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Diamond and Hoop Earrings Charms

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Most set of earrings are one style or look that can never be changed. Aside from the expense of having to buy earrings for multiple occasions and outfits, they never give you the chance to personalize them to your unique look. This is why hoop earrings charms have become so popular. Today there is a wide selection of charms for earrings, from silver to gold to pearl to diamond earring charms, which will allow you to express your individual personality, while saving you money.

Types of Earring Charms

It is a good idea to know about the different types of charms that are available for hoop earrings. The following is a short list of a few of the more popular kinds:

Silver and Gold Charms

On the most basic level of difference, you will have gold and silver earring charms to choose between. For the last several years, silver has been much more popular, along with white gold, but it really depends on the rest of the person’s outfit and jewelry collection. Regardless, it is usually best to pick one color hoop so it can match your starter earring charms and give you the most versatility until you expand your collection.

Diamond Charms

Everybody loves diamonds, and no matter what you are wearing they will look perfect for the occasion. Diamond earring charms come in a wide variety of carats and prices depending on what you are looking for. In addition, they will often be paired with other precious gems like black onyx or placed into shapes such as a diamond heart charm hoop.

Keep a lookout for CZ charms if you want the look of diamonds without the cost. And, don’t let someone at an auction website convince you they are selling a diamond charm for a low price, as it will most likely turn out to be cubic zirconium.

Pearl Charms

Running a close second to diamonds, pearl earring charms showcase an understated elegance that is refined without being ostentatious. For this reason, you will see many pearls hanging from silver hoops, which can easily be exchanged with black onyx if the outfit requires a darker accessory.

Where to Buy Interchangeable Earring Charms

While walking into stores and jewelry shops can be fun, and there is nothing like personally trying on a piece versus seeing it in a picture, the best place to buy earring charms is over the internet. By purchasing online, you can often get earring charms wholesale, or pretty close, at discount charm retailers.

Be careful when it comes to finding luxury charms and other upscale jewelry at deeply discounted prices on EBay or Craigslist, because they will be fake more often than not. When it comes to buying high-end charms, it is best to go to the company’s website and buy it directly from them. Otherwise, you will probably have the embarrassment of overpaying for a cheap knockoff Zasha or Tiffany charm.

Popular Brands

There are several popular jewelry designer companies that have made a name for themselves when it comes to charms.

Pandora

Pandora jewelry charms are handcrafted in a patented mix of silver, 14k gold, beads, and precious gems. Their distinct style and mix of materials creates charms that stand out while matching with many different clothing options.

Zasha

The Jude Francis line of Zasha earring charms has been featured in many fashionable US magazines, and is available to try on in shops like Neiman Marcus and Saks. Known for its upscale jewelry and charm designers, Zasha charms will make the woman in your life swoon.

Brighton

This company has made a name for itself providing reasonably priced charms with fun engravings and unique artwork. Brighton’s ABC collection of earing charms is a favorite for those who would like to spell out a name or just a person’s initials.

With this information, you should have a good understanding of the different hoop earrings charms that are available to charm lovers everywhere.

History of Earring Charms – Celtic, Aboriginal, and Native American

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No matter how much jewelry fashions change, it seems earring charms never go out of style. For several generations, women (and whether you want to believe it or not; men) have adorned their ears with all types of “charms”. These charms have also broken through the cultural barrier that many other objects have not been able to. Celtic tribes, Aboriginal tribes, Native American tribes and several other tribal people, who span the globe, have used their own types of charms.

When you mention the word “charms” it conjures up so many different thoughts in people’s minds. The way you were raised will definitely have a bearing on what you think about these little treasures. Sometimes people get into a certain mind set by what they are taught, and for them, the information is written in stone. This is sad because the use of charm bracelets and earrings have a long rich history across so many cultural lines.

For instance, in some cultures the color pink is dreaded for a man to wear, because the society fears it may show a lessening of the masculinity of the culture. But, in other civilizations, the color pink is simply viewed as a nice color to view and has no bearing on feminine or masculine ideas. Do you understand the point which is being made here?

People from this generation only think of a trinket as something which hangs from an earring, bracelet, or necklace that is made of a certain metal. This is so very far from the truth. Charms for earrings have been made of metal, shell, glass, wood, stone and various other elements. Heck, in this generation (and a few generations past) the use of plastic and nylon has been incorporated in the making of earring charms.

This has been a brief look at the history of earring charms and how our modern styles came about. Now it’s time for you to start your own fashion history with charms.