Determining the correct ring size is perhaps the most terrifying part of shopping for jewelry online. Therefore I try to provide as much information as possible to help you make the choice and eliminate second-guessing.
How to measure your finger
Proper ring size can only be determined with a suitable sizing tool, such as a mandrel, if you’re measuring a ring that you own, or a set of sizing rings. This can be done at most walk-in jewelry shops for free. You can also buy cheap sizing tools, including sizing rings, on Amazon or eBay.
Please, please, please don’t use a piece of paper or string, a cardboard cut-out or any other DIY method. I’ve never seen accurate results with these, and you usually end up with a ring two sizes bigger than needed. And no, I don’t accept returns and I don’t offer resizing services.
The next important thing to remember is I always mention the FIT of a ring, not it’s actual size, unless stated otherwise. E.g. if you see a ring with a wide band and it says “US 7”, it will fit a US 7, no matter what it measures on the mandrel.
Many wide rings actually fit more than one size due to their finger-hugging qualities. Often I provide the size as a 1/4 size gap, e.g. US 6 1/2 – 6 3/4, which means that the ring will work well with both sizes and anything in between.
You may notice that some wider made-to-order rings include instructions, such as “add 1/4 to your ring size”. Please do this!
However, if there is no info on sizing up, it means that the ring fits true to size.
For converting ring sizes, please refer to Ringsizes.co or ask me directly 🙂