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Today, I'm doing my very first Van Cleef & Arpels unboxing.
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Because this is Lux & Lipstick, my lip of the day
is the Nicka K True Matte Liquid Lipstick in Hopbush.
I'm going to hide some of the packaging because it's
a little dirty, but it's not dirty it's where a sticker,
where you pull a little sticker off
and it leaves like a disgusting looking ring,
but the color looks like this.
You can see it on my lips.
It's just this gorgeous, purpley, bold, neon matte pink.
I love it, it's one of my favorite lip colors.
I'll link it below for you in case you want to shop it.
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Because I post a lot of fun luxury content here.
And I'm sure you would like it.
So let's dive right into what I got.
I mentioned to you guys before, I'm not actually sure
if I'm going to post that video where I told you or not.
I mentioned that I have a white gold wedding band set.
I'm not wearing it today.
I'm wearing actually this cheap one.
Isn't not real at all, but I thought, you know,
I think it's cute whenever I wear gold jewelry.
But I have a white gold wedding set that my husband
got me obviously.
And I mentioned to him that I wear gold a lot and I would
like to have gold, you know, to wear them interchangeably.
And I wasn't expecting him to buy, you know, another ring.
He already bought that, you know, and you know,
most people only get that.
But I just wanted a secondary option.
And he was with me when I went into Van Cleef,
it was around the holidays sometime.
And I tried on this gorgeous ring and I just fell in love
with it, from the moment I saw it.
So that leads me to showing you what
it looks like in person.
So I'll share what else is in here later,
but I just want to show you how beautiful this ring is,
and finally put it on my finger because after this
I'll be wearing it whenever I wear gold jewelry.
Saw this gorgeous ring, he also loved it, which was perfect.
And I've vowed to myself that I would get it
as soon as possible.
He knows that I was going to get it.
And I actually ended up selling some things I had to buy it.
Cause I didn't wanna just pay eight grand for a ring.
I mean, I could have, but I'm saying, you know,
the principle is better to get rid of stuff I'm not using
and put towards it to make the price a little less painless
or painful. A little less painful, yeah.
But it comes in a box like this.
If you've ever seen the Van Cleef packaging.
Says VCA on there obviously.
And there's the suede chartreuse green looking box
with the logo. I plan on keeping this.
Probably not that. I might though, since it's suede.
Look how gorgeous it is.
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I can finally wear it. This is the Perlée ring.
I think it was how you pronounce it, and I got
the one in yellow gold.
Now, I also really liked the rose gold.
But I was like, no, I said I wanted yellow gold,
that's what I need to get.
And finally wear this one!
Oh my gosh it looks so beautiful on my finger.
So perhaps you can see it a lot better on my finger
than you could in the box.
Oh my gosh.
Isn't it beautiful? It's so gorgeous.
Oh, I love it.
I'm so happy.
So I have a certificate of authenticity or
something in there.
So that gives you this little folder,
I can show you that whenever you get a piece
from Van Cleef & Arpels, it's a tri-fold obviously.
Certificate of authenticity, I'm not gonna show you that.
And then if you need, you know, how to care for your ring,
how to, you know, clean it and all of that.
And I guess that was the very first Van Cleef & Arples
boutique back in 1906.
Or it might've, it may not be the first.
I'm guessing, but I'm assuming, because it's on there.
I also get my receipt and things and this little
pamphlet here and I will go over, of course.
Also have the suede travel pouch,
which I do plan on using to store my ring in.
For those unfamiliar, in Dallas we do have a
Van Cleef & Arpels boutique.
It is inside Neiman Marcus at North Park Mall.
So that is where I got this.
We also have a Fashionphile boutique in there
on the third floor, the same exact place,
it's so convenient, almost too convenient actually.
And that is where I traded some items in to get this.
So literally I traded some, some things
and I shouldn't say trade cause it's not a trade,
I sold them.
I sold some things.
I got an Neiman Marcus gift card because when you do that
with Fashionphile, when you sell items with Fashionphile,
if you opt for the Neiman Marcus gift card,
you get 10% more than you would've gotten
if you had gotten cash for it.
