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#19,801
jadeitebear said:
My new bangle form Ginger Coast is finally here!

It is my first purchase from her and I really love :heart: love this bangle. It took her a loooong time to ship (over 10 days). I don't mean transit time, that was lighting fast once she actually put it in the mail. In her defense, she says on her website that it takes 1-2 weeks to ship but man, the anticipation was killing me!

The bangle has a number of rough spots all over (where the brown spots are) which do not bother me but the listing said "a" rough patch. Hmm. And there is some fluorescent stuff in all the rough spots. I am hoping it is wax stuck in the roughness and I can dissolve it by soaking in acetone. Though in the past I have not been successful in removing fluorescent "wax" with acetone. The other option is to wear it and hope it rubs off. It kind of bothers me. Returns are not accepted and I like the bangle. Her prices are good and the bangle looks to be A grade jadeite on my first inspection.

I wonder if you have any suggestions.

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Your bangle is gorgeous with so much character! In my experience with rough brownish spots or especially yellow rough spots, they do have a fluorescent glow under uv light naturally. I wouldn't worry about them.
 
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#19,802
piosavsfan said:
She sent me additional pictures yesterday that look like a nice lavender and I just asked her about lighting in them and she said natural sunlight. So I'm confused again lol. The pictures show three bangles, but the one that's going to fit me best and is the most affordable is the one with the most grey.
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On my computer screen, the one with the most grey (in the second pic, it's on the right) has the nicest lavender :D
 
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#19,803
jadeitebear said:
My new bangle form Ginger Coast is finally here!

It is my first purchase from her and I really love :heart: love this bangle. It took her a loooong time to ship (over 10 days). I don't mean transit time, that was lighting fast once she actually put it in the mail. In her defense, she says on her website that it takes 1-2 weeks to ship but man, the anticipation was killing me!

The bangle has a number of rough spots all over (where the brown spots are) which do not bother me but the listing said "a" rough patch. Hmm. And there is some fluorescent stuff in all the rough spots. I am hoping it is wax stuck in the roughness and I can dissolve it by soaking in acetone. Though in the past I have not been successful in removing fluorescent "wax" with acetone. The other option is to wear it and hope it rubs off. It kind of bothers me. Returns are not accepted and I like the bangle. Her prices are good and the bangle looks to be A grade jadeite on my first inspection.

I wonder if you have any suggestions.

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Lovely! In your 2nd photo, I see lavender with green patches on my screen :D
 
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Thank you for your kind words, Jadies!
tea, I did not know about the fluorescence in rough brown patches (I am assuming this is part of the jade "skin"). Thank you for putting my mind at ease. :biggrin: Going to look this up!
Smokie - the "white" side of the bangle looks mostly bright white in person with pale green patches but I did find a lavender streak that can be seen in person. It is located on the very bottom of the bangle in the second pic.
 
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berniechocolate said:
Thanks dear, it’s aboy . Howdy ! I m still trying to figure out how to use Tpf as web again . Thought it went missing because the apps was canned . When I caught on again. Whoa ! So many more post . U ladies are really fast in buying stuff !

Yes , kids grow up really quickly . I m a petite mom , he should probably overtake me in height quite soon haha
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Looking Good!
 
#19,807
piosavsfan said:
I got really excited about this lavender bangle, but then asked for pics in daylight (last 2) and the lavender is not as bright and pretty as in their listing pictures. Still tempted by it but the seller doesn't allow returns. What do you all think?

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Lovely lavender! I love lavenders. Right now my lavender bangle is my favorite and I wear it the most. The color on your bangle is so soft and lovely.
 
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jadeitebear said:
My new bangle form Ginger Coast is finally here!

It is my first purchase from her and I really love :heart: love this bangle. It took her a loooong time to ship (over 10 days). I don't mean transit time, that was lighting fast once she actually put it in the mail. In her defense, she says on her website that it takes 1-2 weeks to ship but man, the anticipation was killing me!

The bangle has a number of rough spots all over (where the brown spots are) which do not bother me but the listing said "a" rough patch. Hmm. And there is some fluorescent stuff in all the rough spots. I am hoping it is wax stuck in the roughness and I can dissolve it by soaking in acetone. Though in the past I have not been successful in removing fluorescent "wax" with acetone. The other option is to wear it and hope it rubs off. It kind of bothers me. Returns are not accepted and I like the bangle. Her prices are good and the bangle looks to be A grade jadeite on my first inspection.

I wonder if you have any suggestions.

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Gorgeous!
 
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If anyone remembers me, I’m the silly one who thought she could wear a 57mm flat cut bangle and then found out....surprise. She can’t. Well! I finally got it off! It took lots of dish soap, a friend to squeeze my hand, and me gritting the hell out of my teeth and powering through the pain!

But in the month since I wore that beautiful apple jade bangle, I have acquired others (because I couldn’t help myself) and now I can finally wear something new on my left. The apple green bangle went lots of places in the month it was stuck: LA, London, Paris! I can also wear my watches again, which are my first love so it’s been hard not wearing a watch, more than it has been being with only one bangle.
 
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