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Malachite Magnificence | Part 4 | Men
Malachite is not only a gorgeous green stone, but also has many significant healing properties. It is the stone of protection, when either worn or placed in one’s home or office. Malachite is known as the stone of transformation. Malachite helps one clear out negative energies and let go of the past while giving one the courage to change, evolve, and move forward. Malachite is also said to be the stone of the traveler. Since…
Read MoreMalachite Magnificence | Part 3 | Women
Malachite has a rich history in jewelry, makeup, accessories, and metaphysical healing. Since 4000 BC, Greeks and Egyptians have adorned, healed, and buried themselves with this gorgeous and powerful stone. Beyond this swirling green patterned stone’s visual beauty is Malachite’s many healing properties. It is said to be the stone of transformation. Perhaps that is why Cleopatra had a lot of Malachite in her tomb to help her transition to the afterlife. Malachite can energetically help you…
Read MoreRed Carpet Report | 2021 Met Gala
The Met Gala is The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser for The Costume Institute. The Met Gala always coincides with the opening of the exhibition and also inspires the dress code. This year’s theme for The Met Gala was “American Independence”. The exhibition, Dress In America: A Lexicon of Fashion is a two part exhibit. The first part is on September 18, 2021 – September 5, 2022. Here are my standouts on this year’s…
Read MoreRing in The New Year 2021: Clever Cocktails & Strong Statements
The Cocktail Ring’s history is as brilliant and beautiful as the rings themselves. The 1920s in America was a large time for change. Women especially experienced a large liberation in society. They enjoyed and expressed their greater freedoms. From legally having the right to vote to Flapper fashions, which were less constructed clothing, more ornate, and had short skirts. Women also began to cut their hair short. During prohibition women often attended speakeasies and cocktail…
Read MoreRing In The New Year 2021: Stacked
Historically, rings date all the wayback 3,000 years to ancient Egypt. They used rings to represent eternity and the cycle of life, since the ring in the shape of a circle has no beginning and no end. Rings are the most organic of shapes. The Egyptians worshiped and had Gods for both the Sun and the Moon, which are the same circular shape of a ring. Thus, the ring a perfect amalgam of many their…
Read MoreRing In The New Year 2021: Signet of The Times
Signet Rings are not only a visually pleasing design, but are also rich in history and have cultural significance. Signet Rings were traditionally inscribed with a family crest and a distinctive mark which personally identified the ring holder. The earliest Signet Ring dates back to 3500 BC in Mesopotamia and is considered the origin of what we now know today as the corporate seal. What was once only worn by very significant families, royalty, and…
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