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I have to say this is one of my FAVOURITE advertorials ever.
How can it not be? It's about DIAMONDS!!!
Or rather, diamond stimulants... But I don't care if a diamond is lab grown or mined somewhere - as long as it is sparkly and super shiny!!
Before I start I want to talk about how I feel about jewellery. Why is there such a huge price difference between costume jewellery and fine jewellery?
Don't get me wrong, I love costume jewellery. But they come with problems:
- 1) I have a nickel allergy, so wearing costume jewellery earrings and rings are a problem for me. I get really itchy. Necklaces and bracelets are ok, but even so...
- 2) They can never last, usually they rust or break easily. They cannot be worn daily.
- 3) I can't custom make costume jewellery.
After I got my wedding ring I wear it every single day and I love it!! I don't ever take it off.
I've always wanted to buy another diamond ring to wear daily on my right hand middle finger, but I cannot bear the idea of spending $10,000 on a diamond ring (I wanted a big bling diamond of course), so this just never came into fruition. WTF seriously I can think of so many better things to spend $10,000 on.
Besides, if I spend $10,000 on a ring I'd be so afraid of losing it or damaging it that I will never wear it out! It will just sit in my safe except I don't have a safe coz I don't have a $10,000 diamond ring. Honestly, I've heard of so many people who keep their expensive engagement rings in safes all the time. It's the lamest thing ever! Why have it if you can't wear it?
I wish there was something that was actually affordable (perhaps in low thousands or below a thousand), as sparkly as a real diamond, and is long lasting and durable!
I didn't know that ORRO provides exactly that!!!
I went down to ORRO's store at Pacific Plaza for the first time and I felt like I WAS IN HEAVEN.
The whole store was full of rainbow fire facets from the hundreds if not thousands of diamond simulants displayed in delicate glass drawers.
Rings, bracelets, necklaces, ears in every design imaginable.
And best of all? Their price tags - ALL AFFORDABLE.
Check my the biggest rings at ORRO! Now I too can haz a 5 carat ring? :D
A little more about ORRO, from their website:
ORRO embodies elegance, timelessness and practical wearability. Our designs are renditions of enduring sophistication and everyday wearability while our motto is that fine jewelry should be worn, enjoyed and NOT locked up in a safe. We believe that the universal allure of fine jewelry deserves a pragmatic option - whereby stress-free prices, superior quality and excellent workmanship can be enjoyed by all. ORRO Private Collection brings you exquisite fine jewelry you can have fun wearing, without breaking the bank.
ORRO does fine jewellery, but instead of naturally mined diamonds, with lab grown diamonds.
There are two types of diamond simulants they provide:
ORRO’s Premium Master Cut Diamond Simulants – a hand-cut and hand polished lab-grown diamond simulant that is painstakingly cut and polished to precision by their master cutters in their in-house workshop facility.
Master Cut Diamond Simulants are set with solid 18K gold and solid pure platinum. Price ranges from (Insert number from sherman)
ORRO’s Superior Cut Diamond Simulants – a machine-cut and hand polished lab-grown diamond simulant.
Superior Cut Diamond Simulants are set with platinum vermeil (silver). Price ranges from (Insert number from Sherman)
Both types are scientifically grown using state-of-the-art and proprietary science before being hand cut (or machine cut) and hand polished in line with stringent global grading benchmarks used in the genuine diamond industry. Each and every facet follows a mathematical formula and is placed at precise angles in relation to each other - the result is what many consider the world’s best diamond simulants. After all, every one of their very own master stone cutters has over fifteen years of experience cutting and faceting naturally mined diamonds.
"EWWW... IT WILL LOOK SO FAKE!"
That's how some people react to diamond simulants. This is nonsense. Scientifically it's the same thing, so how can you tell? Provided both a real diamond and a diamond simulant is the same cut, carat and colour, the only way one can tell is with a microscopic loupe to examine the natural flaws a mined diamond has.
