Jewelry

Here’s a gadget that will help you put on a clasped bracelet by yourself

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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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Manly Bands review

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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,

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Thumb rings might look weird, but this one makes music

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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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Your (anatomically correct) heart is a perfect gift for your favorite scientist

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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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A bracelet 20,000 years in the making

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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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This bracelet is an undercover hair accessory

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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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Keep your lips hydrated and healthy and your look stylish with LiLu

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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

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