Those are beautiful! Would love to see mod shots.View attachment 4002022 Got these diamond studs today! Love them
I bought a .33 pair from ID Jewelry and they were very patient with me. I would recommend them. I've purchased from Brian Gavin as well and both of my diamond pendants from them are stunning.
For clarity, I think you can get away with the SI range and for color, anything in the near colorless range (J or above) is probably okay.
Depends on your earlobes, but for $2k price difference, I would be happy in the .8 tcw range.
Good morning everyone! Im 29 years old and have my ears pierced but rarely wear earrings. I love studs though- however the jewelry I own is mostly garbage. All but one pair of earrings are cheap metals (I have one pair of 14k gold small kinda ugly thick hoops). I rarely wear any because I have metal allergies and can only wear gold, platinum or titanium.
I want to get myself my first pair of diamond studs. I am restricted on price- I do not want to spend more than ~$800. I understand that this doesn’t give me many options... I was looking at a few places and saw some 1/4 carat and 1/2 carat earrings that may work.
I was thinking these from Kohls, they would come to around $585 after promo codes:
https://m.kohls.com/product/prd-1430238/14k-white-gold-12-ct-tw-igi-certified-round-cut-diamond-solitaire-earrings.jsp?prdPV=13&userPFM=igi certified&diestoreid=11&selectShip=true
I also saw a few on Blue Nile that I could get, but it seems like Id get the same thing as Id get from kohls, except for a bit more money.
Any other suggestions? I want white gold or platinum and round cut. Thanks!
If you don’t care about the name on the box, Kohl’s is a great way to go because a VS1 diamond is always a VS1 no matter where you bought it, assuming it’s not on the street . The first studs I bought myself were from Kohls, full carat princess cut in white gold. They weren’t certified ones but I went through every pair they had until I found ones that were the cleanest looking diamonds. On their certified, check the card because some skew bigger than the estimated carat weight and others smaller and the card will tell you if they are .55 or .49 for example.
Blue Nile used to be sales tax free, so the higher price might equal out, but check because a lot of sites have started tacking tax on recently.
Macy’s is another place to check. They carry platinum but that will dramatically increase the price. Sometimes they have sales where you put the item aside and come back in a week for a much lower price. A bit annoying to make two trips, but my Macy’s is less than ten minutes away, it might not be feasible for everyone.
The clarity isn't that good on that pair from Kohl's. I wouldn't buy them.
I bought a pair from IDJ recently. They were a little over .33 total carat weight. They were great to work with and very patient with me. I asked a lot of questions and it took me some time to settle on a pair. I'm sure they would have some lovely choices in your price range.
https://idjewelry.com/
Another vendor I recommend is Brian Gavin Diamonds. I've purchased two diamond pendants from them and both pieces I'm very happy with.