| Cubic Zirconia is the stylish-but-budget-conscious | | | | 4. Cubic Zirconia is great for travelling. Going on a |
| woman's best friend. | | | | holiday? Leave you diamonds, rubies and precious |
| Look at the celebs on the red carpet, decked out | | | | gemstones in a vault. Bring your cz jewelry with |
| in glittering jewels. Some of them may be | | | | you instead. Moving from place to place increases |
| distastefully overdone, but hey, wouldn't it be nice | | | | your chances of losing things. Also, who wants to |
| to be decked out in stunning jewels too? Not just | | | | get mugged while on vacation? Earrings are easily |
| a tiny little sparkles like diamond dust but | | | | misplaced. Your hotel room may not be as secure |
| decent-sized rocks. | | | | as you think, after all, someone has to clean the |
| Sparkling jewels make a blah black dress or a | | | | room while you are out. In any case, you lose |
| boring plain outfit ultra-glamorous. On the other | | | | much less if your cubic zirconia jewelry goes |
| hand, the celebs earn millions per movie. They can | | | | missing as compared you ten thousand dollar |
| easily afford diamonds, rubies, sapphires and | | | | diamond necklace. |
| probably King Solomon's mines. Those stunning | | | | 5. You can have a wide array of cz jewelry, even |
| jewels are peanuts to them. How can out paltry | | | | on a moderate budget. Hey, for the price of a |
| paychecks compare to that? | | | | diamond necklace, how many cubic zirconia |
| Actually, you can afford stunning jewels too. I'm | | | | necklaces, earrings, bracelets and what-have-you |
| not asking you to rob a bank. Just go for jewelry | | | | can you buy? Enough to go with every dress in |
| set with cubic zirconia. | | | | your wardrobe, I'd bet. |
| 1. Cubic zirconia looks just like real diamonds, | | | | 6. You can afford signature pieces with large |
| rubies,emeralds and sapphires or whatever gems | | | | gemstones. The price of diamonds, rubies, |
| they are used to substitute. Okay, an expert can | | | | sapphires, emeralds and precious gems increase |
| tell the difference by examining the jewelry but | | | | exponentially with the size. Few people can afford |
| when your wear the jewels, would onlookers be | | | | chunky jewelry with large precious gemstones. |
| able to tell the difference? I seriously doubt it. A | | | | But with CZ, you can get look alike stunners at |
| cubic zirconia necklace or chandelier earrings are | | | | affordable prices. You could even wear 1 to 3 |
| ultra-glamorous additions to your wardrobe. | | | | carat rocks on your ears, even on a moderate |
| They'd make your plainest outfit glamorous. | | | | budget. How much would a pair of earrings with 3 |
| 2. CZ is affordable. Great looks don't come cheap. | | | | carat diamonds cost? Forget diamonds. Go for CZ |
| Most of the time, that is. When it comes cubic | | | | instead. |
| zirconia, you get classy sparkle at bargain | | | | 7. Cubic Zirconia is not fragile. Unlike glass which |
| basements prices. | | | | was used to make costume jewelry in the past, |
| 3. CZ is durable. These stones aren't as had a | | | | cubic zirconia does not shatter. It isn't breakable |
| diamonds but they are hard enough, being an 8.5 | | | | like glittery glass, which makes it the ideal stone |
| to 9 on the MOH's scale of hardness. (Emerald is | | | | for high-end fashion jewelry in these modern |
| 7.5-8 on the MOH's scale). | | | | times. |