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If you want a tennis bracelet buying guide that tells you what actually moves the price, start here: the cost of a tennis bracelet comes down to total carat weight, the quality of each stone, the setting, and the metal. At Vanhess Jewellery in Coquitlam, BC, we build these to a budget all the time, and the same line bracelet can run from a few hundred dollars to well over twenty thousand depending on those four levers. Knowing which lever to pull is the whole game. A tennis bracelet, sometimes called a line bracelet, is a flexible row of identical...

A curated ear is a planned arrangement of several ear piercings, built up over time so the studs and hoops work together rather than looking random. The "curated" part means you map the placements first, then add piercings as each one heals, instead of getting them all at once. At Vanhess Jewellery in Coquitlam, BC, we have an in-house piercer, and the most useful thing we do is talk people out of doing everything in one sitting. A good ear stack is paced. Here is how to plan one. Know the common placements Before you plan, it helps to know...

Huggie hoops and standard hoop earrings are both hoops, but they wear completely differently, and for everyday use the choice usually comes down to one thing: do you sleep in them and forget about them, or take them off each night? Huggies are small, thick, and sit tight against the lobe. Hoops are larger and dangle. At Vanhess Jewellery in Coquitlam, BC, huggies are one of our most-requested everyday earrings, mostly because people want something they can put in and leave alone. Here is how to choose. What a huggie actually is A huggie is a small hoop that "hugs"...

To layer gold necklaces without tangling, the trick is spacing and variety: pick two to four chains in lengths roughly 2 to 5 cm apart, mix the chain weights so they don't sit identically, and use a layering clasp to hold the shortest ones in place. That is the short version. At Vanhess Jewellery in Coquitlam, BC, customers bring this up constantly, usually after a layered set turned into a knot by lunchtime. The good news is that tangling is almost always a spacing problem, and spacing is easy to fix. Start with length, not the chains themselves The most...

Gold jewellery tarnishes because of the metals mixed into it, not the gold itself. Pure gold does not tarnish, rust, or corrode. The dullness, the dark film, the faint grey on your skin all come from the other metals in the alloy reacting with sweat, air, and the products you put on. At Vanhess Jewellery in Coquitlam, BC, this is the question we field most at the repair counter, usually from someone holding a chain that looked fine last year. Here is why it happens and how to actually stop it. Pure gold doesn't tarnish. The alloy does. Gold is...

Gold vermeil, gold-filled, and solid gold are three different things, and the difference decides whether a piece lasts a season or a lifetime. If you have been shopping the "demi-fine" category online and trying to figure out what you are actually paying for, this is the breakdown we give walk-in customers at Vanhess Jewellery in Coquitlam, BC every week. Demi-fine is a marketing label, not a material. The material underneath is what matters. What "demi-fine" actually means Demi-fine sits between costume jewellery and fine jewellery. The pieces use real gold, but usually as a coating over another metal rather than...