women's diamond rings

Year on year, women's diamond rings are one of the constant big sellers for jewellers. Out of these, it is the most traditional of diamond round solitaire rings that continue to outsell the rest and top the list for couples when engagement ring shopping. However with the rise of individualism and the resulting desire for people to want to express their own unique characters, more unusual engagement rings are beginning to feature more frequently. Whether through the use of alternative diamond cutting techniques, different designs or even the use of gemstones other then diamonds, the industry has pulled out all the stops to make sure there's something out there for everyone.

The biggest aid to this process nowadays has been the rapid expansion of online jewellery stores. With the Internet, couples have been given the ability to explore a whole host of styles without ever having to leave home plus greater access to affordable engagement rings like never before. With the huge range on offer and prices up to 60 percent lower then on the high street, it means acquiring the perfect engagement ring is closer at hand then ever before.

No woman understands this desire for beauty and originality better than the Queen of Jewels, Elizabeth Taylor. So enamoured by glamorous jewellery, she wrote a book entitled "My Love Affair with Jewellery" in which she featured the many hundreds of items she owned or had owned. One of these was an emerald and diamond Bulgari ring given to her by the love of her life, Richard Burton. As unusual and stunning engagement rings go this was an absolute winner, with a 7.4 carat emerald and 12 pear shaped diamonds.

However big engagement rings do not always make the best engagement rings as it is dependent on the personality of the wearer and the shape and size of their hand. On a tiny, dainty hand for example a small marquise cut diamond engagement ring may look much better then a giant round solitaire, as the shape helps to elongate the finger and can appear more elegant. Whichever you decide remember that the ring represents your relationship, love and characters and as tempting as it is, try not to be guided too much by other people's perceptions.

Gary Ingram is Managing Director of The Diamond Store.co.uk, one of the UK's largest online jewellers that specializes in selling Unusual Engagement Rings and The Perfect Engagement Ring for you.

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OwhStyle: Diamond ring on engagement

Did you know that almost 85% of the brides get a diamond ring on their engagement or wedding? Now that's a LARGE number of men and women out there shopping fervently trying to find a ring to match their personality and taste from a few genuine designs to choose from, unless of course you don't mind being one of the hundreds of women who wear the same or similar designs from what's readily available. Not a happy thought is it? So how hard is it to design your own diamond ring? Not THAT hard apparently! lets look at some points you have to bear in mind while designing your own unique diamond ring.

Step 1- Start by selecting the shape of the diamond that you would like. You can choose from a selection of loose diamonds in various shapes- princess, emerald shaped, marquise, oval, pear, round, triangular, heart shapes and so on.

Step 2- Select a setting for your diamond- Now that you have picked a shape of the diamond that you like, choose the style of the band you would like. Choices could be made from an array of metals- white gold, platinum, yellow gold, or you could have it two tone mixing the yellow and white gold together. Totally up to you.

Step 3- Choose the size of the stone- depending upon your budget in terms of price, pick the size and weight of the diamond for your ring. One carat equals 0.2 grams and diamonds are available from 0.10-10 grams. While choosing a diamond, also keep in mind how you would like it placed in the ring- solitaire or with stones placed on the sides, and again, you could do side- stone or three- stone. Choices choices choices...

Step 4- Cut and clarity: The next step will be to decide on the 'cut ' and clarity of the diamond. The cut of the diamond determines how it reflects the light. The cut varies from Ideal, very good, good, fair and poor. Needless to say the price of the diamond will depend on the cut you choose. Ideal cut commanding the highest price, however bear in mind that the price of the diamond also depends on the color, clarity and carat weight of diamond. Clarity represents the blemishes prevalent in the diamond. Again, diamond with fewer blemishes will have better clarity.

Step 5- Color: What color would you like your diamond to be? Most popular diamonds are of course the clear ones, but you could choose to have precious stone in a different color just to make it more unique- colors to choose from are mainly yellow, sky blue and light browns.

Designing your own diamond ring could be creative and fun! It could be a beautiful blend of your deepest sentiments and a memory of a lifetime! Heaps of choices are available to help you make your special day a moment of a lifetime at http://www.bestdiamondstoreonline.com.
Good luck...

Malini Ramanathan has been in the Fashion industry for the past several years and is an avid follower of the latest trends in Jewellery designs.

OWHSTYLE: White Gold Ring

Even there are three kinds of metal used to make the ring the metal such as 14k, 18k and platinum. Platinum is known the best choices because of it's hardness. It's the most ideal metal and the best choice of metal if the engagement ring setting is holding a big center diamond, however you can have a 14k gold ring setting made with a platinum head to hold the center diamond.

Platinum won't tarnish, however it will scratch overtime just like gold so it may need to be re-polished. Platinum is not only expensive due to its rarity, hardness and shine, it's also expensive because it takes an extremely skilled craftsman to work it. But it realy worth it.


why white gold ring is the better choice:-

1- it's not easy to damage or to return for repairing.
2- it's not easy to the diamond fallen out.
3- the combination of two metal; body-gold 14k(white) and Platinum(head) most valuable invesment.
4- It takes a years of wear to scracth even it won't tarnish before to be re-polished.