Pairing Perfect Necklace With Different Necklines, Part 3/3

Welcome in my last part of how to choose perfect or right necklace with different necklines. Today I´m going to tell you five more necklines and how pair them with perfect necklace. 

This week I´m going to tell you more of following necklines:

• Boat Neck
• Jewel
• Illusion
• Square
• Scoop

Necklines from left to right: Boat Neck, Jewel, Illusion, Square and Scoop

BOAT NECK NECKLINE:

With Boat Neck neckline clothes, choose necklaces that are collar, bib, long beaded or beaded necklaces.

If you want to skip the necklace, choose a pair of sparkling studs.

JEWEL NECKLINE:

With Jewel neckline clothes, necklaces that are choker or short beaded necklace will look best.

ILLUSION NECKLINE:

With Illusion neckline clothes, necklaces that are short and shape matches with neckline will look best.

SQUARE NECKLINE:

With Square neckline clothes, necklaces that are choker, long chain, have angular pendant that fall on the collarbone work well.

SCOOP NECKLINE:

With Scoop neckline clothes, necklaces that are long or short, have large pendant or multiple strand beaded. Also shorter statement necklace and round short necklace will look good with this neckline.

I hope this inspire you to try more necklace styles with your wardrobe. I would also love to know which of these necklines you wear most. Leave your comment below.

~ Minna

Pairing Perfect Necklace With Different Necklines, Part 2/3

Welcome in my second part of how to choose perfect or right necklace with different necklines. Today I´m going to tell you five more necklines and how pair them with perfect necklace. If you can´t now find yours, have a look next week post.

This week I´m going to tell you more of following necklines:

• Off shoulder
• Queen Anne
• High Neck
• Halter
• Halter Strap

Necklines from left to right: Off Shoulder, Queen Anne, High Neck, Halter and Halter Strap

OFF SHOULDER NECKLINE:

With Off Shoulder neckline clothes, choose choker, asymmetrical, short beaded or long beaded necklace.

QUEEN ANNE NECKLINE:

With Queen Anne neckline clother, choose pendant necklace, short necklace, short pendant necklace or round beaded necklace.

HIGH NECK NECKLINE:

With High Neck neckline clothes wear large pearl necklace, long chain necklace, long pendant necklace or multiple long chain necklace. It´s important that necklaces have simple and clean design.

HALTER NECKLINE:

With Halter neckline clothes wear V shape jewelry, necklaces that have large or slim pendant, choker necklace or short necklace that matches the shape of the neckline.

HALTER STRAP NECKLINE:

With Halter Strap neckline clothes wear long necklace, small pendant necklace that have sharper end, choker or short beaded necklace.

If straps have visual details, pair with large stud earrings instead of necklace.

I hope this inspire you to try more necklace styles with your wardrobe. I would also love to know which of these necklines you wear most. Leave your comment below.

~ Minna

Pairing Perfect Necklace With Different Necklines, Part 1/3

I hope your November has started well I´m pretty excited this month posts that will come up. 

During November I´m going to write how to choose perfect necklace with your favorite blouse or dress. This series consists of three parts and each part I will present five different necklines. So if you can´t now find yours, have a look next week post.

This week I´m going to tell you more of following necklines:

• Sweetheart
• Straight across
• Semi-sweetheart
• V-neck
• Asymmetric

Necklines from left to right: Sweetheart, Straight Across, Semi-Sweetheart, V-neck and Asymmetric

At first sight, it might seem like sweetheart and semi-sweetheart necklines are same but actually sweetheart neckline go little bit deeper than semi-sweetheart. Also straight across different from these two. The neckline is literally straight. So what kind necklace is best combination for each of these?

SWEETHEART NECKLINE:

With Sweetheart neckline you can wear bold pendant necklace or necklace that have curved beads or pendants that will end just above neckline. Look for shapes circles, teardrops and ovals.

STRAIGHT ACROSS NECKLINE:

With Straight Across necklines, choose choker necklace that have simple design or made of beads. Also long chain necklace will work too.

If you want to skip the necklace and wear earrings instead, choose statement looking earrings.

SEMI-SWEETHEART NECKLINE:

With Semi-Sweetheart neckline clothes you can wear choker that have simple design or made of beads. Also long drop chain necklace, short beaded necklace and necklace with curved beads or pendant will look good with this neckline.

If you want to skip the necklace and wear earrings instead, choose statement looking earrings.

V-NECK NECKLINE:

With V-neck neckline clothes you can wear long or short pendant necklace, longer beaded necklace, drop chain necklace or angular shape necklace. Simple necklaces like one bead necklaces are best choice for this neckline. Also necklaces that have similar V shape will work too.

ASYMMETRIC NECKLINE:

With Asymmetrical neckline clothes you can wear long or short beaded necklaces, chokers, asymmetrical necklaces, long chain necklaces and necklaces that have big pendant work best with this neckline.

