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There is definite difference in lustre - i wouldn't say its a huge amount but visible to eye. It's confusing the way pearls are graded between companies because you would think the hanadamas are better than A/AA Mikimotos? Nope its the white hanadama, pinked. Colour wise - Yes, I know there...

I have a mikimoto set of earrings, necklace, and recently bought a hanadama pearl earring from pearl paradise. Sure, the hanadama earrings are a lot bigger than the smaller pearls, but I noticed quite a number of things. 1. the pearls from mikimoto, although pinked - can vary in terms of colour...

Hi all. I got my pinked hanadama studs today (brought over by my mother). Checked with my existing mikimoto strand/studs (but only A grade) - I can confirm the colour is accurate! I would say it is very shiny (?high lustre) but orient (sorry if my terminologies are all wrong - its hard to...

Haha unfortunately my mum wasn't too helpful and said they look very pink - pinker than the ones in Mikimoto and she suggested I return them! I got her to take more photos - looks very different against the skin so I will wait for her to bring it over. I will try to e-mail PP. Thank you for your...

My white hanadama pearls have been delivered to Malaysia - where my mother is - to avoid taxes.... now unsure if they are TOO pink, they look almost wholly flat pink colour and no ivory tones at all or even green... and not really like the Mikimoto ones........because I distinctly remember the...

Thanks everyone for all the helpful advice!! :) I will go with your suggestions - might be a few weeks before I receive them ! Will post a photo when received :-) Yay ! My first proper pearl studs! I think I'm going with either the 7.5-8 or 8-8.5. Tempted to order a strand since I'm paying...

Oh is there a pink overtone hanadama ?? I just looked at the post you mentioned with the three strands. The bottom one is 'pinked'? It's not listed on pearl paradise's website for a pinked hanadama. I'm so confused!

Thanks for all the responses! Sorry for the confusion, because it took some time before my message got posted I read around the forum and realised that pearl source wasn't teally from the uk (although strangely it says that it will cover all taxes in the price stated in the uk website) and that...

Hello - I'm pretty new with pearls myself and I have been lusting over mikimoto's pearl stud earring in 7.5-8mm AA/AAA with a diamond stud on top. (MSG below edited due to error) I'm looking at options as obviously the above is super expensive. I'm in the UK so I'm prob gonna order it from...