GOLD vs SILVER Jewelry & How To Choose The Right Jewelry
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Today's video is all about gold vs silver jewelry. How you can choose the right jewelry for you, why I wear yellow gold even though it doesn't suit me and how I mix metals. Thank you so much for watching xx Audrey
What I'm Wearing:
Mott & Bow Silk Shirt: *gifted bit.ly/3b2I1Co
Mejuri silver necklace *gifted bit.ly/2VfX5WK
Mejuri silver hoops *gifted bit.ly/2VfX6Ki
SOME OF MY MOST WORN JEWELRY
A lot of my jewelry is vintage and antique and I recommend checking ebay, ETSY and antique malls for unique pieces
My signet ring was hand made and gifted by Ruffs Signet Rings www.ruffs.co.uk/bespoke-signe...
My gold locket was gifted from Monica Rich Kosann bit.ly/2UUsZJk
My watch was gifted from Jacy Watches bit.ly/2xaJBDI
You can see my other favorite gold pieces from Mejuri here youtube.mejuri.com/Audreycoyne
MY PERFECT FOUNDATION MATCHES FOR MY LIGHT-MEDIUM OLIVE UNDERTONE
Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation in 213 (exact color match to my skin) bit.ly/2JW0sg4
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in 6 (mixed with 4 or 4.5 when I'm very pale) bit.ly/2xmXzSX - I wore this on my wedding day
Years ago I used to wear Bobbi Brown foundation in Sand or Warm Sand I can't remember the exact one (it oxidized a little too yellow in the summer but was otherwise a very good match) bit.ly/39XSQUU
I haven't personally tried it, but I've also heard amazing things about Orcé Cosmetics bit.ly/3a0Az9o
I've also heard that Charlotte Tilburry offers some good olive undertones bit.ly/2xjaOE9
And also the new Dior foundation bit.ly/3ediTLl
And the Fenty Pro Filt'r Foundation bit.ly/39Yuz15 - when I swatched these they were too yellow for my skin
In the past, I've mixed green color drops or a green primer with my foundation to neutralize redness and get a closer color match :)
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Her voice is so calming
Probably the first thing everybody notices.
Sometimes I use her videos to fall asleep. Even though I love all the content 😉
Exactlyyyyyyy
I've been working in the jewelry business for many years now, and would like to share my thoughts on choosing gold or silver coloured jewelry. I don't think the colour theory works 100% for jewelry. For example you look amazing in both gold and silver, and sometimes I find gold suits your even more and I'll get to that. Some people look very obviously better in one than the other, then there's people who can wear both. I've seen some people with very clearly cold undertone (pink hue) but because their hair is blond, a light gold color just looks so much better on them. Note that there's different shades of gold depending on the karat, and the alloy put into the gold. Some 10 or 14kt gold are light yellow, whereas usually 18kt or higher would be a very rich yellow. Same with rose gold, some are so pink it looks almost like copper, and others are just slightly pinker than a regular yellow gold. So try different shades of gold, as one might suit you better than the other. I personally find, if you want the colour of the metal to suit you, go with your personality and general vibe. This is from years of experience and because I find the skin colour theory just doesn't work for many people when it comes to jewelry. First, jewelry only takes very little of the space on our body as supposed to clothing and other accessories, secondly gold or silver are metallic, and work differently than just a colour. For example, polished silver coloured jewelry without stones have a hue and shine that's like knives, very clean, sharp and cold, whereas gold is warm, rich soft, and luxurious. Going back to choosing the right metal, for instance I find that, because you have a very warm presence and personality, gold has this warm glow that compliment this aspect of you. And some people appear more cold and distant, who have more of a "ice queen" kind of aura, in this case the sharpness of silver would enhance this trait. Now this is just my theory and observation. I'm not saying it's right, just putting it out there to see if people find it helpful or not at all. And I'd like to hear what others think of this theory using themselves as an example.
Losshe that is interesting. It actually aligns with the Dressing Your Truth (DYT), which is basically a system based on energy. ✌️
@@lisanncornelis2313 Didn't know about that. Now I will look into it. Thank you!
