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.

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.

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.

I know the stores have seemed to have skipped over Thanksgiving and are now pushing Christmas already. But for me -it’s still autumn! What better way to enjoy the season than with a little Autumn Honey?!

Autumn Honey by crystalallure featuring Franco Sarto shoes

Okay, the black cat…yeah, nothing to do with the inspiration but I love my black cat (Cookie Toe, a.k.a. Tookie-Tookie) and Halloween is right around the corner. Besides the kitty coordinates with the boots! Right?!

You can get both the Topaz Crystal Earrings and Carnelian Pendant Crystal Necklace at CrystalAllure.com.

Garnet is a popular jewelry component and has been used since the bronze age as an ornamental gemstone. I personally love all the colors of garnet from the reds to the greens.

The rhodonite gemstone is a stone of grace and elegance, with its’ muted rose color and black manganese oxide veins running through it. It gets its name from the Greek word for rose, rhodon. Rhodonite is mined in the United States, Brazil, India, and Russia and is the official gem of Massachusetts.

Just added to the jewelry boutique is our lovely Dusty Rose Rhodonite Gemstone Freshwater Pearl Beaded Necklace. It’s a can’t miss, one of a kind.

Rhodolite comes from the garnet family and is a mixed crystal of almandine and pyrope. It generally features a magnificent velvety red with a fine violet or raspberry-red undertone. This “purple-red” color is the most sought after color for rhodolite.

Rhodolite is a beautiful stone that tends to be lighter in color than most other kinds of red garnet. It can easily be confused with ruby because of the similarity in color. However, rhodolite garnet is not artificially enhanced in any way. Originally found in the USA, it now comes mainly from the gemstone mines in East Africa, India and Sri Lanka.