october jewelmint purchases

So I don't know if I mentioned it before but after watching TONS of videos on YouTube about Jewelmint, I decided to finally give in when they had their 60% off your first purchase sale and bought my first Jewelmint piece. I've been super obsessed since. If you're on the fence about Jewelmint, I suggest waiting until they have a really good deal for new members. If you decide that it's not for you, you can always "Skip" the month and not pay $29.99 for that month. Here are some videos from one of my favorite YouTubers, Holly, on Jewelmint. Watching her videos and seeing how nice the jewelry looked on her seriously convinced me to join lol. Please subscribe to her if you like fashion, make-up and jewelry! I always love watching her videos. Some of them are like 20 minutes but I seriously don't even notice! Most of my beauty purchases are influenced by her reviews and I've also tried out a lot of her tutorials and I've gotten quite a few compliments on my eye make up lately :) so definitely check her out.

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I was originally going to post my October Week 3 and Week 4 updates first but per a special request, I will post my October Jewelmint purchases first :). Gotta give the people what they want lol.

So most of my Jewelmint purchases have come in this black bubble packer. 

Inside of the bubble wrap is this minty green box :) I've gotten a box that was a little dented though. 

I blame it more on the mailman than the Jewelmint people :). 

So my first purchase through Jewelmint was the Here to Eternity Set.

Each piece also comes with a little description. 

I purchased this on Oct, 10th and I received it on the 15th so it's fairly fast. I do live in California and it looks like everything is based out of Los Angeles so I might be getting things a little bit quicker than most. I really like this piece because it was something I could wear everyday and I pretty much wore it everyday after I got it. The only problem was the tangling of the piece when I wasn't wearing it. Other than that, I didn't really have any problems with it. I believe this is Sold Out right now but I heard they actually brought this piece back so I'm sure we'll see it again but yeah... it's no longer in my Showroom (even if you purchased something, it'll still show up in your Showroom). So there are usually a lot of deals for those looking to make a purchase that first time. The best deal I've seen so far is 70% off. I purchased the Here to Eternity Set for 60% off so final cost was $11.99 with no tax or shipping. To me that is a total deal considering it came with earrings too (the two heart studs). 

**Note: one of my friends, Samantha, told me about this site Jewels and Mints and they have tons of deals posted on there daily so I would also check this site out first before you make any purchases. The site is useful because they will tell you if the coupon code works for New Members AND Existing Members.**

So after my first purchase, I checked the site religiously for new pieces in my Showroom and in the "Show Me More" section. Randomly, new pieces will appear so I checked daily. I was kind of just exploring the site when I noticed the "Our Designs" link and after clicking on that, I found that the Lunar Blue Necklace was on there! It didn't show up in my Showroom and I really liked that piece from Holly's video so I bought that one immediately. Of course I went to check if there were any coupons online and I found a coupon for 25% off on Retailmenot.com so that one ended up costing $22.49. 

So I really like the Lunar Blue Necklace because it definitely feels like a real statement piece. I bought it because I felt the piece was really unique and also something that people who knew Jewelmint could easily distinguish as a Jewelmint piece. Besides branding, I also liked the turquoise coloring which I feel is extremely flattering for Asians in general and the chunky silver chain definitely makes it feel a bit more casual and ok for everyday. For me, I've been wearing this with a lot of the crew neck or boatneck sweaters/tees because it draws the attention downwards and lengthens my upper body. I have pretty broad shoulders and the crew neck and boatneck sweaters can really make my shoulders look even broader. I really have no idea if it scientifically distracts from my broad shoulders but I feel like it does lol. I've paired it with a light grey shirt and also a black shirt and it really makes the outfit pop. Definitely increasing the style factor of any outfit. I purchased this on Oct. 22nd and got it on the 28th so again, pretty fast considering the 22nd was a Saturday. 

So during the end of October, they came out with a promotion for their jewelry box, Adornmint and it was buy 3 pieces of jewelry and get the Adornmint Jewelry Box for free so being the deal seeker that I am, I had to jump on that :). So here's what the Adornmint Jewelry Box looks like.

So I bought the following pieces to get the jewelry box.

This is the Cosmic Fusion necklace and I really liked this piece because it felt really Egyptian to me and I seriously love all things Egyptian (I think I just loved learning about the pharaohs, all the drama back then, and the pyramids lol). Anyways, I bought this necklace because, again, I wanted something really unique. I almost regretted purchasing this necklace right after I bought it because I thought I'd never wear it. To my surprise, I wore it immediately when I got it in the mail. I was actually originally wearing the Lunar Blue Necklace and I was just trying this one on and it looked so much better with my outfit so I just left it on. I wish I had taken a picture of my outfit but unfortunately I don't have a tripod so it's hard to take pictures of myself without being in front of a mirror and then the image isn't the best quality either and the necklace is super far away sooooo... lol. The three items I ordered actually did not come in the minty green box to my surprise. It actually came in these little black pouches. I think they had a difficult time fitting the Adornmint box AND the other boxes (which I was a little disappointed with since it's like Tiffany's where you want to have that darn signature blue/green box lol). This piece didn't even come with a description(!) which was another bummer :/. OH! One thing I will mention though is that the links they used to attach those metal pieces to the chain is EXTREMELY bothersome!! I think I need to get a set of pliers to fix it so that it's not poking my skin. I think it would be fine with a sweater but then it might snag your sweater as well so, just FYI. 

I also got 2 sets of rings because it's one of the few things I can actually wear at work without feeling super bothered. I also go the rings because there's 3 of them so I felt like it was more bang for your buck lol. The first set of rings was the Yves Rings Set. (I think that was a typo in my card? lol Not even sure haha.)

My third item to get the Adornmint box was the From The Heart Rings.

The weird thing about my Adornmint box was that it also came with this random bracelet. Not sure if it's a Jewelmint piece or just apart of the beads you get to personalize your box :/. It actually looked kind of like those bead jewelry things available at chinese supermarkets lol but prettier. Gotta love'em pearls!

This pretty much concludes my Jewelmint purchases for October. I did purchase a Bewitchmint Mystery Bag which was $29.99 for 2 items and I've already purchased 3 items from my November showroom but I will save that for my November Jewelmint post. I feel like they offer random discounts throughout the month so I'm holding out for a bigger discount on some of the other pieces. Hopefully I'll be able to get before they get sold out! 

Hope everyone in LA is staying dry in this stormy weather... (*don't know why... there's no sun up in the sky... stormy weather...* [YouTube] throwback to Judy and our American Musical class!). October Week 3 and Week 4 updates are coming right up! Love and miss ya'lls that are far away! Hopefully I'll get to visit NorCal soon!