Finding the perfect Ring: Engagement Buying Guide

Although there’s nothing that compares to old school romance, the reality is that these days it’s more common to include your partner in the bespoke engagement ring experience. This is reflective of the shift from people wanting very simple solitaire engagement rings to people wanting something more unique and reflective of their individuality. 

If you are buying an engagement ring for your partner and they're not involved it's helpful if you do a little research into what style of engagement ring they would like. Questions that we might ask include:

- The metal colour they like to wear; yellow, white, rose gold or platinum.

- Do they prefer diamonds or coloured stones

- Is their style classic and conservative or do they like to be more unique? 

- Do they tend towards delicate feminine styles or more bold, chunky, androgynous styles?

Sometimes people will have an idea of the design that they want before the appointment and sometimes they won't. Being able to visit our Showroom and try on the designs makes it easy to work out which style feels right for you. If you’re really not sure, we have a wide range of beautiful rings in our collection that you can propose with and return in their original condition  for a credit within 14 days.

Regarding the metal choice, often people will want to stick with the metal colour that they already wear. The three options are 18 karat yellow, 18 karat rose gold and 18 karat white gold or platinum. Trends are always changing so we encourage customers to choose the metal colour that they feel best suits their skin tone and the gemstone they choose.

All of our diamonds are meticulously hand selected by founder, Hamish Whiting (GIA Gemologist, HRD Antwerp Diamond Grader). With 20 years of experience in buying diamonds, Hamish has developed a buying strategy that secures for our customers the top performing and best value diamonds in the world.

If you're organising the engagement ring without your partner knowing, we will need to make our best effort to get the ring size as close as possible. 

- If your partner has a ring that they wear on either of their two ring fingers that you can sneak and use to size on our printable ring sizing sheet.

- If there is no ring to sneak we can see if there is a family member like a sister who has a similar size who can help us ascertain the size

- We can also help you guess the size if you can send us a few photos of your partner.

In addition to the legislative protections provided to consumers under Australian Consumer Law, Cushla Whiting offers a voluntary 1 year jewellers warranty against manufacturing defects on all of our jewelery. The warranty does not cover damage to jewellery that has been handled in contravention to our care instructions or damaged by accident. It also excludes any jewellery where unapproved modifications have been made to the piece by an external jeweller.

To protect yourself against loss or damage to your jewelery we highly recommend investigating insurance for your piece. For more information on this please contact our team.

When you pick up your jewellery one of our team will run you through the care instructions on how to care for your jewelery. Our aftercare service includes a complimentary clean and professional assessment of your ring biannually. Jewellery that is regularly checked and well maintained will protect against issues or problems arising from wear and tear.