14k Yellow Gold 20-inch Silk Foxtail Necklace

I purchased this necklace as a Christmas gift for my mom. She received it in the mail within 2 days, much quicker than I expected so I hadn't told her to look out for it. When she opened the package, she was not at all dazzled. Not knowing the gift was from me, she told me that she had received a package from Overstock that had a necklace as thin as a thread. When I saw it, I also thought it would be a little thicker, even after reading the other reviews. After she wore it for a couple of weeks, it began to pull apart. We are going to have to do something - either exchange or upgrade to a thicker piece of jewelry. Overall, I would call this average - not terrible, but also not to die for ether.

This is a beautiful necklace! The workmanship is fantastic, and the quality of the necklace is obvious. It has a beautiful sheen, and I haven't found a (small) pendant yet that doesn't look wonderful on it. With that said, I would have given it a perfect 5-star rating except for the fact that it is a hair-puller and a lint collector. There is probably nothing that annoys me more about a necklace than when it repeatedly catches hair, and, unfortunately, this necklace catches hair often. My hair is not long by any stretch of the imagination either. It sits above shoulder-length, but the necklace is constantly catching my hair, which ends up wound around the necklace tight enough that I have to yank my hair out of my head to avoid breaking the necklace. I have to do this several times a day, and it is annoying, to say the least. It's also a lint collector. When I take it off and hold it to the light, there are small pieces of lint attached to it from my shirts, and none of my shirts are of the fuzzy type--they're simple 100% cotton shirts, but the necklace manages to end up with a ton of lint on it anyway. Despite my displeasure with these two flaws, I would still buy the necklace again, because it is a beauty, which makes putting up with its flaws more worthwhile. I would also still recommend it to a family member or friend, but with a warning about its hair-pulling and lint-collecting tendencies. If you can live with these two attributes, by all means, buy one!

Looks more expensive than it is. Lovely sheen. My daughter-in-law will love it.