My new blue nile earrings

[reeniebeanie]

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.

 

[Enerchi]

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

 

[artdecogirl]

Love the bezels and such a nice size!

 

[mrswahs]

Beautiful!

 

[reeniebeanie]

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

 

[bright ice]

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

 

[CrisM]

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

 

[Kalrik]

Wow they look like 2 ctw. Very pretty.

 

[farmer gal]

Love the bezel, such a classy look

 

[reeniebeanie]

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.

 

[reeniebeanie]

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]

Those are gorgeous!