Blue baroque akoya

[sarahsmile87]

Update: I didn't feel that the PP strand warmed up on me, so I returned it. It really seems that blue baroque akoya are not abundant right now, as others have said.

I went out on a limb and ordered a strand online. This one is a double strand, which I've also been looking for. Today was basically the same weather as when I tried on the first strand, and I put on the same top to try to give the strands a fair comparison. So far I like them.more than the first strand.

[sarahsmile87]

This is a comparison layout picture just to see them side by side.

[SydK]

Pretty! I like the double strand, too.

[Incik Boncuk]

Beautiful! The side by side pictures really show the difference in color.

[86Corvettegirl]

I love the double strand!!

[pattye]

You look lovely in the double strand, SydK, and it has lots of presence!! I'm glad I didn't have to choose!

[BWeaves]

I vote for the double strand, too.

[Katbran]

I say the double , it has deeper colour .

[amti]

A lot of the color comes from bouncing off each other, so the double strand may look bluer because of that. However, I also noticed the smaller blue akoyas tend to have more color, as do the more bumps and curves in a pearl. I think of it as a balloon. A deflated one has lots of color, but as it expands, the color is dispersed over a larger area and thus, lightened. Of course, it's not the way it works in the pearl world, but the way I tend to see it from observation.