What is it about the colour purple?

admin | July 8, 2010

We are seeing a lot more celebrities starting to wear this wonderful colour and we question why?  The colour purple is often associated with royalty and nobility. It is a strong colour and is not too overpowering, if you don’t need it to be. The variety of shades that purple has to offer means that no matter what the tone of skin or colour of hair there will certainly be a type of purple that will suit.

What is great about purple it will suit you no matter whether you have never worn it, adding it to your wardrobe with a few simple accessories will look fantastic.  However because it is a colour too much of one thing can be too much, so make sure you don’t go head to toe in the same colour and make sure mix and match it up a bit.

The stunning collection of lovelinks jewellery is a great way of adding the colour purple to your outfits.  They have a fantastic collection of purple murano glass charms with a variety of shades so you are always sure to find something to compliment your outfit.  Their jewellery collection is extremely stylish and their range of mix and match jewellery allows you to have your favourite purple murano glass charms in the earring range they do without having to buy a new pair every time.  The necklaces have a similar theme so if you are not daring enough to step out in a purple dress, top or shoes try jewellery first and enjoy experimenting with a colour that will compliment anyone!

Here at AllCharms with offer every customer a great selection of Lovelinks charms, the quality of charms is second to none with all charms being sterling silver.  Whether purchasing the item for yourself or as a gift we personally wrap all items purchased and provide lovelinks packaging so that you can give the perfect gift in the packaging it deserves. Enjoy browsing our collection of charms and email our friendly staff should you require any further information.

Taylor Swift

admin | July 5, 2010

Taylor Swift this year has been experimenting with her own sense of style, as a young singer who is growing up in the media she has noticeably been changing over the last year.   She is no longer someone who follows trends however more so setting the trends for others to follow.  Initially she had been a huge success in America however over in the UK we had not really heard of her until the MTV Awards and her clash with Kanye West, where she was about to do her acceptance speech for an award and Kanye interrupted to say he felt Beyonce Knowles should have won.

Even though this would have been a huge shock in some ways it has probably given Taylor Swift more coverage and a launching pad to enable her to be recognised within other countries. She is an American Country Pop Singer and is already earning around $18 million dollars, so this girl is surely doing something right.

With only being 21 she is of a great age where her fan base want to capture and follow her every move and want to be wearing what she is wearing.  Taylor was recently seen wearing a sterling silver necklace with a key on it, she seems to be a great fan of sterling silver jewellery and it really does compliment her.  This has become such a fashion look now and it is great for all those young girls who don’t necessarily have a lot of money but what to be wearing what their pop idol is wearing.  All they simply need to do is purchase a sterling silver necklace which can be picked up for around £5 or there maybe one from a another necklace that could be used, and ask their mum for a old silver key they no longer need and pop it on.  With the mix of gold and silver being in trend this season simply putting a gold key on the necklace would give a great mix and match look.   It is an extremely quirky piece of jewellery and a very simple style that anyone can do.  It does looks great on Taylor Swift  as she has opted to wear it as a casual piece of jewellery and will no doubt look great for anyone else too!

The Top 7 most expensive jewellery in the world

admin | July 2, 2010

Despite jewellery becoming a universal gift for both men and women, it is still classified as a woman’s accessory and lovelinks are seen as a perfect gift for anyone you love and care about.

