Rings, arm bracelets, charms, earrings, and necklaces have always been a popular and noticeable form of accessory for women, but anklets that have also been around for a long time add a certain flair to a woman’s appearance. A woman wearing an anklet with a summer dress or with a swimsuit could have an even more interesting appearance than another woman wearing the same apparel.

Brief History of Anklets

Ankle bracelets or anklets have always been a popular accessory adorning girls’ and women’s ankles for decades. First worn in India, the fashion of wearing these ankle bracelets have evolved to the Western countries. In the early 50′s, these thin chains have been became a sign of rebellion, and the trend of using them has caught on. In time, women started to wear these chains for a more modern and sexy appearance. Variations of these chains were then designed for each decade, and these anklets never looked better. What better way to show off their sexy calves and legs than with an anklet. They add charm and elegance to whatever you are wearing.

Variety of Anklets

There are various kinds of anklets. There are gold anklets, custom or personalized anklets, anklets with diamonds or other gems, beaded anklets, shell anklets, leather anklets, sterling silver anklets flexible or hinged anklets and stretch, and weave or locking anklets. When you are considering buying one for yourself or for someone else, you must consider this purchase wisely.

Purchasing Your Anklet

You could always opt to go to the conventional jewelry shop. Going to a local jewelry store or a local mall would give you the chance to look around and find the perfect ankle bracelet that would catch your interest. Ideally, purchasing anklets in the mall would be better for you as you could easily refund your money and give back the item if there is any problem with your purchase. You could also try surfing the internet and searching online. This is more convenient for you as you do not even have to get out of your pajamas or drive downtown to purchase an anklet. Just make sure that the jewelry shop you would choose to buy your anklet from would have an established place of business that you could always go to or drop by later if there is any problem or if the anklet did not meet your expectations. You would also feel safer giving out your credit card number when you know that the jewelry store is completely legitimate.

When buying your anklet, think about what pleases you or the person you are giving it to. Take note of what kind of personality you have or she has. What do you or she prefers? Should it be white or yellow gold? Should it be silver? Customized? Beaded? Take your time to search for the perfect item and have a variety of options to choose from and go for what you feel would be most suitable. As a gift, it need not be expensive, although you could always go for the really expensive ones if the price is not a problem for you.

Yellow Gold Finish 12 Row Bracelet

[affmage source="ebay" results="5"]Yellow Gold Bracelet[/affmage]

In its native state, Gold is always a golden-yellow and is way too soft to wear.  That being said, gold is usually alloyed with other metals to increase its hardness for use in jewelry.   While there are many color varieties of gold on the market, rose, white, or green gold do not occur naturally, but are a result of alloying yellow gold with various other metals (copper, silver, zinc, nickel, platinum, palladium).

Pale or white gold results when either silver, platinum, nickel, zinc, or palladium are added.  White gold is actually "gray-white" almost steel-like in color and was originally developed to imitate platinum at a fraction of its price and is substantially harder than yellow gold. In the United States, nickel based white gold alloys are predominantly used by the jewelry industry. In Europe, both nickel and palladium based white gold alloys are used.  Most skin irritations caused by wearing white gold occur due to the nickel content.   If you like favor the look of white gold, be sure to ask your jeweler if the white gold is a nickel based alloy to prevent any potential allergic reactions.

 Adding copper yields rose, red, or pink gold and iron gives gold a blue tinge.  Blue gold is an alloy of between 18K to 23K yellow that contains the remainder karat weight in small amounts of iron and nickel.  The purity of alloy gold is expressed as its karat value, defined as the proportion of pure gold metal present in the alloy.  Therefore, 24K gold is pure gold (actually 99.99 percent as one cannot guarantee an absolute purity), 12K gold is 50% purity, 18K gold is 75% purity.