Quote Me - Mae West

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
~Mae West

They say a girl falls in to one of either two categories – diamonds or pearls?
Which one are you?

I'm definitely a pearl girl. I simply adore the timeless-ness of pearls. Don't get me wrong. Diamonds are timeless as well, but there is a living quality to pearls. They come from a living creature.

It can take many, many years for a natural pearl to grow. In the 1920's-1940's a pearl could be cultivating for up to 5 years. Imagine the nacre on them - they would glow gloriously.

Did you know that you shouldn't store your pearls in plastic for that very reason. That they still "breathe" and should be store in fabric.

And now for a little bit of trivia... Mae West was well known for her bawdy double entendres?

You may have heard some of them -

"When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad I'm better."

"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

and my favourite..

"I used to Snow White, but I drifted."

And that she was sentenced to 10 days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth".

Be sure to see more gorgeous pearl and diamond-esque jewellery from SATeam.

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