I like the Betaindex page. I think it's much cleaner and easier to navigate than the current version. Much more professional looking, too. And the colors are really nice, especially for emphasizing the silver turquoise jewelry!
I got quite a bit confused when I started clicking links off the Betaindex page, so I'm going to assume the pages I'm seeing from the old site. The graphics you're using for navigation on your old pages are very difficult to read and seem awfully blurry on my monitor, as well. I'd definitely stick with the newer design.
The one thing you may want to consider for navigation is some sort of pulldown menu. Looks like yo've got quite a few products to offer and your visitors could easily become lost trying to find their way around your site without some sort of detailed menu. A pulldown menu could really help that situation.
The last thing you want is to confuse your visitors and have them leave because they can't find the way to what they want to buy.
One more note regarding your Search function. If this is a search engine you programmed for your site, it could do with a few adjustments and a Thesaurus of some kind. I tried to do a search for "handbags" (a word used at the bottom of the page), and came up with no results. On your new index page, however, you have purses and shoulder bags. If your visitor is searching for the wrong term, they're going to come up empty and frustrated. It would help if you could give them what they really want, even if they ask for the wrong thing. ;)
HTH!
Syren
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