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Q&A: Choosing a Pair of 0.5 Ct. Total Weight Round Diamonds for Leverback Earrings with Around $1,500 Budget

By Mike Fried,

 I’m looking for a pair of diamond earrings, preferably on a platinum or 18k white gold with lever back style. I guess 0.5 total carat weight would be about the right size for my ears. I want to use the earrings on daily basis, but I want them to still have premium quality. My budget would be under $1500. Would you please help me find the right choice? Thank you in advance for your help! 

I have found the following pairs:
Blue Nile LD06277530
Blue Nile LD05339955

Blue Nile LD07081080
Blue Nile LD07190728

All of them match perfectly and will make beautiful earrings.

What do you think? 

 Thank you for your help. While waiting for your email, I browsed several diamonds in Blue Nile website and found this pair to be the one I liked most. Could you please provide me some thoughts about this pair versus the pairs that you suggested me earlier?

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Thank you. 

 I love the pair you found! The diamonds match perfectly and they’ll be very brilliant. You did a good job finding those! However, I’d still go with the second pair from what I found for you. They’re larger and pretty much the same price. 

 Thank you for your input. I decided to order the pair I found (0.25 carat each) because I just realized I have a pendant and a ring which is 0.3-0.35 carat each and when I try to put those near my ear, I found them to be a bit too big (for my ear). I really appreciate your advices. I was a bit skeptical about ordering my earrings online from Blue Nile, but the fact that the diamonds you suggested earlier were from Blue Nile and that you think the pair I found would look very brilliant, really reduce my hesitation to order from Blue Nile.

I’ll send you the pictures when I receive my earrings. Thank you very much once again!

 That’s great news! The pair you picked is beautiful and I hope you’ll love it when you receive it.

If you could let me know how it looks in person, I’d appreciate it. 

 I just received my earrings on Wednesday. I love both of the diamonds! The earrings look simple, elegant, and brilliant, just the way I wanted them to be. Thank you so much for all your inputs, I really appreciate it. 

 That’s great news! I’m glad you like them.

Thanks for letting me know and best of luck in your life. 

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