minimize chances to the absolute best of our ability. Refusing to buy from certain companies that maintain their monopolies on the world diamond market, and paying slightly higher prices to deal only with those we know and trust are some of the ways we do this. And until the day when truly conflict-free (simulant) diamonds are no longer the exception, but the rule, no one will ever be able to offer a better guarantee.

So what are we doing about it?

Great question. :) There is a new process that is being perfected...and we are itching to be at the forefront of it. Scientists have developed a method of growing a full diamond from a sliver of a genuine diamond. Briefly stated, the diamond sliver is put in a chamber which re-creates the high pressure environment that nature uses to form a diamond. The result is the ONLY truly conflict-free diamond, which bears the exact same structural makeup of a diamond mined from the earth with blood, sweat, and tears. The same faceting, the same sparkle, the same durability, the same glamour...GUARANTEED.

You can be certain, as we here at Understated continue to research and learn more about the true potential of this amazing revolution, we will let you know! We believe that we can and need to be one of the first in Hollywood to offer truly globally-friendly fashion that will be on every "it" list.

Because beauty really should be more than skin-deep.