OK, so I got my blue baroque akoya pearl necklace, my metallic freshwater white strand, my dyed black freshwater studs, and my Tahitian pearl pendant, all from PP.
They are all very nice, but I'm not convinced that they're necessarily right for me.
The blue pearls - the shape is OK, but there are quite a few pearls which have large holes in the nacre. The necklace is still very nice, but I think I might prefer a single blue round pearl pendant to match my blue akoya earrings.
The metallic white freshwater strand isn't quite as metallic as I thought, and I might actually send this back and wait until PP gets the white metallic freshadamas in again, which should be March.
The dyed black freshwater pearls and the Tahitian pearl pendant: I asked for green tones but neither are as green as I thought, but more dark silver-grey with a hint of green. I was expecting them to look like the green in this thread: [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pics-pp-hanadama-tahitian-studs.190539/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pics-pp-hanadama-tahitian-studs.190539/[/URL]
Like the Tahitian pearls in this thread, I asked for green tones and paid for AAA quality, and although the quality seems fine the pendant just isn't the beautiful green of the studs in this thread.
Regarding the dyed black freshwater studs, I'm seriously impressed. Although they don't have quite the tone I wanted, they totally have the Tahitian look (except they're smaller than real Tahitians) but they shimmer with different tones and I don't think anyone would ever know that they are dyed.
I'll take some pictures.
They are all very nice, but I'm not convinced that they're necessarily right for me.
The blue pearls - the shape is OK, but there are quite a few pearls which have large holes in the nacre. The necklace is still very nice, but I think I might prefer a single blue round pearl pendant to match my blue akoya earrings.
The metallic white freshwater strand isn't quite as metallic as I thought, and I might actually send this back and wait until PP gets the white metallic freshadamas in again, which should be March.
The dyed black freshwater pearls and the Tahitian pearl pendant: I asked for green tones but neither are as green as I thought, but more dark silver-grey with a hint of green. I was expecting them to look like the green in this thread: [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pics-pp-hanadama-tahitian-studs.190539/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pics-pp-hanadama-tahitian-studs.190539/[/URL]
Like the Tahitian pearls in this thread, I asked for green tones and paid for AAA quality, and although the quality seems fine the pendant just isn't the beautiful green of the studs in this thread.
Regarding the dyed black freshwater studs, I'm seriously impressed. Although they don't have quite the tone I wanted, they totally have the Tahitian look (except they're smaller than real Tahitians) but they shimmer with different tones and I don't think anyone would ever know that they are dyed.
I'll take some pictures.