Losshe thank you for your explanation. That makes perfect sense.
Thank you for this information. Especially for mentioning the "ice queen" effect. I'm a light redhead - golden frackles and strawberry blond hair. So people always tell me I should wear gold. But I just hate anything gold. And it makes me look old and boring. I absolutely love anything cool toned like silver or steel. And since I'm deffinitely the "ice queen" personality, cool metals feel much more like "me".
Very educating you guys, You don’t know how much I get inspired by others ladies even in comment section, as you said , all explains a lot ,maybe the best way is to go out and start trying different jewelry on ourselves, from your writing I realized one I had 24k yellow gold which is very yellow,as I am warm skinned it looked too shiny and light on me, then I bought 18k yellow gold and Magic happened, it was less shiny and made my skin glow, also the silver I tried ,they have different colors, those polished lighter silver never suite me,then I start buying those worn out colors or antique silver jewelry instead or buy kind of mat silver color which is not as much shiny.
Yes, I’d love to hear about olive tones. I feel that the olive skin tone doesn’t get talked about often because it makes the cool vs warm system more complicated. Fair olive skin tones are even harder to find information about.
Agreed, fair olive is rarely touched on
True!!
My mom has always said she's green XD I think this is what she means: olive.
Agreed! I'm fair olive with a leaning towards cool and I don't know what colors to wear.
Agreed! I feel the same in regards to my olive skin tone
I wear gold when I dress girly, but silver when I dress edgy. I work in a professional environment so I mostly wear heels and dresses. But in my personal time my style has always been edgy with lots of black, so silver is my preference.
Same. but for me I choose silver because I don’t wanna make myself look over the top rich, just modestly wealthy.
Yeah definitely, A video about undertones would be extremely helpful
She did a video on that
I'm very interested this knowing more on skin tone and how dress or choose colors for my skin! Love all your content and you are beautiful! Thank you.
Same!
Did a video on that.
Years ago I had my colours done and it made the biggest difference. I thought I knew my best colours but I didn't. It means no more mistakes, including make up colours, so not such a big collection of expensive rejects.
Thank you so much for this video!! I am most definitely one of the people who asked about mixing metals recently, and this was extremely helpful! You are a gift, thank you for sharing! 💖
To me, there is something so attractive about the contrast between a cool person and their warm jewelry. You look very alluring in it. Thanks for the thoughtful style tips!
This was so helpful. Thank you! I always thought I was a gold jewelry person but now I see how much better silver looks on me!
Audrey, your voice is so soothing and calming. I feel like I'm being wrapped in a blanket when you speak. I'm cool toned, but I still feel like gold jewelry complements me very well. I think the moral is, wear what makes YOU feel beautiful.
I love your dress style, especially your white blouses, they are so pretty. I never tire of your soothing tone of voice and aim to endeavour to speak much more warmly in future. X
Watching your videos, Audrey, is a brief respite from the stresses of the world into a serene, elegant place.
I think a video reviewing how to determine undertone would be wonderful....I am a 'neutral'...so my veins are neither green nor blue but somewhere in between but for years I was deemed a Winter because I, too, have Irish coloring so dark hair, light skin and dark eyes....I could not understand why I looked OK in gold or silver when I was told just to use silver/white gold.....a more detailed approach to truly finding your skin tone would be soooo very helpful...Big Hugs Angel....great job as always...
I have the same colouring as you. For years I thought I was warm but I am actually neutral with a tendency toward cool. I can wear all of the colours for a deep winter and some colours for a deep autumn. Usually, the brighter, more jeweled tones. I don’t look good in rusts, browns or beiges. Hope this helps.
