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My suggestions would be big earrings of some sort and a couple of bracelets - maybe in gold pink natural colours pearls to get away from the white white white and matchy matchy.

The stylist and PR have some pix but they are going out to press and magazines before I can use them. As soon as I have any released to me I'll post'em

Haha , thanks caitlin. Those whites are fabulous indeed and I suspect that they are what those whites are (maybe the ones left in the bag after I had picked my strands!)
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We were asked last week by her stylist to put together a couple of very simple pearl looks for actress Tina O'Brien to wear on the red carpet for the National Soap Awards last night (Saturday- on TV...

Looking at your photos, the blacks look like over dyed freshwaters - they are too dark and too uniformly dark - nearly black - in colour - and therefore the whites are also suspect and could be some...

I'm guessing that local jewellers won't have a proper pearl drill and will send them off somewhere and you will pay for that. You might be better sending them to a specialist yourself..It has to be...

Do you mean full drilled as strands or as singles, drilled, half drilled or undrilled?

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You might find that peach wash out on your skin unless it is very dark in tone - it's the yellow on the yellow which does it. Consider lavender instead if you want colour as the blue...

A pearl in a ring will stand any amount of banging about but will scratch so take it off when you are planning an afternoon of bricklaying

Top quality AAA grade freshwater white pearls are the way to go. They will probably be more durable since at that size they are solid nacre so no worries about depth of nacre. You could probably...

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You'll be liable for standard 20% VAT plus whatever is the rate of duty on finished jewellery items (I don't know what this is since I only deal in unfinished) plus whatever the...

It looks like a pretty straightforward white freshwater pearl ring....Over here around £90 from an online. More from a bricks and mortar shop.
The pearl looks as if it has good lustre, but I...

Good to see you KP!

14.4mm rose pink buttons AAA
22540
pale peach buttons 15mm AAA
22541

Buttons sit closer to the earlobe so they are a bit neater in larger sizes - and of course will be cheaper than perfect round quality.
here is a pair of 9-10 buttons 22535

and here are 10mm...

The only advice I can give is don't buy any pearls in Greenhills - there have been many many reports of freshwater Chinese pearls passed off as South Sea pearls and since you don't know what you are...

Don't people come up with some extraordinary notions to get out of using the right things ..can you imagine the oozy mess tomato ketchup would make of some pearls - get inside the drill hole and...

Okay, I'll throw in that poor lustre gold ss can look like a large lump of ear wax...or maybe poor grade opaque amber (if you want to be nicer!)

No pix of it on but here it is off
22490
9-10 semi rounds AA grade and silver

Hi, sorry, no I don't...ssimply because I'm not personally allergic to nickel and it doesn't arise over here now anyway.
One for someone in the USA...?

Hi Snufflepig
Yes, your solution (and your allergy problem is what led to the European Union wide regulation or law) is probably either to buy from China (where reputable makers make to comply with...

Satin lustre in words....
well, with most pearls you want a mirror finish, like the finest polished metal or..a mirror. so you can see your reflection. It will be sharp and hard as a surface. With...

I think you can have any size and length you want (although that record breaking 10 mile rope in Japan might be too much even for me!) I have a 10ft rope of big whites. It isn't uncomfortable to wear...

It's interesting in general....In Europe we the sellers, manufacturers etc have rules and laws about what we can do:, there are many rules and stipulations to protect the consumer...for jewellery...

Well, one is usually a lot bigger than the other!
More seriously, there is a greater depth of colour to a SS pearl. A deep gold SS pearl has a richness of colour which makes the akoya look wan by...