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Love this! Do turquoise, rock crystal, and chrysoprase. I think that will look so summery and pop!
Love your colors!
Thank you!! I will need to take some photos in the daylight when it stops raining here.
Thank you! I will take some photos to see how they look together in natural light once it stops raining here. “Summer” in Seattle is late July to August, the other 10 months are all Autumn on repeat. I was musing on this a few days ago while running in the chilly rain, and realized that you probably see stones as seasonal because you live in a place with distinct and extreme seasons. I suddenly realized how turquoise can seem like “a summer stone” when a person lives in a place where winter means snow and parkas. I also understood how onyx could be seen “a winter stone” where summer means warm, humid breezes and gauzy clothing. I live in a city that is 55 degrees basically year round, never needing coats, never taking off jackets, so that is why to me, both turquoise and onyx are year round stones!Love this! Do turquoise, rock crystal, and chrysoprase. I think that will look so summery and pop!
Love your colors!
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Your seasonal comment is 100% true. I grew up in Miami, and it was summer all year round. I was wearing shorts on Christmas Day! Back when I lived in Miami, I never thought of a seasonal wardrobe... it was a 365 day wardrobe, worn year round, similar to you in Seattle.
That changed when I moved. I now have clothes for all four seasons, even bags and shoes. For example, I have this deep orange-red bag, and I only wear that bag in the fall/winter, never in spring/summer. And while I know fashion rules no longer apply, I never wear white in the fall or winter... ever. Tried it, it felt wrong... I'm a stickler!
And yes, you are right about jewelry... I apply the seasons to jewelry too. Turquoise is the best example. I never wear my turquoise unless it is summer. I do not even wear my turquoise when it's spring with a slight breeze, only when it's summer when it's sunny & hot.
I can see for you, if it's 55 degrees most the time, you would wear anything, year round.
By the way, striped tops would be so awesome in Seattle! Long live the stripe!
Seeing that Seattle is perpetually stuck in autumn, oooohh....
Oynx, rock crystal, and chrysoprase would be amazing. Oynx (black) for the crispy weather, rock crystal (white) for the clear skies peeking out, and chrysoprase (green) for the happy burst of the coming of warm weather.
Love this lapis, and it pops on you.
By the way, deliberate or not, you have created the perfect mannequin hands.
I can see your nail polish, and I see it is opaque which is what looks great. Yet it is still light to give your nails that barely there glow, not too opaque and heavy. It looks so perfect next to your skin tone. I love it! I think my skin tone is a darker than yours, but I want to give it a shot... you can never tell how nude nail polish looks unless you try it. What color is your nail polish if I may ask?
I have tried a billion shades, and the perfect one still eludes me.
Yet, I am not giving up. I am still on a mission to create the perfect mannequin hands. So far, the best color for me is Chanel After Glow. However it is still a tiny bit too beige (and also a bit too translucent), and I want a little drop of peachy pink (no blue). Your shade has that peachy pink I am seeking from what I can see in the photo.
Love the ring, but I love love love your mannequin hands.
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Still trying to bring down my cost per wear on this ring considering I will probably only wear it for spring/summer so trying to find any occasion to wear it.
My frivole ring still gets a lot of mileage, but I think I need to rethink my stack. I still haven’t ventured there as I know it will be a very slippery slope!
My frivole ring still gets a lot of mileage, but I think I need to rethink my stack. I still haven’t ventured there as I know it will be a very slippery slope!
If you want to focus on statement pieces, I think the Clover bangle will look amazing with your Frivole pave BTF.
Those two worn together would be a gorgeous look, and it will surely pop!
Just my two cents. Good luck on choosing your next piece.
Thank you so much! I really love malachite, but for some reason it’s a little bit difficult for me to wear, especially next to my face. This brighter green is just perfect for me.
Thanks! Yes the clover bangle is definitely on the list! The rest I’m not so sure. I just know that I can’t stop there so I’m trying to finish off the rings first with the lotus ring that I’m expecting in a few months. The dilemma then is whether I work on a wg stack or rg stack first…
Love this lapis, and it pops on you.
By the way, deliberate or not, you have created the perfect mannequin hands.
I can see your nail polish, and I see it is opaque which is what looks great. Yet it is still light to give your nails that barely there glow, not too opaque and heavy. It looks so perfect next to your skin tone. I love it! I think my skin tone is a darker than yours, but I want to give it a shot... you can never tell how nude nail polish looks unless you try it. What color is your nail polish if I may ask?
I have tried a billion shades, and the perfect one still eludes me.
Yet, I am not giving up. I am still on a mission to create the perfect mannequin hands. So far, the best color for me is Chanel After Glow. However it is still a tiny bit too beige (and also a bit too translucent), and I want a little drop of peachy pink (no blue). Your shade has that peachy pink I am seeking from what I can see in the photo.
Love the ring, but I love love love your mannequin hands.
Thank you BigA you are too kind!
This is the Hermes nail polish in Rose Baltique that I mentioned before and I love it so much for all the reasons you mentioned. It’s the perfect neutral for my skintone and I’ve neglected all my other polishes in favor of this one repeatedly. Hermes came out with 3 light rose beige shades (Rose Porcelaine, Rose Coquille, Rose Baltique) and I liked that Baltique had a drop more pink to it which matches with some of the underlying redness on my skin.H.com USA seems to be sold out of Porcelaine and Baltique but you can still get Coquille, and I found Harrods has all 3 online. If you’re not traveling to the UK soon or wanting to pay for the horrendous international shipping hopefully H should restock their polishes again soon! Between the 3 rose beige shades I hope you’ll find your perfect mannequin nail shade.
I’ll link them here for anyone who’s interested:
Hermes Rose Coquille
Harrods - Hermes Les Mains