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March 4th, 2009

How to Mix and Match White Gold Earrings?

By: Ted Crist

When you want to wear earrings, you should match the color of your earrings with the color of your skin, your hair, your accessories, and your outfit. White gold earrings can match with any color. So if you want to have earrings that can be used at any time with any outfit and style, white gold earrings are the answer. But one thing to remember, don’t mix your yellow gold necklace or your yellow gold bracelets with white gold earrings because it looks so contrast and it won’t match, unless your earrings or your necklace is a two tone color (yellow gold and white gold mixed together).

Besides the color, you should consider the shape of your earrings. You have to match the white gold earrings shape with your face (because it’s a lot easier than match your face shape with the earrings shape :-) ). Generally there are four shapes of face.

Round Faces. If you have a round face, you should look for long white gold earrings. Longer earrings can lengthen your face. You should avoid round shapes earrings, because it will make your face looks rounder.

Square Faces. If you have a square face, you should look for white gold earrings that have rounder shapes, because it will soften your “sharp edges”.

Pixie Faces / Heart Shaped Faces. Stud earrings are good for pixie faces. If you wear long white earrings, it can make your jaw looks too pointed.

Oval Faces. If you have an oval face, you can use almost any type and shapes of white gold earrings. Just mix and match with your outfit.

But you must remember, this is just theory, if you like the earrings, even though it’s not suits your faces shape, there are no laws that forbid you to wear that earrings. Perhaps you will hear some critics, but you use jewelry to makes yourself better, not others. If you persistent with your own style, who knows you can be a trend setter.

About the Author:
Ted Crist is an avid writer, providing two minutes guide on diamonds, rings and jewelry. Feel free to publish, use or edit my article (for grammar corrections), but I would be very appreciate if you put link back to DiamondsRings99.com.

Make sure to check another guide: Is It Worth to Buy Certified Diamond?

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14k Gold Ring

February 17th, 2009

14K Gold Ring Simple Lesson

By: Ted Crist

14K White Gold Ring

14K White Gold Ring

If you don’t know what the meaning of 14K gold ring is or you confuse which ring you should choose, 14K gold ring or 18K gold ring, then you have to read this article.

How much gold contain in 14K gold ring?

To know how much gold contain in 14K (or 14kt or 14ct or 585) gold ring, you can use math… No No No don’t run away, it’s simple, I promise! Here is the formula:

Pure gold or 100% gold is 24 carat (24K). 14K gold is a mixture of 14 parts of gold and 10 parts of other materials /alloys by weight (14+10=24). If we convert it to percentage:

14K gold ring = (14K/24K) x 100% = 58,333333333333333…..ZZZZzzzz % Gold or 58,5 % Gold for short (the rest 41,5 % is other materials)

While 18K gold ring = (18K/24K) x 100% = 75 % Gold (the rest 25 % is other materials)

And 9K gold ring = … (it’s your home work :-) )

So if you find ring or jewelry with 585 mark, it’s mean that ring contain 58,5% of gold.

Why must be mixed with other materials?

It’s because gold is soft material. I Strongly not recommend you to buy 24K gold ring for your wedding or engagement ring. In order to make the gold ring is possible to wear everyday with constant wear and tear, it must be mixed with other materials or metal that is harder than gold. That means 14K gold ring is slightly harder than 18K gold ring, because the percentage of harder material (i.e. other materials) that 14K gold ring contain is bigger than 18K gold ring.

What is the different of yellow gold, white gold and rose gold?

The difference is the material that used to mix with gold. This material will determine the final color of gold ring. But if we talk about gold contain, whether 14K yellow gold ring or 14K white gold ring or 14K rose gold ring will contain same amount of gold, which is 58,5 % of gold.

Now you already know that 14K gold ring is harder than 18K gold ring, so if you are an active person, I suggest you to buy 14K gold ring, because it’s harder and more scratch resistance.

P.S (read from right to left; if you don’t have much time it’s not a must to read it :-) )
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About the Author:
Ted Crist is an avid writer, providing two minutes guide on diamonds, rings and jewelry. Feel free to publish, use or edit my article (for grammar corrections), but I would be very appreciate if you put link back to DiamondsRings99.com.

Make sure to check another guide: Gold Diamond Ring Tutorial

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