OK, pearly queens! I need some help, please!
I was just reading yesterday in a thread about how freshwater pearls are pure nacre, which I knew, and that akoyas are more delicate. I already save my akoyas for best. In terms of freshwaters, all I have is a seriously crappy strand from Lord and Taylor which cost $60.
So, the thread woke me up to my need for better freshwaters that I can wear frequently for decades and not worry about the nacre.
Big Question: In terms of lustre, which is better: Pearl Paradise freshadamas or Pearl Paradise white metallic pearls? The website says that each of these is the best 0.01% of the harvest, so which to choose? The metallics are marginally more expensive. I'm looking at size 7-8 in the white metallic and 7-7.5 in the freshadama. Both are about $312.00.
Is the metallicness natural? Are they so shiny they look fake, or like beads rather than pearls? Or do the metallics look much more like hanadamas?
The PP 15% discount ends very soon, I think, so I need some advice! Thanks in advance xxxx
It's between these two:
http://www.pearlparadise.com/p-135-75-80-mm-white-freshadama-freshwater-pearl-necklace.aspx
http://www.pearlparadise.com/p-2412-70-to-80-mm-metallic-white-freshwater-pearl-necklace.aspx
Helllllp!
I was just reading yesterday in a thread about how freshwater pearls are pure nacre, which I knew, and that akoyas are more delicate. I already save my akoyas for best. In terms of freshwaters, all I have is a seriously crappy strand from Lord and Taylor which cost $60.
So, the thread woke me up to my need for better freshwaters that I can wear frequently for decades and not worry about the nacre.
Big Question: In terms of lustre, which is better: Pearl Paradise freshadamas or Pearl Paradise white metallic pearls? The website says that each of these is the best 0.01% of the harvest, so which to choose? The metallics are marginally more expensive. I'm looking at size 7-8 in the white metallic and 7-7.5 in the freshadama. Both are about $312.00.
Is the metallicness natural? Are they so shiny they look fake, or like beads rather than pearls? Or do the metallics look much more like hanadamas?
The PP 15% discount ends very soon, I think, so I need some advice! Thanks in advance xxxx
It's between these two:
http://www.pearlparadise.com/p-135-75-80-mm-white-freshadama-freshwater-pearl-necklace.aspx
http://www.pearlparadise.com/p-2412-70-to-80-mm-metallic-white-freshwater-pearl-necklace.aspx
Helllllp!