How to Choose Jewellery for a Gift

Jewellery is a timeless gift that can embody and hold the deep feelings you have for your loved one. By giving jewellery to someone, you are helping to support the inherent beauty within them by emphasising it and revealing how important they are in your world.

Whether you’re choosing a piece for a lover, family member or a plutonic symbol of friendship, choosing the right piece is vital to establishing a long-term sentimental gift they will treasure for a lifetime. Fortunately, Banks Lyon has decades of experience helping people choose the perfect amount of jewellery from our broad and varied collections. Of course, we offer in-store assistance regarding selection, but knowing some specifics beforehand will help you search considerably. Here are some factors to consider when choosing jewellery as a gift.

What Is Their Style?

When buying any gift, the first thing that should be considered is what they like. This seemingly simple question will have a lot of additional factors when choosing jewellery for someone. For example, buying diamond earrings for someone who hasn’t pierced their ears will be very embarrassing.

Everyone is unique, with different tastes and styles and discovering may require some careful investigation so you can ensure they genuinely treasure their gift. Below are some example questions you can answer to gain a good impression of what suits them:

• Do they tend to wear large, bold pieces as statements or more subtle jewellery?
• Do they prefer a single gem or metal? This could also be connected to their skin tone (explored later).
• Do they wear sleek and simple or highly detailed designs?
• What do they wear the most? Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pendants, etc.

Discovering these answers will help significantly when filtering the available choices into a few choice selections. To approach a final choice, we must address how best to compliment the gift receivers’ natural beauty.

Jewellery to Enhance Existing Beauty

Consider Skin Tones

Most popular pieces will be worn in skin contact; necklaces, rings, and earrings are all in direct contact, so when exploring unique designs of jewellery, it’s important to consider how they will complement the skin tone next to them. Generally, there are recommended metals and gemstones that will achieve this for various skin tones:

You may have noticed that Diamonds were not mentioned above; that’s because, as the song goes, diamonds really are a girl’s best friend. For example, diamond pendants will work with any skin tone, looking stunning and enhancing any outfit with impressive elegance. Every skin tone can be complemented with the correct choice of jewellery; it’s all about finding the right one to accentuate that beauty already present.

Complimenting the Shape of the Face

Not every piece will suit everyone; beauty is not as dull as that. For true beauty, the entire person needs to be considered, including an easy-to-miss aspect, the shape of their face. This is especially important for earrings and surprisingly important for necklaces.

The choice of diamonds is always great to add a touch of gorgeous sparkling. For example, oval faces will complement hoop designs like this pair of 18ct Yellow Gold 0.40ct Brilliant Cut Diamond Hoop Earrings for just £1,875. Made with 18ct yellow gold, these are also an excellent choice for people with warm skin tones.

The gentle curves of an oval face can be enhanced when choosing jewellery with elegant curves of its own. This 18ct Yellow Gold 0.11ct Diamond Set White Enamel Locket for £2,695 brings a delicate open chain and a minimalist design that gently replicates the curves of an oval face.

This recommendation is a generalised concept that may differ from the style, tastes, and opinions of the person you are buying for. True beauty is an extension of the heart, a pure thing that exists separately and above the labels, people are assigned during their lives. This infinite complexity has been reduced to some general advice for matching certain metals and gemstones to skin tones that hopefully will help, but only your heart should make the final choice.

Treasured for a Lifetime

Here at Banks Lyon, we value the personal connection the perfect jewellery creates as a gift between loved ones. When worn, gifts such as the ones mentioned earlier can hold memories of future romantic nights to be treasured for a lifetime.

To view our outstanding collection of new and pre-owned jewellery in person, visit our showrooms in Lancaster and Kendal, where you can also acquire assistance from our knowledgeable and friendly staff. Contact us with questions about our high-quality jewellery and zero finance options available online.