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Custom Made Rings
At Loyes Diamond we provide a service to make bespoke diamond rings. Our custom-made rings are created through a process involving as many as six tradespeople. Each ring is treated as a project. The project is managed by a tradesperson with over 30 years of experience. Our team is widely recognized as one of the most respected in the engagement ring and diamond ring business.
Romantic Places To Propose In Ireland (The West)
The west of Ireland is home to some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world, making it the perfect place to pop the question to the love of your life.
Resetting An Engagement Ring – Pros And Cons
Resetting An Engagement Ring - Pros And Cons Resetting an engagement ring is a decision that should not be taken lightly. The process of remodelling an engagement ring involves resetting the stones in the ring. This may include possibly changing the design of the ring...
Best Place To Buy An Engagement Ring In Dublin Ireland
The best place to buy an engagement ring in Dublin may not be just a case of searching Google and seeing the top results
How To Make Your Diamond Look Bigger
How to make your engagement ring appear bigger?
Does Size matter ?
There are several ways to enhance the appearance of your gem and make your diamond look bigger. If you’re passionate about the glitter and want a ring that might compete with the celebrities bling.
Pink Diamond Discovery
Pink Diamond Pink diamond are found throughout history. One of the largest is a 170-carat stone from the Lulo mine in Angola. The mine is owned by the Lucapa Diamond Company. According to Lucapa, the 'Lulo Rose' type II rough diamond is "believed to be the largest...
Best Engagement Rings For Long Fingers
Best Engagement Rings For Long Fingers What are the best engagement rings for long fingers? As with our previous blog on ‘Best Engagement Ring For Short Fingers’, we often have clients who come to us saying ‘ my fingers are too long, to skinny, to bony, my knuckles...
Best Engagement Ring for Short Fingers
Best Engagement Ring for Short Fingers We often hear the question asked ‘What is the best Engagement ring for short fingers’. ‘Hands down’, If we had a Euro for every comment we hear most when placing a ring on a finger..."my fingers are too stubby or chubby, fat or...
Diamond Stud Earrings
Diamond Stud Earrings are a popular piece of jewellery all over the world. In what ever country you are in you will discover that people are wearing diamond earrings or some such version of diamond earrings.
Christmas Diamond Competition
Christmas Diamond Competition : Loyes Diamonds Supports Jack and Jill. A Jack & Jill Fragrance Candle and Christmas Diamond Competition. The perfect gift for someone special this Christmas. Every Christmas is a time when we think about those less fortunate than...
Choose An Engagement Ring
How To Choose An Engagement Ring To choose an engagement ring there are many considerations to make. First and foremost you will need to decide on the style, then the metal and precious stone. Then the budget which will determine size and quality of the precious...
Diamond Certificate Guide
Diamond Certificate Guide When buying a diamond it is imperative to ask for a diamond certificate guide. For most men in Ireland when purchasing an engagement ring (or a pair of diamond earrings) the world of diamonds can feel a little overwhelming. It is something...
Lab Grown Diamond Engagement Rings
Lab Grown Diamond Engagement Rings Lab grown diamond engagement rings are taking the jewellery world by storm. Never before has there been such a buzz around the jewellery industry. Lab grown Diamonds have received both positive and negative opinions from those in the...
Gemstone Engagement Rings
Gemstone Engagement Rings The Diamond Engagement Ring has always been the ‘go-to’ for those proposing Marriage to their partners. It is unmistakably an engagement ring and the diamond has always been considered the ultimate symbol of love forever. Not to be overlooked...
Single Stone Engagement Rings
Single Stone Engagement Rings If there is one ring that emphasizes the classic engagement ring it’s the Single Stone Engagement Rings. Its beauty and elegance have throughout the ages enchanted and mesmerized all those who come before it. The Single Stone Engagement...
Art Deco Engagement Rings and Vintage/Antique Engagement rings
Art Deco Engagement Rings Art deco engagement rings are not to be confused with vintage engagement rings although both are very similar. ‘The shelf life of a classical original is forever’, a wise old friend once told me. ‘Form is temporary but class is permanent’ is...
Jewellery Allergy and Jewellery For Sensitive Skin
Jewellery Allergy and Jewellery For Sensitive Skin When shopping for an engagement ring and wedding ring there are so many factors to get you muddled up that the last thing on people’s mind may be the choice of metal and the possibility of having an allergic reaction...
Aquamarine – Birthstone for March
Aquamarine Birthstone for March What is Aquamarine Aquamarine is the birthstone for March. As the Name suggests the colour of the stone conjures up images of the Sea and the great blue ocean. In fact the name Aquamarine is Latin for ‘Sea water’. Stones may vary from...
