At first thought, I really kind of cringe at the thought of pearls. I am not the traditional country club living iced tea sipping lady who wears pearls. My first experience with pearls? My mom bought me some pearl earrings for my 18th birthday. I’d rather have had a new radio for my car. I only say this because, wow. Pearls are no longer only for the sorority girls. Pearl variety goes far beyond the classic cream colored pearls your mother used to wear. From pink to purple and even black, there is a pearl type for everyone.
Pearl Paradise generously sent me an amazing necklace made from Akoya Pearls for me to love and enjoy. I am. The color is pure black and definitely provides a different look than traditional strand of pearls. All of the pearls are 6.5 -7.0 mm AA+ (round or pretty close) and individually knotted on silk thread and that is finished with a solid 14-karat, white- or yellow-gold fishhook clasp. The necklace is well made and is the perfect length, in my opinion. How does it look? I think exceptional. I love the deepness of the color and the necklace actually feels nice around my neck.
Now you know that the pearls are nice, but how are the prices: even nicer. Pearl Paradise boasts their affordable prices. Each items comes with an appraisal of the retail value of the item you purchased. The necklace I received came with an appraisal value 5 times what Pearl Paradise priced it. I wouldn’t take this appraisal for law, but instead make your own decision on the quality of the product you receive.
Now if black pearls aren’t your thing, they have many other options for choosing a Pearl Necklace. My personal favorites are the Tahitian Pearls and the Golden South Sea Pearls. Love them. Love.
Want to have a Black Akoya Pearl Necklace of your very own?
Pearl Paradise has awesomely offered one of our wonderful Parent Trend readers a Black Akoya Pearl Necklace just like the one I received!!
To Enter:
Visit the pearl color page and tell us what color of pearls are your favorite!
Extra Entries:
- Follow ParentTrend.com (1 extra entry)
- Subscribe to ParentTrend.com (1 extra entry)
- Follow @PearlParadise on Twitter and Tweet the giveaway (2 extra entries)
- Follow @ParentTrend on Twitter and Tweet the giveaway (2 extra entries)
- Grab our NEW button (5 extra entries)
- Blog about the giveaway (10 extra entries)
- Leave a relevant comment on a post that is not a giveaway and comment here and tell us (1 extra entry per post)
Contest is open to US only. Contest ends February 14, 2010. Winner will be chosen by random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to my email. And yes, they sent me a necklace so I could actually review it.
Sydney is the winner with comment #9!!!!
Congrats!!!
I like white pearsl the best. I am a traditionalist.
I love the black, they are georgeous!!!
tahitian are great
Tweeted the giveaway s80NurseErin80s
Follow on Twitter and tweeted the giveaway
Subscribed via RSS Feed.
I love the golden pearls.
black pearls. lovely
I like the black pearls, actually thay are all beautiful. My middle name is Pearl, so I love all pearls.
My fave are the Tahitian Pearls!
THE WHITE PEARLS WOULD BE THE KIND TO GIVE HER
I love lavender pearls.
5I grabbed your button here
http://mommyblessingsinsmallbundles.blogspot.com/
4I grabbed your button here
http://mommyblessingsinsmallbundles.blogspot.com/
3I grabbed your button here
http://mommyblessingsinsmallbundles.blogspot.com/
2I grabbed your button here
http://mommyblessingsinsmallbundles.blogspot.com/
1I grabbed your button here
http://mommyblessingsinsmallbundles.blogspot.com/
I tweeted you here
http://twitter.com/josephvh1982/status/9122749558
Following you on google connect
I like the pink color.
Wow, what a hard choice! I guess gold would be my favorite, but the black and the others are also very pretty. Thanks for the great contest!
I tweeted this giveaway! @retelling
I follow Pearl Paradise on Twitter! @retelling
I follow Parent Trend on Twitter! @retelling
I subscribe to this blog!
I follow via RSS feed.
I love the blue – so pretty! Thanks for a great giveaway!
i follow @ParentTrend on twitter – js22222222 .
tweet: http://twitter.com/js22222222/status/9120485329
#2
i follow @ParentTrend on twitter – js22222222 .
tweet: http://twitter.com/js22222222/status/9120485329
#1
i follow @ParentTrend on twitter – js22222222 .
tweet: http://twitter.com/js22222222/status/9120485329