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My new blue nile earrings

reeniebeanie

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After deciding that I wanted to upgrade my 80 point studs, I spent many hours searching through the pricescope site to try and decide what to get. I ended up getting a 1.6 ctw J VS2 ideal cut pair from blue nile. I decided on the GIA certs so that I could upgrade at a later date if I wanted. I also decided to prioritize the cut over the color. The J is plenty white for me, and I figured there was a good chance that a GIA J was probably just as white as a non-certed G or H. I was torn between those and a preset pair from ID Jewelry. I really wanted 2 ctw, but I totally love the earrings that I ended up with. I got platinum bezel settings.

These earrings are much livelier (and bigger!) than my previous pair. :love:

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Enerchi

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They look gorgeous! Nice and bright and good size for your ears :appl:
 

artdecogirl

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Love the bezels and such a nice size!
 

mrswahs

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Beautiful!
 

reeniebeanie

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Thanks everyone! All the great jewelry pics on this site are sooooo helpful that I wanted to repay the favor and post mine :mrgreen:
 

bright ice

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Very lovely and they look just right on you. I am looking at J's for studs too!
 

CrisM

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Reeniebeanie, for comparison's sake, could I ask for a shot of your previous 80 pt studs?
 

Kalrik

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Wow they look like 2 ctw. Very pretty.
 

farmer gal

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Love the bezel, such a classy look :love:
 

reeniebeanie

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Here they are! Please excuse the dust. The smaller earring was cleaned before being put in the box, the larger one was just taken out of my ear.

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reeniebeanie

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Thanks! I picked the bezel for two reasons: 1) I thought they might make the earrings look closer to the 2 ctw I wanted, and 2) I wanted the earrings to stand up a little more. I probably could have gotten that result with some basket settings. I like the martini setting, but it seemed like the earrings were less visible from the front with the lower setting.

When I started shopping, I thought I would get square diamonds. I went to a store and tried on the squares and thought the round earrings looked better on me. I have a round face and I'd read that squares look better with round faces. Not true in my case!
 

Laila619

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Those are gorgeous!
 
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