Charm Your Way Through Life

From Ancient Egyptian amulets to Irish four-leaf clovers, charms have captured the dreamers’, the hopefuls’ and the believers’ attention for millennia—and we can see the appeal. Why do we love these accessories so much? They have a certain charm to them.

A Vintage Charm

Few things scream vintage more than a pendant with an antique finish. Sheens like dirty gold or rose gold and decorative symbols like the French heraldic fleur-de-lis can make your accessories look centuries old. Your new prized possession will look like you just grabbed it from a heavily guarded glass case at the museum or tracked it down at an obscure antique store on a road trip pit stop. Even if it’s brand-new, it will already look like a prized family heirloom—and it might even become one.

Pro Tip: Choose a piece that has a hammered or uneven finish to make it look even more authentically old.

A Sentimental Charm

Speaking of heirlooms, create new memories by giving a loved one a charm. Does your significant other have a birthday coming up and you have no idea what to get her? A charm is one of the most sentimental and personal gifts you can give someone. Want to express to your BFF how much she means to you? Get matching star and moon charms. Regardless of the charm you go with, it with feel special, and with a combination of different ones, it will look like nothing anyone else is wearing.

Pro tip: You’ll get extra brownie points if it’s her initial, or if you get it engraved with a sweet message. She’ll think you took initiative, were creative and put loads of thought into it (we won’t tell her we gave you a hint or two).

An Exotic Charm

Always been convinced you were a Roman empress or a sultan’s daughter in a previous life? Wish the smells of frankincense and sweet spices lingered wherever you went? Resent that you can’t sport a billowing toga or an ornate turban as everyday casual wear? With precious stone charms adorning your wrists and coin charms gracing your feet, we can guarantee you will feel like you just flew off the pages of One Thousand And One Nights on a magic carpet. Make your downtime at home feel like you are grooming yourself in a Moroccan harem bath, and your average evening out seem like it’s an Arabian night.

Pro tip: Exotic elephant and Hamsa charms, in particular, can transport you to a “Whole New World”.

Whether you are trying to navigate through gift-giving or looking to treat yourself for once, you’ll feel like you’re on a never-ending lucky streak with some delicate golden trinkets.

Accessorizing for yourself? Giving a gift to someone else? Either way these little ornaments will work like a charm.

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