| In a distant country of France, where poets were | | | | Chaton Roses are flat-bottom rhinestones (it is |
| singing sonnets to beautiful women, a Jeweler | | | | pronounce "shayton"). They have Aurora Boreale |
| George Frederick Strass created an idea of covering | | | | effect ("Northern Lights", which can be seen in |
| a faceted glass with a special metal powder. There | | | | Northern Poles when millions of ion particles enter |
| was nothing special about covering glass with metal, | | | | unprotected with magnetic field atmosphere). It's just |
| but.. this special covering was creating an unusual, | | | | a matter of simple physics dispersion (hmm, didn't we |
| rainbow-like effect on glass, which made it look just | | | | all learn this at school), and the laws of the light were |
| like diamonds! | | | | discovered in 10th centuries (actually rediscovered in |
| Can you imagine wearing glass that looks like a | | | | 17th century) and it took centuries to apply it to |
| diamond. That has the same rainbow effect, but it | | | | glass to make it seem like a diamond (talking about |
| costs 10 times less? It blows my mind actually. | | | | rhinestone jewellery of course). |
| Diamonds at half price -okay, I can imagine this, but | | | | So what are they uses for those little sprkling things? |
| ten times cheaper? Unbeliveable! | | | | Chaton Roses have a lot of uses, like body jewelry |
| Are there any valid reasons to wear glass instead of | | | | (some of it can even be used to swim - a special |
| geniuine diamond? Of course - first of all it may be | | | | kind of glue makes it water-resistable for a week or |
| unacceptable to wear real diamonds in daylight. You | | | | so, and it looks really amazing - actually I was pretty |
| might be worried about your security. The wheater | | | | stunned when I first saw this kind of body jewelry); |
| may be against you - for example - you can be on | | | | it is also used in dance costumes, as bridal jewelry. |
| beach, where real diamonds aren't acceptabel. Yet | | | | These stones are real jewelry-makers dream. But |
| the rhinestone jewelry is not expensive at all and you | | | | you'd better be persistent enough - you might need |
| can wear a lot of it. Some of it can even be | | | | tens of thousands of stones to decorate a costume, |
| attached directly to your body. | | | | yet you might need only tens to make a little |
| Rhinestones, put simply, are glasses with faceted top | | | | love-heart shaped thing near your belly button. It's |
| and a very thin foil at the very bottom - that way | | | | really fun and think of the looks of it. |
| the light reflects and refracts in glass like it couldn't - | | | | The most known brand to produce such crystals is |
| because glass is less refreactive tha diamonds - light | | | | (of course) Swarovski crystals. You should easily find |
| passes it through, when in real diamonds a full inner | | | | those in Internet. |
| reflection is happening. | | | | |