Q&A: Help Finding a Simple White Gold Solitaire Ring With a $3,500 Total Budget

Hello,

I am looking for some help shopping for an engagement ring. I know that I’m looking for a solitaire with a round cut. I have a budget of around $3500, but have a little wiggle room.

I’ve read through most of the articles on your site, but still feel a bit overwhelmed by the amount of choice. Heck, I thought I’d be able to at least find a ring “style” with no issue, but it turns out there are tons of solitaire bands over a wide spectrum of prices and they all look basically the same to me? If it matters for the search, I’d be looking at a size 5.5 ring, but it may need to be adjusted down to size 5.

As you can tell, I’m a bit overwhelmed. Thank you for any direction/help you can provide.

I think 4 prongs? Not to sound dumb, but is there an argument to be made for one vs the other?

I like the first two the best. She doesn’t wear much jewellery so I think she would like the simplicity of the first one. The diamond on the 2nd looks like it is raised a lot higher on the ring and I don’t think she’d like that as much.

I like that a lot! My only fear would be if it would look slightly yellow against white gold? It’s hard for me to tell, you would probably know better.

Oh perfect! I noticed Blue Nile says they have complimentary cleaning/diamond and prong check every 6 months. Do you know how that works? Would we need to mail it to them every 6 months?

I’ll do that, thanks. I really appreciate your help. Is there anything else you think I should ask/ look for before making a purchase?

Thank you so much for your help!