I was perhaps most excited by this purchase – the Crystal Rock Bracelet from J.Crew. I had been eyeing this style in both the bracelet and necklace form ever since its debut, but since I had heard so much about how the stones are way too large and tend to overwhlem, I could never pull the trigger.

Now that it’s on sale for only $59.99 (and extra 20% off through May 16th), I couldn’t pass it up. Unfortunately, the bracelet is not exactly what I had imagined. The stones aren’t really tightly framed by the gunmetal chain like I thought they were; rather, the stones are oval shaped and can freely rotate and move around within the chain. Kind of weird.

The stones also felt a bit plastic-y, yet were very heavy.

The back of the bracelet also seemed a bit too bare since there are only 4 rocks on the whole bracelet.

You can also see that the pink hue of the stones is very, very subtle, and not nearly as pink as the stock photo shows. Here’s a more faraway shot for some perspective. BTW I just purchased my first DSLR yesterday – Nikon D3000!!! So hopefully all my pictures will be high quality and sharp moving forward! Yay for no more lame mirror shots!

I don’t really recommend this bracelet, but I don’t really have a good basis for that. Just my personal taste. It wasn’t what I imagined it to be. If you like it though, this is the perfect time to snag it for a very low price while the 20% sale promo is still on. Click here to see it at J.Crew.