Thirty years ago a new direction of jewelry has appeared in the fashion industry - bracelets, which are assembled according to the principle "do it yourself". Initially, it was a piece of jewelry: precious stones, selected at the request of the owner, were strung on a base made of precious metals.
After improving the idea and assigning a brand to it Pandora, the decoration began to have analogues in costume jewelry: along with the precious base, leather and textile cords, as well as rings made of alloys, appeared on sale. And to the stones were added interchangeable charm pendants, which were a variety of figures, beads and geometric shapes. Each element of the bracelet was filled with its own meaning and carried a certain message.
Subsequently, this idea was picked up by many jewelry houses. The Sunlight brand was no exception, expanding the line of these jewelry from luxury jewelry to budget items.
Do Sunlight charms fit on a Pandora bracelet or not?
Charms — This beads or pendants that decorate the base of the bracelet, allowing you to independently change the accessory, combining them at your discretion, adding or removing them.
The name of these decorative elements was taken from the English language: “charm” - “charm”.
Such decorations are divided into two main groups:
- pendants - put on the bracelet using fasteners;
- European charms are beads with a hole in the middle.
In an inexpensive version, they are made of silver and decorated with semi-precious stones or cubic zirconia.
The category of European charms includes stoppers that are screwed onto the end of the bracelet and prevent the rest from falling off. By fixing them in special places in the middle, you can disassemble the moving components along the entire length, preventing them from gathering in one place.
Despite the fact that Pandora has a wide variety of jewelry in its assortment, there are always people who want to combine both brands, combining the decorative elements of the more budget-friendly Sunlight with the durable and reliable base of Pandora. Luckily, all European charms pair perfectly with the base, no matter what material the bracelet is made of. However, when buying miniature Sunlight pendants for a more voluminous Pandora base, you should still take a closer look, as sometimes there are cases of mismatch.
Pandora vs Sunlight - which charms are better?
Carefully comparing both brands, even a non-professional will see a significant difference in the quality of decor manufacturing. Pandora, being the founder of composite bracelets, continues to develop design ideas and improve its own products. This brand is distinguished by:
- reliability of the coating (does not darken);
- durability of fastenings;
- good and deep carving;
- clear and expressive edges;
- finer working;
- suspension strength.
A distinctive feature of Pandora charms are the branded stamps on each of them. For silver it will be “s925 ale”, and for gold it will be “g585 ale”. Products made from a combination of both precious metals will be marked for silver, since it is believed that this is the main metal and gold is an admixture. The stamps can be very small, but they must be present!
Being a cheaper manufacturer, Sunlight undoubtedly loses to Pandora in terms of product quality. Judging by the reviews of the owners of both brands, the charms of this brand have a rough appearance and quickly become unusable: darken, wear off and lose shape.
However, despite such shortcomings, this company has many fans who believe that its products are no worse, and sometimes even better than competitors. First of all, they are attracted by the variety of choices and the low price, which makes it easy to replace outdated bracelet parts with new ones, without loss to the budget. And also meet annually changing fashion trends with minimal financial costs.
Should you mix Sunlight and Pandora brands?
As mentioned above, upon closer examination, the charms of these brands differ from each other. However, if you do not look closely at the bracelet, the difference is not so striking.
Fans of the Pandora brand constantly focus on the high quality of the product and individuality of execution, believing that charms from analogue companies are significantly inferior to the original ones, including in appearance. Such “specialists” are able to easily distinguish “non-native” decor among the abundance of original ones. And of course, for them the idea of mixing brands is unacceptable.
Every year, Pandora produces club charms for big fans of this brand. Their designs are never the same.
At the same time, a huge number of fashionistas do not even think about whether it is permissible to mix these brands; they complete the accessory at their own discretion. Moreover, it may happen that the jewelry you like will only be in the collection of a competing brand.
Even original Pandora charms from different production batches may vary slightly in size and shade.
If the charms match each other in style and do not violate the integrity of the bracelet design, you should not pay attention to someone’s opinion. It’s better to just enjoy a beautiful and fashionable thing, decorating it depending on your mood and individual preferences.
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