If you don´t want to wear necklace, choose statement style earrings or long earrings and combine them with cuff or bangle bracelet. That way you let the neckline speak for itself.

I hope this inspire you to try more necklace styles with your wardrobe. I would also love to know which of these necklines you wear most. Leave your comment below.

~ Minna

Earrings For Different Face Shapes

Happy November!

This week´s blog post is all about earrings and how to choose perfect earrings for your face that will compliment to your outfit as well.

There are 6 major face types which I will represent more closely in the below:

• Round
• Oval
• Heart
• Square
• Diamond
• Rectangular

But first you need to determine which face type you are. It´s very easy to figure out which face shape you have.

Simply tie up your hair and stand in front of mirror straight without leaning towards it. Use lipstick, soap or any other non-permanent marker that will be easy to wipe clean from the mirror and draw your face lines by following your hairlines. DO NOT include your ears!

After you have figure you which is your face type, read below which earrings will be perfect for you and you don´t need to struggle anymore in order to get right earring pair for you that will fit perfectly to your face and not just to your outfit.

My friend draw for me this face shape illustration. Below is more explanation of each face shape 

ROUND:

Characteristics: Your face shape is round when drawn outline resembles a circle. Your face is widest at the cheekbones and you have round chin line. Your face is close to same length from tip of your nose to all sides.

Earrings: Drop, chandelier or long dangle earrings. Avoid any round hoop or button earrings because these will highlight the roundness of your face

OVAL:

Characteristics: Your face shape is oval when drawn outline remind like an egg. Your forehead may be slightly wider than your chin. You have rounded jawline to chin. Oval shape face is slightly longer than they are wide.

Earrings: Long, teardrop, pearls, studs and triangular earrings are best choice

TRIANGLE:

Characteristics: Your face shape is triangle when face width measures about two thirds of the length of the face. Triangle face shape have broad jawline with narrow forehead.

Earrings: Favor chandelier or teardrop shape earrings

SQUARE:

Characteristics: Your face shape is square when drawn outline is not tall but wide wide at all points. Your forehead, cheeks and jawline have similar widths. 

Earrings: Long round earrings, hoop earrings, oval shaped earrings or medium size round earrings. Avoid square shape earrings which will highlight the squareness of your face

RECTANGULAR:

Characteristics: Your face shape is rectangular when drawn outline is longer than it´s wide. Your forehead, cheeks and jawline have same width.

Earrings: Favor stud, teardrop shape, long narrow earring or irregular geometric earrings. Avoid earrings that will add volume to your jawline like some cluster earrings or dangle one pearl earrings.

DIAMOND:

Characteristics: Your face shape is diamond when drawn outline is narrow from forehead and chin. Diamond shape face widest part is your cheekbones. Your forehead and chin are narrower than your cheekbones.

Earrings: Dangle, long or small stud earrings will look good. Make sure the earrings will end before your jawline because that way the dangle earrings will balance your diamond shape face. Avoid wide or button earrings.

In addition there´s also heart shape face which have narrow chin and broad forehead. If you have heart shape face like Reese Witherspoon, wear earrings that are rounded at the bottom. Also chandelier and teardrop shape earrings will work too. Avoid wearing slim drop earrings because it will draw attention to your narrow chin.

I hope you have fun time to figure out which face shape you have and find now perfect earrings for your face shape that will flatter your face and your outfit too. I would also love to see your face shape comment below.

~ Minna

PS. If you like the earring at the end, head to my Etsy shop BlueBellJewelry

Size Guide - When Size Is Everything

I´ve been worked as seller in different store. Being seller in a grocery store is not so hard than being seller in the cloth store.

I never thought that being seller in the cloth store can be any different than being seller on a regular grocery store. I love customer service and highly valued it. 

I learned a lot when I was a seller in a two different cloth store. When customer walks in, I try to serve her/him best possible way. I must admit that most of my customers were women and beside being seller you also are temporary friend for them. Some customer may tell you most painful things when they coming to buy new shirt for parties or special occassion that they have and my job was to figure out what size cloth they were use. Of course, back then was Winter so I always had to ask it. Some customer told directly what size they were using and some whispered it to me like it was big secret or they might shame the size they will need. Can´t wonder how big value the small tag is for some people but it also goes for jewelry too.

I personally haven´t trusted the size labels for years now. I consider them more like guideline and they do not define me and the size label shouldn´t define you either. It doesn´t hang there to tell you whether you are good or bad person. 

Good thing about the jewelry is that there isn´t hang any size tag to let the world know what length necklace you wear, what´s your ring size is etc. So take a honest measure of your ring size, wrist size or anklet size. Choose the necklace length that is most comfort for you.

Cheating about the size does only hurt you and I personally think that too small clothes or jewelry will not look as good as the right size.

~ Minna