Getting it together

With Eid round the corner, as I sit thinking about how I’m going to match my bangles and jewellery, it suddenly crossed my mind that many of you out there might be absolutely clueless or feel hopeless, because let’s face it most of the time when we really like something its over our budget! Of course for me personally, for the past few years there’s only one shop that really springs to mind and that is The Lotus London (based in green street) I had previously shopped in Bees a lot and although I’m still a huge fan of their quality and service here’s what’sI like about Lotus...

Most people are usually rushed when they are trying to match, because first of all trying to even find that perfect outfit can take forever, you’ll only want to do justice to it by matching beautiful accessories alongside it. But when you’ve already spent so many hours shopping, you don’t want to then go into another dozen shops. With lotus, once you find a piece you like, you can incorporate colours from your outfit. Another brilliant thing which I just love about their jewellery is if you don’t want it as, for example, a hand piece then not to worry they’ll turn it into something else for you, like perhaps earrings (as demonstrated below). 

Many times when I have liked a Jewellery set, there might have been a part of it which I didn’t like so I had to ditch the whole set altogether or buy it and resent that one part of it I wasn’t too fond of, but since I’ve come across Lotus, that feeling has faded away.

As you can see they have so many designs to choose from, of course these are only a small part of their collection (you can view more when you pop in to their store) and the amount of ways you can use these pendants is shocking!! Not only do you have the option to wear it in whichever way you want, (because I know many of yous may not like purchasing earrings anymore because of the hijab) but you also have the choice for the colour of the gemstone! And yes, I've already gone and snapped up one of these for myself to wear in every possible way I can think of!! I will, of course blog about that seperately, till then I'll leave you to figure out which one I chose ;)

Kareena Kapoor for Parineeta Jewellery

As for bangles a lot of people I know always match a completely new set however it is not necessary to spend so much. I’ve found that since I started to colour co-ordinate my bangles in a box it’s become more cost efficient and easier to match up. I know it can be tough when you break the set and try to put it back together and you just don’t remember how it was originally but that’s the beauty of it - by challenging yourself, you are actually building up your skills on how to match bangles, also when you play around with bangles, it can help you to figure out your own preference on how you like your set to be. For example do you like it in blocks or do you prefer it in the stripy style? You can even take inspiration from the internet or maybe someone you know? I personally love how Kareena wore the bangles, on your left, with this outfit, and still waiting to try that style for an occasion! But if you’re really not up for that, then there’s another solution - take a picture of the set before you colour co-ordinate, it’s as simple as that.

I don’t always need to buy bangles anymore, I have now come to a point where my bangles

collection is large enough for me to mix and match and I only ever buy just a few odd pieces here and there, when I don’t have those colours at all. As you can see from the picture that I am quite the bangles fan, personally I like to match up bangles for two hands. By putting them all in this co-ordination, I am allowing myself to visually seperate the types of bangles I have and how I can re-use them for another outfit. And yes you can buy this box from Lotus, I purchased mine a few years ago on sale (apart from the box on the left) so I couldn’t tell you the price I’m afraid.

On my next post I will be sure to show you my outfit for Eid and how I matched my accessories...


Till then have a browse on their page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lotus-London/132439993466962?fref=ts