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If you want to see examples of the end product for keshis, try to browse through the thread "Show your pearls in action." Personally I have a short strand of tiny Akoya keshi that I use for layering or on its own if I want things very simple.

That is not a pearl. No value.

If you don't love them on you and can return them - do it. The money can be used for pearls that you love to look at both on and off you. "Settling" in terms for pearls usually ends up being very expensive :-) Because you buy something better. Don't try to fix what doesn't feel right to start...

My impression was that the survey was about finding out if we would be influenced to buy pearls if we saw them being worn by influencers on social media and I don't think any of us here would - in the UK or not. We are most certainly influenced by what other forum members wear and post, though...

I kinda think you are in the wrong place with this survey :-) We are too old, not in the UK and we form our own opinions without input from influencers or we wouldn't be on this forum. We are not the ones you want :-)

You should take the Pearls as One course. If you search for it on the forum, I think you can find the link and the free code. I am not a dealer in anything but it sounds a bit reckless to spend $5k on a market you haven't researched. I would always recommend that you first figure out who is...

And Pearlescence is in the UK as well (also here on the forum), though more retail, I think.

I wonder if anyone will believe those pearls are real. I know they are but many would not think that could be the colors of real pearls.

Sigh, not again - someone please give him a link to Pearls As One so he can learn more...

I see them as lavender as well but then, are Akoyas even grey? It seems to me they come in blueish / silver, not anything this strongly grey - if I saw it as grey. A lot of the pearls also seem potato shaped but that could be the angle. I agree on the luster. With good Akoya you would be able to...

They look just like the first pearl earrings I ever bought, in the 80s in San Francisco :-) They were freshwater though I had no idea about such things at the time. The logo could be for the finding.

They look a lot like some old Biwa pearls I have.

I actually get an 80s feel with the sapphire one but I am probably completely off. You would know about its history.

They really need to move this on a forum that does Not specialize in pearls. How stupid do they think we are? :-D Maybe we can just send them a link to Pearls as One as standard if any get through the filter and actually post.

I strongly recommend that you take a look at what pearls look like on a website like https://www.pearlparadise.com/

Those are not pearls. They are stone beads, might be agate (I have forgotten most of what I knew about beads). You can check the look of beads on websites like https://www.firemountaingems.com/. You can check the look of pearls on websites like https://www.pearlparadise.com/

I believe the holes on fake pearls are also usually larger than on real pearls.

I would compare the luster first. The sharper luster generally means the better the strand. If two are almost the same, then look for the one with larger pearls but also consider imperfections.

That would be a sight on many of us... :-D

And THAT is why I never bonded with my blue Akoyas. It's not them. It's me. I want that one... :-)