Today, we're going to discuss how you can get a $20,000 ring
for at least $3,000 or less. Okay?
You might be thinking, "That's impossible".
But I'm going to tell you something;
it's totally doable, and in fact, it's fabulous.
So, if a diamond is a girl's best friend,
then gemstones are your sister, that knows things.
Yeah. And so the number one thing
that will make the biggest difference for people.
And so there's people that want a bigger stone,
and then I'm also going to say this is for people that want
maybe a very elaborate design.
The number one thing that can help you
is to consider an alternative to a diamond to a center stone.
And we're going to just highlight the top three
that our clients seem to like the most.
So today we're going to highlight white topaz,
white sapphire, and moissanite.
Moissanite, we often like to think of the clients
that seem to like moissanite are often like the romanticist.
There's just a lot of warm colors.
It's the closest thing to a diamond that is not a diamond, that's a gemstone.
Moissanite is mostly a manmade stone. It is found in nature,
but it's found such small quantities that it's not actually mined.
But when you take a look at a moissanite and a diamond, to most people,
it'll look very similar in the way that they shine and sparkle.
One of the things that do make moissanite a little bit interesting too,
is that it will show off more colors to a degree in terms of how it reflects
than you'll find in a diamond.
And I find that a lot of my clients will actually love moissanite
because it takes on a very dreamy element.
You can see red, blue, purple, yellow, orange, all spectruming out of the stone
in a way that you wouldn't see out of a diamond.
And so why moissanite's a fantastic stone is definitely for the center stone
or maybe you have a big stone,
a big look where there's larger stones on the side as well.
Moissanaite is a fantastic option to get you an awesome look,
but it'll save you a lot of money
that you can maybe put into the ring itself.
So typically this ring, if you're looking at this ring in a diamond,
you're easily looking at maybe, like $10-$15,000 out of pocket.
Done with a moissanite, however, which is what you are seeing right now,
it's going to be done between $2-3,000.
It's an amazing look,
and you're not going to be spending anywhere near like 5, 6 times more.
If moissanite is the romanticist, then white topaz, is the modernist.
Out of all these stones, it is definitely the most pure.
You're going to be able to see very internally into the stone,
and it's completely transparent.
White topaz is a very interesting stone.
It's one of the ones that most people have not seen or considered.
And one of the things we have been finding is that the more people see it,
and we do a blind test where we show multiple stones
without saying which ones they are,
there's more and more people picking white topaz over let's say even
moissanite or white sapphire or whatnot.
Where white topaz is also fantastic is you can get a very large stone
for a very reasonable price.
Like, for example, if it's a $20,000 mined diamond,
you can get the equivalent maybe in, like 2, 300 dollars in a white topaz.
Where white topaz is really great is for people,
especially if there are some designs where let's face it,
it really doesn't look good without a stone of a certain minimum size.
And if it's a really elaborate stone where the design is going to take up
let's say $2,500 of the budget of a $3,000 dollars budget,
it's an awesome way to bring everything back together.
White Sapphire. The individualist.
Out of all these three stones that we've been presenting today,
white sapphire is actually the only one that is truly white.
It has a sparkle, but you are going to see a lot more white coming out of the stone,
as opposed to the moissanite or even the white topaz.
Now, blue sapphire is probably your most popular,
but white sapphire makes an excellent choice.
And one of the key things about white sapphire as well is;
it's not only the whitest of all three stones,
along with moissanite, it's the hardest.
And that's also something that we want to point out with the stones
that we're giving you guys here. They're very hard.
And that's important because we're not covering something
like a [inaudible 00:04:37] or a cubic zicornia
because they look really brand new, but they're soft.
They chip easily. So we're essentially choosing stones
that are very durable.
Now, white sapphire... If you have a $20,000 ring in an engager ring,
then in that white sapphire you could still expect to be
maybe in that $3,000 range and get that same look.
So here's what we usually find is that
take a handcrafted, high quality piece set with lab growns,
maybe an alternative stone, it's going to look a lot better
than a mass produced ring that just has diamonds in it for diamonds' sake.
If you see them side by side, I can guarantee you, for most people,
they're going to be astounded by the ring with an alternative,
and that's going to have a much better presence,
than a ring that just has diamonds for diamonds' sake.
So don't take our word for it. Here's what we suggest, is:
take a look at what your budget will allow with your dream ring,
with an alternative gemstone.
For the purest in you, you know what? Compare it
against what you could expect to get with a real diamond.
And we say, look at that, and you'll figure out for yourself,
which one makes more sense for you.