What is an Eternity Ring
What Is An Eternity Ring? You might have heard people refer to this type of jewellery and nodded your head in understanding. What exactly is an eternity ring and what does it represent and do you need to buy one? History of the Eternity Ring It’s a piece of finger...
Wedding Invitations Guide
Wedding Invitations Guide This wedding invitation guide is essential. It’s such an exciting time of one’s life when they are in wedding organisation mode. You have your engagement ring and now it’s time to get down to business and organise the big day! One of the most...
Oval Engagement Rings
Oval Engagement Rings In this post we will talk about oval engagement rings and oval cut diamonds. There are of course many different shapes of diamonds that can be placed into an engagement ring . These range from the conventional (round brilliant) to the...
Choosing Men’s Wedding Rings – The Ultimate Guide
Choosing Mens Wedding Rings Choosing mens wedding rings in the past might have been overshadowed largely by the focus on the female’s choice of jewellery but we believe men’s wedding rings should be a carefully considered choice too! In same sex couples too, choosing...
Marilyn Monroe Moon of Baroda to Go on Sale
Marilyn Monroe Moon of Baroda to go on sale. The diamond made famous by Marilyn Monroe after she wore it to the opening night of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The Moon is to go on sale in Hong Kong on November 27th this year. This is a 24 carat, fancy yellow coloured VS2...
Most Lavish Royal Weddings In The World
Most Lavish Royal Weddings In The World In just a few short years, we have witnessed a number of memorable Royal occasions: engagements, weddings, births. The recent marriage of Prince Harry in the UK to his bride, Meghan Markle captured the world’s attention and...
Wedding Seasons Guide
Wedding Seasons Guide With all the excitement that surrounds setting a wedding date the realisation of what’s involved in its planning can at times be overwhelming. Your partner will of course be a point of support for you so it’s important to keep chatting about...
Mother-In-Law Conundrum
Mother-In-Law Conundrum Mother-In-Law Conundrum - For the most part, when you marry your partner, you inherit a wonderful new set of parents. Known as the Mother-in-Law and the Father-in-Law. While this often adds a beautiful new dimension to your life, for some it...
Lesedi La Rona Diamond – The 1,109 Carat Sold for $53 million
Lesedi La Rona Diamond The 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona to Graff Diamonds for $53 million — a price well below what the miner Lucara Diamond Corp wanted for the record-breaking stone. This is the second-largest in the history of the trade and Graff spent $47,777 per...
Precious Stone Rings versus Diamond Engagement Rings
Precious Stone Rings Precious Stone Rings have been around for quite some time but recently we have seen a huge resurgence to claim a larger part of the market having spent many years of existing in the fringes. The return of coloured gems in the bridal jewellery...
Karat, Carat, Carrot – Do You Know The Difference Between them ?
Karat, Carat, Carrot - Do you know the difference between them? Karat and Carat and a Carrot - What’s the difference between them. We are often asked by people is there a difference between Carats and Karats. It can be confusing to people who are not used to the terms...
Clean My Diamond – How To Keep Your Diamond Rings Looking Like New
Clean My Diamond Diamond engagement rings are built to sparkle! To maximize the sparkle, scintillation and fire of your engagement ring you must clean my diamond. The most important aspect is of course the diamond you choose to be set in your ring but you...
Lady Ga-Ga Engagement Ring – Returns Massive 10 Carat Solitaire
Lady Ga Ga Engagement Ring Lady Ga Ga engagement ring has finally been returned. The ginormous rock that was once given to her by her former fiancé Taylor Kinney of Chicago Fire fame. Even though the couple separated last July it is thought that there was hopes of...
Hen Party Ideas
Hen Party Ideas Hen Party Ideas: Planning for the Classy Bride While some brides and their bridesmaids love a bit of tat (and there’s nothing wrong with that), not every bride wants to find herself rigged out in full classic hen party paraphernalia. If the thought of...
Wedding Anniversary Symbols
Wedding Anniversary Symbols Wedding Anniversary Symbols - Getting engaged, buying the rings and getting married is definitely one of the biggest and romantic moments of a person’s life. It is also important not to forget the romance once the big day has passed!...
Wedding Flower Sharing – Eco-Brides Have Discovered To Great Success
Wedding Flower Sharing Wedding flower sharing - The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) sharing economy has really taken off in the past few years. It has led to everyday people collaborating in many different areas of life to get ahead. From car sharing (Uber) to house-sharing...
