Affordable and Stylish Pendants

Since their introduction, pendants have greatly evolved in both style and overall quality. They have garnered the attention of younger generations who've grown accustomed to seeing them on television. Rap legends flooded the pendant market with customers after featuring hip hop pendants in their music videos and sporting the pieces of jewellery themselves. However stylish and popular bling pendants may be, they can also come at quite a hefty cost. Fortunately, there are ways around these staggering costs.

Gold and silver are commonly regarded as expensive luxuries. Modern technology, however, has extended the luxury of these precious metals to those with limited financial resources. Gold and silver plated pendants are perfect for those who are on a budget and wish to sport an exciting and eye-catching piece of jewellery. Most pendant manufacturers equip their products with a plating that far exceeds the industry standard. This prevents a number of nuisances often associated with plated jewellery, including quick discoloration (which often renders the jewellery unusable).

Plated bling pendants retain the look and feel of traditional gold and silver jewellery, thus making it difficult to distinguish their true nature. The core material used in these pieces of jewellery provides for more durability and thus a longer-lasting product. If gold were to be used throughout a particular pendant, the end product would be far less durable than a comparable plated product. This is especially true for high karat gold. Precious metals including gold are naturally soft, and thus prone to problems when used excessively in the manufacture of jewellery.

Hip hop pendants don't owe their value to just the metal they're manufactured of. Most modern pendants are encrusted with diamonds. Since average consumers cannot afford to boast actual diamonds in their pendants, manufacturers have opted to utilize diamond-like stones. A stone that is commonly used in place of diamonds in affordable jewellery is known as cubic zirconia. These stones almost perfectly resemble diamonds, yet are available at a much more reasonable cost. Zirconia stones are durable and can withstand substantial abuse. Zirconia stones can be paired with plated jewellery, or may be encrusted in traditional jewellery. This merely depends on the sort of money one is willing to spend.

It should now be clear that bling pendants can be affordable and have the ability to allot consumers an equal amount of eye candy when compared to traditional jewellery. Be sure to purchase your pendant from a reliable provider to avoid any problems.