Engagement Ring Guide
When buying and engagement ring, please keep in mind what kind of wedding ring you would like to go with. Some engagement ring can only fit a curved wedding band while others will fit any straight wedding band. If you are looking for a straight wedding band, go for an engagement ring that allow the straight wedding band to sit flush against the engagement ring unless you are ok with having a small gap between the engagement ring and the wedding band.
When choosing what metal to go with and you are open to any metal color and type, go for one that you think will compliment your skin tone color. People with pinkish skin color will look good in rose gold. White gold and platinum would compliment any skin tone as it's a neutral color. If you have any allergic reaction to nickel in gold, opt for platinum or other hypoallergenic metal such as palladium. We do offer palladium as a special order.
When purchasing a certain color center stone and you like a halo design or other diamonds on the ring, make sure that the color of the side-stones matches with the color of your center diamond or moissanite. Please note that any color within 1-2 color differences are not noticeable to the naked eyes. For example, if your center diamond is an F color, go for side-stones that are of F or G-H color only. Do not go below H color. If you are purchasing a diamond that is J color, do not get side diamonds that are of F or G-H color, go for one with I or J color but don't go below J color.
For the side-diamonds clarity, the standard is SI1-SI3. Never go to I1-I3 as there are too many inclusions and some maybe milky which collectively can make the setting look dull. At Or Diamond, we only use GH SI1 as it can match either up or down in color scale. At Or Diamond, we are very strict on picking our side-diamonds. There are many wholesalers who sent us small diamonds that they claims to be VS quality but turns out to be SI1 or an SI1 quality that turns out to be a SI2-3. We always reject these and only pick the best out of the parcel and return the unwanted quality back to our wholesaler. With many years of experience and purchasing experience, our wholesaler knows us thus only send us the highest quality standard diamond. This might not be our wholesaler's fault as they may have a different quality standard but our quality standard is based on the GIA strict grading standard thus we are able to delivery the highest quality goods. Next time you see another jewelers with a lower price of the same design, look at their side-diamonds under a magnifying loupe, learn to recognize it and compare it to our diamond ring. There is a difference.
If you are unsure about what shape of the diamond you want, you can decide based on whether you like more squarish or more elongated look. Go for round, princess, square cushion, square radiant, asscher or heart if you have long slender hand. This will create an illusion that your finger is not too long. If you have a stubby finger, opt for ones with an elongated shape such as oval, elongated cushion, elongated radiant, emerald, pear, or marquise which will create an illusion of a more slender looking finger.
When choosing what metal to go with and you are open to any metal color and type, go for one that you think will compliment your skin tone color. People with pinkish skin color will look good in rose gold. White gold and platinum would compliment any skin tone as it's a neutral color. If you have any allergic reaction to nickel in gold, opt for platinum or other hypoallergenic metal such as palladium. We do offer palladium as a special order.
When purchasing a certain color center stone and you like a halo design or other diamonds on the ring, make sure that the color of the side-stones matches with the color of your center diamond or moissanite. Please note that any color within 1-2 color differences are not noticeable to the naked eyes. For example, if your center diamond is an F color, go for side-stones that are of F or G-H color only. Do not go below H color. If you are purchasing a diamond that is J color, do not get side diamonds that are of F or G-H color, go for one with I or J color but don't go below J color.
For the side-diamonds clarity, the standard is SI1-SI3. Never go to I1-I3 as there are too many inclusions and some maybe milky which collectively can make the setting look dull. At Or Diamond, we only use GH SI1 as it can match either up or down in color scale. At Or Diamond, we are very strict on picking our side-diamonds. There are many wholesalers who sent us small diamonds that they claims to be VS quality but turns out to be SI1 or an SI1 quality that turns out to be a SI2-3. We always reject these and only pick the best out of the parcel and return the unwanted quality back to our wholesaler. With many years of experience and purchasing experience, our wholesaler knows us thus only send us the highest quality standard diamond. This might not be our wholesaler's fault as they may have a different quality standard but our quality standard is based on the GIA strict grading standard thus we are able to delivery the highest quality goods. Next time you see another jewelers with a lower price of the same design, look at their side-diamonds under a magnifying loupe, learn to recognize it and compare it to our diamond ring. There is a difference.
If you are unsure about what shape of the diamond you want, you can decide based on whether you like more squarish or more elongated look. Go for round, princess, square cushion, square radiant, asscher or heart if you have long slender hand. This will create an illusion that your finger is not too long. If you have a stubby finger, opt for ones with an elongated shape such as oval, elongated cushion, elongated radiant, emerald, pear, or marquise which will create an illusion of a more slender looking finger.
