So recently the rings by Mon Meill being offered on Groupon.my captured my eye, as the company name didnt sound dodgy, and the rings looked really pretty! Here's the deal offered:
The one I bought came in a box of two rings, which cost 58 for both of the rings. I checked the seller's website, Mon Meill, and turned out that it is a Hong Kong Jewellery company! i saw the exact same rings there, and i converted the original price of the rings from HKD to MYR. the website sold per ring at Rm 68. So i thought, hey this is a pretty good deal! Doesnt sound dodgy, trustable, the looks of the rings are exactly the same as the ones shown from the website, and the website itself gave a quality assurance with the Swarovski crystals being genuine.
It took around 5 days until my parcel containing the rings came! I was pretty excited during the unboxing and unpacking. Here's how it looks like when i opened the packaging.
The rings came along in a pink box, without a dust bag.
And when I opened the box, a care card was in the box. The card has a few jewellery care tips and also their contact number, facebook page and their address. I bought size14 rings in blue and pink.
1)CLARITY
The clarity of the crystal stones were up to my expectation. Its shine was unlike those cheap crystals which gives an impression that its made from plastic. The refractive index of the crystals was around 2.2, as stated from the website, and that pretty much explains the clarity, and the shine from the stones, as the amount of light being refracted in the stones is quite high.
2)WHITE GOLD COATING
It may seem like the coating of the ring was made from sterling silver, however, sterling silver has a whitish grey hue to it, and white gold on the other hand, looks like a very shiny metal. I compared the lustre and the hue of the coating with my Tiffany and Co. 925 silver pendant, and the ring appears to look more like white gold to me. Of course, I could've looked at the inner rim of the ring, whether there is any indication, or the manufacturers imprint of the material used. The thing is...... the ring doesn't have ANY indication or whatsoever imprint, which really disappointed me because now I can really speculate that it is made out of some coating which is of poor quality would rust! But I highly doubt so because of the lustre. It just doesnt look like a cheap coating.... PLUS, it is very evenly coated!
Overall, i was pretty satisfied with what I have received, and for the amount of money i paid for, this is a value for money, as compared to Lovisa accessories that is made from cubic zirconia or sterling silver, which the coating isnt very even, but they do have the 92.5 imprint. To me the looks of the ring matters the most, then the material, should be of quality and coated evenly. For this Mon Meill ring, it had all the qualities that I look for. Even coating, Swarovski Brilliance, setting of stones were all good. Other than the imprint of coating material, I give the rings a thumbs up! Value for money.
Care tips: I simply wipe the ring with a polishing cloth, and DAMN they look so shiny!
I keep the ring in my jewellery box, separated from my other accessories to avoid reactivity between different metals (metals further from each other in the reactivity series rust faster in the presence of moisture) gold and gold, OK! Silver and platinum together, silver will corrode faster!!
Thank you so much for reading, I really hope you got a few thing or two to expect if you wish to buy it! :)
tata~
