(Closed) halo or solitaire? What are your ring preferences?

• bump
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: November 1999

solitaire’s are forever. halo’s are now. i am SOO glad i didn’t get a halo.

• Rubbs
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: July 2012

Excellent choice! That’s a beautiful set! 

• VintageJuly
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: June 2011

It’s funny – I received my halo engagement ring before it became popular to have one! I chose it because halo rings are vintage and unique, compared to most solitare settings. I just wanted a ring that didn’t look like all the other solitares with pave out there.

The nice thing about halos is that each one has its own, unique look. My husband and I just fell in love with the look. 

• BagsnBooks
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: October 2014

I like halos because I just find solitaires boring. I didn’t want a ring that looked like everyone’s elses.

• 4years3months7days
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: March 2013

i have a double halo. my center stone is a yellow diamond then i have a halo of yellow diamonds another halo of diamonds and side diamonds as well. love it.

• MabelleBliss
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: October 2015

My preference is: solitaire w/ plain band > halo > solitaire w/ pave band

Not to say that any are bad, I like them all! 😀 I think your diamond is a really nice size for a solitaire though

• Scintillante
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: August 2012

Ah the good old debate on solitaire versus halo…FUN!

I started looking for rings without having done any research online. I had never been interested in wedding rings (now I am obsessed with those beauties!) but I had certainly noticed solitaires. I was instantly attracted to halos!!! Love at first sight 😉 I love some detail and complexity to a ring I look at everyday. I find solitaires too simple for my taste, but I find them gorgeous on other people’s hands. Also, I think it’s great you can get more finger coverage by having a circle of diamonds around a center stone. It does bring down the cost, which is great! 

Here’s my double halo with a 0.33 center stone. I wanted something vintage inspired and substantial 🙂 I wear a small halo ring on my right hand.

• mathlete7
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: October 2012

I love both halos and solitaires. I actually do not really like the look of solitaire with two side stones, personally- not sure why.

I have a halo, and I love it because it looks vintage, old-fashioned, and romantic to me. But, I think it’s all about personal preference- you need to get something you absolutely LOVE!

• Wintersnowflake
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: September 2014

I love my halo. To me, the halo added extra decoration so it wasn’t just an ordinary solitaire. I wanted something more unique. Plus most people like solitaires anyways because you can get enhancers for them and make them into a new ring which in the end, makes their rings no longer solitaires…

I wanted fancy and unique. so I got something with a design

• AlwaysSunny
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: January 2013

P.S. A solitare is just one stone on a band, a stone with two side stones is a three-stone ring.

• brasslioness
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: February 2014

Let me throw in a variant – halo with a colored gemstone? Classic, antique-looking, and the halo makes the colored stone just pop.  Takers? 

• MrsFairyBee
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: July 2012

• dlbaqua
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: February 2013

I have a solitaire with side stones but love a halo. Fiance would have picked a plain solitaire but added the side stones for me because I like more bling than he does.

• strawbs
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

• soy
• 8 years ago

• Wedding: May 2013

totally in love with my blingy halo! I’d say it’s just about as trendy as diet coke 🙂