Month: March 2015

Help Your Jewellery Pieces to Shine Always Using The DIY Method!!

Jewellery and trinkets are the best friends of women all around the globe. So it is a basic requirement to care for the jewellery pieces in order to keep them in the perfect condition always. Extra care is required especially in the event of precious and semi precious jewellery as they are expensive and we often have sentiments attached to it. These pieces of jewellery are often used by us for daily wear and the continuous usage causes the stones and the metals to lose their lustre. This lack of glow in turn causes the jewellery pieces to look dirty and dingy. Often precious jewellery pieces are our ancestral heirlooms and hence we do not want the heirlooms to be damaged by the inexperienced ways of cleaning. Do it yourself is the best way available to take care of your jewellery pieces on a daily basis at your home. Though commercial jewellery cleaners are just as effective still it is recommended to use natural elements in order to clean the jewellery pieces.

Here are a few ways in which you can clean different precious metals at your home-

  • Gold- Use lukewarm water and put a little detergent in it. Then use a soft brush, preferably an old toothbrush to gently clean your gold ornaments. Use can also try submerging your gold ornaments in the warm soapy water for some minutes and then let it air dry if your ornament is not tarnished. If it is tarnished then try adding a few drops of ammonia to the whole mixture.
    Gold Jewelry
  • Silver- Silver can get scratched very easily and hence it is advised not to brush it rigorously. Just clean it with a soft cloth or a sponge or try soaking the metal in warm soap water.
    Silver-Jewellery
  • Textured metal jewellery- Just buy a brush from a hardware store and brush the jewellery properly in order to get rid of the dirt inside the texture.
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  • Platinum- Use warm water and a cloth or a toothbrush in order to clean your platinum jewellery on a regular basis.
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Few ways to clean your precious stones-

  • Diamonds- Soak the diamond studded jewellery in a tub of warm soap water and later pat it dry with the help of a cloth. If it is too dirty, try brushing it with a toothbrush. You can also use toothpaste to clean your diamond.
  • Turquoise- Do not soak the stone in water for a long time as it may damage the stone or even cause discolouration. After washing it in soap water, pat dry the stone immediately with a cloth.
  • Pearls- Though it is not a stone in the strict sense of word, you can clean pearls by washing it or even soaking it in lukewarm water and drying it with a soft cotton cloth. You can also use wool wash detergents to clean pearls. However, remember to clean pearls with a cloth after usage so as to maintain their healthy glow.

There are some things that should be done if you want your jewellery pieces to be in a fine condition always. Wear them regularly in order to maintain their glow and lustre. Clean them on an occasional basis especially when you sweat a lot after wearing the pieces. Keep them in a separate cotton bag away from the touch of other metals if you want to maintain their glow.

Wear Salwar Suits the Right Way in Order to Accentuate your Beauty

Ethnic wear is one of the favourite attire of every Indian woman. This is because of the fact that one can never go wrong with a traditional outfit. Salwar suits are one such traditional outfit that has never ever gone out of fashion. It is the only attire that has imbibed influences from all the invaders of Indian and evolved over the ages. Salwar suits primarily underwent a huge change at the hands of the mughals, and in this era of changing fashion statements, it has evolved to have made its mark on the fashion scale.

The different types of salwar suits

Salwar suits are available in many different variants, and thereby you have a plethora of options to choose from while buying the gorgeous salwar suits. Some of the salwar suit styles that are trending in the market right now are the anarkalis, the traditional patialas, the A line suits and much more. Salwar suits are so much in fashion nowadays that even the bollywood celebrities are flaunting them off on the red carpets. Even the designers and some of the best brands in the world have come up with some of the most unique designs of salwar suits.

How to choose the right salwar suit for yourself?

There are a lot of factors that you should keep in mind while choosing the perfect salwar suit for yourself. Some such points are-

  • Fitting- Fitting is the most important requirement when it comes to wearing a salwar suit. A properly fitted salwar suit will make you look slimmer and taller as compared to a poorly fitted salwar suit. Avoid the suits that are tight or body hugging or is uncomfortable to you in any other way. Choose the ones that glide over your curves nicely instead of clinging to them.salwar_fitting
  • The length of the kameez– The knee length kameez is the best option for the more curvy figures. They shape your body shape perfectly, thus making you look much slimmer and taller than usual. If you are on the slimmer side, then you can easily opt from the flowy floor length anarkalis or the ones which are generally made of heavier materials. These factors help you to look much fuller in the ethnic wear. If you are pear shaped in your body structure, then order for a salwar kameez with a yoke on the top, which help your bust to look fuller, thus balancing out your bottom and top nicely.
  • The right mix and match– Do not wear a tight churidar with a short length tight kurti as it makes you look heavier. Always opt for loose salwars with short kurtis. On the other hand if you are wearing kurtis which are longer than the knee length then you need to wear churidars with it and not patialas or salwars.
  • Colours– The darker skin toned women can choose between the earthy and rustic shades, the maroons and the other deep colours which will help them to look gorgeous in the salwar kameez suits. However, the lighter skin shade women can easily choose from the vast array of lighter and pastel shades.

Wear a salwar suit that enhances your figure and your beauty. Thereby it is necessary to keep these few things in mind before choosing the perfect suit for yourself.

The Recent Trends of State-of-The-Art Earrings

Ear piercing goes back a long way and so does the use of earrings. In the early times earrings were mainly were of two varieties- the studs and the hoops. With the changing times, many new changes have come about in the earring fashion which has compiled the traditional design with the modern suaveness. Trendy earrings are a must in today’s world as they accessorized and add charm to your outfits. No outfit can be deemed as incomplete without beautiful earrings gracing the whole look.

Why should you wear trendy and designer earrings?

Designer Earrings from moKancThe primary reason behind the use of earrings is that it serves to frame your face and draw attention to your face details. Long faced women would do good to wear stud earrings as it will highlight their cheekbones whereas square and round faced women would do well to wear the longer teardrop or dangling earrings. Oval faced women are the luckiest because they can wear any type of earrings and it would grace their face just the same. There are different types of earrings and some of them are in trend in the recent year while some of them are not. The recent trend is found out by the jewellery houses’ latest designs showcased on the ramp and from the ones the celebrities adorn.

The studded hoops

Hoops are one of the oldest styles of earrings and are always in fashion. But a few minor tweaks are added to the traditional hoops in order to make them look both classy and unique. Studded hoops are the latest inclusion in fashion. These earrings are often studded with diamond or some other stones which made them look extravagant and yet simple. The traditional hoops are usually round but there has been some experimentation due to which you can get studded hoops in different geometrical shapes too.

The oversized teardrops or dangling gems

Oversized earrings seem to be trending this season. We have often spotted many celebrities sporting an earring with an oversized gem or stone dangling from the designer studs. The simple ones are often teardrop in shape, small yet effectively charming. However, the larger ones often have stones of different hues hanging from below the studs.

The simple studs

The simple studs are yet another classic earring which will stay in fashion always. The studs can either be made from gold, silver or platinum or can even be studded with diamonds or other stones. These studs are very sober and simple and are hence worn to work places and formal occasions.

The big geometric earrings

These earrings are available both as cuffs and as studs. Bold coloured stones, rough or shiny, are used in this earring in order to lend them its unique touch. The stones are often used in their raw form in order to highlight the natural feel of the jewellery piece. They are often abstract in their geometric shape and lack symmetry. But sometimes they are cut and hewed in order to achieve some unconventional earring design.

Thus breaking the conventions and rules and still looking simple seems to be the main trend in the recent earrings fashion.