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Internet connection sucks here, wrote a long post and lost it :( Anyway the gist is: hotel workers told me there is a Hikari store (the company that owns these farms) in coron town, and that's the only place that has genuine SSPs that are grown in busuanga. They think the quality is not good...

That's a bummer. I was hoping the situation has improved. I will look in coron and el nido and post pictures if I find something. If anyone knows of a store in these areas I would love to hear about it. It's okay if you are not sure of their quality, I take full responsibility if it ends up...

The last post on this topic was from a while ago, and the region has been developing more. I just got to Palawan for a two week vacation, and I would absolutely love to buy SSPs, but read that they get shipped out of the region and it's hard to find real/good ones in the area. Is that still the...

Thanks for the votes everyone! I got the bottom strand, and I asked for the earrings closest to the side of the card. I will send pics when they are here. Can't wait!!!

I also like the bottom one for the luster. How do you think the roundness differs between the three? Some more pictures of the bottom strand, I asked for these so we can see the color better.

So things went wrong, they sent me the wrong pearls :( I was very surprised at how different they look in person versus in the pictures, especially the roundness, but turned out it was the wrong strand. I think the problem was that my order got a bit complicated, I had a custom tin cup bracelet...

Just ordered :) I changed my strand, got the middle one instead of the multi-colored one. I'm very sensitive to color, so it might bother me after a while. And it's my first pearl necklace, I can always get a multi colored one later :) I got the left earrings. Also I asked PP to make me a tin...

I might get the middle strand for my mom's birthday! I got the pics for the studs, what do you think?

Mizzkie, thanks for the pics! I hadn't noticed that your strand is multi-colored in the neck shots! I'm getting the multi-colored one :) Sea Urchin, I don't have a budget but I'm too excited to wait that long. They told me the earrings are 7-8mm, I was looking for 8-9mm, so I will probably...

Myizzkie, do you have a neck shot of the strand with different undertones? It's not your freshadama metallic, right? I don't see different tones in that.

I see that the bottom one has more luster, how much do you think the color difference would show on skin? I want this for a classic look, would it still look classic? Also the bottom strand in bigger, I'm starting to like the bigger ones better already ;)

Myizzkie, your freshadama metallic strand is why I started looking for the FW metallics, I LOVE IT! I'm not in a rush but I don't think I can wait until March, that's too far away. Okay I have three more options from PP. I decided I shouldn't have prejudice against green undertones, they might...

Thanks everyone for the replies! Pearl Dreams, your white metallic strand is amazing. Now I don't know if the pinkish strand (middle one) is the right one. Yours looked very white on your skin, it's gorgeous! That's exactly the look I want, something that pops. Sea Urchin, your strand looks...

Thanks for the replies! Three more questions :) Sorry, I'm a total noob ... 1. How is the roundness of these? It's supposed to be AAA, do these look very round to you? I can't really judge from the picture. 2. Overall compared to white metallic FWs, do you think these are good or is it worth...

I'm new here, and new to pearls! I need help picking my first strand! I'm 33, 90lbs, 5'1". I was thinking a good starter one would be white metallic freshwater from PP, 16", 7-7.5mm. PP sent me a couple of pics of what they currently have, I'd like your opinion on: Which one has less of a...