Wedding Ring Style

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Author: Tanya Turner

Selecting a wedding ring isn’t as easy as it looks. You aregoing to wear your ring for the rest of your life, so it shouldbe something you won’t get tired of in a couple years. You willhave to look at and try on many different rings before you cometo a final decision and, being an intelligent consumer, youshould know what your options are.

First, you will have to decide how much you can afford to spend.Then, with your budget in mind, choose the material you wantyour ring made of.

Wedding ring materials can be:

• 14K or 18K yellow gold, classic and still very popular forwedding and engagement rings
• white gold, which isgaining popularity because it looks stylish and very modern.Also white gold can be worn with silver or platinum jewelry andit goes with most fabrics
• platinum is one of thehardest metals, which in itself makes platinum a suitable symbolfor enduring love. It is also very pure: while 18 K goldcontains only 75% gold, most platinum jewelry is 95%platinum.
Platinum rings look similar to white gold, arevery elegant and stylish, don’t scratch and don’t loose theirlook with the passing years. Platinum rings are the mostexpensive but, considering that you will wear your ring for therest of your life, that doesn’t really matter for manycouples
• titanium is long lasting, light and not veryexpensive, so it has recently became a very popular material forwedding rings. Titanium rings are similar in appearance to whitegold rings but they are so light that you can hardly feel one onyour finger. Titanium is a particularly popular material formen’s wedding rings

When choosing the material, think of what would work best withyour clothes and the other jewelry you usually wear. Is yourjewelry box filled with gold or silver? If your favorite piecesare silver, it is a good idea to get a white gold, titanium orplatinum wedding ring. Alternatively, you could get two tonering - usually made from white and yellow gold. This type ofring would match silver jewelry as well as gold.

Some women also want to match their wedding rings with theirengagement rings. This is certainly something to take intoconsideration, if you plan to wear both rings on the same hand.Another option is to wear your wedding ring on the left hand andyour engagement ring on your right hand - in which case theyshould probably still be the same color, but don’t have to matchso closely.

Which wedding ring style to choose?

There are many styles available, so everybody can find a ring tosuit their tastes. When it comes to style, though, the firstthing you have to decide is if you both will wear similar ringsor if each will select one that expresses his or herpersonality. The most popular styles are:

• Traditionalplain bands - even though they are plain, they will always bestylish and fashionable. These are also best suited for men whoaren’t accustomed to wearing jewelry
• Bands with beadededges are a little more elaborate
• Two-tone bands whichcan be worn with either gold or silver jewelry
• Celticwedding rings are really hot how. Covered with ancient knotworkdesigns, they look really stylish
• Solitaire rings witha single precious stone
• Solitaries with accents - ringswith a large stone and several smaller stones around it
• Channel diamond rings

The best gem stones for wedding rings

Diamonds are unbeatable favorites for wedding rings and withgood reason - not only are diamonds the most beautiful andexpensive of all precious stones, but they are also the hardest.Other hard stones are rubies and sapphires. Gemstones likeamethyst or aquamarine are too soft, which makes them unsuitablefor a wedding ring that you are going to wear every day.

No matter which style and material you chose, you want a ringthat would be comfortable on your finger. For this reason it isalways best to go with a ring that is smooth around the edges.

About the author:Tanya Turner is a wedding jewelry expert and a founder of www.Man-Wedding-Rings-Guide.com, where you can find unbiased information aboutall types of wedding rings with pictures of most popular styles of wedding rings

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