Bring a bling on!
Accessories can present a style, renew boring outfit and accentuate a personality. There have been various types of adornments in history: various necklaces, rings, bracelets, body piercing, but it seems like it’s time for new generation to come. You no longer need to string beads to wear them nor pierce your skin for jewellery. Instead of it, you can simply stick gems on you skin.
Jewellery for skin usage started in about 2000, but it already made its way to popularity. It’s a new way to show creativity and originality. Sticky beads are sold all over the world. You can find various shaped pieces (i.e. rounded, hearts, stars, triangle, flowers shaped, etc.) and apply them to the skin to compose a wanted ornament, or you can buy already designed crystal tattoo.
Crystals for tattoos are not necessarily actual crystals. They can be made out of various materials like glass, plastic, gemstones, noble metals or even precious stones. The price and usage depends on fabric and using purpose. Plastic and glass pieces are pretty cheap and can be found in most jeweler’s or make-up shops, while beads used in high fashion are made out of more precious elements.
Crystal stickers are mostly used for make-up and sticky tattoos. It is still innovation and common people don’t dare to exhibit these glossy adornments. However you don’t need to be a hip-hop diva to afford blingy style. Several crystals can finely accentuate make-up or even replace it at all. Crystal jewellery is comfort to wear stuck as a necklace or a bracelet. Once it is applied to body, it lasts for a few weeks and after taken from skin beads may even be used again and again. Therefore you can have one set of crystals and compose countless variations of accessories. Although field of usage seem to be pretty wide, sticky beads are mostly popular for tattoos. Young people decorate arms, necks or back with small ornamented pictures like butterfly, flower, initial letters, heart, dolphin and others. But if you are really patient and have a helper, crystal tattoos may become charming clothing.
Designer Jeanette Maskrey creates skin jewellery for more than six years. She is the one who decorated superstars like supermodel Kate Moss, Oscar winner Halle Berry and scandalous singer Britney Spears with spangly tattoos. Even Yoko Ono decided she was not too old to look stylish! Men want to shine as well, actor Josh Hartnett and rapper Diddy are fans of J. Maskrey. However it was not tattoos that made her famous. She was so into Swarovski crystals that she decided to dress up her models half in garments and half in gems. The collection was extremely successful, so J. Maskrey kept on going this way. Her models wear little dresses or shorts and have arms and legs tattooed with crystal ornaments.
More amazing outfits contain trousers/skirt and whole top created with gems stuck directly to skin. It may sound kitschy, but it looks glamorous for sure. These tops seem to be too daring to wear in public, but they idea of sticky crystals is adored by many celebrities. Shakira wore them at her hit “Hips don’t lie&rd...