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Thank you ladies for your advice. I will try again tonight and if I can't get it off it will just be my permanent bangle #2. But I do worry about the jewelers epoxy get washed off if I wear her 24/7. She has two stone lines that were repaired with epoxy.
 
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Jeanek said:
Thank you so much you guys for steering me away from wasting my money. I'm so glad I asked! I had no idea I could buy on etsy with just cc. I still have PayPal hooked to an old email address to an old closed bank acct but I have no desire to open up something I'd never use again. so excited!

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Just a tip that you should try to figure out your bangle size from your hand size rather than wrist size because you need to get a bangle past your hand. I have same size wrist as you, around 5.5", but my hands are on the big side. For reference my no soap & water size is 56mm and my smallest soap & water bangle is a tiny bit over 53mm. I wish I could wear a solid 50-52mm bangle as that'd hug my wrist much better, but I can't unless I want to try to shove it on permanently! Good luck in your search for your 1st jade bangle!
 
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cdtracing said:
Fantastic!! I love the combo with the green in the middle. Perfect framing!!
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thank you cdtracing

Trekkie said:
Hey jade lovers!

My new bangle arrived yesterday from Suzanne Corner, and I'm super pleased with it. She's a creamy colour and that green spot turned out to be just as intense as in the eBay pictures.

I gave the silver sections a huge polish this morning, removing what was likely years of tarnish and exposing the lovely silver, which I think softens the overall effect of the bangle, I'm in love! I also gave the Jade itself a nice rub down with olive oil.

Also found out that 54 is pretty close to my smallest possible bangle size, had to use soap to get this one on.

So without further ado, here she is. Now I just need a name.

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very pretty, congrats. most of my bangles I have to use soap too, it's a hassle to take them off sometimes.

RedPeony said:
My red brown carved bangle finally arrived from Canada!

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very beautiful colors, think I saw this one, did you get it in one of the sellers in etsy?
conrats redpeony
 
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Jade4Me said:
Just a tip that you should try to figure out your bangle size from your hand size rather than wrist size because you need to get a bangle past your hand. I have same size wrist as you, around 5.5", but my hands are on the big side. For reference my no soap & water size is 56mm and my smallest soap & water bangle is a tiny bit over 53mm. I wish I could wear a solid 50-52mm bangle as that'd hug my wrist much better, but I can't unless I want to try to shove it on permanently! Good luck in your search for your 1st jade bangle!
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Jad34Me I'm about the same size as you. My smallest bangle is a 53mm, and this new bangle is 54mm but I just can't get it on. The flat straight edge just won't slide over like the one with the round edges. My poor hands. I've tried and tried, with plastic bag, soup, lotion, hair conditioner.
 

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zipcount said:
Jad34Me I'm about the same size as you. My smallest bangle is a 53mm, and this new bangle is 54mm but I just can't get it on. The flat straight edge just won't slide over like the one with the round edges. My poor hands. I've tried and tried, with plastic bag, soup, lotion, hair conditioner.
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Your poor hand! Sorry to hear it's not fitting! :-(
 
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Jade4Me said:
Just a tip that you should try to figure out your bangle size from your hand size rather than wrist size because you need to get a bangle past your hand. I have same size wrist as you, around 5.5", but my hands are on the big side. For reference my no soap & water size is 56mm and my smallest soap & water bangle is a tiny bit over 53mm. I wish I could wear a solid 50-52mm bangle as that'd hug my wrist much better, but I can't unless I want to try to shove it on permanently! Good luck in your search for your 1st jade bangle!
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Thanks! It's so hard to know what size to get. I have a gold bangle that measures 2.75 inches across (70mm) that slips into my hand and almost falls off all the time. It's the smallest I've ever been able to find and I wear a 4.25 wedding ring so I have small hands too. I'm going to try and find one at at Chinese Cultural Center today! Wish me luck! Based on that and your measurements, I feel pretty confident about buying a 50/52mm bangle!??

I'll update hopefully today! So excited :)
 
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zipcount said:
Jad34Me I'm about the same size as you. My smallest bangle is a 53mm, and this new bangle is 54mm but I just can't get it on. The flat straight edge just won't slide over like the one with the round edges. My poor hands. I've tried and tried, with plastic bag, soup, lotion, hair conditioner.
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OUCH! So sorry, it is a gorgeous bangle, truly a piece of art!
 
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zipcount said:
Jad34Me I'm about the same size as you. My smallest bangle is a 53mm, and this new bangle is 54mm but I just can't get it on. The flat straight edge just won't slide over like the one with the round edges. My poor hands. I've tried and tried, with plastic bag, soup, lotion, hair conditioner.
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I'm sorry about your hand!! I hope it's feeling better!!
 
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Trekkie said:
Hey jade lovers!

My new bangle arrived yesterday from Suzanne Corner, and I'm super pleased with it. She's a creamy colour and that green spot turned out to be just as intense as in the eBay pictures.

I gave the silver sections a huge polish this morning, removing what was likely years of tarnish and exposing the lovely silver, which I think softens the overall effect of the bangle, I'm in love! I also gave the Jade itself a nice rub down with olive oil.

Also found out that 54 is pretty close to my smallest possible bangle size, had to use soap to get this one on.

So without further ado, here she is. Now I just need a name.

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Trekkie, this is such a cool old bangle - it has so much character and truly looks vintage. With plain jade bangles you can rarely tell the age, which makes this one so much more interesting. It looks like it has a story, you know what I mean? I immediately thought Citron as a name because it made me think of lemons and limes -or maybe Yuzu for the Chinese citrus fruit 😉 Whatever you name it, congrats!
 
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