Red Beads for Xmas + Benefits of Gemstone & Citrine Beads

Thanks to the many who visited us at a bead fair in the past few weeks.  If you missed out, you still have a chance to ask for your free gift and free MrBead bag this weekend in Devon. See us Saturday & Sunday 25th-26th October at the Gem 'n' Bead Fair, Newton Abbot Racecourse, Kingsteignton, TQ12 3AF - Details To go to the MrBead store click MrBead.com or MrBead.co.uk

Use red beads to give a festive touch to your Christmas jewellery.  The colour will attract attention selling your designs, warm up the winter chill, and everyone loves red.  Sexy red oozes vigour and excitement!

We have many red beads, but dominating this hue is:

Advantages of Gemstone Beads

Jewellery made from gemstones is much easier to sell. You can tell a potential customer about the benefits of a particular bead, and everyone assumes gemstone designs cost more. You feel better selling too - and this positive attitude is infectious. 

The vibrations in gemstones can improve lives, attracting luck, better-health or wealth. Explain to a buyer how your jewellery has welfare advantages. 

Each gemstone has certain characteristics. Some bring success in business, some are used for health and healing - while others attract love and luck and protect from danger and negative energy. It's also said that gemstones help you tune into your inner-self, making you more calm and peaceful. 

Gemstone jewellery is very popular with all ages and available in every shape, pattern, and size. Suit your designs with similar stones in colours or material - and make matching earrings to necklaces and bracelets. Use your imagination and get ideas from magazines or online to use complimenting gemstones in the design. 

Read up on which gemstone represents which month of the year, and also matches customer's birth date and zodiac sign. Gemstones will have maximum effect if the wearer has faith in its power and really wants it to work. 

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Citrine: Mellow Yellow

  
”Citrine” comes from the French word for lemon, and is any quartz crystal or cluster that’s yellow to orange. The darker, orange colours were traditionally the best, but today people prefer bright lemony shades to mix with pastel colours. Citrine with man-made colour tends to have more of an orange or reddish caste. Most natural citrine starts life as amethyst until heated in a molten state to change.

Sunny and affordable, citrine brightens all jewellery, blending especially well with the yellow gleam of polished gold. The yellow colour is a natural reviver, and citrine focuses the mind bringing a feeling of self-esteem. In medication it helps re-establish the link between your conscious and subconscious minds. If you are feeling down, try holding citrine to lift your spirit. It’s also very good at healing the body and helping people communicate. Citrine has warm energy, promotes optimism, and attracts abundance.

Citrine is one of the few stones that removes negative energy and never requires cleansing. In ancient times it was carried as a protection against snake venom and evil thoughts. Known as a "merchants' stone”, placed in the cash register to not only acquire wealth but to maintain it as well. Citrine is the birthstone for November, and its corresponding signs are Gemini, Aries, Libra, and Leo.

Although the darker, orange colours of citrine, sometimes called Madeira citrine after the colour of the wine, has generally been the most valued colour, in modern times, many people prefer the bright lemony shades which mix better with pastel colours. Most citrine comes from Brazil.

Sometimes you will hear citrine referred to as topaz quartz, which is incorrect. This name was used in the past in reference to the colour, which is sometimes similar to the colour of topaz. Since topaz is a separate mineral, this type of name can be confusing. However, citrine is considered an alternative to topaz as the birthstone for November. As long as citrine is protected from prolonged exposure to light or heat, it will last for years.