Lulu
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- Mar 14, 2012
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The much-anticipated PP June special arrived this week and... the idea of it is absolutely beautiful:
![Last Roll - 05.jpg Last Roll - 05.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12255-c49568ee6e0f0adacfa2098120cd5977.jpg)
But this one is going back. I was hoping that there would have been more contrast between the akoya keshi and the SSP -- that the akoya keshi would be a steely grey-blue rather than the silvery-white they turned out to be.
![Last Roll - 01.jpg Last Roll - 01.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12253-5cf8267898297d71b81a91ad64ec77bf.jpg)
Also, the SSP were not as clean and less lustrous than I hoped. I think that these were supposed to be AA-ish. Am I being too picky or unrealistic?
![Last Roll - 03.jpg Last Roll - 03.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12251-dbfe4fc4c84a496148f93c5cb86f546a.jpg)
Especially when I compared them to the SSP I got from Care Ehret.
![Last Roll - 06.jpg Last Roll - 06.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12254-8faee497b9c6a03bae35bf1130fc1b41.jpg)
I'll admit when I first got the SSP from Care Ehret, my reaction was: huh. So these are SSP? I guess you're more likely to appreciate what you've got when you've seen a range. I can now appreciate their sharp luster better in comparison with these from PP.
![Last Roll - 07.jpg Last Roll - 07.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12252-6d8cc39a7cf028e192be7be47dddde59.jpg)
![Last Roll - 05.jpg Last Roll - 05.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12255-c49568ee6e0f0adacfa2098120cd5977.jpg)
But this one is going back. I was hoping that there would have been more contrast between the akoya keshi and the SSP -- that the akoya keshi would be a steely grey-blue rather than the silvery-white they turned out to be.
![Last Roll - 01.jpg Last Roll - 01.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12253-5cf8267898297d71b81a91ad64ec77bf.jpg)
Also, the SSP were not as clean and less lustrous than I hoped. I think that these were supposed to be AA-ish. Am I being too picky or unrealistic?
![Last Roll - 03.jpg Last Roll - 03.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12251-dbfe4fc4c84a496148f93c5cb86f546a.jpg)
Especially when I compared them to the SSP I got from Care Ehret.
![Last Roll - 06.jpg Last Roll - 06.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12254-8faee497b9c6a03bae35bf1130fc1b41.jpg)
I'll admit when I first got the SSP from Care Ehret, my reaction was: huh. So these are SSP? I guess you're more likely to appreciate what you've got when you've seen a range. I can now appreciate their sharp luster better in comparison with these from PP.
![Last Roll - 07.jpg Last Roll - 07.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/12/12252-6d8cc39a7cf028e192be7be47dddde59.jpg)