Gift Guide 3/3 - Perfect Bracelet

Finding perfect bracelet could be difficult especially if you are going to buy it as a gift but also finding perfect bracelet for yourself that fit fit perfectly can be challenging.

Bracelets are available so many different variations ⎯ with clasp, stretchy ones, with charms or without charms, different beads and pearls, leather ones etc. 

What should you know before searching bracelet that will fit you? 

Firstly, you need to know your wrist size or if you buy the bracelet as a gift then recipient´s wrist size. The wrist size you can measure yourself at home, you just need couple things to do that.

Measuring your wrist size:

- Take pencil or marker

This image shows how you should measure your wrist size with strip of paper

- Take non-stretchy string or narrow piece of paper (it´s important that the string or yarn what you use for measuring your wrist size is non-stretchy because otherwise the measuring result can be wrong)

- Wrap the string/paper around your wrist and mark where ends meet or hold it with your other hand.

- Take a ruler and measure the result against the ruler

- Add half or one inch measure result so the bracelet what you are going to buy have some room move and you can also bend your arm normally

The perfect size bracelet is too big, if it fall out from your hand when you face it towards the floor. Bracelet is also too big for you if you flew out from your wrist when you gently shake it.

Perfect length bracelet should be snug fit but not squeeze from anything or feel otherwise too tight. Make sure you have enough room to use your hand normally (that´s why I personally recommend to add half or most often one inch more in the measure result). 

 Above image works on bracelets which have clasp but how you measure if the dream bracelet you want do not have any clasp?

Image on the left works for bangle bracelets and also cuff bracelet which do not have any clasp. They are meant to slide through your hand. The image have detailed instruction how you can measure if you are going to buy bangle or cuff bracelet.

Some bracelets are stretchy which will "forgive" minor measuring errors but if there are missing several inches or centimeters the stretchy bracelet will not look good in your wrist. Buying stretchy bracelet, I will recommend to use method that I have represented on the first measuring photo.

The stretchy bracelet can have snug fit or little bit loose but it shouldn´t be too tight. How you know when the stretch bracelet is too tight? Well, the beads or pearls doesn´t go evenly around your wrist. Most stretchy bracelets are made of strong elastic cord (usually translucent color) and if this is visible, your bracelet is slightly too small for you. Another good thing is to keep in mind when your stretch bracelet might be too small is when you take it off and pattern of the beads stays on your skin little while.

Cuff bracelet is like a bangle bracelet but

isn´t closed. Cuff bracelets are meant to

fit tightly on the wrist. Adjust the cuff so

it doesn´t pinch.

Finally few bracelet length that might help you buy perfect bracelet.

• Standard women´s bracelet length: 6.5 - 7 inches (7 inches is most common)
• Standard men´s bracelet length: 7.5 - 9 inches (8 inches is most common)
  
  Above measurements are only average lengths what women and men usually use but every people´s wrist size vary like ring size.

I hope you find your dream bracelet that pleases your eyes or when you look at the specific bracelet, it immediately remind someone close to you. I hope my blog post help you determine which length bracelet you should buy.

~ Minna

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