Engagement rings to suit all budgets and tastes

The most important thing to bear in mind about an engagement band is what it represents. The ring symbolises a commitment and its beauty represents the beautiful love that a couple wish to share for life. The cost of a ring is not important but how it looks is as a woman or man will see it as a part of their shared love for one another. If the budget doesn’t stretch the Queen Elizabeth’s sapphire ring or Victoria Beckham’s huge diamond, then take a look into the meanings of colour and choose a ring that means something between the couple. Engagement rings with green stones mean faith and continuity that are perfect for this occasion. A green garnet and tourmaline are affordable options and the emerald is the most glamorous green stone.

Red gems are a symbol of the heart and the most expensive red gem would be a ruby but an inexpensive red garnet can work just as well, with a red tourmaline or spinel making up the intermediately priced choices. A blue stone stands for purity and a blue iolite, tourmaline and spinel are cheaper versions of the expensive and fabulous sapphire. A birthstone shows that thought has been put into the ring and gives the receiver an immediate connection to it and it can be combined with side stone diamonds as can any of the coloured gems. A more unusual ring is a pearl ring and there are many different options from antiques to cheaper versions that can be placed into a plain band.