On today’s post I will be reviewing Waxing Poetic’s Heartstruck Love pendant/charm. I wonder why they call this one a pendant and not a charm, I guess with most pieces from Waxing Poetic, it can go either way depending on your mood.

First Impression:

Based on the online image, I gathered that this charm was a solid piece of silver, it looked heavy and I liked the inscribed “Love” on it. I thought the sentiment was sweet and liked the floral flourishes surrounding it. I also figured because of it’s perceived heaviness that this would be perfect for my bracelet, since recently most of the charms I have been reviewing tend to be on the more delicate side. For some reason, this pendant also reminds me of a dog tag, perhaps because it looks just like one of the first dog tags we bought for our furry baby when she was a puppy.

 

Review:

Well I’m sorry to say that this might be the first bad review I give Waxing Poetic. I was sorely disappointed with this charm. When I first opened the package and poured the charm out onto my hand, I couldn’t believe how light the charm was! It looked like a shell of what I thought it would be. The edges of the charm are a bit rounded which gives the illusion that this charm is thicker than what it really is but once you turn it over, you can see that it’s very misleading.

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I couldn’t get over how thin and light this charm was, I want to say it’s almost cheaply made and I wonder who thought this was charm was worth $59?!

Now I purchased this charm at a very, very deep discount, a Waxing Poetic dealer liquidating their inventory so I didn’t mind too much that this pendant was so light, but if I had paid the full retail price of $59 I would’ve been livid! Also I bought this charm weeks ago, and it was still current on Waxing Poetic’s website, since then it has now been reduced to $17.70 which is a more appropriate price for this pendant! I just feel bad for all those people who paid full price for it. I will most likely wear this on my bracelet since I don’t care too much if it gets dinged up and I don’t care to wear this as a necklace.

This charm was also part of a series, in the Heartstruck collection there were two other charms, one with the word Bless, and the other had Mom engraved on it. These were also $59 and have since been retired as well, and are no longer available.

Makes me feel that perhaps I should start snapping up all of the charms on my wishlist, seems that all the ones I have my eye on are being retired faster than I can buy them!

In Conclusion:

I am very surprised that this charm was not what I expected it to be. This is one of the reasons why I write this blog, to let others know before they buy what they are getting themselves into, unfortunately for me, I keep picking charms that are either retired or soon to be retired, so it’s almost a moot point. I did buy this charm about three weeks ago, so I guess things change quickly. This charm is sterling silver, with oxidation details and retailed for $59, it has been reduced to $17.70 and is still available for purchase, but will be discontinued soon.

 

All images with my watermark belong to me, all other images belong to their respective owners such as Waxing Poetic.