Green Diamonds Love
Green Diamonds This week a superb green diamonds ring will go to auction, via Christie’s of Hong Kong. So why is it so special? Because it is very rare and very unusual and jaw-droppingly expensive. The star of the show is rectangular-cut fancy vivid green diamond –...
Celebrity Engagement Rings – The Most Stunning
Celebrity Engagement Rings Of all the exquisite celebrity engagement rings that celebs are sporting on their fingers, the most beautiful is worn by Angelina Jolie-Pitt. What makes it so special? Well, the answer is the effort and imagination her husband Brad Pitt put...
Social Media Wedding Coordinator
Social Media Wedding Coordinator Now that social media is the most enjoyable thing in our lives, the scope for what you can do on social media when it comes to your wedding day has become utterly mind-boggling. In this day and age what you can do with social media at...
Highest Price Paid For A Diamond
Highest Price Paid For A Diamond Highest price paid for a diamond which is uncut. Canadian company Lucara Diamond Corporation has just announced that an entirely exceptional diamond. They found it last year in Botswana has sold for €55.3 million. That is an...
Proposal Ideas: Traditional or Modern
A Truly Momentous Occasion In A Couples Life. Racked With Nerves And Riddled With Emotion -Loyes Diamonds Offers Some Advise
The Birthstone For January Is A Garnet
The Birthstone For January Is A Garnet Congratulations and happy birthday all you January born people. January birthstone is a Garnet - By her who in this month (January) is born No gem save garnets should be worn; They will ensure her constancy, True friendship, and...
Kim’s bling goes under the hammer.
Kim Kardashian’s engagement ring Went under the hammer and sold for a knock down once in a lifetime deal for the lucky buyer…
Birthstone for December is Turquoise
The Birthstone for December is Turquoise. For all You December Born Folks This Prized Blue Green Gem Is Your Birthstone
Bespoke Diamond Rings
Undoubtedly an engagement ring will quite possibly be the most precious piece of jewellery you will ever own. As such a bespoke diamond rings will also be the piece of jewellery which you will wear daily for the rest of your life. Many women and often times men take it upon themselves to work with a designer. They will design and tweak original designs in order to fulfill their idea of their perfect dream engagement ring.
Geri Halliwell ex spice girl gets engaged.
Geri Halliwell Engaged Geri Halliwell ex spice girl gets engaged. A little spice in the life of Geri Halliwell recently as she announced her engagement to formula one team boss Christian Horner(40). Halliwell 42 years young announced the engagement through a notice...
best time to get engaged ?
When is the Best time to propose. We surveyed and the results may surprise you
Supermodel Nicole Trunfio Engagement Ring
Nicole Trunfio Engagement Ring On Sunday Model Nicole Trunfio finally shared a picture of her stunning pear shaped diamond engagement ring. It is is believed to be approximately three carats. Nicole chose instagram to showcase the magnificent ring. Gary Clark her...
Birthstone for November is Topaz
Birthstone for November is Topaz, Happy Birthday all you November-born people. Who first comes to this world below With drear November fog and snow, Should prize the Topaz's amber hue, Emblem of friends and lovers true. Pure topaz is transparent and colourless. It is...
Birthstone For October Is Opal.
Birthstone For October Is Opal Happy birthday all you October-born folks. The birthstone For October Is Opal October's child is born for woe, And life's vicissitudes must know, But lay an Opal on her breast, And hope will lull those woes to rest. The name Opal comes...
Luisa Zissman Proposal In Paris
Luisa Zissman's proposal in Paris. It was another dreamland proposal for Luisa Zissman (of “The Apprentice” fame). Her boyfriend the multi-millionaire Irishman Andrew Collins whisked her off to a Paris rooftop to propose to her. He proposed a sparkler that is...
Early Engagement Ring Found In Field
Early Engagement Ring One of the early engagement rings. The earliest ring in Ireland was found in Northern Ireland by Mr. Tom Ross. The Ring was found in a field that had been plowed in Newtonabbey, County Antrim. Mr. Ross, 69 found the Engagement ring while using...
Ashley Tisdale enjoying her honeymoon after secret wedding to Christopher French
Ashley Tisdale Wedding Ashley Tisdale the high school musical star has wedded Christopher French at a super-secret wedding in Santa Barbara California earlier this week. She did such a good job of keeping things under wraps that it took a few days to filter out into...
Diamond Ring settings
So we stock a very wide and very varied range of styles of rings. These with varying stone sizes, stone shapes, and stone colours. We also stock various metals such as gold platinum and palladium.