Whatever jewellery you have in your collection, you will always have that special piece that you treasure and wear on special occasions. Something which has been bought for you by a friend or loved one, or a passed down as a gift from your mum, auntie or grandparents; wherever it’s come from there is nothing that can tear you away from it and you most likely treasure it as your prized possession.
However you care for your special jewellery, we hope the people that own these pieces of jewellery below take extra care look after them. Titled the seven most expensive jewellery pieces in the world, this article gives you just that.
  • Diamond Necklace: $5 million
This pear-shaped diamond necklace by Christie’s has approximately 74.75 carats and costs around $5 million.
  • Blue Diamond: $7.98 million
This very rare and flawless blue diamond is the most expensive precious jewel of its kind ever sold.  The gem is 6.04 carats and sparks with an unusual blue hue. It was bought at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong in 2007. The combination of the rare blue colour and the large carat weight for a blue diamond make this an exceptional stone among world-class diamonds.
  • Diamond Drop Earrings: $8.5 million
Jeweller to the stars, Harry Winston designed the third most expensive diamond jewellery in the world. The earrings were made in 2006 and consist of two pear-shaped diamonds in a platinum setting with a total of 60.1 carats.
  • Heart-shaped Burma Ruby Necklace: $14 million
This 40.63 carat, heat-shaped Burma ruby, mounted on a 155-carat diamond necklace is valued at an affordable $14 million, claiming a worthy top spot in the British jeweller’s collection. And you get your money’s worth too as this stunning necklace can also be transformed into a tiara.
  • Blue Diamond Ring: $16.26 million
This Chopard Blue Diamond Ring is 18-carat and valued at $16.26 million. About $1.7 million per carat. The thing that makes this diamond so expensive is its rarity. Blue diamonds are among the rarest of naturally coloured gems which are extremely difficult to find.
  • White Diamond: $23 million
This stunning white diamond belonged to the Sotheby’s auction house and has a 100.1 carat. It was initially sold for $16 million but its actual value reaches $23 million.
  • Diamond Bikini: $30 million
Fabulously expensive, this diamond bikini was created by Susan Rosen with Steinmetz Diamonds and has more than 150 carats of D Flawless diamonds. The item is not only the most expensive bathing suit, but also the most expensive diamond jewellery.
It doesn’t matter how expensive your prized piece of jewellery is, it’s what it means to you and how it makes you feel when you are wearing it.
If you are still in search of that special piece of jewellery or are looking to buy the perfect gift for a friend or loved one, then why not make the whole experience more special and personal with a charm bracelet.
Charm bracelets are the perfect gift to give to someone who you think a lot about as a charm bracelet can tell the story of a person’s life. With a charm bracelet, you firstly select your favourite charm bracelet, then choose their very first charm for them to attach onto their bracelet. And there really are thousands of charms to choose from.
Choose a charm that marks a significant point in that person’s life so that they can remember that moment and treasure it forever.
And with a charm bracelet you can keep adding to it with new charms, making every birthday, Christmas and anniversary an easy buy.
To view a selection of stunning and very affordable bracelets visit AllCharms.co.uk.

Which Desperate Housewife are you?

admin | June 30, 2010

Desperate housewives has been running many years and many women are addicted with the programme that shows the lives of individual women through the eyes of their dead neighbour.  They face all the struggles of any women today, financial crisis, relationships, crimes and the lives that continue behind closed doors. Set in the beautiful surroundings of Wisteria Lane anyone would love to live there as it looks perfect however as the show opens the door to its viewers we see this street is far from perfect.

Looking into the main characters:

Teri Hatcher plays Susan Mayer

The accident prone one in the series she always seems to end up getting herself in a mess, however she does bring a lot of laughter when her naïve side always likes to see the good in people. She is also a hopeless romantic and generally always has a man by her side.

Susan is care free in her ways and her fashion style is similar, unlike some of the other ladies in the show Susan does not have to look the best and she has a fairly casual style in the way she dresses.

Eva Longoria Parker plays Gabrielle Solis

Gabrielle who was brought up with not very much thankfully had her looks to get her places and landed a modelling career where she started to make her money.  Married to Carlos a successful businessman these two are not shy about spending their money or showing their wealth.  Gabby even though is very materialistic is very kind by nature and will not see her friends struggle she is a very loyal person too with all of her friends.

The most fashionable one out of all the desperate housewives she has a very stylish dress sense and often parades around in the latest jimmy choo shoes.  Her style for jewellery is of always the latest trend so surprised we have not seen her wearing a nomination charms bracelet yet.  We know her style would reflect her love for handbags, shoes and money within the charms collection!  Her earrings and necklaces are often kept simple with just a single diamond stone.  She really does capture style in every aspect of her fashion wardrobe.

Felicity Huffman plays Lynette Scavo

Lynette is your everyday working woman who will do everything for her family and kids.  She has four children and in this series we see her pregnant with her fifth.  Before having her children she was extremely successful in the business world and even though she often feels as though she is not as successful with her kids she is someone who never gives up.  We have seen her battle with cancer and overcome and Lynette unlike some of the other ladies in the show has had some of the toughest story lines but has portrayed them extremely well and with the support of her husband in the show Tom Scavo.

