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Top 5 Most Popular Engagement Stone Cuts in 2022 Your engagement ring is a personal choice - it’s an accessory you’ll wear forever, and it should reflect your style, fashion, likes and dislikes. The biggest decision to make is what stone shape, or cut, to choose for your moissanite engagement ring! From ever-popular round cut to more unique cuts like marquise, there are a lot of options available. We help so many lovely couples on their journey to find their perfect forever ring, so here is a collection of the top 5 most popular stone cuts in 2022. Oval: Very...

Why Moissanite is More Popular Than Ever While diamonds are traditionally the most popular gemstone for engagement rings, more and more couples are looking for alternatives that offer greater affordability and ethicality.  Sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are common alternatives, popular with members of the royal family and celebrities wanting a colourful ring, but even these beautiful stones lack the durability and timeless simplicity that diamonds offer. Enter: Moissanites. Second only to diamonds on the Mohs Scale of Hardness, moissanite offers an uncanny visual resemblance to diamond, with its colourless presentation and stunning sparkle. In recent years, moissanite has gained significant...

Celebrity Style: Just Like Our Sophia Ring   Choosing your forever ring is a big decision. For many, it’s a piece that will be worn every day for the rest of our lives. It’s a reflection of our love and our commitment, but also our style and fashion. Celebrities are some of the best style icons – from the originals like Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, to more current figures such as Kim Kardashian and Hailey Bieber, we often look to them for outfit inspiration, makeup ideas and hair styles. So, who better to use for engagement ring inspiration than...

Moissanite Diamond - What You Need To Know As moissanite rapidly grows in popularity, many are mistaken in thinking moissanite is just a variation of diamond, often referring to the stone as ‘moissanite diamond’ because of the uncanny visual similarities. In reality, moissanite is actually a real gemstone, with its own unique characteristics and benefits. From the chemical composition of the stones - a moissanite stone is silicon carbide (SiC) and a diamond is carbon (C) – to the appearance, these two stones are quite different and ‘moissanite diamonds’ don’t exist. Moissanite was discovered in 1893 by scientist, Dr Henri...