Help a noob pick out her engagement ring?

[OinkMoo]

Woohoo, that's awesome! I can't wait to see what you end up choosing

Here are my BGD studs - they're both AGS 000, 0.535 carat, I colour, VS2 clarity. One has medium blue and the other has strong blue fluorescence. First 2 pics are BGD's glamour shots, the second are my attempts to capture some arrows

Oh my! That is beautiful! Love the blue.

 

[Ailey]

Woohoo, that's awesome! I can't wait to see what you end up choosing

Here are my BGD studs - they're both AGS 000, 0.535 carat, I colour, VS2 clarity. One has medium blue and the other has strong blue fluorescence. First 2 pics are BGD's glamour shots, the second are my attempts to capture some arrows

Very pretty. Love the fluorescence.

 

[ame]

They were freakishly identical. Thanks again with your help with those!

OP - good luck with your search and look forward to your updates

My pleasure! They really were! And they're seriously amazing.

Ferdi, do you have a photo of your studs? Would love to see sparkly diamonds! I have it narrowed down to two diamonds from Brian gavin's line! We will see which one he decides on! I owe it to Ame for helping me!

Can't wait to see which one you go with!

 

[ame]

Oh my! That is beautiful! Love the blue.

Very pretty. Love the fluorescence.

Actually that's not the fluorescence, the blue is just from a hearts and arrows viewer to show the arrow pattern

 

[kath2]

I'd avoid the mall chains (Shane, J., Z.) if possible. In my experience, the sales staff don't know much beyond the C's. Many of them set diamonds in 14k; some even in 10k: yikes. Z. recently faced a lawsuit for selling fake rubies they tried to pass off as real. If you're going to wear the ring every day for the rest of your life, you deserve better!

 

[Younglove]

I think that's great your sa is knocking off 1500! How'd you manage that?! I have nothing but praise for Shane co they are awesome and the pricing is very reasonable. Your stone has really good specs and the price is fair. I say go for it if you love it! And later on down the road if you want to go bigger they will give you everything you paid originally towards the new stone which is awesome.