The guide that enhances your unique beauty

Have you ever noticed how some jewelry immediately suits you, while other pieces just don't seem to belong? It's not a matter of taste: there's a precise science behind the harmony between your jewelry and your natural features. And once you discover it, it will forever change the way you choose your accessories.

The Secret of Undertone: The Detail Few Know

Forget generic rules about light or dark complexions. The real game-changer is your skin's undertone, that invisible hue that determines whether yellow gold illuminates or dulls your look.

How to discover your undertone (quick and infallible test):

• Observe the veins on your wrist in natural light.
• If they are green/olive: you have a warm undertone.
• If they are blue/purplish: you have a cool undertone.
• Can't tell? You're probably neutral (lucky you!)

Warm undertone: Yellow gold, rose gold, and warm metals are your allies. Emeralds, corals, amber, and stones in shades of forest green, burnt orange, and turquoise will make you shine naturally.

Cool undertone: White gold, platinum, and silver enhance your radiance. Opt for sapphires, amethysts, aquamarine, and stones in shades of blue, purple, and cool pink.

Neutral undertone: You've won the genetic lottery. You can mix metals and dare to combine elements that others cannot. Take advantage of this.

The Geometry of the Face: The Art of Visual Balance

Your jewelry should create harmonious contrast, not reinforce what nature has already given you.

Oval face: You have the perfect canvas. But this doesn't mean everything suits you equally well. Geometric earrings and multi-strand necklaces add character without imbalance. Just avoid flattening further with perfectly round hoops: look for shapes with movement.

Round face: Your goal is to visually lengthen. Dangling earrings, long V-neck necklaces, vertical chains. But here's the trick they don't tell you: avoid lengths that end exactly at the collarbone, as they optically widen. Aim for necklaces that fall below or stop above it.

Square face: You have strong, structured features (which many envy, by the way). Soften them with curved shapes: hoop earrings, rounded pendants, necklaces with soft links. The secret? No right angles or overly geometric shapes that would create excessive rigidity.

Heart-shaped face: With that wider forehead and delicate chin, you need to balance downwards. Teardrop or triangular earrings (with the point downwards) are perfect. Necklaces that fill the décolletage area complete the balance.

Long face: Button earrings, wide chandeliers, chokers, and short necklaces. Anything that creates width and breaks up verticality. A detail that makes all the difference: avoid long, thin pendants that would further emphasize length.

Hair Color: Beyond the Banal Gold vs. Silver

Blondes: If you're a natural blonde with golden highlights, yellow gold creates continuity and warmth. But if you have that Scandinavian ash blonde? Silver and cool stones like white sapphires create an ethereal effect that gold simply cannot provide.

Brunettes: You have the strongest natural contrast, so you can afford bold statement jewelry. The secret of brunettes who turn heads? They choose intense, deep stones – rubies, garnets, onyx – that complement the depth of their hair color.

Redheads: The natural copper in your hair is rare and precious. Rosé amplifies this uniqueness, creating chromatic harmony. Zircons create that complementary contrast that makes you stand out in any room.

Brown hair: It depends on the highlights. Chocolate brown with warm undertones? Yellow gold is your territory. Ash brown? Gold will give you that extra brightness. The gold and rose mix works almost always and is that sophisticated middle ground few take advantage of.

Neck Length: The Forgotten Factor

Long neck: You can play with chokers, necklaces, multi-strand necklaces. But beware: a long neck with only long necklaces creates a visual void. Fill it strategically.

Short neck: Long necklaces are your friends, but there's a trick: avoid anything that stops right at the base of your neck. Skip that area and go straight for lengths that create visual space. Earrings? Better if they're not too short, to lengthen the line.

Your Lifestyle: The Real Factor Nobody Mentions

Have you ever bought a beautiful piece of jewelry that you never wore? It happens when you ignore your real lifestyle.

Dynamic and active woman: Your jewelry must be beautiful yet practical. Stud earrings, thin stackable rings, medium-length necklaces that don't get in the way. Don't forgo elegance, but choose designs that move with you.

Professional and minimalist: Clean lines, quality metals, single, meaningful stones. A perfect pair of gold earrings is worth more than ten mediocre pairs. Invest in timeless pieces that convey silent authority.

Creative and bold: Here you can dare. Mix metals, layering, asymmetrical pieces. Your expressive freedom is your hallmark – your jewelry should tell your story, not make you conform.

The Detail That Changes Everything

Here's what women who always choose the right jewelry have understood: it's not about following rigid rules, but about recognizing your natural harmony and amplifying it.

The perfect piece of jewelry is one that makes you feel most like yourself the moment you put it on. The one others notice without quite knowing why you look so radiant today. The one that becomes part of your identity, not just an accessory.

Your Next Move

Now that you know these secrets, look at your jewelry with new eyes. Which pieces truly make you shine? Which are waiting in a drawer?

And most importantly: what piece is missing to complete your personal collection? Because there's a huge difference between having a lot of jewelry and having the right jewelry.

Women who have understood this never appear without their "signature jewelry" – that piece that says everything about them before they even speak. Have you found yours yet?

Explore the BySimon collection and discover pieces created to enhance every type of beauty. Because every woman deserves jewelry that tells her unique story.