Thanks Mary. Funny 😄 as I purchased an olive silk shirt from Everlane last year and it suits me well 😁😁. And typical cool deep winter colors do too - in the past I would never have purchased olive anything before I realized I was neutral not a full on winter 1. . Undertones are so much more important than I realized. Big hugs
Thank you for this comment! I have a mostly Irish background, and have been trying to determine my undertone for many years. I *think* I'm neutral, but my eyes are olive green, which causes me to lean warm. My skin is light and my hair is dark, and I can't find any obvious warmth or coolness in either. If I stand next to a very cool person, I look warm. If I stand next to a very warm person, I look cool. But there are people that say that you cannot be neutral. 🙄
@@kendraaraiza7039 The best way to find out is to take two friends or family members who are distinct...veins are really green (warm) and really blue (Cool) and check your wrist against theirs....my mother is really BLUE - English and pale and clearly cool - I could see very quickly I was definitely not BLUE ...I then chose a Spanish friend of mine who is warm and had deep green veins and I could see I was not that GREEN soooo I am a neutral...LOL....it explains a lot - buckets, quizzes, techniques and categories help the majority of women decide but there are those of us who are outliers...LOL...Big Hugs and Good Luck....there really is something called Neutral just like Olive undertones in Audrey....she is rare in more ways than one...LOL
MerriamStyle has great videos on “neutral” skintones. I thought I was neutral as well, but we all lean cool or warm slightly, even if you’re also olive skin-toned. It just won’t be as obvious as people with more “radiant” skin tones. You are probably cool and delicate or warm and delicate, meaning you will look better in softer, muted colors. I look okay in silver and gold. I look slightly better in silver so I assumed I was cool. But bright colors don’t look right on me. A better test is to try rose gold and gunmetal, since these are less bright and closer to neutral.
It ain’t easy being green :I
Shadow Sun Hahahah, that made me laugh out loud so much.😆
Hahahaha! Good one, Shadow Sun!
Best!! ☺️
You look stunning in both, gold and silver. I really admire your elegance. I'd love to watch more videos like this, I'm supposed to have a cool tone skin (deep winter). Pastels suit me beautifully, but I think I'm neutral because there are some warm tones/colours that actually look good on me, there many other warm tones/colours (specifically gold) that don't suit me well. I never comment, but I always (that you upload) enjoy your videos, there are so many new things I've learned from you. ☺️
I enjoy your videos so much. They are especially soothing these days. Would really love to take a tour of your whole jewelry collection and see tips on how you style the pieces. Thank you Audrey!
Thanks for the video! I think I'm technically a cool undertone, and my white gold engagement ring with diamonds and sapphires really suits me well 😍 but I also love wearing yellow gold and warming things up a little bit. With the right makeup and outfit, I think it can look really classy!
Yes please Keep the Olive skin/ color related videos coming!! They are so helpful and are teaching me a lot!! Thank you
Thank you Audrey this has been helpful for especially now when I want to start my jewelry collection. I'm dark skinned so honestly I dont know what my undertone is so I cant wait for you're video on that. You look lovely by the way😍
You are definitely my skin twin! Your undertone video was so helpful! Thank you!
Oh my I just love you!!!💖 I always look forward to seeing and hearing you no matter what you are talking about LOL!! Keep on Shining!
Linda Scull thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ sending you a great big virtual hug 🤗
This is the video I didn’t knew I needed to watch 😭💖. I want to start using more jewelry, and this will come in handy when buying my next jewelry pieces and when to use them with certain outfits 😊 Sending you the best wishes and warmest hugs from Mexico ❤️ stay safe girl!
Lovely video. I personally like the contrast between a warm skin tone and silver and cool with gold. It seems like they balance each other better to my eye. ❤️
Definitely would love learning more about color theory!
Loved these tips! I'm from Argentina and we love mixing metals (gold & silver). The more 'traditional' jewelry always has the two metals together in someway. I have so many pieces that have both metals and makes it very easy to mix and match!
Thanks, Audrey- soooo helpful! I am French, Irish and Italian, and have your exact coloring... I'm glad to get all this good advice- and I actually chose to split the metals for my wedding set- gold band- white gold engagement with diamond!
This was extremely helpful for me. I'm close to your skin twin, being Italian-American/Greek-American. I've always felt uncomfortable in yellow gold, but people always told me I was supposed to wear it because I'm warm...but I'm NOT! Have slowly been investing in more and more silver. THANK YOU😊
Would definitely love a deeper dive into olive skin tones & how to flatter them!
