Moto Jewelry Peacocked Earrings

Finally....the long-delayed continuation from the Lemon Cheesecake earrings post :P  I actually had this post done for ages but I just got around to posting it now, which is why my hair is so much curlier ^_^

This is one of my favorite earrings~ It is made with rhodium and Swarovski crystals, the heart in Vitrial Medium (I think).When I first saw these on Moto Jewelry, I knew I had to have them because I liked them so much. And this is combined with my usual reluctance to buy any Swarovksi jewelry with a "foiled" backing because it is very prone to scratches and nicks, even more so than the crystal itself.   When the foiled backing is scratched it shows through the crystal itself so that even when the crystal itself is perfect, it will look like it is all scratched up.

LT: from Moto Jewelry RT: My crap-macro photo ><

Buuuuttt....the color combo was just too tempting. LOVE the blue bicones playing off the yellow and greens, it's just so...peacock-y ^_^  And the heart...it just reflects so many colors and in the sun little specks of light bounce off the walls!   The earrings arrived in perfect condition with no scratches etc. I don't have much to say about this otherwise other than...I just really, really love these.

The ends of my braids have gone insane.

Gahhh...so pretty. The crystal reflects shades of orange, green, yellow, blue, and red so I like to pair it with pastel and/or basic colors to play up the rainbow colors.  At first I thought of these as "glamorous" earrings that should be worn with a LBD or something but it's remarkably versatile. I have no complaints about these, no beads coming off, no tarnishing etc.  So yeah, these earrings = love ^_^!

Closing with some SNSD-Genie-ish salutes :}

Moto Jewelry Lemon Cheesecake Earrings

My second purchase from Moto Jewelry! I adore Moto earrings so I was so excited to get this~ I actually plotted to buy these the day Sarah posted them ^^ buuuuttt I nobly refrained for like...2 months (mostly b/c I was in Korea totally internet-less, ironic considering Korea is the #1 wired nation in the world).  Anyway, I could resist no longer and bought these beautiful babies less than a month after I got back home~

I always forget that I ordered something so it's always a nice surprise to get a package in the mail, especially when it's filled with goodies :D!!

Yeahhhh~~!   This is my first eye shadow palette and I am very excited to see what can be done with it!  Honestly, I'm terrible with eye makeup so I don't know if I will be able to do it any justice  but we shall see :S

I am particularly fond of her square business cards, they are an unusual shape (memorable) and uses less paper.  Unfortunately, my brother was sitting next to me when I opened this so the candy literally disappeared when I turned my back (if you look closely, the blueberry candy is just the wrapper).

A quick candy review: LOVE LOVE the Tea Candy.  I gotta get a whole bag of this - it actually tastes like iced tea!  The Grapefruit Xylitol tasted...well, like grapefruit.  I'm not very keen on grapefruit and plus I was expecting an orange taste when I popped it in my mouth ^^;; so not too crazy about this one. The caramel was surprisingly good!  I don't like caramel usually because it's so "sticky" but this once was very soft, almost melted in my mouth, and didn't stick to my teeth.  It tasted very vanilla-ish to me. Good stuff.

The two candies not shown above: The Blueberry candy actually had a tasty blueberry filling, definitely something I'm going to hunt for next time I'm at the market.   And lastly, the famous Japanese flower candy ^_^! An old favorite of mine, tastes like peach~  The Ghana pie is basically a Lotte Choco pie ;)   I haven't tried the matcha mix so dunno what that tastes like :}

On to the earrings...!

Aren't the Peacocked Earrings just beautiful!?

Fyi I'm going to just be doing the Lemon Cheesecake earrings today, I'll do the Peacocked Earrings next time :} (The vitral coating is so gorgeous but it's much harder to photograph ^^)

As usual, everything came well packaged with a lovely handwritten note :D  I think the Moto Jewelry monogram is a nice touch~  Anyway, the earring's pouches were wrapped in tissue paper + ribbon.   The earrings them themselves came in little pouches.   Sarah was kind enough to remake these earrings with rhodium since I'm not entirely fond of sterling silver...I hate polishing the tarnish off :P  They turned out gorgeouslyyyyy!

