Show me your ‘dainty’ engagement rings :)

[Joonilup]

Sorry if posted In the wrong area! Didn’t know where was best to post!!

last week while on holiday in NYC my partner of 5 years proposed to me! :)
it was a total surprise but I am so over the moon. He proposed to me with a temporary ring off Etsy with the intention of us going shopping together and choosing my engagement ring.

i know I want a dainty, classic engagement ring which I will still love and like wearing in years to come. I’m not into big diamonds at all, I want a small but beautiful diamond ring.

after researching diamonds, cut and ct sizes I know 0.5ct is the biggest I would ever choose for a diamond. I want white gold or platinum, unsure of the band as I like the diamond paved but the plain bands also.

I want a simple but beautiful diamond that sparkles :)

if you have a diamond engagement ring which is, say, 0.25, 0.3, 0.4 or 0.5ct please drop it here so I can see some inspiration :) :)

I’d disagree here, this is my grandmothers and it is 1 carat, I wear it in my right hand, and so half this size would be very dainty indeed,

op. I agree with the poster who said watch how much setting there is, as it can overpower the stone and make it look even smaller.

This is mine.

4 small diamonds, no idea on carat but I adore it. All needs a clean 25 years old

25 years old bought in a hotel jewellers in Singapore. Love it only wanted a delicate ring.

Aquamarine and diamonds

These are mine. Still love the simplicity. Hate the haggard hands though!

This is mine. Platinum band, 0.50 diamond and diamond shoulders. Got it online from Hatton Garden

That's stunning! I would say this is the daintiest of the lot on this thread tbh, some of these are definitely not what i would call dainty! Something like this with a smaller stone would be dainty imo. I think of my ring as chunky and it's smaller than some on here 😁

I seem to have friends with lots of dainty but non-boring rings. Coloured stones, mixed cuts/shapes, mixed metals. Memorable and personal! :)

It also depends on the dimensions if you're considering how big it looks on the finger. You could have a fairly large carat weight but that weight might be all in the depth so it looks smaller. This is my ring - I spent an age choosing the dimensions as I wanted it to look a certain size but without paying for a diamond where all the weight was in the depth. At the same time you have to have a certain depth to make sure the light refracts in a certain way. In any case, this is only 0.7 ct but looks bigger because of the dimensions I chose.

Thank you Barbs!! I do love it, it’s from a jewellery shop with a second hand section so it is vintage. I find vintage rings suit me better as I have tiny hands and fingers.

That is such a pretty ring.

Still love mine - simple platinum band and princess cut solitaire, also just a plain platinum wedding band.

0.5 carat, brilliant cut, v high clarity rating. I think its pretty classic.

This is mine...

Swollen pregnancy fingers in this pic they aren't usually so tight!
0.25ct brilliant cut solitaire, 2mm platinum wedding band and matching half eternity.
I got a larger ring with coloured stones for our 10th anniversary which I wear on my right hand.

I think mine is 0.3 on platinum, I love it!

0.33ct Platinum band. Very high clarity diamond. I love it🥰

LOVE this!! Perfect ring! And love the other rings

went shopping today, ended up in Ernest jones, this ring is my favourite that I tried on, what do you guys think?

its 18k white gold, 0.25ct diamond, 0.4ct weight altogether, very good clarity of diamond, it was sooo sparkly. My fiancé suggested I size up with the diamond but I love the 0.25 size

If avoid the high street jewellers. Go to Hatton Garden or Birmingham Jewellery quarter and shop around. You'll get a good price there. Now you know what you like you can literally go into shop after shop at somewhere like Hatton Garden and get exactly what you want for a much better price.

Just a thought. I really wanted a trilogy diamond ring, but when I tried one on, it didn't look right. I ended up with a solitaire diamond (which I was dead against) but it suited my hand so much better.

Try on a few different styles to see which style looks right on your hand.

Also FWIW, my diamond (I think 3/4 carat) had a slight flaw in it, but people always commented on how sparkly it was. It was claw set and round brilliant cut so the light caught it really well.

whatever diamond you opt for, go for a platinum band. White gold needs replating frequently and can scratch more easily. Platinum is hardy and will retain its colour

Mune is from Ernst alone, I love it but honestly avoid them as they were bloody awful with issues that arose afterwards.

we ordered ours online from here 14 years ago, still looking amazing - after looking in shops and trying on to see what suited. You can pretty much build your own ring. The cost was about £1k less that high street for a trilogy of emerald cut diamonds on platinum.

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0.37ct