Early in my marriage I was given a beautiful necklace of tricolor gold: yellow, white and rose. Since I wear that necklace frequently, it seems to coordinate well with any other metallic color. Also, in the different seasons my skin tone varies from pale to lightly tanned and this makes one or the other metallic look better. Bottom line: I just wear whatever pleases me! Thanks for this video!
Most of the world's emeralds come from Colombia so I bought myself an emerald ring when I was there on holiday a few years ago - and because green is my favourite colour. Beautiful country, beautiful people. I long to go back one day :)
I really still cannot figure out my undertones and colors.
@tammyclewley could be, I have to wear a wig that is darker then what my natural hair color would be, all the lighter ones wash me out. I don't know if that adds to the confusion.
Me too I've cool toned face but neutral neck & chest its..
Check your veins under natural daylight. If they're green-ish then you're warm toned. If they're purple-ish then you're cool toned. If you have both then that means you're neutral. But that's just a rough guideline and tip I saw from another video. Hope it's helpful!
Yea I'm white but I'm black from the waist down 👀
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I’m still strugling to combine bags and shoes. This video helped me a lot to make new combinations with my jewelry. Stay safe and healthy, ❤️ from 🇳🇱
very extensive explanation and your voiceover is sooo relaxing 💕✨
Yay! Thank you! I'm technically cool tone and felt I wasn't "allowed" to wear gold. I really have been loving 9kt gold, it's almost a "cool tone" gold!
One of your best videos! Very informative and thought provoking.
great subject Audrey. I myself am super attracted to silver jewellery as a winter complexion. You do look lovely in that blue shirt! I can relate to having family jewellery in gold and I wear it because it's tradition. Cheers!
I am deep winter and I am Chinese. So now I know why I love to look at your videos now! Everything you show and share inter video is so practical to me! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Audrey, yes, yes and yes! Please do a video on undertones and cool vs warm. It really makes a difference. I have a warm undertone and it took me years to realize why I look TERRIBLE in a navy blue interview suit. Ughhh.
It's color coordination. I wear my jewelry to coordinate with my cloths, too. Btw,i like your navy blue shirt.
Love this! The color of your blouse suits you beautifully. You look so beautiful, classy, delicate, and elegant. 💕
This was helpful, I'm giving up on choosing and will just wear both :D It looks really nice on you when you mix and match different pieces.
You always look amazing, but that blouse is just perfect.
I'm really pale olive toned too! It took me forever to figure that out. Like you, I wear both silver and gold, even though silver/platinum are more failsafe. Great video, as always! 😁
I personally prefer to mix my gold and silver pieces most of the time. I’m constantly wearing my rose gold watch and rose gold necklaces with silver bracelets or rings. I’m also more bluer in tone and silver suits me best
Thanks for this. Very helpful as I struggle with white gold vs gold as a gift choice. Your video gave me a clearer perspective.
I'd love to hear more about olive skin tones as well. I am still confused with whether I am cool winter or warm autumn. I'd like to know of one colour which I definitely would look awful in to strike out one versus the other, instead of listing all the colours I can wear. There are some overlaps I think. Thanks, Audrey. Love all videos!
Based on your pictures your warm. Tingy unless you pale in the winter
When I mix metals, I anchor the combination by wearing one or two pieces that are themselves two-toned, and that makes everything feel cohesive to me.
Well-done! Very informative.
Even though I'm "supposed" to wear silver, I prefer gold. I remember my mother saying: "Silver jewelry makes a real statement. The statement is I can't afford gold." LOL!
Joan Hall LOL!
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Joan Hall i do have sterling pieces, they are so difficult to keep them clean so for really good pieces I buy white gold
OOOOOOOH THAT BURNT. Thank your mom from my side, I'll remember that for the freaking rest of my life!
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You always create such a peaceful aura that really radiates through your videos! I love it! :)
I have olive skin also. I mostly learned about it from watching your videos. I would be so grateful for more information. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I have difficulty with jewelry...
