Halloween Jewelry for Your Inner Goth

Blasphemy! Lechery! Blood! My jewelry box is crying out for a little death and destruction today, so let's get in touch with our inner goth in honor of the year’s creepiest holiday.

If you worshiped The Cure, wore black in honor of Morrissey’s interminable depression, or call The Nightmare Before Christmas your favorite holiday film, you’re already way ahead of the game. For those of you who need a refresher, here is a doom and gloom jewelry primer.

Cross necklaces are the building block of any Goth girl jewelry wardrobe. No, not the dainty little gold cross you might see on your sweet Aunt Linda. We’re talking large, layered, chunky cross necklaces that are definitely NOT a statement about how ‘devout’ you are.




Skulls: According to the experts at FIT,

“The human skull is the type of object once treasured as a memento mori (a reminder of death), later collected as a scientific specimen, and (is) now ubiquitous as an inspiration for gothic accessories.”

Diamond skulls are my favorite skeletal incarnation, but you can find them in an array of precious metal options.





Spikes: Instrument of death meet jewelry accessory. ‘Nuff said.








Chokers: Necklaces generally fit snug around your neck if you’re a goth princess. Perhaps to protect against your run-of-the-mill vampire or to show off your close relationship to a world without oxygen.








Bats and Spiders: Bats are big these days what with vampire chic taking a bite out of the fashion world, but you can expand the category to include spiders, webs, and any matter of the creepy and the crawly.













Rubies: Blood is big in the underworld, people, and what other gemstone could possibly represent the vampire elixir better than the ravenous ruby. Find them on a cross pendant or a spiked cuff, and you’ll double down on the all-important death and destruction factor.

So whether your true persuasion is uber-angelic or devilishly devious, Halloween is the perfect night to accessorize like it’s going to be your last. In the meantime, I’m off to dig up my Siouxsie and the Banshees concert T and that pesky white foundation.

Diamonds and Dial Tones - The Dior Phone Rules

Jewelry hounds, you all know that I J'adore Dior. So like any Charlize Theron wannabe, I'm falling in love with their latest round of blingy phone products due out just in time for the holidays.

Last year, Dior blew all the other designer phone brands out of the water with their Dior Phone Diamonds (Glorious Black) set with a whopping 641 diamonds, weighing in at 3.251 carats. Not enough bling for you? They threw in 34 black sapphire crystals for good measure for a pricetag of a mere $28 grand (yup, that's three zeroes).


This year, the recession must be affecting their price points since the new diamond phone offerings run from $7900 (red Zelie model) to $13, 400 ((white Zenaide model). No word yet on the carat count, but if you'd rather not have a diamond blingtone, there's a sapphire and gold-plated clamshell option covered in black PVD for $6500.

See? They're being reasonable.

I've already added this little ditty to my Christmas list - but one can apparently only get ones hands on the Dior dazzler by special order - so sharpen those claws and start praying to the fashion gods now. Santa doesn't have quite the pull in this arena.

Another Options Punk Trendy Hairstyles

Another Options Punk Trendy Hairstyles

In 2009 hairstyles are taking a trip down memory lane. With 1940s retro fashion being popular, this is reflected in hairstyling. If you can not bear to part with your long locks, then wearing it up in a pony tail will do, see some great ideas below. Hair accessories add a special something to every style this year.

Short Funky Hair Color Trends Style

Short Funky Hair Color Trends Style

Cool Choose Short Funky Hairstyles

Cool Choose Short Funky Hairstyles

This amazing woman has short funky hairstyles to express, to show the world that she is a free human being. Pink is a singer and songwriter. She has already received so many rewards for her songs. If you want short funky hairstyles apply to your hair, so prepare your self to that list and be confident. Here you will find trendy short funky hairstyles pictures.

Best Hairstyle Handbook Gallery

Best Hairstyle Handbook Gallery

If you haven't gotten to the stylist yet, use a curling iron and roll two- to three-inch sections halfway up the barrel. Spritz with hairspray and then pull the curls out so they turn into long, loose waves at the bottom. If you need an additional curl to the ends once hair is completely dry, get a large curling iron to create a more dramatic swoop.

Hairstyle Pink Color Image

Hairstyle Pink Color Image

Natural Shine Hairstyles

Natural Shine Hairstyles

To achieve a smooth and shiny finish to coarse hair, try to work with a straightening balm, and blow-dry hair using a paddle brush and a straightening iron to eliminate frizz. Finish with a gloss spray to boost shine. Straight hair can also be curled using hot rollers and hot tongs or by adding a few crimped sections to give a touch of texture to straight hairstyles.

Micro Braid Natural Hairstyles

Micro Braid Natural Hairstyles

They have a natural relaxer similar to Baka's called an Herbalaxer, and it performed better on my little girl's hair than Baka's did. The Revitalizing toner accentuated her curls...and her hair is of a 4a texture. I recommend these products as well. I haven't seen many reviews on them, but they are definitely of a higher quality and worth giving a shot.

Best Micro Braid Weave Hairstyles

Best Micro Braid Weave Hairstyles

Hair weaves allow you to completely change the style of your hair, volume without damaging the natural hair color.

Beauti Micro Braid Hairstyles Gallery

Beauti Micro Braid Hairstyles Gallery

While creating styles at home that can save money on hair styling and that can help you to look your best while creating styles that you desire, small braids are a popular style that people create – especially through the summer months to reduce the maintenance which is required for the hair.

Hair braiding styles are easy to look through when you want to find pictures of black hair braids, it can be hard to learn about micro braiding if you have not done it before, you will find speciality braiding shops that specialize in micro braid hairstyles and they offer box braids as well as african hair braiding. These small delicate braids are elegant in style and flow with out a lot of volume sometimes referred as invisible braids due to the small size.