Anything new from me? yes!

Thank you to everybody who visits/reads my posts. I appreciate it very much! I wanna share with you what kind of jewelry I usually wear these weeks :)

Earrings:

I often see myself (yep) wearing Drey Jewelry's design:

Why? Because of the butterfly backs. I’m not scared of losing them while walking outside. So let's say i prefer butterfly back over ear hooks. Other reasons are: dangling earrings, golden flower swarovski crystal (yellow goes well with my skin tone), very nice and delicate crown charms, and yes, butterfly post earrings. All metals are made of .925 sterling silver. Good for sensitive ears.

And also, since I don’t have any cartilage piercing, I often sport this design from Simplyy J:

The material of this earcuff is easy to manipulate, but not to the point of being fragile. SimplyyJ said that it's possible to shower with this ear cuff. (yes!!) I’m one damn lazy girl, y'know! It is made of 14K Gold filled! ..but in my personal experience, I find it hard to sleep on it. It kinda hurts a little. So I had to take it off each night… :(

Rings:

As for rings, I usually wear this Eugene-inspired ring from Drey Jewelry. Made of .925 sterling silver. Those two balls are made of rhinestones. So they shine as hell!!! :D

There's this one particular ring i felt in love at first sight, because of its original design.

Soy Fashion's Tsubasa Abstract Lovers ring

I'm not sure if I like their customer service....I emailed them asking if those rings are expandable, because I have no clue about their ring size. I never got their response, not even in my junk mail. So i was like "f*ck that...let's order it...and pray they're expandable." xD and THEY ARE! :D so happy! On the pictures, it's a size 6.5 - 7. They can get bigger or smaller. YES I HAVE UGLY CHUBBY FINGERS. but who cares! :) I believe they're not made of sterling silver. So beware, owner of sensitive fingers! :) Based on my experience, i won't wear that often during summer, due to possible sweat. Chemical things from the body will rape all the plated metal' skin and turns blue/red or whatsoever.

Necklace:

I saw this necklace through Kechiko. I felt in love at first sight. I ABSOLUTELY adore crosses. I bought it at the same place as Kechiko.

Theresa Mink on Etsy!

the cross measures is 12 x 19 mm. The chain including the cross is 15 3/4". I love it so much that I was crazy to buy another one, but this time in sterling silver! There was one time I lost a jump ring that was attached to the horizontal dainty golden cross, but lucky me, the necklace was resting on my neck the whole day!! I was very happy that I lost the jump ring instead of the whole necklace! Anyhow, after that incident, I couldn't wear it anymore, cuz I have no replacement 14k jump ring. Months after, I decided to contact the seller. She said she will send a couple of jump rings to me so that I can fix them. So nice of her. :D I recommend everyone who's interested to buy this design with no open rings, so that the necklace won't fall off due to "pulling/tugging the necklace". She actually sell some of them like that now. I noticed some Etsy shops sell this kind of model too, but in a similar design. Be careful. However, I saw one seller who also sell this exact model in sterling silver for less than $40. So it's up to you, if you're interested that is.

Ok, enough of jewelry. What I use to remove blackheads from the nose is this Facial cleaning pad. It's made out of silicone. So it's easy to bend without cracking it. Easy to wash it. You can actually buy it for $1 on ebay, but I bought it from a local store. Too lazy (or should i say impatient) to wait for the package to come...lol I'm not sure what the heck is that round thing (see below, upper right). You can't even feel it from the touch if it's for demo... o_O ...

Before, I used St Ives' Blemish and Blackhead control apricot scrub like...EVERYDAY. I didn't know that it will kill my skin by dehydrating it. Now that I read some reviews by googling, I use it twice a week. it's a good product imo.

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But from the day that I finished this product, I always and always use the facial cleaning silicone pad + soap (if lazy) or some other cleaning cream product. It's cheaper that way, and I get to use it everyday without drying my skin.

