Twisted Solitaire Engagement Ring
Buying an engagement ring can be overwhelming. In fact, until it’s time to buy one, most men don’t give it a moment’s thought. With an endless amount of information and mis-information available, it can seem impossible to choose the perfect diamond, nevermind the ring to set it in. After all, this is perhaps the single most important purchase a man will make. Here is our buying guide to turning the process of buying an engagement ring into the event it deserves to be.
1. Find Her Style
The very first thing you should do is consider the intended recipient’s style. They’ll be wearing this ring for the rest of their life so you’ll want to consider carefully. There are a few timeless categories to choose from: classic, modern, and vintage.
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Classic: Classic style rings are a good fit for those who have a traditional, non-trendy style.
Solitaire engagement rings (rings with only one center diamond on a simple band) and Three Stone engagement rings (rings with two medium size diamonds on either side of the center stone) rings are among those that fall into the classic category.
Diamond Bypass Halo Engagement Ring
Modern: Modern engagement rings are the best fit for those who have a trendy kind of style or who like contemporary-style designs. There are many kinds of modern designs, one of which is the extremely popular halo set ring, which has a setting of smaller diamonds that encircle the center stone (like a halo would).
Vintage Fancy Round Diamond Cathedral Engagement Ring
Vintage: Vintage or vintage-inspired rings are a good fit for those who love the timeless, romantic style of the past. Vintage rings tend to have a larger variety of diamond shapes and have more swirling, flowery designs. Rings with gemstone centers or colored diamond centers also often fit in the vintage style, as that was a popular design in past eras. If you’re having trouble defining her style, looking at her fashion choices or home decor may help. Does she like classic, timeless designs, rarely adapting to the latest trends, then a classic style ring might be the right fit. Does she love bold designs or does she always switch her clothes up to fit the latest trends? She might prefer a modern ring. If she loves intricate, flowery designs or has a fascination with history then she is sure to love a vintage-style ring.
2. Choose A Diamond
When choosing a diamond, you’ll want to keep her style in mind. Diamonds come in different shapes. Round and princess are the most common ones today, but there are also cushion, asscher, emerald, oval, pear, and radiant shaped diamonds. Round and princess are commonly found on all styles of rings, while cushion, asscher, and emerald are often found on vintage style rings, and oval, pear, and radiant can be found mostly in modern designs. But there are no hard and fast rules about which shape of diamond you should choose for your ring, style-wise. You should simply choose one that you think your partner would like the most (and one that will fit your ring’s setting).
Once you know the shape you’d like, the famous 4’CS are next to consider. Diamonds are graded on four qualities known as the 4Cs; cut, color, carat, and clarity. These are standardized measurements that help you know what quality of diamond you’re purchasing. Check out our handy guide to the 4Cs so you can fully understand what you’re buying.
3. Select A Ring
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If you’ve never shopped for an engagement ring before, it might surprise you to know that the ring and the center diamond are actually sold separately. First, you’ll need to choose a ring to set the diamond in. Once you know her style, you can pick a ring design that fits her taste. And once you pick a design you think she’d love, you can choose your metal.
For the ring’s metal, you should consider what kind of jewelry your partner already wears. For example, if they only wear gold jewelry and never silver or white gold, you’ll want to get yellow gold, and vice versa.
After you decide on a ring, you’ll also need to figure out the recipient’s ring size, if you don’t already know it. You can, of course, do this by asking, but you could also try to figure it out by asking a friend or a family member. If that fails but she already wears rings, you could sneak one out of her collection for a day (make sure it’s one that fits her ring finger) and take it to a jeweler to ask the size.
4. Plan Your Proposal
Now that you’ve got the perfect ring, all that’s left to do is to plan your perfect proposal. Like you did when buying the ring, think about what sort of proposal your partner would love. Would she love being proposed to at the spot of your first date, or maybe at home with just the two of you? Whatever you choose, take time to make it romantic and personal to the two of you. And make sure to bask in the moment of the proposal— this is a once in a lifetime experience, so enjoy it.
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