Lemon Cheesecake Earrings

LT: Original in sterling silver (from Moto Jewelry).
RT: With rhodium....and I suck at photographing jewelry.

You can't really tell from my terrible picture but rhodium essentially looks the same as sterling silver.  Btw, the actual earrings look closest to Moto's picture, not mine (Sarah's a photographer btw, check out her gorgeous photos!).  In my picture, the pink bicones are too bright and the yellow heart looks a little washed out.  Anyway, it might be my imagination but rhodium seems to have a different sheen similar to white gold - not as bright as sterling silver with a gray-ish undertint.  Also it seems a little "weighter," it has an expensive heft to it. However, it's not so heavy it's a bother so no worries there.  I really love the lemon yellow color (citrine? topaz?) of the Swarovski heart contrasting with the pink bicones and the subtle mix of gold shadow and the opal bicones.  It's just very sweet and feminine without being ridiculously girly.

The color of the earrings is the most accurate in this picture. Taken indoors in sunlight.

Gahhh....my hair is just out of control :P Btw this is what my hair normally looks like >_> very frizzy.  I'm naturally a kup-sul-muh-de, roughly translated as 'wavy haired' but since I also got a perm in Korea so if I don't beat it into submission with a crapload of hair lotion or style it with hair gel....which to be honest, I never do because my preferred hairstyle is a bun :]

I have a lot of hair :\ Believe it or not that ponytail looking thing is actually a massive bun :P More jewelry reviews coming up (ahh...I have so many earrings x_X)!

I am wearing...
Face:
Skinfood Mushroom BBcream
Paul & Joe Finishing Powder in 001 Natural

Eyes:
Koji Dolly Wink Liquid Liner in Black 
Missha The Style Shining Stick Eyes in WH01, a pearly white

Lips:
Etude House Orgel Light in Coral Shine (07)
Etude House Dear Darling Gloss in Pink Split (#18)

Moto Jewelry Holly Remixed

This was my first Moto Jewelry purchase: the HollyAnneAeree Earrings, which I remixed with a small color change.   I have bought more since because I was so pleased the first time around :D

HollyAnneAeree Original (LT) Holly Remixed (RT) 

(Photo from Moto Jewelry) 

I just really liked the red, shiny and cranberry-esque beads and although I originally was aiming for a “Valentine’s Day” look it turned out more Christmas-y than anything else – but I still like it a lot!    I didn’t take any pictures of the packaging but the earrings came in a gauze bag with tons of Asian candy, her business cards and two bottles of Cucumber Melon shower gel and lotion!  The candy and bath goods are long gone since I ordered this back in January but nonetheless, I remember being very impressed with the packaging.

I particularly like how theses earrings look good even in the light and under close inspection.  A lot of jewelry with the "tarnished" look appear cheap or used in real life but these don't at all.  These have are a lovely rich, burnished glow.

The quality of the jewelry is very good, it’s been 8 months since I purchased these and there has been no rusting, tarnishing or loose beads to deal with.   Also they are not heavy despite the "heavy" look of the gold heart and links.   Lastly, I have (very) sensitive ears but I haven’t had any irritation or discoloration :) I'm really prone to getting the green ring around my earring hole/itching and many pretty pairs of earrings have been discarded because of that so I'm really happy I don't have trouble with these.

Sarah was also great to work with - sent plenty of follow up emails to let me know when she shipped and ask whether I received it on time.   She's hands down one of my favorite people to purchase jewelry from~

The lighting is not so good today in my "photo studio" of choice aka the the bathroom ^_^ With a skylight and white walls I usually get excellent natural lighting on most days, although not so much in these :P  The neutral background also is a plus. I would preen over this photo all day if I didn't know all too well that I  only look like this in dim lights -_- but YAH for dramatic lighting!

So yep...that's all ^^