Are lab-grown diamonds a girls best friend? Yes.

Alena: “I was offended and even wanted to cancel the engagement when Pasha invited me to look at rings with grown diamonds”

I heard something about grown diamonds, but didn’t go into much detail. I just didn’t see the point, since real diamonds only form in nature. I was offended when Pasha invited me to look at rings with laboratory diamonds. I even thought that he wanted to save money on me. And I went to the showroom only so as not to aggravate the situation even more.

But when we started looking at the stones in person, I realized how stupid it was to ask to spend tens of thousands on a natural stone. Laboratory-grown diamonds “sparkled” and shimmered just like natural ones. Even jewelers could not distinguish them from the mined ones. We tried it, but the jeweler didn recognize it.

By the way, my girlfriends didn’t see the difference either. The ring with a half-carat stone haunts them to this day.

Diamond solitaire rings make the top list of engagement ring trends every year - the classic style will always be popular.