Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Quality & Unique Pearl Necklaces

Pearl necklaces are now becoming at par with diamond necklaces. With this trend, it is important for the jewelry manufacturers to produce quality and unique pearl jewelries.


Of course, this all starts in the pearl farms – may it be in Japan, China, Tahiti or the United States. These farms carefully grow oysters that are producing the pearls. The farmers oversee every stage that the oysters undergo to be able to produce quality pearls. These pearls are then harvested in the perfect time and condition to be sure that they are ready to be manufactured.
These pearls - whether Tahitian, Akoya or freshwater - need to be sorted properly by skillful workers. Good pearls are separated from bad pearls to be sure that the best pearls will be brought to the buyers. The pearls are grouped according to size, shape and color. They are then prepared to be brought to manufacturers that will turn them into jewelries or other pearl products.


These pearls are now manipulated by professional hands. They are now turned into jewelries such as pearl necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings or pins. The designers choose the best color, size and shape to create unique designs that will certainly be liked by shoppers.


Following a well prepared process, quality and unique pearl necklaces or other pearl accessories can be created. Buyers also need knowledge about pearls so that they will know if the pearl product that they will buy is genuine or not. This is very important since fake pearls are also being made.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Stunning look by pearl bracelets

The stunning look created by merely wearing pearl bracelets can depend on the color, shape and type.


The loose pearls use to make bracelets come in the colors of rainbow. The traditional shades of white, black and gray however are more common. The selection of shapes is as myriad: round, oval, symmetrical, half-pearls among others. The round ones are the most popular since their sizes and shapes are more uniform.


Loose pearls can be stringed together in one strand or a number of strands to create a pearl bracelet. Single-strand bracelets are simple yet elegant. Pearl bracelets can be stringed by professionals, although a growing number of women have learned to string their own pearls.


The trendiest pearl bracelets are the so-called ‘coin pearls’, which are cultured using coin-shaped irritants implanted in oysters. These are quite lustrous since they come with thick nacre. This takes a longer time to create.


Pearl bracelets look stunning also when combined with crystals, silver and other gems or semi-precious stones. Multicolored pearl bracelets are very popular among the young ones, while single-colored ones remain a classic. Many also prefer both bracelets and necklaces to come in similar design.


A huge collection of pearl bracelets is available in online shops, pages upon pages of exquisitely designed freshwater or cultured pearl bracelets. But nothing beats actually feeling the pearls and trying on the bracelets in jewelry shops. The jewelers can even offer expert advice on which type is the best and how to care for the pearl bracelets.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Royal Aura of Freshwater Pearls

Aside from diamonds, women can be transformed from an ordinary woman into a definition of elegance and class by wearing freshwater pearls. Jewelries made from such pearls are now the common accessory of women to create an upper-class feel and royal aura to their everyday looks.

Jewelries such as necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets and pins are now made with freshwater pearls. Compared to diamonds and other precious stones, pearls equally give out the luxury and elegance that diamonds and other gemstones give in a minimal cost. Pearls are less expensive, of course, because it is easier to cultivate compared to diamonds. Still, wearing pearls is slowly becoming at par with wearing precious stones.

Pearls give out simple elegance with their perfectly round, or sometimes not, shapes. This spherical appearance seems to add up with its elegance. Pearls also have luster that is not too sparkly compared to diamonds. Elegance is simplicity, they say. The color also suggests simplicity and sophistication.

Freshwater pearls are effective to bring out the classiness to a woman. The simplicity is the pearls’ major characteristic that made them at par with diamonds. These pearls perfectly blend and match with any outfit. They will not overpower the dress but instead they will blend to the overall look. They accentuate but not drown the sense of the outfit.

These pearls will certainly bring out the royalty to anyone who will wear them – from head to toe. They will, for sure, create an aura of elegance and grace to the woman who will accessorize with pearls.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Perfect Akoya Pearl for Any Budget

Akoya pearls seem to be the ideal type of pearl that any jewelry shopper would want to have. These pearls have the perfect shape and the exact luster that will match the natural skin tone and the outfit any woman will wear. The perfectly round shape and the luster of these pearls bring out the elegance in anyone who will wear it. The size of these pearls also matches perfectly the class and grace that a woman has.

