Can you guess who these sparkling engagement rings belong to? Match the band to the celeb...
From Cristiano Ronaldo 's romantic proposal to long-time partner Georgina Rodríguez, to LA-based Nicola Peltz Beckham giving her jaw-dropping diamond another starring role in her vow renewal with Brooklyn.
And what do these grand gestures have in common? Diamonds. Celebrities are known for flashing their eye-wateringly pricey diamonds that could probably fund one's mortgage for the next thirty years.
It was reported that Ronaldo forked out a eye-watering seven-figure sum on his model fiancee's incredible diamond engagement ring.
Meanwhile, Nicola showed off her original £1.3 million ($1.8 million) wedding ring on August 2 in Westchester County, three years after their initial wedding.
Of course, they're far from the only celebs flashing serious ice, Kim Kardashian is known for flaunting the bling among other reality stars.
Meanwhile, Selena Gomez's eye-watering engagement ring sparked a frenzy of speculation, thanks to its massive centre stone and jaw-dropping price tag.
But how well do you know your celebrity engagement rings? Could you tell Sofia Richie's sparkler from Blake Lively's?
It comes as an engagement ring expert said that you should never wear your rock to bed, or risk wrecking the heirloom.
Neil Dutta, the Managing Director of engagement ring specialists at Angelic Diamonds, told the Daily Mail that it can damage the prongs, which is the metallic beams that support the weight of the stone.
Sleeping with the ring on can increase the risk of loosening the diamond and this can lead to losing it completely.
'As we regularly repair diamond rings, I'd say as many as a third are due to prong damage,' Dutta says.
'And when I ask if the person sleeps with their ring, 99 percent say yes.'
Dutta says not taking off your engagement ring when it comes to lights out can also cause skin irritation, with her adding: 'Think about how much you sweat throughout the day, or how much bacteria is trapped under your ring, naturally causing dermatological issues.'
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Did you guess correctly? Here are some of the most jaw-droppingly expensive celebrity engagement rings...
1. VICTORIA BECKHAM
2. LAUREN SANCHEZ
3. GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ
4. NICOLA PELTZ BECKHAM
5. SERENA WILLIAMS
6. EVA LONGORIA
7. AMAL CLOONEY
8. SARAH JESSICA PARKER
9. SOFIA RICHIE
10. BLAKE LIVELY
11. SELENA GOMEZ
12. HEIDI KLUM
He added: 'By taking your ring off at night, you're reducing that bacteria build-up and allowing your ring finger to breathe.'
If a fiancée is prone to tossing and turning in bed, it could actually damage the stone itself, as Dutta says that a restless kip can increase 'likelihood of you catching your ring on your bedding or nightwear, which can damage the prong setting'.
He added: 'You may even chip or loosen a stone, especially those in a pavé or channel setting.'
An engagement ring designer also revealed the three ring styles that she would never invest in.
Jordan, who is the creator of Castlefield Collection, a jewelry company based in Canada, ran through exactly what styles you should avoid as it related to their durability.
'The first thing you want to avoid is a ring without a gallery rail,' Jordan began.
'A gallery rail is this thin piece of metal that goes in between the prongs of the ring,' she explained as she showed a photo of a ring with this specific feature.
The designer explained that without a gallery rail, your ring could be at risk of becoming damaged, or even worse.
'Without a gallery rail, especially if you only have four prongs holding your stone, if one prong gets pulled down and caught on something, you will lose your stone,' she said.
She then showed off a photo of a ring that didn't have a gallery rail on it, and furthered that it's definitely something you don't want to buy, as you really need that 'extra support.'
'Next, I would never buy a very, very thin-banded engagement ring,' Jordan said.
'While thin bands like these can be very pretty, it is just not very durable.'
She recommended sticking to 'at least' a band that was 1.8 millimetres in size.
'These days, it's been very trendy to choose an engagement ring with a very thin, barely-there band, but this is very risky,' she told DailyMail.com. 'A very thin band (less than 1.6 mm) will be more prone to bending and breaking.'
'Furthermore, gold wears away over time,' she continued. 'If you start with a very thin band, it will wear away to almost nothing over many years of wear. I always recommend going with at least 1.8 - 2mm in band width.'
Last but not least, Jordan revealed that she wouldn't recommend buying engagement rings that had a diamond band on them in the video.
'Next, I would never buy an engagement ring that looks like this, that has a bubble band, that's what they call it,' she said, showing off an example of what she meant.
'This has one prong holding every two stones in the band,' she continued. 'This is not durable at all.'
The Castlefield Collection founder then flashed another example on the screen, a ring that had a band complete with oval-shaped diamonds on it.
'You do not want to buy a ring like this,' Jordan explained. 'The question is not if it will drop stones, it's when.'
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