Definitely interested in a video talking about olive tones, I suspect I might fall into this category
Your voice is super soothing! I love this video. Very informative !
This is a video I’ve needed for so long
I find being cool toned , we get away with wearing both tones, one ends up kinda blending in while the other pops. I mix metals all the time and as long as I don't have the jewelry near my face (Or in my facial piercings , I don't find it clashes at all) Love this video! I say wear what you love, the confidence that love gives you cannot be wrong!
Great video, and you look gorgeous in that navy! This brought me back to a few years before my mother's unexpected passing when she individually asked my sister and me, "Which do you want me to leave you, my gold or my silver?" And I was like, "Uhhh..." I think anything we're gifted or inherit are things we'll work around as we coordinate our personal style. That would be a great separate video - pick one sentimental item that's not ideal color theory-wise, and make it cohesive and flattering.
It's crazy i always thought olive tones we're always on the warm side. I'm olive skined so i Will definitley pay attention from now on.
Yes to the olive skin undertone video! I look pale and greenish-yellow without any blush or lipstick, hence my obsession with blush.
Dear Audrey, I’m a clear winter with olive skin too. I love gold jewellery as well as silver and try to find two tone pieces which combine them. My wedding ring is a combination of white and yellow gold for example. I’d love to see more about olive skin. Thank you and stay safe x
I'd love to hear more on this topic (colour theory) and how rose gold fits in also. Also how do you store your jewellery? I think I'm neutral colour toned as it's not overly obvious looking at my veins. I've always thought of myself as cool tone (fair skin, blue eyes, brunette) Thankyou Audrey, such wonderful content! Take care 🙂
Pleaseeeeeee do enlighten us with your knowledge, colour and especially Olive skin. Thank you so so much.
A wonderful video and explanation about choosing the tone of jewellery. Like you, I also have an olive undertone and wear both white gold & platinum pieces and I have many yellow gold items that I love to wear. I would be interested in a video about undertones.
I’m the same as you- looove navy and silver btw 🥰 it looks so elegant. But I love the way lighter yellowish golds “pop” against my yellow skin, that also looks so good especially in summer
Hi Audrey. I just watched your 5 classic jewelry pieces and 5 extras video from May 2018. Very straight forward, very easy to understand. Your videos are a great complement to the classic ladies' styling lessons I am getting from the stylist I am working with. I look forward to your future videos. I hope you will do a video on capsule wardrobe pieces for summer 2020.
You are the Fashion Fairy Godmother I always needed!
I’d love a tutorial on skin tones and undertones!
Great video Audrey! this video really helped me. I recently had my colour analysis professionally done, and found out that I'm a true winter. I have true black hair, and very dark brown eyes almost black. I was told silver/platinum jewelry is best, and while I wear silver tone of jewelry, and own some expensive pieces in silver/platinum/white gold, I also have gold tone pieces given to me by friends and family. I was really surprised and confused by my analysis that i'm cool toned as all of my foundation matches done by makeup professionals have been neutral cool. I was always told that my overtone is golden so your explanation makes a lot of sense. My skin tone (overtone is deep/olive) by my undertones are cool, which explains why I appear warm toned. Thank you! I would love to see a video on why you chose the colour choices in your wardrobe as a true/deep winter, in other words do you choose colours outside your season?. Thank you again Audrey!
Resonate so much with this video! Thanks for posting it
Great information, Audrey! I'd love more videos on color theory, etc.
I love mixing metals too and will wear yellow gold on my left hand and white gold on the right. Great video!
I can't remember which video exactly made me find your channel- but I binged a bunch after watching! (Probably ones on how to dress "french" haha) I really like your tone of voice and overall attitude. I'm going into my 30's now and as much as I love the fashion bloggers that focus on younger clothes/topics...it's just really nice to see some women that are more mature, and who are focusing on style for YOU. Not style for trends.
Audrey, you seem to look even lovelier and lovelier. You're so right about your undertones. The navy blouse is stunning on you. So simple, but exquisite. I'm grateful for finding you and all the beautiful info. Bless your heart on this special day :)
Audrey your hair and makeup look stunning in this vlog.
