Alexandrite is the unique mineral among the other stones
which are highly appreciated. Subject to international pricing catalogue, faceted
pure 1-3 carat alexandrite from the Urals with the intensive effect of color
changing costs from two to twenty thousand dollars per carat, while the less
pure alexandrite from the same Urals will take you one to four thousands per
carat. A big size stone is rare and if it is worth paying fortunes for
something that is not a diamond?
It seems that most top models from all over the world correspond
to the particular stereotype and life style when their biography is examined.
Supermodels are mainly too ambitious women with some delusions of grandeur, though.
They aspire to exploit all their beauty and grace gifted by nature, youth when
they are fifteen to twenty and the diligence to earn as much money as possible
to become the idol for the weaker sex and the object of desire from the
stronger sex.
Both men and women are welcome to wear signet rings, though men
are more attracted by these jewelry items. Signet ring for women is just the
luxury accessory while that for men is the symbol of the particular image and
authority.
Each piece by
Van Cleef & Arpels is not only a piece of jewelry. It's style. It's ideology.
It is the embodiment of romance and love. The history of the Jewelry House Van
Cleef & Arpels is a love story. It was founded in 1896 as a result of wedding
knot that bound together the famous jewelers' families - the Arpels and the Van
Cleefs. And since love is a cornerstone of Van Cleef & Arpels Jewelry House,
their slogan is: jewels must bring luck and happiness.
Diamonds are
unmatched gemstones that can beautify virtually everyone. But first it must be properly
cut and mounted to change from a rare crystal into a real masterpiece. Some jewelers
believe that diamonds round the jewelry out, making it exquisite, sparkling, precious,
but at the same time, without a skilful design there would not be a real treasure.
Some craftsmen value the beauty of the gem itself - minimal chase but the cut of
the stone is absolutely sophisticated. The world famous jeweler Laurence Graff belongs
to those art creators who admire the natural beauty of diamonds.
The
porcelain origins from China and we know the place to be rich in ‘china' clay. However,
it was in England when in 1796 Josiah Spode, the founder of Spode Company,
developed the recipe of English china when he replaced china clay with the
powder of burnt bone. By the way, bone china is deemed to be the high quality
china due to it fluffiness and intense colors.
Emma Watson
aka Hermione Granger, a friend to Harry Potter in the well-known chronicles
about the adventures of the adolescent wizards is often seen in glamour
magazines. Though all the information is rather dull since they all have to do
with immortal Harry Potter and this entire saga. Recently there was hysteric news
that Emma Watson refused to star in the latest two parts of ‘Harry Potter'. Can
you imagine?! Harry Potter without his Hermione! Incredible! And she was not even
agreed when $4 million dollars was offered to her to feature in this movie,
since she was long to participate in other projects.
Today
the global net is full of pictures of celebrities without make-up. Special sites grow every day
to display such photos attracting visitors with porno-ads, porno-pictures and
porno-video. However in most cases there is a single picture is published under the
eye-catching tag, like «J Lo had her buttocks insured but not her face» or «Early
pictures of Madonna» or «Face of Sarah Jessica Parker: before and after» and
the list of celebrities is long.
Each outstanding
diamond has its mystic and magic effect on the surrounding; it really costs a
lot to people who have passion to diamonds. The giant
Cullinan is one of the most famous and the largest diamonds in the world. The
Cullinan weighed a massive 3,106 carats as a rough diamond crystal. It was
named after Thomas Cullinan (later Sir Thomas) who was a South African
businessman, before a successful Johannesburg building contractor and amateur
geologist.
«He has transformed a rough industry into fine art» — a strong epitaph, isn’t it? These words are inscribed on the gravestone of Josiah Wedgwood, a man whose name is emphatically repeated by professional art collectors and women of fashion dreaming to recreate in their parlors the atmosphere of pure elegance.
In the opinion
of our forefathers the precious stones were powerful enough to keep off evil
angels, ghosts, letting alone the ability to heal psychic diseases. In ancient
time these stones strengthened the will of worriers and supported the owners in
tight spot. As the old times traditions say, diamonds in every corner of the
housing protected from thunder and lightning. Diamonds were considered to own
magic to bring luck, and on the top of it, some stones shined in the darkness
causing mystic horror and admiration.
Two bright items
arrest your attention when you enter the room; it is a window since it is a flash
of light in the premise and the clock as the part of interior. Many designers consider
that wall clocks is not only timepiece but the design article, and a part of
interior.
Once you
decided to decorate your room or a house in African style, you will greatly
love rich and warm color gamut and unique culture of Africa that can create
positive effect and bring something fresh and bright to everyday routine life.
Mark Chagall has been recognized nearly in every part of
the world. Chagall was born to a Jewish family in Vitebsk, Belarus.
In 1920 Chagall moved to Moscow, and two year later
he left for Berlin and afterward to Paris where he spent
almost all the rest of his life.
Currently
the tea ceremony is a relatively fashionable kind of hobby. Many cultures consider
tea ceremony as a valuable episode in everyday life. Think of the British ‘5
o'clock tea' depicted in many school books and literature. The Japanese tea ceremony
is famous for everyone. It consists of many rituals that have to be learned by
heart. The custom has been strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism.
When we
design interior items for our living room, dining room or the cabinet we always
want to impress those who will see them. When designing the place where we
sleep we need to consider all our habits, ideas, dreams, those all inner
thoughts so intimate to express in our bedroom.
The news is
not the corrective lingerie with the effect to make the shapes tighter and
slimmer. When considering the images of women back in XIX-XX centuries, we can
state some peculiarities typical to the woman silhouette, like the high bosom,
thin waist, rounded thighs (or just the skirt creating this false impression).
Recollecting the canons of women beauty which were far from the skinny shapes of
some mature women, we realize that a lady looked shapely in one area and slim
in the other thanks to the special lingerie.
Evening handbag is the most elegant pattern of a woman handbag
that stays tiny and traditionally decorative element. The evening or theater handbag
is not a customary clutch though they look similar in size. The clutch grows to
be the compliment to the daily business or casual ensemble as it is seen by the
latest fashion tendencies 2010. The clutch is tiny and laconic when the evening
handbag exerts the attention with plenty of decorative elements, embroidery and
stresses. The fabric also matters.
Lipofilling is known to be the technique used to create a
permanent filler effect by extracting fat from the area in the abdomen or
thighs and re-injecting it somewhere else, usually into the face. The procedure
is done to replace to volume in the cheek or chin which do not look good with
ages, or improve wrinkles.
A good hairstyle is able to pep any woman up when she is out
in the society. A good hairdo makes a woman more confident and she is able to
succeed and achieve her tasks u=during a day without thinking of her look. Hair
care is something a woman is involved in every day but we need to consider that
environmental factors make it look a little bit weak and unhealthy if not cared
properly. One may think that thin hair is something to suffer about and face
social problems. Thin hair is not the thing to feel miserable that causes you
hide your hair under the hats and caps. Thin hair should cause you look after
it more thoroughly adding volume, and that’s all.