How to Choose Diamond Hinged Earrings

Earrings are every girl’s best friend. It is good to know how to choose the ones that are worth your money and will match your every outfit no matter how simple.

Accessories such as earrings complement what a woman is wearing. Often, a simple dress can look elegant with just a few accessories. The most popular accessories worn by women are earrings, specifically stud and diamond hinged earrings. Of course, there are a lot of women who prefer the quiet beauty of stud earrings, but hinged earrings actually accents whatever the woman wears better than the stud ones.

Why Hinged Earrings Are Popular

Although stud earrings are also beautiful, they are less varied as they are limited by their being just studs. Meanwhile, Diamond hinged earrings are popular because they are more versatile. These earrings can be made of different metals, the most common of which is gold. The earrings can be simple gold or silver ones, but those with gemstones and accents are more popular. Because earrings help highlight the woman’s face, some people claim that second to clothes, it is earrings that make a woman look more beautiful.

Different Types of Diamond Hinged Earrings

Perhaps the most sought-after hinged earrings are those made of platinum with diamond accents, although, oftentimes this type of earrings remains a dream to most women as these are also the most expensive. The simplest of this kind usually sells for more than $1,500.

We are not going to rank earrings by price; however, it is common knowledge that any earring with at least one diamond is bound to be expensive. The metal that houses the diamond will also determine the price so that next to the platinum, the gold one sells at around $1,000, although that depends on the type and quality of the gold. Typically, 18K gold is perfect as base for the diamonds, although 14K would still be fine.

Sterling silver hinged earrings are also nice to look at. Actually, to the untrained eye, platinum or white gold or sterling silver would probably look the same. This type is actually the cheapest variety, which certainly manages to look elegant. Twisted designs of a single hoop can be as low as $10 or even lesser.

There are also a lot of diamond hinged earrings that have designs all over the hoop or just accents or gemstones on some parts of the earring. The most popular cheaper designs are those of sterling silver with zirconium stones. Diamonds are too precious to be set on sterling silver. Accented earrings are more expensive than ordinary ones but are more popular. Just imagine a simple black dress, add large diamond hinged earrings with scattered diamonds on the hoop, and you will have instant elegance.

General Information

In general, the more stones there are on the earring, the more expensive it gets. You can choose the ones that have less stones that are scattered all over the earring if you are on a tight budget but still want more than one stone on your earrings.

Yellow gold usually looks better on fair skin while white gold or silver complements darker skin tone. However, in jewelry, there are no fine lines between what is best for the different skin colors, so anyone can be perfect for you.

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