Valentine’s Day is coming and it is the right time for you to show your love to someone very special in your life. Giving a gift is common to be done in this romantic day, but it is at your ease to make it special by giving a different gift.. Flower, chocolate, candy, and teddy bear are so common to be given in Valentine’s Day. It is the time to show that you can give something special that has never been the gift that they received before.

It is time to give a different valentine’s day gift to show that yourself is unique and you deserve the love from that someone special. Be spontaneous and romantic by giving the ones you loved the best bath and beauty products and skin products that will be the best for the beloved ones to start their days. The Lavender Glycerine Soap will be the best to start the day soaking in the bathtub while enjoying the relaxing aroma from the soap.

The Amber Round Candle is the best choice for having a romantic evening together with the beloved in this special day. Or if you still miss the day without something pink, then the Pink Bath Basket is the suitable one to represent the love and romance in the bathtub.

Christmas is now officially 3 weeks away, but if you’re like me and ordering your gifts online, the time is much shorter. That being said, I completely understand the pressure of (1) finding the right gift and (2) getting it in time. And I’m all for ways to make my shopping easier!!

So I’ve complied a Crystal Allure Holiday Gift Guide to assist in narrowing down gift options so you choose just the right one. Included, new, in this years gift guide is a quick list of all the new beaded jewelry that is perfect for the upcoming holiday. Got a special company holiday party to attend and want to shine just enough to suit your individuality? Like to have a little fun and wear some jewelry with a hint of holiday color? Well, it’s all right there in the Crystal Allure Holiday Gift Guide.

You’ll find our most popular stocking stuffer options with a variety of choices under each. These great little gifts are perfect to give as secret santa gifts or even to the ladies in your office. Each come packaged in a lovely organza bag and ready for gift giving -or to drop in the stocking!

And for that hard to buy for person is the quintessential, can’t go wrong, jewelry gift certificate. Available in $25, $50, $75 and $100 you’re sure to find an amount that will fit your shopping budget. The Crystal Allure Jewelry Gift Certificate is a virtual certificate which means you will receive an email with the details of how to use the gift certificate and the code. However, if you really would like a paper gift certificate, just let me know.

So don’t fret about shopping, grab a cup of coffee, sit back and shop with ease until your hearts content!

A few years back I had purchased these beads and although I’m pretty good at identifying beads, for some reason, these are challenging me. So, I thought I’d ask you.

Now I have a few thoughts on what they are but what do you think? Are they all the same? Help me out and leave a comment with your best guess on what these beads are.

The only info I have on them is that they are semi-precious.

By James Pomfret

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) – A rare, 5-carat pink diamond was auctioned off for a record $10.8 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday, putting some shine back into the world’s rare and large stones market which was badly hit by the financial crisis.

The stone, of a “vivid pink” hue and considered near perfect, but not quite flawless, triggered brisk bidding in Christie’s autumn sales of Asian and Chinese art in Hong Kong.

The price smashed the previous record, set 15 years ago in Geneva for a 19.66-carat stone that sold for $7.4 million. The pink gem’s per-carat price of $2.2 million was also the highest ever paid for any diamond at auction, Christie’s said.

“No stone has ever been sold for $2 million a carat, we were used to … a million dollars a carat for colored diamonds but never 2 million,” said Francois Curiel, Christie’s Europe chairman. “This is an absolute record that is not going to be broken for a while I believe.”

The stone, set in a so-called “cushion-cut” ring by famed jewelers Graff Diamonds, was just a quarter the size of the Geneva stone and not quite flawless but the stone’s “vivid pink” is considered near perfect. Curiel described it as a “fabulous pink diamond, probably one of the rarest stones I’ve ever seen.”

While the South African-mined diamond isn’t quite rated flawless given minor blemishes, Christie’s said that these could be removed by minor repolishing.

Christie’s has a track-record of putting rare polished stones up for sale in Asia, given its confidence in the depth of the Asian market for the world’s top gemstones and artwork.

Last May, before the financial crisis began to hurt the global auction market, Christie’s sold a squash-ball-sized, 101.27-carat diamond in Hong Kong for $6.2 million.

Despite this, some major gems have disappointed in Asia, including a 72.22-carat “D” flawless white diamond that failed to hit its reserve price in a Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale last April, falling short of its $10-12 million pre-sale estimate.

While the world’s most expensive jewel ever sold at auction is the “Wittelsbach” blue diamond, a 17th-century deep grayish-blue stone that fetched $24 million last year, top red and pink gemstones are also known for stratospheric valuations.

The city of Rome was agog when Sotirios Voulgaris invented the Bvlgari watch brand. Many Roman people of the time were very pleased with the awesome models of the brand and the manner they respond to the task of accurate time keeping. Sotirios established his watch firm in Rome which later gave birth to other branches in the US, France and more importantly Switzerland.
Currently the replica Bvlgari are available in their wonderful models. The major ones include: the Assioma models, the Rettangolo collections, the Ergon versions, the Diagono models and some others. These models are known for their semblance with the original versions.
General Attributes
The Bvlgari replica watches are known for their similar features. They all have wonderful facial glasses marked with the symbol of the Bvlgari Company. They also have unique facial glasses made of the sapphire crystal element which abhors scratches.
The replica models are known for their awesome nomenclatures which are sometimes very difficult to pronounce in the English language. Their names go a long way to show the originality of the watches from the Latin speaking nation of the world. However, the replica models still bear these names wherever they are seen.
The replica models are replete online where their cheapness is well profound. Currently you are likely to see them at the cheaper price rates of $270 and below. Many online shops that deal with them do give the customers some discount especially when the person is purchasing enough for his or her loved ones.
The replica models are known for their efficiency in the timing process. They have wonderful dials and other additional sub dials that help them in that regard.
In all, the replica models are known to be very durable.

It seems almost impossible to combine the words, “bridal” with “memorial” -right? I would have thought the same thing but found recently that’s not quite true. A very dear customer of mine approached me about designing a custom bracelet for a bride whose father had already passed away but asked her cousin (my customers’ husband) to walk her down the isle. Here’s the story.

Mary Kay’s husband was asked by his cousin to walk her down the isle on her special day (her father had passed before her wedding day). She came to me to design a unique and special bracelet that he could present to her in honor of being asked to walk her down the isle.

At first, it was difficult to come up with a design because I wanted to include both the honor of his being asked but also honor the memory of her father and still keep the design beautiful enough that she could wear it on her wedding day. It all came together when I found the sterling bali prayer box charm with the word “Dad” on the side. It was absolutely perfect!

The bali prayer box charm holds a single Swarovski crystal in the birthstone of her father and the initials each represent the first initial of the bride, her father and Mary Kay’s husband (with the bride’s initial in the middle). To make the bracelet even more meaningful, I included a little card that read:

I am honored to have been chosen to walk such a special person down the isle on her wedding day. This bracelet symbolizes how I feel and although I am physically here for this honor, your father is here in memory. On this bracelet, handmade just for you, is a prayer box containing an emerald Swarovski Crystal in your fathers’ birthstone. It also has three initials to symbolize that although I will walk beside you, your father will also in heart and spirit. We will both be “walking” you down the isle on this very special day.

Both Mary Kay and her husband were absolutely thrilled with the design and special meanings behind the charm used and letter beads. And I am always thrilled and exceptionally happy to create a special jewelry piece that has meaning and will be cherished for a lifetime.