Zizzy
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2014
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- 173
I have been avidly reading this forum for a few months after deciding that my partner and I would get me a diamond ring after a company dividend and bonus was paid out.
I loved and still love the MRB halos on this site, I was sure that a Victor Canera halo was my dream ring. I tried a halo on, - gorgeous in the tray, gorgeous in the various hand shots of lucky owners on this site, but on me: not so much. I tried on a platinum solitaire with a pave band, - lovely!
I was poised to proceed with a 2.81 carat J SI1 with Whiteflash with a pave band, when my partner sprang a surprise proposal in Westminster Abbey on a weekend trip to London. He proposed with a dazzling 2.02 carat J VS2 MRB solitaire and I love it, even though it is on a plain band. I still think pave bands are scrumptious but having seen my new ring on my hand, if it were taken away and I had free rein to make the choice, I would go for a plain solitaire again for my engagement ring. I think he did a better job than I was about to do (although I wouldn't have said no to the extra 1mm of the 2.81 - Pricescope is shocking for increasing your carat tolerance!) The plain band really sets off the diamond and it looks elegant on my decidedly ordinary little mitts.
Has anyone else had the experience of being positive they wanted a certain style or setting and then finding that it just doesn't work on their own hand? It's not that I changed my mind about halos, they look just as beautiful to me now as they did, - as long as they are on someone else.
I also really love the plain solitaires paired with pave wedding bands I've seen on this site but guess what? When I tried on wedding bands at De Beers, the plain 2 mm platinum band that matches my solitaire looked the best to both of us. It was almost annoying! I really thought the pave band was the way to go. I'm going to compare again the next time I'm in London so make sure before we buy them but it seems I'm destined not to have the pave I craved!
I loved and still love the MRB halos on this site, I was sure that a Victor Canera halo was my dream ring. I tried a halo on, - gorgeous in the tray, gorgeous in the various hand shots of lucky owners on this site, but on me: not so much. I tried on a platinum solitaire with a pave band, - lovely!
I was poised to proceed with a 2.81 carat J SI1 with Whiteflash with a pave band, when my partner sprang a surprise proposal in Westminster Abbey on a weekend trip to London. He proposed with a dazzling 2.02 carat J VS2 MRB solitaire and I love it, even though it is on a plain band. I still think pave bands are scrumptious but having seen my new ring on my hand, if it were taken away and I had free rein to make the choice, I would go for a plain solitaire again for my engagement ring. I think he did a better job than I was about to do (although I wouldn't have said no to the extra 1mm of the 2.81 - Pricescope is shocking for increasing your carat tolerance!) The plain band really sets off the diamond and it looks elegant on my decidedly ordinary little mitts.
Has anyone else had the experience of being positive they wanted a certain style or setting and then finding that it just doesn't work on their own hand? It's not that I changed my mind about halos, they look just as beautiful to me now as they did, - as long as they are on someone else.
I also really love the plain solitaires paired with pave wedding bands I've seen on this site but guess what? When I tried on wedding bands at De Beers, the plain 2 mm platinum band that matches my solitaire looked the best to both of us. It was almost annoying! I really thought the pave band was the way to go. I'm going to compare again the next time I'm in London so make sure before we buy them but it seems I'm destined not to have the pave I craved!