After making a decision on marriage and filing an application with the Registry Office, out of the whole mass of colossal number of questions that become relevant from now on, the most exciting is how to choose the right wedding rings?
Features of the right choice of wedding rings
As a rule, lovers choose rings together. Today, on the shelves of jewelry stores, there is a huge selection of wedding rings, starting from the material of the product, ending with its design. It is for this to choose a wedding ring, you need to know all the nuances.
Style
Pay attention to the hand: fine and small stones fit the long and thin fingers, and a wide ring will fit the plump fingers. If you want to have engagement rings with stones, remember that each stone has its own properties. The best choice - a ring with a diamond. This stone bears eternal love, the emerald bears happiness, ruby is passion. But wedding rings with an amethyst is not worth buying. In the people this stone is considered to be a widow by a stone, which brings loneliness. It is recommended to wear it in one pair with earrings. Also, you do not need to purchase rings with dark-colored stones.
It is not necessary to choose wedding rings exclusively from gold. The rings are made of silver or platinum. To give the product strength, jewelers use an alloy of metals that contain copper, zinc, nickel, palladium. The amount of gold content in the product can be determined by the sample that is on it. The highest breakdown in Russia is 900. In other words, a product with such a sample contains 90% of gold. It is called the gold of gold. A low breakdown is the 375th test. You can also find 500,583,750 samples. In the EU and the US uses a carat system .24 carats correspond to the red gold and so on: 14.18.21 carats.
Quality
When choosing this product, you must be able to correctly determine its quality. This is quite easy to do. To do this, throw the golden ring on a very flat surface. If it bounces off, while issuing a characteristic melodic ringing - this indicates its quality. The ring, which is soldered, will make a dull sound. The quality of gold can also be determined by its shade. The classical color of the product is red, the expensive color is white. In the west, rings made of yellow gold are popular.
Buying wedding rings, pay attention to their marking that is inside the product. On it, as a rule, a sample with the brand of the manufacturer is displayed.
Requirements
To properly select a ring, you need to know exactly the size of your finger. To do this, you can go to any jewelry store and ask the seller to measure your finger. The jeweler must measure it with a special tool, which is a set of thin rings. Remember that if you decide to buy a ring in a width of 6 millimeters in diameter, it should be about a quarter larger than what you actually have.
To measure the size of a finger is absolutely necessary in a warm room in the evening. Plus, you should feel good and relaxed. In the morning or during an illness, various physical exertions, menstruation in a woman, the condition of the finger size changes. This is due to the swelling of the body. Such temperature factors as heat or cold also affect the size of the finger.
When choosing a model of an engagement ring, one should not ignore its features. Thin, long fingers are recommended to choose a narrow ring 2-3 mm wide or wide 10 mm. Full and long fingers - a ring of medium thickness of 6-7 millimeters. Short - 2.5-3.5 millimeters, average - 4.5-6 millimeters.
Decide on the amount you want to spend. Find out which attributes should be on the rings. Do not forget about the shade and the raw materials from which the product is made.
If necessary, measure the rings, even if you are sure that it is in all respects suitable for you. Remember that the actual size of the ring can vary significantly from the present.