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.
Indian theme is not as completely new as it may seem at
first glance. It has been a popular theme from
olden times and up to this day. Bright and motley coloring of Indian interior
with strange objects and gold embroidery appeal to generous and full of zest
European nature.
Perhaps coral is among the very few
precious stones that have been associated with numerous myths and connotations
through ages and round the globe. It is the earliest gem to be used as a
jewelry medium and coral jewelry and inlays have been found even from the Iron
Age. People from the ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire and the Etruscans used to revere coral very highly and
it is one among the seven treasures in the Buddhist scriptures. It also found
its way as a sacred jewelry in India and China. Besides, coral has a long
history of religious as well as cultural significance - it was esteemed as a
talisman against evil, to be a harbinger of health and prosperity, a ward of
hurricane and even as a panacea.
The significance of jewelry is proverbial
and primordial. Human's affinity towards adorning the body is innate and even
before man discovered metals, they used wooden and other naturally available
materials to embellish themselves. Jewelry has been with its distinctive place
as well as value in all the cultures and when it's in the Indian society, it's
something very precious in terms of its social, cultural, traditional and
economic magnitude.
Modern person is hard to take by surprise: Bold designer solutions, shocking imagination tendencies in fashion, mad fantasies of modern art trendsetters... We have become accustomed to it all and take each new event in the world of design as a part of natural process. However, among those splashes of creativity pictured on glossy covers and liquid-crystal screens, one can reveal numerous examples of ideas inspired by the past.
Once the Indian state of Rajasthan was consisted of twenty two separate principalities. On arrival here, one gets an impression of being back in the past: in the times, when luxury and splendor attested to rulers' authority. Nowadays maharajas' palaces accomodate luxurious hotels.
The incomparable Marilyn Monroe believed that diamonds were the best friends of a girl. However, she did not talk with contempt about other precious stones, like many other beautiful girls who adore glamour. Treasures have always attracted people. Adventurers and pirates sought them, the rich misers languished by them. They inspired eminent couturiers.
During the days of watches, Ulysse Nardin could be regarded both as a luxury item, which is due to its high prices and limited series, and as a very complex, accurate and exclusive mechanism. Jaquemart Minute Repeater model was unable to be reproduced in any other watch company as well as the Hour Striker San Harco model bearing the figure of a hammerer on the dial striking the hour.
The history of Cambodia is very sad. The prosperity of ancient Khmer civilization of VIII - XII centuries was followed by centuries of endless wars and deep misery. The calamity reached its apogee in the XX century during the Khmer Rouge regime under Pol Pot when every forth citizen of Cambodia died from execution or starvation.
In 1662 Protopope Avvakum having sailed in a boat across the lake, described his trip in his "Life" as follows: "So many snowy-white geese and swans swim in the sea. A lot of fish is there: sturgeons, taimens, sterlets, omuls, whitefish and other species. Its water is fresh, and there are many rabbits and eared seals in the lake, which I haven't seen in the sea or ocean."
Luxury-hotel or a love place? Cotton mattress or duvet? Traditional or ultra-modern? Hotels of the capital of Japan are so varied, that they themselves can be a reason for travelling. "Tokyo - is a kind of insanity, in spite of the fact that we have never been there", - says Bill Kaulitz, Tokio Hotel band soloist.
Al-Maghreb al-Aqsa, or "place of sunset", is an old definition of Morocco, one of the areas of ancient Maghreb. It takes a few hours by plane to get into the Eastern fairy tale and Agadir, the most highly regarded and the most hospitable of all Moroccan Atlantic seaside resorts.
Psychologists have studied the influence of color for years. They have found an obvious connection between color and emotion. Using these finds it is possible to tap into subconscious of people and influence the minds (even appetite) of the people in your kitchen.
Any designer would say that the basic component in an interior is the material. Namely it creates beauty and aesthetics. It makes the interior look warm and cozy or, on contrary, strange, cold and dull. Scrappy rugs that once were our interest (lines in stores, special coupons, etc.), are now out of fashion. A rug placed on wall is a sign of bad taste now.
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.
