Kojima Pearl Company Spring sale.

[icy_jade]

Lovely, CMD! How do they compare to your Tahitian drops?

The differences are a bit hard to capture in pictures as they are subtle. My drops are slightly higher luster (they are crazy metallic) and have stronger body colour and overtones. They are also perfectly clean. The studs have gorgeous but slightly less colour and luster, but are still strongly green with intense peacock overtones. They also have a few blemishes that are visible only on close inspection. I would say that the studs are very comparable to my AA+ to AAA strands, while I suspect my drops might be considered gem quality on the PP rating scale. I would highly recommend the studs though, especially at the price point Sarah is offering them at.

Here's pictures from my jewelry box (you can see I went a little crazy for metallic white drops from PP for a while):



Left to right: POJ 12mm metallic studs, Kojima 11.5mm Tahitian studs, AP Tahitian drops (10mm), 10-11mm PP metallic drops, 11mm light mix off-round studs (PP findings, pearls from Jacques).

Oh this is so nice to look at. I love seeing stash. I mean it's nice to see new pieces one at a time but to see a whole lot of pearls at the same time is like fun you know? Like Aladdin entering the treasure cave...

 

[mochiko42]

Here are the 11-14mm Japanese Kasumi pearls that Sarah put together for me to replace the ones that I bought and returned from the Mother's Day sale.

 

[Siameseroo]

Gorgeous Mochiko - the colours are spectacular!

 

[Lovinggems]

So colourful, this pair is definitely better than the previous.