REVIEW – If you travel, you probably collect souvenirs. You know – those things that remind you of where you’ve been, and collect dust as they sit on your bookcase, cabinet, or curio table. We travel but my wife hates clutter as well as dusting. Therefore, typical travel knickknacks like figurines, magnets, and such don’t […]
NEWS – How do you carry your EDC gear? Do you put everything in your pockets? In a gear bag? Hanging from a belt pouch? If you don’t want to have lumpy pockets, bulky gear bags, or look like Batman with his utility belt, then check out these 5 interesting EDC tools that can be
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NEWS – If you enjoy wearing bracelets that use clasps (also known as lobster and spring rings) to secure the jewelry around your wrist, you will know how awkward it can be to secure the clasp by yourself. You’ll either need to grow another arm/hand or ask someone to help you. If you live alone
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REVIEW – It’s been 10 years since we posted a review of the original Kinekt gear ring and now we’re back with a new ring review. This time Kinekt has designed a geared ring with a more feminine style. Let’s take it for a spin. What is it? The Kinekt Rachel is a ring that
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REVIEW – I dislike wearing rings. All the ones I’ve seen for men are just boring. Manly Bands has a wide selection of interesting rings, and can even make something custom, all with a sense of humor. What is it? Manly Bands has rings for guys in many not-boring designs made from titanium, tungsten, wood,
NEWS – What you see here is a piece of contemporary styled jewelry made of lucite (also available in silver) that you can wear to feel fancy and use as a weapon if the need arises. Wear it with the flat surface on top and if things go sideways, use your next finger to swivel
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NEWS – Guitar players can take their music to the next level with the Guitar Ring from Muca. It might look like an ordinary ring that has been designed to be worn on your thumb, but it’s actually a percussive instrument. Check out the video below to see/hear what I mean. The Muca website doesn’t
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ARTICLE – I spend a lot of time gardening, exercising, traveling, and cleaning up after the people and puppy in my life. None of these are conducive to wearing a valuable ring on my finger, day in and day out. Nearly 20 years ago, my husband and I purchased our wedding rings from a tiny
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NEWS – Wondering what to give your favorite scientist for Christmas this year? No matter if they are chemists, biologists, engineers, or mathematicians, you’ll find something in their field at the Boutique Academia website. As a mathematician herself, Maile Urbancic, founder and CEO of Boutique Academia, says this about her jewelry: “When I started my business,
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REVIEWS – A few months ago, we had a news item about the LILU Lip Care necklace and Lip Balm Pearls. I love jewelry with a hidden function, like the LiLu pendants, which have a hidden lip balm inside. It’s a clever way to keep a lip balm or some lip tint with you even
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NEWS – It doesn’t matter which arm I’m going to wear a bracelet on, I always seem to have trouble getting one end of the bracelet to stay in place on my arm while I try to clasp the other end to it. I usually get my husband or daughter to put the bracelet on
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NEWS – Well, at least the image was 20,000 years ago… The Celestial Fireworks LED Bracelet is adorned with a Hubble Telescope image of the Westerlund 2 cluster, 20,000 lightyears away in the constellation Carina. To add some excitement, 15 twinkling, white LEDs were added to some of the foreground stars. The rechargeable battery lasts for
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NEWS – Some time ago, I read about a woman who had gotten a serious infection from wearing an elastic hair tie on her wrist. The glitter in the cover of the tie embedded itself in her wrist skin and caused a potentially life-threatening infection. (Huffington Post, 12/02/2015) Although I warned my daughter about the
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NEWS – Forget about lip balm in regular old tubes or pots. Now you can have your lip balm at your fingertips in these beautiful, sterling silver necklaces. You’ll never lose your lip balm again or forget to switch it to today’s bag because you’ll have it around your neck. The pendants are available in
Keep your lips hydrated and healthy and your look stylish with LiLu Read More
Do you remember the Kinekt Design’s Gear Ring with the tiny rotating gears? I thought that ring was the ultimate geek ring, but I just found a collection of rings from McWhinney Designs to nominate for that award.
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Check out these rings from Secret Wood. They look like a window into another world but they are really just made of resin with different types of wood or silver bands.
I wish I liked wearing jewelry because these rings are insanely cool Read More
If you’ve ever looked at someone’s paracord bracelet and thought “hey, I could make that”, now you can. The Jig Bracelet Maker Parachute Cord Survival Wristband Maker Paracord Braiding Weaving DIY Craft Tool Kit from Yakura comes with everything you need (except the paracord!) to make your own survival bracelets, key fobs and more.
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Let’s face it, fitness bands and smartwatches aren’t the most attractive accessories on the market. They usually have either a masculine or unisex style that does not blend well with fancier feminine attire. Ringly is a company who offers a more glamorous alternative to boring black silicone banded wearables.
Ringly makes smart jewelry for those times when you want to feel pretty Read More
Who wants a platinum, gold, silver or titanium wedding band when you can have a silicone wedding band instead? That’s right, silicone. The same type of material that is used to make the wrist bands that declare your support for various charities and causes is being used to make rings. Why would you want a
Declare your love with Groove, the wedding ring of the future Read More
The NFC Ring is back with a new Kickstarter campaign, an updated look and improved tech under the hood… or I guess I should say under the band since it’s a ring. Smartphones are cool and smart watches may be fun, but a smart ring is the ultimate in geek gear. Let’s check out what’s
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