Tips on How to Choose the Most Perfect Jewelry for Your Skin Tone and Face Shape

Women are so lucky to be able to exchange their favourite pieces with each other. I often find it frustrating when I see a beautiful piece on my best friend then to try it on and get a feeling that it doesn’t quite look right. Here are some tips on how to choose jewelry that will suit your skin tone and face shape:

Identifying your skin tone is easy. If you’re looking on the inside of your wrist just identify if you veins are a blueish or greenish colour. If your veins are blue you may notice that you have pinkish or rosy-red undertones when looking in the mirror, meaning that your skin tone is Cool. Warm skin is identified by green veins while having a yellow or golden skin tone.

Metals:

Cool skin tones favour silver, platinum or white gold.

Warm skin tones favour metals such as brass, copper, yellow and rose gold.

Colours:

Cool skin pairs better with white pearls and diamonds. If your looking into gemstones try to chose tones as pinks, purples, blues and reds.

Warm skin pairs better with coral and golden toned pearls. Gemstones should focus on more earthy tones such as browns, oranges, greens, yellows, peaches and corals.

Facial Shapes:

Heart/Triangular/Diamond shaped faces should keep with long dangly earring to help elongate the face. Shorter necklaces will help soften the sharp angle of the chin.

Round/Square/Triangular shaped faces should try long, accentuated shaped earrings such as tear drops and rectangular. Try to keep you necklace length to around 28″ to 32″ so it is well below the neckline.

Rectangular shaped faces should choose stud and round earrings to contrast a longer shaped face. Having short choker-like necklaces will help balance a long neck.

Oval shaped faces should keep with dangly earring at a medium length. Long or short necklaces can suit oval shaped faces.

Rings for Men

We're back to talking about the gentlemen with this post, and its time to encourage the adoption of a little bling-bling in our male friends. While we're familiar with many guys who sport some very fine pieces of  male jewelry, the majority of men still believe that less is more (and by less we mean none at all!).

It's time to break that stigma and make men's jewelry into statements of style rather than objects of fear.

The best place to start is somewhere that men already feel comfortable. Whether they're single or married, many guys wear rings on a daily basis. At Mokada, we get excited at the prospect of designing or advising on the ring best-suited for male customers. Thinking of a reason to purchase a piece of jewelry for your man? Here's a short list to help you out with developing a great idea.

Rings for guys...

Education: High School Class Ring, University Class Ring

Occupation: Engineer's Ring, Military Ring, Emergency Services Ring

Personal: Memorial Ring, Birthstone Ring

Romance: Promise Ring, Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring

Sports: Team Ring, Championship Ring


For more ideas, contact us at Mokada! Cheers.

Alexandrite - June's Birthstone

Alexandrite was first discovered on April 30, 1830 in along the banks of the Russian rivers. The gemstone is a 45th and 55th anniversary stone as well as the alternate birthstone for June. Besides being named after its ever-changing red to green colours, it was also named after Czar Alexander II. Despite it's original location, it is said that the highest quality Alexandrite come from Sri Lanka. 

Alexandrite appears in various shades of green in daylight and appears in various shades of red in incandescent light. The more dramatic the colour change, the more valuable the gemstone. Brown or grey shades are known to devalue the stone. 

The gemstone is known to have multiple healing properties involving; the spleen, stomach, nervous system, ulcer problems and fighting low self-esteem.