I recently bought a pair of converse Chuck Taylor All Star shoes. I usually wear black clothes, so charcoal goes well with my pants.

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I had to order half-size down from my regular one. So be careful. If ever you want to order them online, test them first in store to see whether it fits you well or not. As for now, i can feel my smallest toes rubbing on the side. Damn, now that I'm googling about converse rubbing your feet..lol I kinda regret for buying them :( ................................................I wanted to try new comfy shoes, but didn't know (again) they might be bad. Oh well, if it's for the look so BE IT, then! :'(

Did you ever own a pair of converse shoes? any good or bad news with them?? :(

Lots of love,

Noriki

Diva Earrings from Drey Jewelry

Hi guyssss, I just want to share what I recently bought. :3 it's from Drey Jewelry! This kind of pairs really suits my style (not that I have a super cool style), but I really like them a lot. I'm sure one of you readers will also adore this kind of pair. :)

All the photos are taken with my iphone4. So of course, the pictures won't be crispy and clear.

Warning:

1. Please do not steal the pictures. If you want them, please credit them.
2. You can enlarge the pictures by right-clicking them to another new window.

Diva Earrings Review

This is how I received her package minus the outside package with stamp. Donuts and strawberries :3 yuuum (i just ate a donut yesterday too!)

As you can see, she puts an elastic around the pink gift box to prevent any incident. Inside the box, she actually wraps each earring by itself so that the earrings parts won't be tangled up. Readers who can read french will understand the little note she sent me!

You can see the 3-Dimension of each flowers and glass stones. There's the white background version on Drey Jewelry.

The purpose of the two pictures below was to show the glass stones "in details".

To sum up, these earrings are really gorgeous and solid. In the pictures of mine, they kind of look dull in the appearance, but in real person, they look very delicate, simple, sophisticated. You can mark my words for that.

The ear hooks can actually be modified by putting a bit "or even more" of pression on it, they're flexible but not fragile. The flower parts are solid to the touch- they won't bent that easily.

The earrings' hooks are made of gold plating ?? On each ear hook, there's that ".925 stamp" on it.

The length of each earrings including the ear hook is 7 cm long. It's not heavy at all when you wear them. You can actually see a model of this earrings on Drey Jewelry's page. The price is pretty reasonable to me (USD$27) -if you think about the many factors a jewelry artisan went through each time. The shipping cost was covered by Drey Jewelry, which means FREE. So that's a plus. I got my package for only three days (excluding the weekends)- From France to Canada.

It's a pretty pair of earrings that you won't need to stock them inside a zipped plastic bag (they're anti-tarnish material). I tend to get lazy, actually, when I put my jewelry inside a plastic bag :( ...but that's the only thing that can preserve the sterling silver. :(

10/10

With love,

Noriki

DREY JEWELRY/NORIKI FIRST GIVEAWAY! PLEASE JOIN!!!

*EDITING:

*Giveaway ends on Feb 20th, 2010!*

IF for some reason, you want more entries, for better chances at winning xD, here's what you can do:

-Make a YouTube video about this giveaway (+2 entries)

GOSH there's soo many ways to have many entries xD i wish that every giveaway was like that xD

Hey everyone ^^

Audrey from Drey Jewelry Design and myself are organizing OUR FIRST giveaway! I got to admit her work is really elegant and gorgeous! I really do support her and her work, and I wish that everyone would know about her and her jewelries (hell yeahhh!!!! :P)! I love her creativity! really, i do! it's really something that you don't see that often. (well to me yeah). While she wait for her jewelry supplies by mail, she draws many sketches about her future pieces. That's a fact! lol (dsl audrey, faut que je dise ca au monde, ca lair trop cute lol)



SO My goal here is to bring ppl to know her and hopefully she will be able to create other styles (that's my reason why i want to have a giveaway, as for Audrey, you may ask her if youre curious :P). It might be hard to choose a jewelry when you don't know how they look in real life. That's why we decided to give away this pair of earrings which i really really really like :D crowns y'know!?!?!? lol That's not something you can ignore, right?? :D bwahhaha ( i think i should show it in another different angle of my hair next time =.='' lol

