If the search for that dazzling Prince Charming has been more than disappointing, and your Fairy Godmother has yet to wave her magic wand, you can finally stop waiting in anticipation. Today, more than ever, women are buying their own diamonds in the form of the right hand ring.

The sale of rough diamonds has long funded conflict and military action in areas controlled by factions opposing legitimate or internationally recognized governments in Africa. These conflicts are brutal and inhumane, they cost thousands of lives not to mention countless limbs, and they can continue indefinitely given enough funding, given enough people willing to purchase diamonds from these sources.

What is made of compressed CARBON, OLDer than sin and PRACTICAL to wear? It sounds like a bad joke and it certainly doesn’t sound very appealing. But wait… the answer is not Dr. Scholl’s inserts

This 14k white gold ring, with nearly a full carat of diamonds, is a one-of-a-kind, 1950’s vintage classic. With a variance of prong and channel set diamonds, your finger will glisten from side to side. And this ring is as stylish today as it was over 50 years ago, with one exception – now it’s an even better investment.
S.H. Silver Company, with an eye for exquisite estate and vintage fine jewelry pieces, is one of America’s foremost jewelry houses. The company sells prestigious one-of-a-kind classic pieces like this, as well as their own custom creations.

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but this is truly a friend with benefits. Diamonds, unlike handbags, can last forever - and retain their value. They can be reset (or traded) to suit your changing taste over time.

Carat is the unit of measure for the weight of a diamond. It gets its name from the carob seeds that were used in ancient times to balance the weighing scales.

Because of its extraordinary hardness, its alleged resistance to fire and ability to “withstand hammer and anvil”, by the fifteenth century, the diamond had come to be acknowledged as a symbol of fidelity. No sixteenth-century royal marriage was complete without a diamond ring. In 1518, even 2-year-old Princess Mary (daughter of Henry VIII) had a tiny diamond ring placed on her finger when she was married, by proxy, to her bridegroom, the baby Dauphin of France.