Not all rose gold fades. I have pieces given to me when I was in my teens that are still the same color. So I know that's not true.
Yellow gold or Rose gold?
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I believe that's true! Just curious at the next level what it's like between RG and YG?
That's not accurate. Gold is a relatively soft metal and Love bracelets all get scratches regardless of which color one chooses. I have all three colors and scratches show on all of them. Even things like a textured cotton or linen shirt sleeve can leave fine/hairline scratches on polished yellow gold surfaces after a few weeks. Anyway, the first big scratch sucks, but you get used to them and then its not a big deal.
That's not accurate either. Actually, white gold is supposed to be slightly more durable and scratch resistant than yellow gold or rose gold, because the alloys that go into making white gold are generally stronger than those used in YG and RG. That being said, my WG Love shows plenty of scratches.
Yellow gold doesn't look good on Asian skin as it bring up the yellow undertones. Rose gold looks the best
Funny, I've been through all this "dilemma", hehe.
I initially bought a 4-diamond WG Love but returned it for a pave Love in WG with ceramic (just bc I wanted the pave WG a lot more).
Then a year later, I purchased the YG plain Love, after having considered but also having turned it down for many years before, bc I too am Asian and my natural skin colour is very fair with a lot of yellow undertones and YG generally looked "garish" on me. About 6 months ago, however, I started acquiring a tan and now I'm more like a light cappuccino / light milk-chocolate colour and YG looks beautiful on me, even if I do say so myself, hehe.
Then a couple of weeks ago, I bought a thin plain Love in RG, to stack with my regular-sized YG Love (as well as my Perlee Clover in RG).
So, now I have the best of all worlds (well, almost, lol...I'm seriously lusting after the regular-sized RG pave Love...And for some reason, that RG is sooo much more pink than their non-pave version...LOVE it!!).
FYI, VCA RG is so much more pink that Cartier RG and their YG is also much more of a rich, classic yellow gold colour.
I initially bought a 4-diamond WG Love but returned it for a pave Love in WG with ceramic (just bc I wanted the pave WG a lot more).
Then a year later, I purchased the YG plain Love, after having considered but also having turned it down for many years before, bc I too am Asian and my natural skin colour is very fair with a lot of yellow undertones and YG generally looked "garish" on me. About 6 months ago, however, I started acquiring a tan and now I'm more like a light cappuccino / light milk-chocolate colour and YG looks beautiful on me, even if I do say so myself, hehe.
Then a couple of weeks ago, I bought a thin plain Love in RG, to stack with my regular-sized YG Love (as well as my Perlee Clover in RG).
So, now I have the best of all worlds (well, almost, lol...I'm seriously lusting after the regular-sized RG pave Love...And for some reason, that RG is sooo much more pink than their non-pave version...LOVE it!!).
FYI, VCA RG is so much more pink that Cartier RG and their YG is also much more of a rich, classic yellow gold colour.
I’m definitely a YG girl (it looks much better on my skin) but I kind of like how your bangle turned to a soft and warm (yellow) tone. Very delicate and not weird-looking at all.
Do you know if your skin is acid? I have acid skin myself. A few years ago I had a galvanized stainless steel bracelet that was a pretty light rose gold hue. Over time (a few months) it turned more coppery and I didn’t like this new color. I’ve just acquired a pre-loved rose gold Cartier piece and I wonder if I should return it, as I wouldn’t like it to happen again. Yet 18kt rose gold is not galvanized stainless steel and shouldn’t react the same way but still...
Hmm. . . This is an interesting question. I’m not sure. I would keep the Cartier piece, and if it starts turning on you then you can always sell it later.
This is what I was thinking I could do. Just hoping it will fade to a nice warm yellow tone. [emoji51]
The rose gold pieces are made of solid rose gold, correct? I am planning to get a rose gold love cuff but am sad at the thought of it fading! I have a lot of rose gold jewelry and haven’t noticed any fading so it’s interesting that Cartier rose gold would fade.
Yes they are made of solid 18 kt gold. However the fading phenomenon is quite curious. TPFers exposed several hypotheses about it; but I tend to think that the fading may be due to something else.
First the copper rate in Cartier RG is certainly lower than average RG jewelry everywhere else (I’d say 15% max against 20% in traditional rose gold and 25% in red gold).
And second, the sterling silver rate may be higher in Cartier RG jewelry too. I tend to think the fading may come from a higher rate of sterling silver in the final alloy. Sterling silver being well-known for its natural oxydation; it could make sense.
But it’s just my hypothesis.
