Ornamentation

List of jewelry and ornamentation.

Pretty things you wear for no reason other than they are pretty. This category also includes other personal ornamentations.

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Bead

Photo of assorted beads.

A bead is a small, pretty object with a hole through the middle so that many beads can be threaded together to make a chain.

Beads can be made of clay, glass, wood, shells, stone, nuts or in fact anything that looks good and might be nice strung together.

Beads are usually strung into necklaces or bracelets.

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Bracelet

Photo of a bracelet

A bracelet is something pretty that you wear around your wrist.

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Brooch

Photo of a woman wearing a silver brooch

A brooch is a piece of jewelry that is designed to be attached to your clothes. Brooches are usually worn on your chest, off to one side. They are usually made from metal, particularly the clip that attaches to the clothing, with decorations on the brooch that can be made from virtually anything.

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Crown

Photo of a doll wearing a crown.

A crown is something that royalty and deities wear on their heads. Crowns are used to signify that the wearer is someone special, and might hold special power. Crowns are usually made from precious metal and are studded with jewels, but they can be also made from simpler materials like wood, flowers or leaves.

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Cufflink

Photo of some silver cufflinks.

Cufflinks are used to hold closed the cuffs of dress shirts. Shirts that are designed to be used for cufflinks have two buttonholes. Cufflinks are effectively two buttons, held together with a short piece of chain or a short rod. Today, shirts that need cufflinks are usually only worn on special occasions.

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Dreadlocks

Photo of a girl with dreadlocks

Dreadlocks are like ropes growing in your hair. They form when your hair matts together. Dreadlocks will form on their own if you never comb your hair, but most people encourage dreadlocks to form. Dreadlocks form more easily in people with tightly curled hair.

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Earring

Photo of a woman wearing earrings

Earings are pieces of jewellery you wear either clipped to your ears or hooked through a hole in your ears. Traditionally, more women than men wear earrings.

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Enamel

Photo of some enamel jewelery

Enamelling is a technique involving melting coloured glass onto a surface by heating it at a very high temperature in a kiln. Enamal is used to decorate jewellery, vases and to put a coloured layer on common items like saucepans.

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Jewel

Photo of jewels

A jewel is a cut and polished gemstone, either precious or semi-precious, that can be used to make jewelry. Another word for a jewel is a gem.

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Lipstick

Photo of a woman applying lipstick

Lipstick is a type of makeup that women put on their lips to make themselves look prettier. Lipstick is made mostly from wax with colors added.

The most common color for lipstick is red, but today you can get lipstick in almost any color.

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