So I cashed in, okay?
It's the Perlée ring.
And I'm a U.S. 6.5,
which converts into a size 53.
And that's what I got in my Perlée ring,
and it fits perfectly around my finger.
The price of the ring without tax is 7,450 U.S. dollars.
And with tax, it is, it was 8,064.
The ring itself, I believe comes in three colors.
I know for sure it comes in yellow gold, rose gold.
I'm not sure about white gold.
Let's take a quick look.
Yes, it does come in white gold.
The white gold is actually more expensive.
The white gold is 7,900 before tax.
The one I have is 7,450, so it's $550 additional.
And then the rose gold is the exact same price as this one.
This is the ring with one row of diamonds.
They also have a larger one, but I wanted more dainty.
I didn't want anything too big.
I'm totally opposite how I used to be.
Let me quickly tell you about the other one,
other option they had.
So, as I mentioned, this one has one row.
They also have options with three rows.
It doesn't come in rose gold.
It only comes in white gold and yellow gold.
And those have three rows of diamonds.
And the of those are as follows, for yellow gold,
is 14 grand, and then for white gold is 14,800.
So pretty steep difference in price.
Thankfully I didn't like the big one.
Even if I did, I would not have spent that much.
I would just have to not get it.
I would have to go somewhere else, but they have different
ring options in the Perlée collection.
Basically, if you've never heard of Van Cleef & Arpels,
I'm sure you have, if you watch luxury videos,
but they have different collections in which you could shop
different products.
And one of the collections is the Alhambra,
which is basically everyone's favorite bracelet,
that have the five, or the single motif on the wrist.
You can get a necklace with a single motif.
You can get, I think there's like a 10 motif necklace.
Those are the Alhambra.
Now they even have the ring, they have the earrings.
I do want earrings.
I might want a single necklace.
I don't think I'm gonna get the bracelet anymore.
I might, I don't know.
I'm kind of torn honestly, because I'm one of those people.
I don't like to have everything that other people have,
you know, like everybody has the basic stack.
It's not basic, I'm not saying that in a bad way.
Please don't take it that way.
Everybody has a Love bracelet, a Juste Un Clou,
Alhambra Van Cleef bracelet.
That's everybody's stack.
I don't know if I want this, the same stack
as everybody else.
I do have the Juste Un Clou bracelet as you know,
and I love it, I'm so glad I got the over the Love bracelet.
Cause now I don't even know if I want the Love bracelet
anymore because I don't want my stacks
to look like everybody else's.
So I'm trying to come up with alternative options
and see what else is out there
and not just rely on what I see on YouTube,
what I see on Instagram, what I see on Pinterest, you know?
And just do something unique, you know,
after all I'm a pretty unique person.
I mean, obviously, I'm sure you guys gathered that from me
with my crazy hair, my crazy style and bag choices,
but that's okay, I love it.
Yeah, if you guys have any other suggestions on what
I should check out to the complete a stack
or to do a stack, let me know what else is out there.
I even looked at Bulgari and I'm just trying
to find something different, you know?
I don't want to do what everybody else is doing.
I thought about it. I wanted that stack and I was like,
okay, why do I really want it?
Now I've taken a step back.
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Sorry, my dog makes so much noise.
But one day, if you haven't seen him, I'll show him one day.
But he's gone now, he's going about his business.
- Okay.
Yeah, just let me know if you guys have any ideas,
any suggestions, you know my style by now.
So you should know what I like.
I do like dainty pieces, rather than statement.
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If you have the Perlée, let me know,
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It's a gorgeous ring, I highly recommend it.
It is beautiful, it's so detailed.
As you know, it was handcrafted.
You know, Van Cleef pieces are handcrafted.
It's just absolutely adorable.
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Like look at it, it's so beautiful.
Talk to you guys in my next video.
If you have any special requests, please let me know.
I'll be happy to do them as soon as I get the chance.
Talk to you soon. Thank you for watching.
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