Best Time to Buy an Engagement Ring (Seasons, Sales & Timing)

The best time to buy an engagement ring comes down to two things: getting a fair price and ordering early...

More Details
What Does a $40,000 Engagement Ring Look Like?

At $40,000, what your engagement ring looks like comes down to one choice: lab-grown or natural. Lab-grown stretches that budget...

More Details
Diamond Eternity Bands Explained: Full vs Half, by Metal & Cost

A diamond eternity band is a ring set with diamonds around all of it (full) or across just the front...

More Details
Men's Diamond Wedding Bands: Settings, Metals & Prices

A men's diamond wedding band sets one or more diamonds into a sturdy, men's-width band, most often flush or channel...

More Details
Pavé vs Micropavé Settings: Do the Tiny Diamonds Fall Out?

Pavé and micropavé both set rows of tiny diamonds close together, so the metal nearly vanishes under the sparkle. Micropavé...

More Details
Canary & Fancy Yellow Diamond Engagement Rings: A Buyer's Guide

A canary diamond is a fancy yellow diamond with color strong enough to read as a bright, sunny yellow to...

More Details
Hidden Halo Engagement Rings: Why It Looks Bigger and What It Costs

A hidden halo is a ring of tiny diamonds set just under the center stone, visible only from the side,...

More Details
Toi et Moi Engagement Rings: The Two-Stone Style Guide

A toi et moi ring is a two-stone engagement ring whose name is French for 'you and me.' Two gemstones...

More Details
Rose Gold Diamond Tennis Bracelets: The Carat Ladder

A rose gold diamond tennis bracelet is a continuous line of matched diamonds set in warm, pink-hued gold, a metal...

More Details
10 Carat Diamond Ring Prices in 2026: What You Actually Pay (Lab vs Natural)

A 10-carat lab-grown diamond ring runs in the low five figures, while the same ring with a natural 10-carat center...

More Details
Are Liori Diamonds Legit? Reviews and Buyer Protections

Yes. Liori Diamonds is a real US jewelry retailer, registered in New York as Liori Diamonds Corp., with a showroom...

More Details
Radiant Cut vs Emerald Cut: Hybrid Brilliance, and When Each Wins

A radiant cut is the diamond world's hybrid: it borrows the cut-corner rectangle outline of an emerald and adds the...

More Details
What Are Black Diamonds? Natural, Treated, and Lab-Grown

Black diamonds are real diamonds, made of carbon and just as hard as white diamonds at a 10 on the...

More Details
CVD Diamonds Explained: How Chemical Vapor Deposition Works

CVD is one of the two ways lab-grown diamonds are made; the other is HPHT. A CVD diamond grows one...

More Details
Why Rose Gold Engagement Rings Are Trending

Here is why rose gold keeps winning people over: it stopped being a trend years ago. It rose from niche...

More Details
Solitaire Engagement Rings: The Timeless Choice Explained

A solitaire engagement ring is one diamond, held by four or six prongs, on a clean band. That simple formula...

More Details
Black Diamonds Explained: Natural, Treated, and Lab-Grown

Black diamonds are real diamonds. They are pure carbon, just like white diamonds, but they get their color in three...

More Details
Diamond Cut Quality: How It Affects Sparkle More Than Anything

Cut is the most important of the 4Cs by a wide margin. A G-VS2 Excellent-cut diamond outsparkles a D-IF Good-cut...

More Details
Diamond Color Chart: Understanding D Through Z Grades

Here is the short version of the diamond color chart. For most buyers, a G or H diamond looks just...

More Details
Diamond Clarity Chart: The FL to I3 Scale Explained

Diamond clarity grades the tiny inclusions inside a stone, ranked by the GIA from Flawless (FL) down to Included (I3)....

More Details
Cushion Cut Diamonds: How to Choose the Perfect One

If you're already leaning toward a cushion cut diamond, here's the short version: pick it for vintage character and a...

More Details
Eternity Bands: Full vs Half, and How to Choose

Most people land on this page deciding between two things: a half eternity band with diamonds across the front, or a...

More Details
Every Diamond Shape Compared: Round, Oval, Cushion & More

Ten diamond shapes account for nearly every engagement ring sold, and they are not interchangeable. Each one trades sparkle, size,...

More Details
Lab Grown Diamond Earrings: Best Styles & How to Choose

Most people shopping for lab grown diamond earrings should buy studs first. A pair of round-brilliant studs goes with everything,...

More Details