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Looks like it was a fun event for pearl lovers!!

Those blue baroque akoyas are gorgeous! I've been trying to find blue baroque akoyas here in the Philippines but I haven't been successful.

I saw a gorgeous purple Edison strand recently and was considering buying it, but then I saw this thread and backed out. Always finding useful information in Pearl Guide!

Gorgeous strand! Love the mix of pearls and gemstones

Very pretty! I like the irregular shapes. Hope these become more common

Mikimoto is a good secret word! I might choose mine as "mismatched" even though I only have one pair of mismatched earrings so far 😅

Thank you for your service, @Merrily! For going to this scammy event and sharing the details with us. Hopefully attendees of his event will google his name and this thread will show up as a result!

Love the mismatched earrings!! And that ring with multicolor pearls looks amazing 😍

I love my mismatched earrings, I've been wearing them a lot.🥰 I hope I get more chances to buy mismatched earrings. Since they're a special request from the seller I buy from, I need to wait for her to get stocks of undrilled multicolor pearls.

That blue baroque akoya pinky ring is gorgeous! Are pearl rings difficult to take care of? I'm not a very careful person so I'm worried that the pearls would get scratched if I get them in ring form.

Dreams for me too! I just watched the recording of the Pearl Paradise Tsushima Blues live event and I'm jealous of everyone who was able to buy those blue pearls 😩

I just checked his Instagram profile and he does have some blue akoyas.

Just wanted to chime in that I would love to have a strand of blue baroque akoyas! I've been trying to look for one here in the Philippines but sadly haven't been able to find one. Customs are a pain to deal with so I haven't seriously considered buying from abroad. But if I can find a friend or...

Very pretty! Enjoy wearing it ✨️

I haven't gotten to a stage where I would need to wash my pearl strands but taking note of all the tips here! @A Breaker, I regularly wash my gemstone rings, and use a gentle toothbrush to clean both in front and behind the setting. I do this whenever I notice that they're not as sparkly as they...