You know how people loooove to categorize themselves as a _______ person.

“I’m a wine and cheese kinda gal.” “More of a beer guy myself.” “Accessories lady here! Gimme the shoes and purses!”

Well, forget the crazy bag lady, I’m a total ring chick. I absolutely adore all rings- cocktail, heirloom, signet, pinky, index…well, ok not thumb, but you get the point. I am obsessed with the finger jewels, most especially the big and gaudy variety.

I am the Ringbearer!

Mere months before my 16th birthday, I pointed to my right ring finger and deadpanned to my parents, “Sweet 16. Make it happen, y’all.” Come September 27, 2003, I was gushing over a white gold, sapphire and diamond sparkler that is still one of my most prized possessions. No wonder, my boss nicknamed me “The Closer.”

Though I love that sentimental memory (cue the Sweet16 theme song), what really gets me going are the crazy costume rings. I’m talking the bigger and funkier, the better. Whether on a Target run, taking my weekly stroll through the mall or gettin jiggy out on the town (Really, self? Jiggy?), I must have major finger bling.

But this post is not an admission of my ring fetish (kinky, much?). Instead, I want to share with you, my H.E.R.E babies, a new haute spot for hand hardware.Noir is a jewelry line that I discovered when I was in Miami, lustfully browsing through BigDrop. See a pattern? The travelling, the sartorially depressing trips to BigDrop. Ain’t too hard to miss. But anyways, the Noir jewels were like a grade-school trip to the zoo. There were snakes, birds, lions and turtles, but with enough bling to make the whole thing a sexy jungle party, rather than a smelly walk past the elephants.

An elephant I'll never forget *revolveclothing.com*

Why so coy, koi? *revolveclothing.com*

I missed out on taming the sssuper-sssexy snake style, my absolute fave. But, I did get a bangin’ Noir ring a few weeks later (thanks, MC!)- chic lattice design in red and black laquer.

RingNoir

So, despite it’s dark name, Noir has shown me the light when it comes to costume jewelry chic.