Lynette whilst at work she has a great business style, at home she does not appear to make the same effort and is often very casual in approach to clothes, hair and make up.  However at work she wears fantastic suits, her hair is great and she wears make-up she often looks like a completely different woman.

Marcia Cross plays Bree Van de Kamp

Often seen to the others on Wisteria Lane as the perfectionist, we as the viewer get to have a look behind the closed doors and see everything is not so perfect.  She is a successful business woman with her own business in catering; she is often the first point of call when there is an event on.  She does like everything to be in its place and what we would recognise this as OCD and she certainly likes everything to be clean.  There is another side to Bree though where she does offer great advice to her friends and even though she does have a perfect outward appearance when she is wrong with things we do see this softer Bree coming through.

Her fashion style is simple and nothing revealing at all.  Often wearing knee length skirts and matching jackets with a blouse or jumper, there does not appear to be any difference when she is off work to when she is at work with how she dresses she is always of a smart approach.  Her jewellery style she often wears pearls, a string of pearls around her neck and a simple pearl in each ear. The one great thing about pearls they look great and will never grow old so a perfect choice for Bree.

Mix and Match Jewellery

admin | June 21, 2010

Gold jewellery has been around for years and over the past couple of years there has been a decline in the sales of gold jewellery, whereas there has been increase in sterling silver jewellery being sold.  Gold especially this year has become extremely expensive and although this is the case the sales for gold jewellery has once again started to pick up.

When looking at fashion trends and especially charm bracelets, brands such as Pandora and lovelinks jewellery are expanding their collections to bring the customer more gold/ silver and gold charms, part of their mix and match range.

They originally started of with a wide selection of sterling silver charms and over the last couple of years even though the silver charms have expanded it is the gold and silver charm that they offer that has really increased.

Gold has once again become a luxury to have and even though the recession has seen a lot of families struggle, women have been investing their money into a gold charm which they can treasure forever.

A lot of women may think they do not suit gold purely for the reason they have always worn silver and yes silver does compliment anyone, however the mix and match of silver and gold does not give too much of either and looks great on everyone.  Especially during the summer month’s gold is a lovely colour against the silver and really stands out.  What is great with these two brands they have both brought out other pieces of jewellery such as rings, necklaces and earrings to compliment the silver/gold look of the charm bracelet.

This is the best way to go about achieving the look for 2010 by simply introducing small pieces of silver /gold and then once you are happy with it you can introduce a bolder look of silver and gold.  Look at any magazine or jewellery brochure this is the new look and it is certainly going to be around for a while.

Tinchy Stryder

admin | June 16, 2010

Becoming one of the UK’s favourite current rap stars Tinchy Stryder has done many collaborations in his short life of fame with people such as N-Dubz, Amelle Berrabah and Taio Cruz.  It was his collaboration with Taio Cruz “Take Me Back” that made us really notice him and since then he has been going from strength to strength.

He has currently got the attention from the likes of Jay-Z who has recently signed the young Tinchy to his record label Roc Nation. Now Jay-Z has brought him under his wing we know Tinchy will go very far over here and within the US.  Jay-Z the man behind Rihanna certainly knows what he is doing and is extremely good at what he does.

Tinchy Stryder is recognised by his dress sense the oversized tops, baggy jeans and his oversized sterling silver jewellery too.  His jewellery has brought a lot of attention to him, the sterling silver necklaces with 100’s of diamonds has recently been the attention of theft, where he has just had £10,000 worth stolen from him.  Even though it is a shame to hear of such things, this era of young male artists are showing their wealth in such expensive pieces of jewellery and therefore leaving themselves open to problem such as this.

In just a year this singer has gone from no-one to someone everyone knows and with Jay-Z and others now behind him we know this next year for him will be another successful year. He has since signing with Roc Nation met Beyonce, so maybe there is his next collaboration if Jay-Z allows

There are no limits in Jewellery

admin | June 15, 2010

When looking to find something unique and stylish the opportunities really are endless when it comes to jewellery. Most women enjoy wearing jewellery it can dress up or dress down an outfit, it can bring attention to it, it can be toned down and blend in with whatever else is being worn.  Unlike hair jewellery can be taken off and put on as and when needed.

