Hi all, I've been lurking periodically for a few a years prepping myself for when I'm ready to propose. I thought I had done the necessary research and would be ready to pull the trigger on a diamond when the time came.
Now that I am seriously looking, I'm feeling overwhelmed and second guessing myself.
I would greatly appreciate some expert advice here! She's been by my side for 8 years and I think she deserves the diamond of her dreams...within my budget of course
We've casually discussed what she likes and I think I can match most of them with my budget.
In my mind, I'm looking for Ideal/Excellent cut, H-J colour, VS2-SI2 and around 1carat. There is some flexibility in my budget, but ideally I would like the stone to be $6.5-7K, I can push to $8K if needed. I suppose cut is my priority, then size. As long as a stone is eye clean and faces up white, I'm fairly flexible there.
I feel like I'm leaning towards a signature cut, just because i want to be ensured of a beautiful stone. Of course I know I can find a great stone that's not signature cut, but this is where I'm feeling overwhelmed.
Any suggestions, advice, thoughts are welcome. Thanks!
Now that I am seriously looking, I'm feeling overwhelmed and second guessing myself.
I would greatly appreciate some expert advice here! She's been by my side for 8 years and I think she deserves the diamond of her dreams...within my budget of course
We've casually discussed what she likes and I think I can match most of them with my budget.
In my mind, I'm looking for Ideal/Excellent cut, H-J colour, VS2-SI2 and around 1carat. There is some flexibility in my budget, but ideally I would like the stone to be $6.5-7K, I can push to $8K if needed. I suppose cut is my priority, then size. As long as a stone is eye clean and faces up white, I'm fairly flexible there.
I feel like I'm leaning towards a signature cut, just because i want to be ensured of a beautiful stone. Of course I know I can find a great stone that's not signature cut, but this is where I'm feeling overwhelmed.
Any suggestions, advice, thoughts are welcome. Thanks!