Pearl bracelet

Women have always loved wearing bracelets, even in the most ancient times. Then such a decoration could emphasize marital status, as well as indicate the wealth in the family. But even nowadays, the beautiful half of humanity is trying in such a way to somehow stand out from the crowd, even if it is simple jewelry with pearls.

The form and material of the bracelet is not the last thing, because they give out the taste of their owner, as well as her addiction. It is believed that only a sophisticated person, confident in her taste and irresistible, will wear a pearl bracelet or earrings with pearls. Such a decoration will certainly underline its tenderness and fragility.

People with aesthetic taste will tell you that such a decoration is worthy of all times, because pearls were valued both in antiquity and today. Gentle pearl shine of this mineral can bewitch your mind, inspire the spirit of romance - not for nothing that there are so many different legends and mystical stories about pearls.

There are also beliefs that reveal the secret of Cleopatra's beauty and youth - supposedly the Egyptian queen made tincture in which the pink mineral was dissolved in vinegar.

But for today's science there are no secrets, and it has long been explained how such magnificent minerals are obtained. In the shell of a mollusk any foreign body brought in by a water stream (for example, a grain of sand) is immediately attacked by this invertebrate, which defends itself by enveloping it in pearl layers.

To get some benefit from a grain of sand and a real pearl is formed from it, it can take up to ten yearsand only then a small shiny bead will manage to become an ornament on a cute female handle or on her evening dress.

Pearls can be wild or natural. This species is grown in shells of marine and freshwater mollusks in natural conditions. Pearl seekers sometimes manage to lift fairly large specimens from the seabed, but in rivers the size of this organic material is much smaller than that found in salt water. Accordingly, the cost of sea pearls is very high, and the river pearls are more democratic.

Today, such pearls are almost never mined, but for jewelry, they have learned to grow it on special farms. The Chinese have learned to do this for a very long time - as early as the XIII century, but this business took industrial scale only by the end of the XIX century.

Natural pearls are divided into the following types:

• from the Indian and Pacific coasts bring its elite variety, called "Pearls from the South Sea". These are pearls of a warm shade with a diameter of 9-20 mm;
• Pearls called “Akoya” are exported from two regions - these are the islands of Honshu and Kyushu. These are relatively small pearls (6-8 mm) of light green, silver or gold color. In rare cases, pinkish or bluish specimens may be caught. Jewelery made from such pearls, which are made at the firms "Mikura", "Misaki" and "Mimikoto", are in great demand today;
• perhaps the most expensive and at the same time rare kind of black pearls mined in the south of the Pacific coast. It is called the “Black Pearl of Tahiti”, and one pearl can cost up to $ 10,000;
• large minerals are also produced on the Californian coast, they can be up to 14 mm in diameter, have beautiful mother-of-pearl layers and are called “Pearls of Cortes”.

But real high-quality artificial pearls were started to be made only in the XIX century at Majorica - this is a company in Spain. It turns out a durable product, the characteristics of which are very similar to a natural mineral.

Bracelets made from meibic pearls are also quite popular.. Natural here is only the shell, which is grown in shells. In this case, epoxy resin is used as a filler, and nacre is used as a coating.

In the last century, imitation of this mineral called Shell Pearl was very common. This kind of artificial pearls is obtained by applying several layers of varnish on the beads.

The famous Coco Chanel became the trendsetter of the artificial pearl.which could put on several such jewelry at the same time.

Pearl bracelet can look very harmonious in combination with clothes for every day. An excellent solution in this case would be a product in the form of a pearl string of river origin.

In choosing clothes for office should observe etiquette. For serious institutions, as a rule, flashy products are not suitable. A dress for work or a costume will look great with a short pearl necklace, a bracelet in combination with small ear rings, which are decorated with one or several pearls.

It is only necessary to choose the most appropriate pearls for the wedding dress according to the tone. There is a peculiar wedding etiquette, according to which the necklace of the bride should close the clavicle, the bracelet should not be too tight, but it should not dangle on the arm either, and the earrings can be long only with long hair.

The evening toilet will look even richer in combination with a pearl bracelet.. For example, with a classic charming bracelet Jewelry House "De Fleur", made of fresh white pearl.

If the evening outfit is made in the same tone, it will be advantageous to look white decoration on it. Multi-row choose bracelets or not - depends on the style of dress.

If you want to focus on your pearl accessory on your hand, choose the unusual color of pearls.

Natural pearls are able to emphasize even the hue of the skin, the attractiveness of the manicure and, in general, make the image of a woman more fresh and original.

Another find of modern designers is a fantasy associated with the decoration of the legs of a woman. If you have a thin mill, it is easy to highlight its beauty by simply putting the pearl bracelet on the ankle. Although designers recommend wearing this accessory with a leather outfit or with elements that have metal components.

Whichever outfit you choose - a summer dress, a strict evening dress or a cocktail dress - in any case, pearls can harmoniously fit in and will be relevant at an event on any subject. It is worth noting that pearls look especially attractive framed in natural gold in the form of a thin rim.

The latest cry of fashion are pearls that have an irregular shape. These are Dutch products in which the beads can be presented as birds, animals or just special characters, and this is considered very elegant today.

Going into the jewelry salon today, you can lose your head from the diversity of the range of jewelry made using this mineral.For a long time, pearls were caught in huge quantities in order to select only those stones whose shape was perfectly even.

Today, they mostly use artificially grown pearls, while natural ones are very, very expensive.

But artificial cultivation has its advantages, and a method that was invented back in antiquity, when an irritant was introduced into the mollusk, Today it has been improved to the extent that caring for it allows you to get pearls of different shapes and shades. And the most popular today are bracelets with black pearls of greenish hue and of course, classic white, as evidenced by the numerous customer reviews.