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The Appeal of Eternity Rings Touted as a symbol of eternal love, eternity rings have remained a staple on the jewellery market for some time now. They have also remained a staple on the finger’s on some quite famous celebrities over the years as well, which continues to help their overall popularity. In recent news, Kevin [...] Continue reading
The Benefits Of Five Stone Eternity Rings When most people think of eternity rings, they picture a solid band, set with diamonds around the entire ring. While these rings are, in fact, beautiful, they can also be rather expensive. Another option is whats referred to as a half eternity ring. In this particular design, the diamonds [...] Continue reading
Diamond Earrings & Bracelets Take The Oscar For Best Accessories The stars came out for their traditional red carpet walk Sunday night, donning their best, and sometimes worst, gowns and decked with their most dazzling jewellery. The hottest trend this year, apparent on several Hollywood beauties, was the combination of diamond earrings and bracelets. Sandra Bullock, nominated [...] Continue reading
Diamond Rings - The Beauty of Clusters When most people see cluster diamond rings they think of antique and vintage pieces. This is primarily due to the fact that the cluster stye of ring used to be one of the most popular designs on the market. During tight economic times, couples could rarely afford larger stones [...] Continue reading
March Babies Celebrate With Aquamarine & Diamond Rings One of the joys of being born in March is the beauty of the birthstone symbolising your special day. Aquamarine is not only a beautiful gemstone on its own, it is also one of the most stunning gemstones that can be set in a diamond ring to complement [...] Continue reading
Diamond Earrings-Which Setting Is Best? (Part 2) As we said yesterday, choosing the perfect setting for your diamond earrings is crucial and knowing the difference between the four most common setting types is the best way to determine which style is right for you. We’ve already discussed the traditional prong setting and the classic pave setting. [...] Continue reading
Diamond Earrings - Which Setting Is Best? (Part 1) When it comes to selecting the perfect pair of diamond earrings, you essentially have four basic setting types to choose from, claw or prong set, invisible set, pave set, and rub-over or bezel set. Knowing the difference between these four types of settings can help determine which [...] Continue reading
2010 Celebrity Diamond Rings - Place Your Bets Ever wonder what the actual odds are that your favorite, or not so favorite, celebrity couple will get engaged or married in 2010 and be shopping for diamond rings to seal the deal? Well, wonder no more, famous odd makers www.BetUS.com just released their votes in favor of [...] Continue reading
The Evolution of the Mens Diamond Ring The idea of mens diamond rings once triggered images of bulky gold nuggets encompassing a quarter of a man’s finger. Often set with large stones, they were bold and made a very strong statement. Even the popular men’s pinky ring made a woman’s ring pale in size by comparison. [...] Continue reading
Diamond Wedding Rings For The Modern Bride and Groom When most people think of bridal jewelry and diamond rings, they assume you are speaking of engagement rings. There are also eternity rings, three stone diamond rings, and dress diamond rings to consider. It’s no wonder that with society’s love of diamonds in general, they would eventually [...] Continue reading
Diamond Necklace - Stay Close To Her Heart Every woman loves diamond rings and earrings, but if you really want to give her a gift that will always be dear, and near, to her heart, consider a beautiful diamond necklace. The unique appeal of diamond necklaces is that they can be found in such a [...] Continue reading
Simon Cowell Idolizes His Girlfriend With A £250,000 Diamond Ring Ever wonder what kind of diamond engagement ring buys when he’s been quoted as saying he’ll never marry? A rather expensive one in fact. Bold, often brash, and NEVER outspoken, American Idol judge and Britain’s Got Talent personality, Simon Cowell, has apparently popped the question to [...] Continue reading
Diamond Earrings - Accessorize That Little Black Dress According to society, every woman should have at least one little black dress in her wardrobe. Long believed to be the most versatile piece of clothing, the little black dress can go from day wear to night wear with ease. It can be classy, playful and everything in [...] Continue reading
Diamond Ring - The Importance Of a Diamond Certificate The purchase of a diamond ring is not an investment to be taken lightly. Even though you may have educated yourself on the Four C’s of diamond buying, how can you be sure the diamond ring you’re buying actually conforms to the ratings the merchant claims it [...] Continue reading