Akoya pearls usually come in one shape. This type of pearl is perfectly round, which is the ideal shape for a pearl. A perfect sphere conveys grace, elegance, and class; these pearls, therefore, gives out the impression of poise, sophistication, and luxury when worn.

Its color is said to be the ideal color of pearls. These pearls usually have a silver or pink undertone which is perfect for every woman who will wear them. The color white, which is usual in akoya pearls, is great for any outfit or skin tone because it brings out the real beauty of any color. Jewelry that is made from this type of pearl will surely bring out the best in a woman.
Aside from its perfect shape and color, these pearls have the luster that is ideal to any type of pearl. This luster blends perfectly to the color of the dress a woman wears. Luster also conveys a woman’s ability to shine and be noticed in a crowd.

Akoya pearls are said to be more expensive than any other type of pearl but the gains that a woman can have when wearing these pearls are priceless. Akoya pearls are perfect for any budget because no once can buy the real beauty they can give to any one who will wear them.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Precious Tahitian Pearls

Tahitian pearls are becoming the most commonly used type of pearl in jewelry making. These precious natural wonders are now commonly seen hanging in the bodies of women in the whole world. Tahitian pearls can be seen hanging as earrings, necklace, bracelet or rings. They can also be seen as decorations on pins and certain head dresses. What makes these pearls unique and exquisite?

Produced in the exotic waters around the island of Tahiti, there is a class of this pearl that is the rarest among all other pearls in the world. The black pearl is considered one of the most expensive and hardest to find pearl. Because of its rarity, the perfectly round black pearl gained value.

But, aside from a perfectly round shape, Tahitian pearls also come in other shapes. There can be semi-round pearls, semi-baroque or pearls with unusual shapes but still have certain points of rotation, ringed or circled pearls that have unusual streaks or rings around the body, and baroque pearls or those with very unusual shapes. Because of these different shapes, these pearls can be used in an array of options and can create various designs and patterns.

Aside from varying shapes, Tahitian pearls can also be produced in different colors. Not to be mistaken, there is still no way of manually producing different colors. These colors are naturally produced by the oysters that the pearls came from. The colors may range from white, grays, black, green and purple. These characteristics give Tahitian pearls their current state in the industry of pearl cultivation.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Enjoy the Colors, Shapes and Designs of Tahitian Pearls

Tahitian pearls are now becoming the “in thing” when it comes to jewelry. These pearls are unique because of its color, usually black or dark, unlike the common pearls which are milky white in color. They also come in different shapes and sizes making them fit perfectly to the kind of jewelry they are being put – may it be a necklace, a bracelet, earrings or a ring. Tahitian pearls can make your jewelry one of a kind.

These types of pearls are produced by black-lipped oysters. Tahitian pearl farmers know that they will be producing black pearls with those types of oysters. Still, black lipped oysters can produce pearls that vary in color. Aside from black, Tahitian pearls can be white, different shades of gray, bronze, and sometimes greenish or with a hint of purple. These colors make these pearls exquisite and perfect for jewelry making.

This type of pearls also comes in varying shapes. The usual shape of pearls is perfectly round but black pearls are utterly different. There can be perfectly round pearls and these perfectly round shapes are the rarest and the most expensive of all. Tahitian pearls can also be semi-round which means they have no perfect diameter. Semi-baroque pearls are those pearls with imperfect shapes but still have a certain point of rotation. This shape can be subdivided into four different types – the drop, the button, the pear and the oval. Another shape is the ringed pearl. These pearls contain streaks around the body. And the last shape is the baroque. These are completely imperfect pearls that have no point of rotation. Because of the varying color and shapes of Tahitian pearls, they are now being commonly used in designing jewelry and the final products do sell in the market, with actually a high demand.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Tahitian Pearl Necklaces: for special occasions

Often, brides try their best to achieve the best look on their wedding day. Dressing up smartly in their pure white bridal gowns and supported by attractive sets of Tahitian pearl necklaces, brides do everything to turn every head on their way.

One can find different styles and designs in Tahitian pearl necklace, take a pick from a single strand to a doubt strand or a multiple strand necklace that can give you a rich look. Brides who love experimenting can choose mixed jewelry that combines Tahitian pearls with other mesmerizing gemstones like ruby and emerald. Such mixed pattern jewelry can be worn on many other occasions and parties as well.