Rainforest Blessed Yes!! Exactly my thoughts! Isn’t that blouse gorgeous on her? Her style is just lovely.
Omg I was searching for a video like this for sooooo long, thank you for making it. Greetings from Dominican Republic
Hello Audrey, thanks for this lovely, informative video. I, as well have a cool undertone and yellow gold does not compliment or flatter me. Most of my jewelry is white gold and sterling silver. What I discovered in recent years is that rose gold also looks beautiful on my skin being that my cool undertone is rosy/pink. Rose gold provides warmth without clashing 😊
Just stumpled upon this video and omg. I love the way you talk. You have such a gentle calming way of of talking. Great video
I too have very olive skin. I really don’t know my heritage but everyone comments on how dark I tan - I do t try to tan either🤷🏻♀️ Anyway I wear mostly silver tone but have many gold pieces. I think shiny and matte gold combined on a piece of jewelry is so beautiful. Thank you for another lovely tutorial.
It is also possible to be a very warm olive too! I would love to see a video on olive toned color theory.
Audrey should have a master class that would be so cool!
Thanks for your good work, Audrey. If you could cover how you care for your clothes I would really appreciate it! 🧡
I am corresponding with Ed Ruff to design a signet ring. I want to get it in 14k yellow gold...classic, but I want to wear it on the same arm as my Apple stainless watch. Maybe add a mixed metal bracelet next to my watch? Any suggestions?
HI Audrey, great tips! I've always struggled to mix the diff. golds. Could you do a future video of your jewlry collection? Some timeless pieces you would recommend? Thanks!
Yes, definitely make a video about olive undertones!
God bless you at this time durning this virus stay healthily stay strong love corrinne.
Very interesting and enjoyable video. I grew up mostly wearing silver jewelry because my mom had her color analysis done when I was a kid and the lady said my sister and I had the same cool/winter coloring. Occasionally, I'd wear my gold pieces instead, but I usually felt they looked a little 'off' on me. However, my husband liked yellow gold and my engagement ring and wedding band are yellow gold, and after that, I started to find more gold jewelry that I liked. I think some gold appears more yellow than others too. Anyway, sometimes I can't fully tell which suits me best and I don't necessarily want to have to choose! So thanks for the advice on mixing metals in a tasteful and balanced way.
Please do a video on how to know your skin tone and undertone - how to know if you’re cool or warm👍🏻
I agree with you, Victoria King.
Yes, please a video on olive undertones! I also have light skin with an an olive undertone, and it definitely complicates jewelry and makeup choices.
Yes please ...confuse about undertone
Unrelated, but I'm watching this while having a headache rn (I know I shouldn't) and your voice is so soothing 🥺
Loved the video...both metals look fabulous on you...guess I have an olive undertone too and couldn't find much info regarding the same..could you please do more videos on olive undertone .. makeup, accessories and outfit combinations etc..thanks
Your voice is so calm. I love it.
I love you in silver. I’m very warm but I think silver is more casual so I chose it for both my watch and my first Chanel and I’m happy I did.
Your videos are saving me! I clearly look better with gold, by far.
I never really thought about jewelry in relation to skin tone. Thanks for sharing!
Very good video. I have exactly the same “problem”. I’m deep winter but culturally, I’m Spanish, we wear a lot of gold jewellery and I really like it. I have been gifted some really nice pieces over the years and I plan to wear them forever. I just make them work for me. Thanks very much for the video Audrey :)
I love the vintage feeling gold jewelry gives.
I love yellow gold ~ I feel so good because of shining on my neck and fingers ~ whatever It’s good never change color~ I have dark black hair like you so It’s very very helpful to me notice your tips. Thanks always ~
Wonderful fashion info, thank you!
Yes! More on olive! Can you include different shade ranges for skin and hair?
Hi Audrey, I truly appreciate your videos and your thoughtful delivery. The top you're wearing at 6:46 where is that from? xoxo