What to Do With Your Engagement Ring During the Wedding

Move it to your right hand before the ceremony so the band goes on a bare finger. The four options compared, plus timings for the day.

What Is the Difference Between a Lab-Grown Diamond and a Natural Diamond?

Lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds. Here is what is genuinely identical, what actually differs, and how to decide between them.

Can You Upgrade or Sell Your Diamond Engagement Ring?

What your engagement ring is really worth, why valuations mislead, and four ways to upgrade it without losing money on resale.

What Is the Average Wedding Ring Size?

The average wedding ring size in the UK, a full UK to US size chart, and why an average is a risky basis for buying a ring.

How to Take Care of Your Diamond Engagement Ring

When to take your ring off, how to clean it safely at home, storage, insurance and the annual claw check that saves stones.

What Are the Two Wedding Rings? Engagement Ring and Wedding Band Explained

The engagement ring and the wedding band, what each one marks, why women traditionally wear both, and whether you actually need two.

When Did Diamond Engagement Rings Become Popular?

Diamond engagement rings became the norm in the mid twentieth century. The geology, the cutting and the campaign behind it.

What Colour and Clarity Diamond Should I Buy?

G colour and VS2 clarity suits most rings. How to adjust that for your shape, metal and carat weight, with three worked examples.

Is a Lab-Grown Diamond a Moissanite?

No. One is carbon, the other silicon carbide. The real differences in fire, hardness, grading and price, explained plainly.

Which Finger and Hand Does a Wedding Ring Go On?

Which finger a wedding ring goes on in the UK, why some countries use the right hand, and how women wear a band with an engagement ring.

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