I've had quite a few instances lately where I've really liked a piece of jewellery online due to the colours, but when I've seen it in real life, the colours are much paler.
I recently got a silver and semi-precious necklace from BN which had about half the colour saturation on the skin as opposed to on the website (I returned it) and also I really liked Tiffany's new range of cabochon and silver rhodonite. The stones looked like a hot candy pink online, and I thought they would be great for summer. Then I saw them in person, and the stones were a muted, dusty beige rose which didn't stand out much on my skin. Pretty, but not what it looked like online:
http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/CategoryBrowse.aspx?search=1&search_params=s+1-p+1-c+-r+-x+-n+12-ri+-ni+1-t+rhodonite
I've been wanting something inexpensive with a splash of colour to look good with black v-necks in winter, so I'm thinking of getting this:
http://www.bluenile.com/multi-gemstone-necklace-14k-yellow-gold_37717
Also, proportions can look so different in real life. I loved this pendant, but then I saw it. You wouldn't believe how tiny, thin and flimsy it is. It looks so much more substantial online. http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=28800002&mcat=&cid=&search_params=s+1-p+2-c+-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+palm&search=1
The undoubted upside is that I've saved a ton of money! If all these items were as fab in reality as they look online, I'd be much poorer!
Has anybody else found that colours are brighter online and something of a disappointment in real life? Or proportions?
I recently got a silver and semi-precious necklace from BN which had about half the colour saturation on the skin as opposed to on the website (I returned it) and also I really liked Tiffany's new range of cabochon and silver rhodonite. The stones looked like a hot candy pink online, and I thought they would be great for summer. Then I saw them in person, and the stones were a muted, dusty beige rose which didn't stand out much on my skin. Pretty, but not what it looked like online:
http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/CategoryBrowse.aspx?search=1&search_params=s+1-p+1-c+-r+-x+-n+12-ri+-ni+1-t+rhodonite
I've been wanting something inexpensive with a splash of colour to look good with black v-necks in winter, so I'm thinking of getting this:
http://www.bluenile.com/multi-gemstone-necklace-14k-yellow-gold_37717
Also, proportions can look so different in real life. I loved this pendant, but then I saw it. You wouldn't believe how tiny, thin and flimsy it is. It looks so much more substantial online. http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=28800002&mcat=&cid=&search_params=s+1-p+2-c+-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+palm&search=1
The undoubted upside is that I've saved a ton of money! If all these items were as fab in reality as they look online, I'd be much poorer!
Has anybody else found that colours are brighter online and something of a disappointment in real life? Or proportions?