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Grab you some Arm CandyMany students express their cause or sytle through brace-lets. Here are some of the most popular.

Lokai Bracelets

New clothing trends have been on the rise, but lately, clothing trends aren’t the only trends that are rising- arm candy has been growing more and

m o r e p o p u -lar and trendy t h r o u g h o u t 2015 and now 2016. While Silly

Several different brands and types of bracelets and rings have made their way into some of the trending st yle recommendations such as: arm cuffs, midi rings, stacked bracelets, charm bracelets, antique bracelets, bangles, person-alized bracelets and rings, and link bracelets. Three of the most popular brands of bracelets rising in popularity are Lokai brace-lets, Alex and Ani bracelets, and Pandora bracelets. The Lokai bracelets have a deep universal meaning to them that has attracted a lot of people. The bracelet itself has water from Mt. Everest and mud from the Dead Sea as a reminder to stay hum-ble and balanced. Alex and Ani bracelets are newer trending bracelets

that can be stacked and look great when charms are added to them. Pandora bracelets are bracelets in which buyers can add sev-eral of their favorite charms to them, similar to the older version of charm bracelets. “My dad has given me the bracelets that I normally

Apple WAtch & Fitbit

Bandz have lost their pop-ularity, several other types of bracelets and rings have appeared on the arms and hands of people every-where. People are finding ways to express themselves and things that are senti-mental to them through the wearing of bracelets, rings and jewelry. “I do think that any

type of jewelr y, especially brace-lets and rings, are

becoming more and more popular,”

sophomore Emily Reyes said. “Having

that wide variety to e x p ress w hat yo u

like and who you are through such simple

and small things is awesome to

think about.”

It is a proven fact that adolescents and adults who are physically active are more likely to maintain health and avoid diseases than those who aren’t.. While most activity still counts, a health craze sweeping the nation re-cently, is causing people to track all of their activity. The Fitbit is a wristband designed for this purpose. The device is capable of tracking activity, sleep, calories taken in and burned off, how much water a person has drank

and more. Fitbits have become

popular among every age group because the band can be switched to match outfits and the bands are convenient to wear as well as being waterproof. “I wear my Fitbit every-day. I like being able to track my steps and seeing how I slept the night be-fore. The Fitbit is kind of like an accessory; it shows my personality as I change what band I have on,” sophomore Sydny Ridge-way said. The Apple Watch is an-other popular bracelet/band designed to be used as a phone with the con-venience of a watch. Tak-ing phone calls, managing health activity, checking messages and more can all be viewed on the Apple Watch with the swipe of a finger. “It’s nice and convenient

to have my Apple Watch, I wear it every day. I spent about $200 on it, but it was worth that much money. I love that I can see all of my notifications without turn-ing on my phone,” junior Jaylee Staman said. Teacher, Tyler Thomp-son, also has an Apple Watch and says that it is really more of a fad, than a practical watch. “I like what the watch can do. I probably wear my watch five of the seven days of the week. I like that it tells you the weather, and I like that I can do voice dictation text, and I like that you can talk on the phone pretty much any where,” Thompson said. In addition to the ame-nities for communication, the Apple Watch gives the user a picture of their daily activity. It helps the user know how of ten they have stood up and sat down, how many calories they’ve burned and how many minutes of brisk activity they have been invovled in. The rings are different sizes and will complete a full circle if the user has completed their daily amount of activity. No matter if a person is using the Fitbit or the Apple Watch, they will undoubtedly be able to maintain their health craze by tracking every step they take and every calorie they burn.

The 18 dollar rubber Lo-kai bracelet has become trendy among teens and adults in America. The bracelet, which was cre-ated by Cornell University freshman Steven Izen, was thought up after Izen’s grandfather who had been diagnosed with Alz-heimer’s. Izen worked on the bracelet concept for three years, conscientiously re-searching and developing the Lokai until it was offi-cially born in 2013. According to the Lokai bracelet website, the Lokai reflects life’s ebbs and flows based on the pretense that life is circular with highs and lows and ups and downs. The brace-let is clear with a black bead on one end and a white end on the other.The black bead contains mud from the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the Earth. It is on the bracelet to remind the person wearing it to stay hopeful in rough times.

The white bead contains water from Mount Ever-est, the highest point on the Earth. It reminds the person wearing it to stay humble in times of pros-perity. The interconnecting clear beads are meant to remind us that everyone’s life leads them to and from these highs and lows. Lokai’s are made entirely of water that is carried 29,029 feet above sea level by Sherpas, who travel anywhere from six to nine weeks to bring the sea wa-ter straight to our wrists. Lokai bracelets can be purchased for $18 on the Lokai website. They are aslo available at a few stores that carry the brace-lets in four different sizes: small, medium, large and extra large. Ten percent of the mon-ey from each bracelet goes straight to giving back to charities. Many celebrities includ-ing Ashley Benson, Ashley Greene, Oprah, Diane Von Furstenburg and Aaron Paul have been seen don-ning their Lokais.

wear and they have a lot of sentimental meaning, so it’s really cool to see that even a simple bracelet can mean so much, whether it be adding a charm to it or not,” Reyes said. Reyes said that her pre-ferred jewelry choice would be necklaces and earrings, but still loves showing off her arm candy. Sophomore Paige Peter-son on the other hand, feels a little differently. “I haven’t seen a whole lot of people at our school wearing a ton of bracelets that I’ve noticed, so I’m not really sure if they’re getting more popular or not,” Peter-son said. Peterson said that she likes to wear earrings or necklaces as her choice of jewelry. “I don’t really care for wearing bracelets a whole bunch, but they definitely look cool on other people and in general,” Peterson said. It is worth watching to see how the jewelry trens will stack up over the coming months.

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