Orro's diamonds are cut according to GIA standards and a computer model based on GIA data confirms that an ORRO certified diamond simulant offers the same brightness as a Tolkowsky Diamond.
In fact, so confident was the boss in his diamonds that he asked to see mine and put it side to side with an ORRO ring of the same design.
FML.
My ring at the bottom is obviously more lacklustre. -_-
I know your reaction: My ring is coated with a thick layer of grime.
Nope, ORRO actually put it for ultrasonic cleaning and polished it before the photo.
Nope, that rainbow sparkle was not added in with photoshop. I saw it with my own eyes when the photo was taken. I demanded that the photographer also angled my ring in a way it also sparkled, but somehow it couldn't happen wtf.
My only consolation is that my ring is very old and very worn, abused daily for 4 years, so it has to have lost some of its shine. Besides, the ORRO ring it's being compared to is 1 carat while mine is only 0.73, so that isn't fair, right?
But in any case you can see that ORRO diamonds' fire don't lose to the naturally mined ones.
I guess to cheer me up, ORRO told me I can go ahead and pick a design to customise that middle finger ring that I've wanted for ages!! :DDDD
OMG YES!!!
I fluttered around the shop examining their designs to get inspiration, and I'm ashamed to say I actually took about 3 whole hours wtf. I finally saw a ring that had HEART SHAPED PRONGS around a round diamond! I fell in love with the design!
For the band, I wanted diamonds all around it too!
Even after I got my ring design settled, I kept flitting around the shop sighing and saying I love so many of the pieces that ORRO decided to also give me a pair of Bejewelled Heart Earrings ($335) and Raised Heart Necklace ($388). :D
This is so simple and pretty!
With matching earrings! I actually have not taken them off till today wtf.
Pictures can't really capture how shiny and gorgeous they are in real life.
Meanwhile, my ring was being crafted:
Look at the cute little heart prongs!
Painstakingly put in
Over a hundred side stones
Finally for the 1 carat star
Super gorgeous!!
I am so in love with my ring!!!
The workmanship is EXCELLENT. And it is a completely unique ring, designed by me! Plus, the ring is customized for me so it fits me exactly right and is so comfortable to wear.
All ORRO jewellery can be custom made to your own design and size too!!
Anyway, as I said, pictures don't do the sparkle justice. Here's a short video:
Very very pretty right??
More camwhoring pics:
(The tragus gem is a lousy earring I got from JB long ago wtf)
I'm a happy girl!!
Sorry the photos made the diamond simulants look so dull but in real life they are VERY sparkly!
Want to kinda rant: It's funny that when I posted about my ORRO jewellery, people left some nasty comments, mostly about how they look down on "fake" diamonds. I don't know what kind of narrow mindset that is. I'm sorry but it's true that most of us cannot afford real diamonds! A 3 carat heart diamond necklace like the one I'm wearing will cost MILLIONS!
What's so wrong about buying diamond simulants if I want a bit of bling on me? It's not like I'm going around lying my jewellery are all real.
I personally do think for an engagement ring the diamond should be real, because that should be the price of getting my hand in marriage, haha. But otherwise, I just don't feel its necessary!
Besides, there are many good reasons to buy diamond simulants!!
There are perhaps people who wish to propose but can't afford the real thing? Doesn't mean they should break the bank to get a tiny diamond ring yeah? May as well get a 1 carat one and still have money left over!
There are also people who HAVE the real thing, but they are too scared to wear it out, so they make a replica of it with diamond simulants.
Or perhaps people are also concerned with naturally mined diamond controversies, so a diamond simulant solves that.
I'm such a huge fan of ORRO that for my mother's birthday I got her a ring from there wtf. I find that their Platinum Vermeil price range (low hundreds) is an excellent amount for a birthday gift.
You can find out more about ORRO and buy their jewellery at HTTP://ORRO.COM! Private sales go on daily, so remember to sign up!
Their facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/ORRO.Online.