It really does not matter so much if pieces of items clash either, it still looks good.  Jewellery especially sterling silver jewellery looks great either on its own or teamed up with stones, murano glass or wood etc.

What is great about jewellery is the amount of things that can make jewellery take earrings for example they do not have to be sterling silver earrings , as the image shows copper can be used and watch pieces to create a very stylish set of earrings and certainly unique. However silver generally is ok with everyone to wear whilst copper may react.  Though experimenting and trying out silver with different metals you never know where it could lead.

The great thing about jewellery is everyone owns at least one item and everyone will always wear at least one item too in their life.  With jewellery really coming on the fashion market as accessories to fashion, the more outrageous and a unique a piece will be really keeping up-to-date.

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Passions

admin | June 14, 2010

Men and their football can it really be likened to Women and their jewellery?

Both areas appear to be pretty much recession proof, no matter what the personal situation is like for some men missing a football match is out of the equation.  Even through the world cup there are men giving up their jobs to make sure they get to go to South Africa and watch England play, just to be apart of the live atmosphere.  It seems there is no end to the lengths men will go, even if not going to South Africa this will not stop the football fans being the first to the bars to create their own live atmosphere together.

For women again this year Pandora jewellery is hitting record breaking sales.  These little charms range in price from £20 plus and looking at most bracelets it is the more expensive charms that are being sold and to think the average bracelet takes about 28-30 charms that is one piece of jewellery that amounts to a nice price.

There is something about the charm bracelets that is making women go mad and buy charms without considering the cost.  A lot of women have said it becomes very addictive and most women will not stop once their bracelet is full they want to continue to a second bracelet. So whilst men are spending more on seeing their favourite teams play women have now found their own jewellery to follow and spend on the charm bracelet!

Britain’s Got Talent

admin | June 1, 2010

Britain’s Got Talent this year has shown how fashion can really make a show especially with the amazing bollywood style dancers known as Threebee.  Their use of bright colours, dance moves and their gold and silver jewellery really did set the stage for a great performance. They not only used their own cultured songs but brought relevance with tunes of today to bring something new to Britain’s Got Talent.

The judges were overwhelmed by the overall impression that Threebee gave and they captivated the audiences and who knows we maybe seeing a lot more groups such as this coming through Britain’s Got Talent after this groups inspiration.

Threebee has been formed since 2004 by the leader Shweta Aggarwal who has been choreographing dance since the age of 15. She has made sure the dancers have a passion for what they are doing and this is expressed through their moves.

The outfits they wear are in rich in colours of blues, pinks, orange anything bright, whilst keeping it looking very stylish.  Jewellery plays a big part in the overall look, the gold and sterling silver jewellery is even worn on the outfit and enhances the moves being made by the dancer.  The girls often wear a lot of gold and sterling silver earrings as well and these are larger so they can be seen and make a noise themselves with the moves to the music. Every part of the outfit is extremely important, the detail in the dresses and down to the jewellery worn it is all apart of the dance and there to engage its audience.

Threebee are already lined up for a few shows so if you have not seen them yet make sure you don’t miss this sensational dance group.

Tom Cruise Picks Up Screen Icon

admin | May 28, 2010

It was great to see Tom Cruise pick up a screen icon award at the Nation Movie Awards this week.  The collaboration of films this great actor has done really can inspire any actor dreams can come true. He has dedicated 20 years of his life to acting and we are so glad that he has.

Tom Cruise had a constant smile on throughout the show and seems to listen with admiration for our very own young British actors and actress’s from the ever popular film Harry Potter. To his left sat his very beautiful wife Katie Holmes who appears to be recapturing her youth, sat with longer hair than we are normally use to seeing and not too much make up either.

Katie has become somewhat of a fashion icon since being with Tom her trends are making their way into every woman’s house.  What we all like about Katie is she does appear to be very down to earth, she does not flaunt her wealth like a lot of other celebs, her outfits are obviously worth a pretty penny but as for her accessories, Katie often keeps her sterling silver jewellery to a bare minimum.  Often she is seen wearing sterling silver earrings and a ring and that’s about it.

Hopefully this year we will see a lot more from Tom and Katie within the acting field as they are both in their own right good actors.  Even though Katie has been venturing on the side of Broadway maybe after seeing her husband’s award last night will inspire her to continue making classic films.