When you start looking for the perfect engagement ring, the size of the diamond isn’t necessarily what to look for. A massive part of ring shopping is knowing what diamond shape you are looking for. Whether designing your ring or giving your partner hints about what you want, finding the right one is no small feat. The most common diamond shapes are round, emerald, cushion, oval, princess, radiant, asscher, marquise, pear, and heart. In the hunt for the perfect diamond, you’ll want to choose the most flattering one. 

Best Diamond Shape for Short Fingers

If you have small hands and short fingers, proportions are critical. Luckily for your budget, petite hands typically look best with a smaller-sized diamond. If this is you, pear, marquise, or oval-shaped diamonds would be the best option—and oval diamonds are currently trending! These diamond shapes have a larger surface area than other options, so they can look more extensive than those with the same carat weight.  

Best Diamond Shape for Long Fingers

Those with longer, thin fingers have a lot of flexibility regarding the shape of your diamond. Larger stores will appear more proportional, and nearly all diamond shapes are flattering with thin fingers. That said, longer fingers will benefit from thicker, heavier bands or double rows of diamonds without overpowering your hand.

Best Diamond Shape for Wide Fingers

You can easily pull off bolder, bigger rings with wider fingers without looking like they’re taking over your hand. Consider trying fancier diamond shapes, such as ovals, marquise, teardrop, radiant, and emerald cuts. These can make your fingers and hands look longer and slimmer if that’s what you want. You should also tell your partner that a larger diamond would be best—consider lab-grown diamonds a budget-friendly option.

Best Diamond Shape for Square Fingers

For those with square fingers—meaning your fingers' tips are more square than rounded—oval, marquise and pear-cut diamonds would be the most flattering. The soft silhouettes of these different shapes will complement your fingers' squareness. In the same vein, avoid square-shaped diamonds, like princess-cut or Asscher-cut, as these will amplify your hand's square shape–unless that is what you want, in which case these shapes are ideal.

Shop Diamonds at Bostonian Jewelers

While the options listed above are ideal for the most flattering diamond shape, choose whichever speaks to you. The ring will still be beautiful, look great on your finger, and always mean something to you. There are no strict rules as to which diamond is right for you–these are just some of our recommendations if you are having trouble getting started. Get started with lab-grown diamonds and natural diamonds at Bostonian Jewelers.