Hi Everyone! Welcome back to my channel, this is Bonnie with By Bonnie Jewelry, where I talk about
all things diamonds. So today is super exciting because we're doing one of the most requested
video, which is an oval try on. I've got 4 of my Signature oval rings here...
side-by-side...solitaire, pave, tulip, peekaboo... so make sure you watch the video all the way through!
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@bybonniejewelry on Facebook and Instagram Okay, all righty so I know I have done multiple
oval in comparison videos before...I think like 2ct versus 3ct... but I do get a lot of
questions like..."Bonnie, can I see ratio difference? Like length to width ratio..." So when I talk about
ratio...I'm talking about...different ovals come in like more elongated and chubbier ratio, so it
really depends it's a personal preference... you know one doesn't look better than the other...
It really depends on your hand and how you like the ring to look on you...sometimes
if you have more elongated fingers the more elongated oval does look a little...like it helps
elongate your finger, right....so sometimes people that with shorter fingers prefer the chubbier ones
so that it just looks...fuller overall, so really depends...there's no right or wrong...so let's dive
right into the try on...All right, let's start with the solitaire...so here I have a 4 prong platinum
platinum prongs on yellow gold which is a 1.8mm band versus this one...it's north south
prong on rose gold...platinum on rose gold with 1.65mm band okay...so keep in mind
Why do I consistently use platinum for the prongs? Is because the prong colors
will reflect on the diamond, okay...so this is an F color stone...G color stone...if you are investing
in a colorless stone, it makes sense to do that but some people are like..."Oh no, I want the same
the ring to have the same color..." That's totally fine but this is what we like... Also here we
did 4 prong, this classic way versus this one we did north south way, okay... a little bit different
the prong difference...so for those of you who reach out to me and be like..."Hey! What does the
normal position look like and north south position look like...?" I'm gonna put it on hand...we're also
gonna be talking about length to width ratio, okay... So this ring here...ratio is a little bit chubbier
1.42 and this one is 1.46 okay.... Any time that you get to like 1.48 or up like or beyond...is when it
starts to get a little bit more elongated...but I feel that anything below 1.43ish will still give
you that kind of little chubbier...of course you can always go below 1.40 which is like 1.38 ...1.36 but then
it starts looking a little bit more round...so I also wanted to show you the details...
4 prong with no peekaboo just to leafs...where this one is also 4 prong but north south with peekaboo...
so from the top they look very similar and again this is also...you looking at the band as well...
This is a little bit thicker band versus this one that's a little bit more dainty...it's personal preference!
and then let's look at the side profile... this is a 2ct and this is a 2.2ct here...
So without it being north south, there is no way we can do peekaboo stone...so just keep in mind
that that is the case in this design! Our signature tulip north south with the pave
and the peekaboo...so I also have a separate video that you can watch of this exact ring...
So here's this and then we have another ring that we just finished, which is just...first of all different
millimeter...this is 2mm graduating top... and this is 2.2mm So this is actually
something that I designed separately for a new client, where she wanted the prongs to be straight
and she wanted the stone to pop more...where this is our tulip design with the north south
with the peekaboo...as you can see that the profile...the side profile is a little bit different!
This is a cathedral...and this is regular I would say..."non-cathedral", 2.2mm band
and 2.0mm band graduating up... You can also see the difference in ratio, where this is
gonna start to look a little bit more elongated...2.0mm versus 2.2mm
and the height as well... One kind of sticks out a little bit more...
and the other one doesn't...it's a little more flush.... The question you may have is
one prong style better than the other? No...the answer is no... Totally personal preference okay...
All right, so here's the comparison on solitaire versus diamond pave okay...
All right, that's it for today's oval diamond comparison. So for those of you who have questions
make sure you leave them in the comment below! Don't forget to follow me on social media...Facebook
and Instagram @bybonniejewelry and remember like I said all...every single video that I
show and talk about...the setting is very important! when you...when it comes to purchasing a diamond!
Especially for ovals...there is no such a thing where if the certificate is perfect and the stone
is perfect...it does not work like that for fancy shape! It's really important to have a jeweler or
someone very experienced, both in natural and lab grown diamond, to help you look for the
cues of those...whereas you know...the cut is too deep or too shallow, where it's affecting the stone
overall appearance...as you can see in the entire video, people always ask me like..."Why do your
diamond sparkle so much...?" It's my eyes searching for that perfect combination of brilliance and
color, clarity...it cannot just be one aspect of the thing...so when you're looking for ovals...
I would say...I highly recommend you talking to a professional about it...instead of just
going online...at the end of the day you really don't know how it's cut...based on that 360 video...
and of course after it's done...if you place it into kind of an over-the-counter so so setting...
where you might see...you know... gaps in between the halos and the ring...
or the diamond is not sitting quite well... a lot of space, quality of the diamonds on the
band not matching to the center...all of those things is gonna disrupt the final look of the piece...okay!
All right, thank you so much for watching! I'll see you in my next episode...bye!