Diamonds to get your teeth into!

I found this and wanted to share it with the world, it's the most absurd way of using diamond jewellery that I have ever seen!

My favourite line of the following text is in paragraph 2 where Carlos says "I didn't want anything too flashy!"

Up until last week, Carlos Spence had plain old white teeth, top and bottom. Then he picked up his first "grill" - a gleaming line of six, 14-carat white gold teeth decorated with tiny diamonds. Crafted from a mold of Spence's bottom teeth, they snap over his regular pearly whites.

"I didn't want anything too flashy," said Spence, a 26-year-old barber in Newport News. "I'll probably wear it mainly when I go out on weekends. It feels good. It's so smooth you can't really even feel it. It's just an eye-catcher, and I like that a lot."

So do a growing number of people locally and across the country. While single gold caps and multi-tooth grills or fronts have been around for many years, they are growing in popularity. The trend also has drawn in some customers beyond the young black men and hip-hop fans who still buy the removable jewels in highest numbers. Once made solely for corrective dental work, gold teeth slowly became chic in the late 1970s and stayed in the public eye as hip-hop music went mainstream in the early 1980s. Today, many storeowners credit a chart-topping song called "Grillz" by rapper Nelly - featuring a video full of mouth bling - for increasing interest and choices. Celebrities also have added sparkle to their mouths, including Johnny Depp with his gold teeth at last year's Oscars.

The full article can be read here

Godiva Chocolates Diamond Giveaway!

The luxury chocolate maker, Godiva are celebrating their 80th Anniversary and one lucky person will win $80,000 worth of Diamond Jewellery from jewellers H.Stern.

You will have to go to the USA and spend a minimum of $23 on a box of chocs to win the big prize which along with $80,000 worth of Diamond jewellery includes a trip for two to New York, 80 boxes of Godiva Chocolates and an invitation to a private choclate tasting at the Rockafeller Center.

New AnchorCert Diamond Report Grade

A new diamond grading report has been launched by the Gemological division of the Birmingham Assay Office (which also has an office in Hatton Garden). The new report will incorporate the recently launched "Cut Grade" for loose brilliant (round) diamonds.

The growing demand for expert third party certification is being driven by a more savvy consumer who, thanks mainly to the internet, has a wealth of information at his/her fingertips. Consumers now expect more information about the diamond they are about to part hard earned cash for. Internet shopping makes comparisons easy, but many online retailers are hiding behind "their opinion" of the grade of diamond. To a great extent, grading a diamond is an art and thus differing opinions will exist. Third party certification by recognised diamond experts give the consumer greater confidence of the true characteristics of the diamond they are comparing/purchasing.

The report is available for all the main shapes of diamonds and includes graphical diagrams of the stone being graded. Launched February 2006 - Ask your trusted diamond jeweller of choice for more details.

Diamonds - A Man's Best Friend?

Its official. According to the Jewellery Information Center, a non-profit organisation representing more that 2,000 jewellery retailers and manufacturers in the USA, men's diamond jewellery and accessories are one of the fastest growing sectors in the industry.

Jewellers are reporting that single diamond stud earrings for men are selling faster than ever before.

Many attribute celebrities and hollywood stars for helping to glamourise diamonds to male consumers. A man is no longer compared to "Mr T" when he wears a nice chain. It is becoming increasingly accepted to accessorise both everyday wear and nightwear with diamond rings, earrings, and even pendants. At the 2006 Golden Globes, even actor Jonny Depp was seen wearing a diamond necklace! Even diamond watches which used to be exclusive to the hip-hop elite are now mainstream sellers.

So, stuck for a gift for your man? Time to buy him diamonds!

Cheaper Diamond Prices?

Russia's largest diamond producer, Alrosa will stop all rough diamond sales to the worlds largest diamond producer, DeBeers, by 2009. At the moment, Alrosa sells almost all of its production to DeBeers. The European Commission has effectivley stopped the monopoly as it believes it is an unfair advantage.

Because DeBeers controls most of the worlds supply of diamonds, it can keep the prices artificially high. Alrosa, with 20% of the worlds supply of diamonds, will have to find new buyers which means increased competition.

With more diamond auctions being held to find new buyers and so increased competition at production level, this will ultimately lead to a fall in the price of diamonds.

However, with prices expected to fall only 5% over the next few years, a girl's best friend is still a good investment ;-)

Finding Your Stolen Diamonds

The Jewelers Security Alliance in the USA has set up a website where both the police and members of the public can look for jewellery that has been stolen from them and recovered elsewhere but not returned.

I took this snippet of information from their main homepage:-

"The Stolen Jewelry Website of the Jewelers' Security Alliance provides a central clearinghouse for the jewelry industry, law enforcement, insurance personnel and the general public to share information on jewelry that has been stolen or recovered in the United States .

The listings include watches, gems and jewelry. Searches and listing are free. This database, which is the only publicly available, comprehensive website to list stolen jewelry, went live in January 2006, and will become increasingly valuable as the number of users increases and the number of items posted grows."

It sounds like a great idea and I hope that it catches on and travels over to the UK!

Robert De Niros Housekeeper Stole Diamond Earrings

Lucyna Turyk-Wawrynowicz, was sentenced to three years in jail recently for stealing Diamond Earrings from her employer, Robert De Niro.

The earrings were good, very good! The value of the earrings is $95,000 and they belonged to De Niro's wife, Grace Hightower

Diamonds at this years Oscars

The Oscar and Academy Award gossip has started and it's all about who will be wearing what and by whom!

The hot gossip is that Charlize Theron and Reese Witherspoon will be wearing big name dresses this year which will be wonderfully complimented by some big time jewellery from the likes of Harry Winston and Martin Katz.

Unlike recent ceremonies this year promises to be a year where the bigger the Diamonds the better!

Of course the stars rarely wear their own jewellery and instead they showcase for the big Hollywood jewellers but it's still fun guessing whether the a necklace worn by the likes of Kiera Knightly is worth $50,000 or $100,000!

This years Academy Awards are being held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on March 5th.

You can catch it live on ABC!