The earrings are beautiful and colour has a bit more depth which was great. Each earring is actually constructed of 2 of the blue sections with a gold plate sandwiched in the middle which gives it a much more sophisticated look. Unfortunately on one of the earrings, the 3 pieces are out of alignment but it's not obvious if your hair is down or in the night time. I didn't want to try to straighten it because I don't know how it's actually held together and didn't want to break it completely