GIVEAWAY Feb 3rd-Feb 20th 2010

OPEN TO WORLDWIDE! (SHIPS TO US, CANADA & INTERNATIONAL)

LET'S GET ROLLING GUYS!!!!!!! (The boys are welcome to enter this giveaway too-you can give these beautiful earrings to your Girl, your girl who's a friend :P (y'ar trying to impress her, huh? u bad boy!! jk), your mom, your aunt, etc) Don't be shy, everyone! we're nice! we don't biteee x3

RULES

To Enter (one entry)

1. You must be a follower of Noriki's Blog (click)
2. You must be a follower of Drey Jewelry design blog (click)
3. Tweet (or post a comment on facebook) about this giveaway by linking it to Noriki or Drey Jewelry blog; if you don't have a Twitter nor facebook, please put "Drey jewelry LOGO" on the sidebar of your blogspot (+ 1 entry) or post about this giveaway on your blog (+2 entries) either way is acceptable. :)

4. Write "Enter me" in Noriki OR Drey Jewelry's comment section. (unless you want to do twice o.o)
5. Your name or blogger name
6. Your e-mail
7. Precise your additionnal entries (if you have at least one=> see below)
8. Tell us what kind of pieces you would like to see more on Drey jewelry blog

Additionnal Entries :

(+ 1 extra entry)
-Put Drey Jewelry LOGO on the sidebar of your blogspot with a link If you didn't do it yet.

(+ 2 extra entries)
-Blog about this giveaway on your blog (please link it to us)

- Make a YouTube video about this giveaway (please link it to us)

(+ 3 extra entries)
- Buy a piece of Drey jewelry

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Important: if you want that all of this to stay confidential you can send Drey Jewelry an email with all the details to : drey_jd@ymail.com , with the subject : Giveaway
if you have a nany questions, contact me or Drey Jewelry :)

i kNOOOW it's complicated :D but please do join! i would be sooo happy to know that this giveaway will be a blast! since it is our FIRST giveaway!!!! >:D

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS GIVEAWAY RUNNING SMOOTHLY EVERYONE!! *MUAH*

alllriiight XD
So yeah let's go in Drey Jewelry Design world:

I got two packages from her (here they are :D)

When you buy from her, you will receive a free rebate coupon of 10% off on your next purchase! it will expire on April 1st, 2010! I will gladly and happily use it xD

Ruby-Heart Earrings

I really think this is perfect for Valentine Days too xD you know, i gotta tell you something. Drey Jewelry sends her packages like no one i know xD except from Companies of canada (i live in Canada)..lol She lives in France, right? but guess what? I receive my packages in only 3-4 days, compare to the other packages I have from other Jewelry artisan. She also ships free. How can you resist that huh? Take that!!! (phoenix Wright's style -its a DS game xD) Naaw, actually i'm not "selling my soul" for Audrey, i'm just saying the truth. She really does ship it fast through Canada.

Here's her Crown-round earrings :D love them! I usually don't sport round earrings. But I find these ones really fit my face. Am i right ? :P lol

This is one of her collection, a .925 sterling silver open heart charm necklace :D

Song Hye Kyo Necklace

This necklace is a classic. It should definitely be part in your jewelry collection. :D

Audrey also handmade customized keychain or earrings or necklace in Clay. Because I like Piyo, i ordered a piyo keychain!!!!! it is for my bag :D



I really am impressed about her skills. It's really perfect, no flaws in my opinion. Except!! :P she forgot to put two hair on its head...LOL but that's ok. :P The most important thing is she's capable of doing it perfectly without altering its appearance.






Audrey decided to put a little rhinestone flower on its head xD kyaaa! lol isn't it adorable??




here's a 3-D version ^^:






Alright :D Next is Julu Jewelry :D on the next post :D