The September Birthstone Is Sapphire
September Birthstone Is Sapphire Happy birthday all you September-born Folks. Your September birthstone Is Sapphire A maiden born when September leaves Are rustling in September's breeze, A sapphire on her brow should bind `Twill cure diseases of the mind. September...
Elisabetta Canalis to marry fiancé in Italy same month as ex-boyfriend George Clooney
Elisabetta Canalis to marry fiancé in Italy same month as ex-boyfriend George Clooney
Nicky Hilton Gets Engaged
Nicky Hilton Gets Engaged Nicky Hilton the hotel heiress has gotten engaged. The fashion designer who is 30 years old was in Italy last week when her boyfriend James Rothschild, who is a banker popped the question. James, a well brought up lad flew to the United...
Aly Michalka engagement news.
Aly Michalka Engaged Aly Michalka will soon be walking down the aisle with her new fiancé film director Stephen Ringer. Yes, despite much speculation, Aly Michalka Engaged. The couple have been dating for almost two years and they announced the engagement on Instagram...
The Birthstone For August Is Peridot.
August Birthstone Peridot Happy Birthday August born, August Birthstone Peridot. The Peridot stone is a lime green chartreuse or olive green colour. It is one of very few gemstones that exists in only one color. The properties a Peridot is believed to possess are to...
July Birthstone Ruby.
July Birthstone Ruby The July Birthstone Ruby is the birthstone for the month of July and as such is said to be the symbol of rebirth. It is also believed to grant the owner good fortune, foresight, youth, confidence, strength and vitality, wisdom and success in...
How to find out your girlfriends ring size.
How to find girlfriends ring size So you would like to surprise your girlfriend with either an engagement ring or a dress ring but don’t know her ring size. Don’t worry help is at hand. Here are some tips to find out ring size. Rings can be sized upwards or downwards...
Emerald – the birthstone for May
Emerald is the birthstone for May. The emerald is the birthstone for the month of May and as such is said to be the symbol of rebirth and is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune and youth. “Who first beholds the light of day In spring’s sweet, flower...
How to clean your engagement ring.
A clean engagement ring will maximize the sparkle. We are often asked by our clients when they purchase an engagement ring from us how do I clean my engagement ring and other tips on how to care for it? Read on for tips on how to clean diamonds.
What Makes a Diamond Sparkle ?
What Makes A Diamond Sparkle? When you take a diamond outside when it's sunny it will light up the whole surrounding area. However, when you take it inside it will seem darker and not as brilliant. The diamond requires light entering into it such as the sun or an...
Kim Kardashian and the diamond dust spray tan !
Kim Kardashian is reportedly having a spray tan that covers her whole body in diamond dust spray tan for her wedding. Why bother just tanning when you could tan with diamonds instead? It’s being called as the “world’s most expensive spray tan”, and with a price tag of...
Birthstone for April – Your birthstone is a diamond.
Birthstone for April - Diamond Happy Birthday April Born - Your birthstone is a Diamond. She who from April dates her years, Diamonds shall wear, lest bitter tears For vain repentance flow; this stone, Emblem of innocence is known. The name 'Diamond' comes from the...
Amber Heard flashes $100K diamond engagement ring from Johnny Depp
Amber Heard's Engagement Ring Amber Heard's flashes $100K diamond engagement ring from Johnny Depp. The Engagement Ring is a five-carat Oval Shape Diamond. Well, it's about time we got a look at the engagement ring of Amber Heard. News of the engagement has been doing...
Jenson Button Is Getting Engaged.
Getting Engaged Jenson Button getting engaged to Jessica Michibata. They have been dating for five years and are one of the sporting world's most high-profile couples. Formula One star Jenson Button and his model girlfriend Jessica Michibata have consistently shied...
Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher Get Engaged
Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher Get Engaged Wearing a huge diamond ring on her finger Mila Kunis showing it off. This confirms reports from E! and People magazine that she is going to marry her actor boyfriend Ashton Kutcher. The 30-year-old happily showed off her hand...
Diamond Ring Auction Fetches 2 Million Dollars.
Diamond Ring Auction Bonhams London's sale of jewels from novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford achieved $2 million (GBP 1,229,250) at diamond ring auction on December 5. Bradford's collection included 40 pieces given to her by her husband Robert Bradford. The couple...
How To Propose Marriage
Every man who is about to propose to the woman he loves wants it to be a moment to treasure. You may feel a lot of pressure to get the proposal just right, but don’t worry, Loyes is here to Help you out.
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