a slow cadence in that song, but for style and effect, not because they can rap. They are considered some of the best rappers in the game.<br /><br />So, when you go to High High and GD TOP use a slow cadence, it because that the style they wanted in that song, not because they can do other cadences.<br /><br />Also, if you can understand Korean, you can really judge these songs accurately. A lot of times, English translation doesn give you the entire feel of a song. GD TOP, for instance, use a lot of double meaning that, even translated, doesn even begin to show how clever it really was.<br /><br />Anyway, praise Zico, that boy is a bias list ruiner, and I love every drop of him.<br /><br />It just that, it really hard to stan Zico when every time Zico emerges, some dumb fangirl who probably knows fuck all about rap, anyway makes some stupid declaration about Zico being so much better than GD at life, and that annoying as hell. Zico is amazing, and I would never take anything from him saying he is 1 not understanding how art works, 2 not understanding that they so different, to me, their art doesn truly compare, and 3 making GD seem like he some showtune singing chump or something.<br /><br />Don get Zico or GD fucked up. Understand that they are two different artists with different musical styles and aspirations and comparing them is just wrong.

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Allergies

Copper ornaments
Make the skin after the reaction of the copper green. We wear the jewelry may not be pure copper, but the copper content of which is enough to react and skin. Especially when some human chemistry (body chemistry) was strong, even more prone to spots.
Sterling silver jewelry
Silver containing 7.5% copper, but most of the Silver jewelery spots caused is black, and all occurred in the black metal and air react. Sterling silver jewelry covered with coating to avoid air oxidation, but the coating fall off gradually over the long-term wear.
Gold jewelry
Gold itself almost will not give you the skin leaving no stain, but other metals mixed in gold. Copper, nickel and silver and gold mixed to change the color tone of the gold, but to make it more rigid, reduce its cost. Any of these metals will leave their mark on your skin.
The smaller the K (Karat) gold jewelry, gold's purity is lower, the higher the content of other metals. Some people wear 10K gold will not be reactive, but some people must buy 18K gold to prevent discoloration.
Nickel allergy
If you are allergic to nickel, then leave it to you is not only a stain so easy to wear jewelry containing nickel will make your skin itching, redness, and even yellow flowing out.
How to avoid jewelry allergy

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Wearing high purity metal jewelry, such as 18K gold. Try to choose platinum jewelry, expensive, but almost does not react with the skin, and are generally not allergic; places in jewelry come into contact with the skin is coated with a layer of transparent nail polish;, if possible, choose stainless steel jewelry; titanium jewelry is not easy and skin reaction, not metal allergy; purchase labels marked "hypoallergenic jewelry specialized build for sensitive skin; keep the skin dry when wearing jewelry; keep jewelry clean to avoid rust

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How to distinguish

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National standards, precious metal jewelry should hit a mark of origin, manufacturer, material and content, the unimpressed products for substandard products. Quality inspection organizations such as quality problems given detection judgment under the imprint. The consumers according imprint buy their brand and the gold content of gold distinguish chrome hearts jewelry.
Sensory testing method:
1, see color: gold as a deep yellow, K gold yellow, red, white, multi-color, imitation gold copper alloy products, lighter in color.
Weigh weight: gold accounted for 19.3g / cubic centimeter, much higher than the proportion of imitation gold products, such as a gold ring for about 5 g, while the same size imitation gold products are generally less than 3 grams.
3 trial hardness: pure gold is relatively soft and can be scratched with a pin, with the teeth to bite with teeth marks.
3, such as the need to know exactly the distinguish chrome hearts content of precious metal jewelry or quality disputes, should go to the jewelry quality inspection agency, the use of physical or chemical analysis methods were identified. Buy jewelry needs to seriously check insets, welding is a solid with or without fracture, glitches, such as trachoma.

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Peridot is a green with yellow, middle and low gems like olive on the market, the most common counterfeit goods made ​​of colored glass olivine. The main difference is that the olivine has a "double shadow, while the glass is not; often visible crystalline inclusions, glass bubbles containing only olivine; olivine proportion of 3.5, a hardness of 7, than glass specific gravity (2.6) and hardness (6) should be large.
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Identification of a pearl
Pearl natural pearls and cultured pearls, cultured pearls have water beads and freshwater pearls divided. Natural pearl production less expensive price; cultured pearls can be high-volume output, so the price is much lower. The main difference between the two is not nuclear, natural pearls and cultured pearls within. The natural pearls kernel often just some sand or parasites matter, not even nuclear. The cultured pearls kernel is artificially produced larger beads, the outside is wrapped in a thin layer. The performance on the body surface, natural pearl its growth environment is random, the foreign body rarely rolling the core, its appearance poor roundness. The cultured pearls kernel rounded into beads roundness. Natural pearls grow up in a long time, so after beads fine texture, thick layer of beads, skin smooth, rarely convex bubble, and more transparent. Cultured pearls due into beads sound short, therefore, beads and thin, rough texture, gloss with wax-like, and the surface is often bump "vesicles" poor transparency. If perforated pearls, careful observation of the hole with a magnifying glass, the case of cultured pearls, are generally able to see the beads inside a brown boundaries, which is the dividing line between the nacre into the kernel and later grow out.
Currently, the market often appear imitation pearls, generally based on glass beads coated with of ichthyosis powder or silver made ​​its luster with real pearls are significantly different, not the same weight, and little experience to identify. If nails or small Daogua of, immediately exposed flesh.

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Opal can be divided according to its color black opal, white opal, yellow opal, black opal prices highest. Improve grades in order to lower the price of white or yellow opal, it was on the use of artificial methods make it change color, become "black opal, to reap Gregory. The main method is to cook with sugar or injected plastic, so the black white opal. The method of identification is significantly different to the, candied or injection opal gravity lighter tested in water, the specific gravity value. Also heated needle injection test opal, natural opal hot needlestick not enter injection molding the Opal able headlong into, and will produce plastic smelt of smell.
Identification of tourmaline
Tourmaline is a mid-range gems, but the pink and bright blue tourmaline is more expensive, it also has to take the imitation goods appear. Common take imitation products into two categories, one for colorless tourmaline artificial color; processing in red glass. chrome hearts online store The method of identification is really tourmaline often has significant dichroism, visible double shadow; vivo visible the tubular inclusions or cotton wool material, chrome hearts online store was cambered triangular cross-section of the crystal. These features take the imitation goods are not, workers stained tourmaline, due to the color hanging stagnation, lack of natural tourmaline Baoguang ", it is not difficult to identify.
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  Natural tourmaline
Crystal Identification
Natural crystal clear and transparent, chrome hearts online store and often contain cloudy, star punctate or flocculent gas-liquid inclusions, and tend to have micro-cracks. In addition, the natural crystal polarized visible phenomenon of double crystal, crystal sphere, looking down from the top, met with double shadow. The synthetic crystals or glass products, body homogeneous pure, no cracks, internal tend to have small bubbles. The sphere look down, did not see a double image of the following chrome hearts online store lines. Feel recognition, can feel the synthetic crystals greater than the proportion of natural crystal; cold sense of natural crystal, glass temperature sense.