Choose an Engagement Ring that is Right for You
Choosing an engagement ring is a personal decision that should come naturally. Each engagement ring is unique. You may decide to choose a round diamond, a pear cut, or possibly an emerald cut diamond as the center for your setting. Each ring will have a character and feel to it that should suit you, your fiance, and reflect your relationship.
If you’re about to get engaged you’ve probably got a million things going through your mind. One of these is likely about the ring. How to pick out the best one, what price range you want to be in and whether you should buy online or through a store, are all concerns that you’ll have to address.
One of the things that you might want to do is to get something that’s a little bit unique and different. If that’s what you’re looking for, you probably don’t want to go to a chain store where everything looks the same. Instead, you can go to local jewelers, some of whom likely hand-make their rings and other jewelry. You can also design something yourself, or have it designed for you, so that you’ll have something that no one else has. Another choice is to go and buy a ring that’s not traditionally an engagement ring so that you’ll be unique and different.
However you choose to pick the ring you’ll want to make sure that both of you are happy with the purchase so that it won’t become a problem later down the line.
If you’re ready to buy that special lady an engagement ring but you just don’t have a lot of money you don’t have to despair. You can still find her something beautiful that she’ll treasure and that won’t break your bank account.
Depending on what your budget is, you have many options for finding an engagement ring. You can visit estate sales and pawn shops, purchase from an online auction site, or buy wholesale over the Internet from someone who can sell things more cheaply because they don’t have the overhead of a store.
If those options don’t suit you or you can afford more than that, you can still get great deals from jewelers. A lot of them run good sales at certain times of the year, and you can also use non-traditional stones to make an engagement ring more affordable. You don’t have to have diamonds, and many couples use birthstones or other stones that have significance for them.
Some couples also use synthetic stones for accent stones – and sometimes for the main stone – or they use metals that cost less such as silver or a lower karat gold.
If you’re looking for a diamond ring, or just looking for a diamond to put in a setting that you already have, you’ll want to look at the four Cs. Those are cut, color, clarity, and carat weight. All of them are important and they all work together to give you the diamond that you want.
The cut can be anything from a standard round shape to something very unique like an Asscher cut diamond, and everything in between.
The color refers to how white or yellow the diamond is, and different colors affect the price of the stone.
The clarity of a diamond addresses issues like whether it’s cloudy or whether there are problems with it like imperfections. If they can be seen with a naked eye this is more significant than if they need a jeweler’s loop to be noticed.
The carat weight refers to the size of the diamond. All other things being equal, the larger the diamond the more it costs, so you might want to go with a clear, no-color, well-cut diamond that has lower carat weight over something larger but poorer quality.
Elegant antique style engagement ring. This classic example of the round cut diamond paired with a platinum band set with 60 small diamonds embedded within the band itself.
A stunning example of the rare Asscher shaped diamond.
This unusual cushion shaped diamond is set within the original antique band.
A beautful example of a perfectly cut radiant diamond set within a classical platinum band.
