Sephora

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

I know a few of us share a passion for crystals and jewelry as well as makeup so thought I would start a thread on this. Share your stash, finds, whatever!

lmi82 · ‎07-14-2017

@greeneyedgirl107 You're welcome! I haven't read that book, but it sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out sometime. 🙂

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-14-2017

@Beadshopgirl Thanks for posting that amazing pic! Who knew something like that existed!

Titian06 · ‎07-14-2017

@Beadshopgirl - Wow! That's gorgeous!

k617 · ‎07-14-2017

amazing! The colours, too...

I've been to Giant's Causeway and was in awe at what nature can accomplish. Will have to add this to my travel list!

veronika23 · ‎07-14-2017

Wow! That's really pretty @Beadshopgirl. Magical!

Mcakes · ‎07-13-2017

Oh you know, just a stunning pair of fancy cut diamond earrings that sold for $57,425,478. No big deal 😛

Idk if anyone else gets geeky like me but the auction results section of the Sotheby's site is amazing to look at 😄

k617 · ‎07-14-2017

Sotheby's auctions have the most amazing stuff!! @Mcakes

Check out this amazing nearly 60-carat diamond called the Pink Star...there was a video on one site showing how light is reflected off this diamond and I watched it so, so many times. 😄

(Can we also just talk about how this model's gel nails seem to be lifting/cracking?! If I were to hold an $80 million diamond and be photographed, I'd ensure my nails were FLAWLESS!)

Pink Star Diamond

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

@Beadshopgirl I think you'll need to share some of your creations here 😉

Beadshopgirl · ‎07-13-2017

Ooh, thanks for the tag @veronika23! This is my kind of thread!!!

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

@Beadshopgirl can't wait to see what you share. Sorry I meant to tag you yesterday and well me and my scatter brain I forgot until now 😄 😄 😄

Titian06 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 - You come up with the best threads!

I was obsessed with collecting rocks and minerals when I was a kid. My favorite piece is a geode (I have the whole geode) with purple/amethyst crystals! I'm now really into Larimar; I have a few pieces of jewelry.

Unfortunately I was raised by parents who still believed that "girls can't do math and science" or I would be a geologist, gemologist, or some other -ist in the rock and mineral industry. 😞

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

Thank you @Titian06 🙂

Ohhh sounds nice! I love Larimar too! I also love Moonstones, Quartz, Turquoise... well pretty much anything blue :D. I will have to upload some pics when I can figure out where the picture folders are lol

It's not too late. Could you take a course to have your creds for gemologist? Or maybe not your full creds but to learn more? Could start a side business 😉

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

@Titian06. oh cool! Wow yeah I can understand that... You need a break! 🙂

Titian06 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 - Oh, wow! I love those same gems as well...and anything blue! Particularly sapphire (real, not synthetic).

Thanks for the suggestion on gemology courses! I am so burned out from going to school for 15 years (AAB, BA, MBA)--working a full-time job, a part-time job, and going to school in the evenings--that taking any type of course, workshop, conference, makes me freak out! It will be a while before I can step into a learning environment again! 😄

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 Has anyone read Elizabeth Taylor's "My Love Affair with Jewelry?" I think they re-released it recently. Super fun for any jewelry addict...if only it had pics of her whole collection!

Titian06 · ‎07-13-2017

Do you remember the auction brochure of her jewelry? The only piece that stood out for me was the HUGE canary yellow pear cut solitaire diamond ring! I couldn't stop staring at it! I thought I kept a picture, but I couldn't find it. I may have to look on Google.

@greeneyedgirl107 - Found a picture:

Ring made in platinum and white gold and is set with a 16.98 carat
pear-shaped diamond with trimmed calibre-cut sapphires.
A gift from Michael Jackson

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@Titian06 That one doesn't ring a bell for me...I Googled it but I'm not sure if I found the right diamonds. I remember her writing that Eddie Fisher "gave" her yellow diamond earrings - but he paid for them with the allowance she provided him! Remember when her fragrance "White Diamonds" was all the rage?

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@Titian06 No! I wasn't aware of the brochure...I would have loved to have seen it! She wrote in her book that we are merely custodians of jewelry, b/c she knew her heirs would sell her pieces.