Why Show Love For a Day When You Can Give It For an Eternity? Women around the world today are getting showered with chocolates, flowers, and stuffed animals. While the sentiments behind these acts are thoughtful and sweet, there is another way to express your unending love for your significant other that can be done on [...] Continue reading
Single This Valentine’s Day? Treat Yourself! Have you ever considered buying yourself a right hand diamond ring, or dress diamond ring, to celebrate the most romantic day of the year? If not, you should. Valentine’s Day is stressful enough for couples in relationships struggling with what to give their beloved as the perfect gift. When you’re single, [...] Continue reading
Can’t Decide? Why Pick Just One? With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, plenty of men are still trying to decide on the perfect gift for their loved one. Diamond rings are always a hit with the ladies, but what if she has a soft spot for earrings too? Perhaps she already has too many rings [...] Continue reading
Diamond Earrings - Men’s Fashion David Beckham has always inspired the masses with his unique style and good looks, but when he first started wearing his large, rather feminine-looking diamond earrings, some of us may have wondered whether he was about to find himself in the midst of another skirt debacle. The results however, were somewhat [...] Continue reading
Bling-bling! Hip-hop’s love affair with diamond jewellery A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to be present at a birthday party where one of the guests had ingeniously brought some stick-on bling! By the end of the night, everyone was covered in fake diamond jewellery, speaking in downtown New York accents and gesturing wildly in [...] Continue reading
Are diamonds forever? Ian Fleming’s 1956 novel and then later film, made the phrase diamonds are forever a common expression, but are diamonds as we know them, really forever? Diamonds have been used in engagement and wedding rings for centuries due to their strength and durability. On the hardness scale for precious gems and stones, diamonds [...] Continue reading
Wedding Rings - Decisions, Decisions… With biological clocks ticking and the threat of being left on the shelf an all-too-possible reality, many of my friends decided that 2009 would be the year they would assuage their fears and finally take the plunge – for me, this was a summer of weddings. With varying styles, sizes, colours, [...] Continue reading
Diamond Earrings: A pair of fakes! As a twelfth birthday gift from my father, I requested no less than a pair of diamond earrings. Unaware at that age of the true value of such an offering, I waited impatiently for the big day to arrive. Unable to disappoint his favourite and only daughter, he dutifully complied [...] Continue reading
Wedding Rings - Are they really necessary? You have accepted the proposal and are now looking forward to the most important day of your life. You’ve got the perfect engagement ring on that finger and are stealing glances at it at any given opportunity. In fact, you have found yourself unnecessarily brushing hair away from your [...] Continue reading
Diamonds - Huge South African diamond unearthed Many of us have been impressed, if not envious at one time or another of the sheer size of the diamond on the latest unveiling of a celebrity’s engagement ring. However few of even those seemingly extra large examples of gemstone compare to today’s discovery in South Africa. One [...] Continue reading
Engagement ring envy: mine’s bigger than yours If you have ever witnessed the hoo-ha that accompanies the very public unveiling of an engagement ring, you like me perhaps, have also wondered whether engagement rings and more specifically, the rivalry associated with them, would benefit from Freudian analysis. Comments relating solely to the size it seems, are [...] Continue reading
You would be forgiven for thinking that a title like the one of this article belongs nowhere but in the realms of legend, however on the 6th of August 2009, the biggest diamond jewellery raid in history took place in London’s Mayfair. Two armed robbers pointed handguns at staff in specialist diamond jewellers Graff on [...] Continue reading
A woman is washing up, suddenly she shrieks, notifying her household of the fact her wedding ring has slipped off her finger and fallen down the plughole. A series of frantic, yet failed attempts at retrieving the ring from the u-bend under the kitchen sink follow, before a quick visit by a handsome and capable [...] Continue reading
Being an animal lover, I am always drawn to cute canines when passing them in the street. Often, as was the case today, I see pups that have been dressed in tiny knits, exuding an almost unbearable cuteness akin to no other animals but themselves. Some dog owners relish the chance of pimping their [...] Continue reading
It is always a very sad affair when the engagement of former lovers arrives at an abrupt end. Undoubtedly never an intended outcome, it seems the situation is often made doubly worse by the dilemma of who gets to keep the engagement ring. An old friend of mine found herself in exactly this predicament when [...] Continue reading
