for today's video I wanted to talk about
jewelry Jewelry is one of those things
that if I wear an outfit and I look in
the mirror and I'm not wearing any
jewelry I just feel like something's
missing
and so the minute that I put on jewelry
it's just magic and my outfit just comes
together effortlessly it might be the
most surprising affordable thing in your
closet when you think about the amount
of times that you could wear something
it's quite frequent compared to
something like a shirt that you're gonna
wear maybe once a week at most
although the worst thing in the world is
when you bought a piece of jewelry and
you immediately regret it so I want to
talk today about ways that you could
really prevent buyer's remorse when it
comes to jewelry and to make sure that
you really love a piece of jewelry
instead I also want to thank Missouri
for being today's sponsor I've worn
their jewelry for over a year now and
it's very special the way that they
their attention to detail is and the
collections that they come out with are
just very unique and different from each
other so I have some pieces today that I
will show you from the past that I have
and then as well as some new pieces that
they gifted me the first thing I want to
talk about is that jewelry needs to be
meaningful when I have a piece of
jewelry that represents a place that I
love or somebody that I love then I'm
bound to keep that piece so one way that
you could do this is through some sort
of monogram or you could also make it
about a place that you love Zac has an
old like World War 2 necklace that is
really cool it has like Hawaii on it and
it's so old-school it's got like an old
World War 2 chain on it it's just
special and one-of-a-kind so another
example of this is Missouri has a line
called the Zodiac collection and that's
what I'm wearing today it's a symbol of
the Leo constellation and that
represents Zach's zodiac sign so I could
have gotten my own by getting his makes
it just a little bit more special
whereas I've never really been that much
of an astrology sort of person I do like
that it's a constellation and to me
that's really special because of the
astronomy factor into it which my
grandfather was an astronomy professor
that's very symbolic
in two ways to me next I want to always
make my jewelry a bit more on the
minimal side when I was a teenager I
used to wear just giant colorful
statement earrings all the time even
with like a sweatshirt but why I did
that was because I had longer hair and
again I was just younger so that was
something that I did then it wasn't
really timeless as much as something
more minimal would be so the great thing
about minimal jewelry is that you can
layer it all so it's not something that
you are gonna get sick of and it's not
something that other people will be like
oh she's just wearing that necklace
again like when you wear something that
actually could be worn every day then
you can accessorize along with it and
make it special in its own way next I
want to talk about something that is
really a pillar of this channel which is
quality over quantity but I actually
want to phrase this a little bit
differently when it comes to jewelry
it's quality than quantity because you
could layer and I like to add to my
collection it's always growing and it's
never really changing though so what I
would prefer to do is get something
that's quality so that then I could add
to it over time it should be something
that is a slow process so far it's taken
me a couple years to really build up my
jewelry collection and I also moved it
from brass pieces into gold pieces just
because it was better for my skin and of
course gold isn't really going to lose
its value it's actually something that
could always be an investment piece when
I think about my jewelry collection I
want it to be something that I'm just
adding to for years I don't want it to
be something that I buy everything this
year and then I never buy jewelry again
and I don't want it to be something
where I buy it this year and I get kind
of sick of the trends so by building
slowly I can make wise purchases and
wise selections and also I can do it in
a manner that is appropriate for more so
my budget all of these tips so far have
to do with heirloom which is my next tip
so that's just something else I keep in
mind is is this piece going to be
something that I could pass down one day
I remember when I was about five
my grandma had this opal ring and I
loved it so much she promised it to me
and so one day I plan to have that and
like store it and keep it very safe and
maybe just wear it on special occasions
but that's something that is special to
me so heirloom is definitely something
that I'm thinking about whenever I add
to my jewelry collection and finally
when it comes to picking out jewelry I
think that one of the most regretful
purchases is when it doesn't fit right
so that could mean four rings especially
it can be very tricky so when I pick out
sizes of rings I think that the best way
to start with that is to pick something
for not your middle finger but something
that is middle sized for all of your
fingers so instead of getting a ring
that's just for your pinky or just for
your thumb right off the bat like the
first ring accessory ring that you get
should really be for a finger that is
middle sized so that for me is my index
finger if I get something sized for that
finger then what I can do is if I ever
like gain or lose weight or if I'm just
a little bit more bloated then I can
switch fingers so this ring I have is
another one from a jury and that one I
could wear either on my thumb or I could
wear it on like my ring finger and I
just have options I can wear it like on
my middle finger and any of these are
things that I could have stand the test
of time because I feel like rings are
the one thing that is bound to get
resized this also is a note on necklaces
because if I can wear a necklace that
could layer very easily I would think of
something that has an adjustable chain
and then also I want to kind of pick out
necklaces that have length that I'm not
in yet wearing so if I have lots that
are in the 24 inch range or in the 16
inch range
I'd rather get something that's more
like a 20 inch so that necklaces don't
tangle quite as easily so thank you so
much Missouri for sponsoring this video
everything is linked down below if
you're interested in any of
pieces that they gifted me if you guys
have questions regarding jewelry I can
answer those down in the comments below
if you like this video be sure to give
it a thumbs up and I will see you guys
next time
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