A halo ring has countless combinations of customisation. From different stone sizes, shapes and colours, a halo ring can be entirely personalised without losing the traditional centre gemstone element.
Shank style
Halo engagement rings look beautiful with both a plain or pavé shank. A plain shank offers a simpler, cleaner appearance and gives the centre stone a greater presence, while a pavé shank will result in a more brilliant overall appearance. To follow the Art Deco style, the number of pavé stones on the shank is typically equal on both sides, creating symmetry.
Alternatively, the shank of a halo engagement ring could feature a split shank, in which the band splits into two narrower bands. A split shank can be further customised by being entwined, twisted, pavéd or left in its originally polished state.
Any of these band finishes will give you the classic halo engagement ring style, with a different feel.

The centre stone type & shape
The centrepiece of a halo engagement ring can be a fancy-colour or colourless diamond, or another precious gemstone, such as ruby, emerald or sapphire. Each stone choice can be mixed and matched with other pavé choices for contrast, or can all remain the same stone type for a more classic finish.
Round, cushion, princess and oval shape diamonds and coloured gemstones are classic choices for a halo engagement ring style. This doesn’t mean to say that other shapes don’t work. Other stone shapes like radiants and emerald-cuts can look striking when wrapped in the stones of a ‘halo’.
Even the pointed ends of cuts like the pear and marquise, that sometimes put people off, for fear of being caught or chipped, are actually softened and protected by the smaller stones that ‘wrap’ the centre stone.
Pavé colour
Choosing contrasting pavé gemstones gives your ring a custom look. Coloured precious gemstones as the pavé halo surrounding a colourless diamond combines tradition with a splash of bold colour. Or reverse it and use a coloured diamond or gemstone as a centre stone and surround it with a classic colourless diamond halo.
Hidden halo
The hidden halo differs from the traditional halo. The traditional halo style features a row of small, delicate diamonds around the centre stone, creating a halo effect from the top down view when looking at the ring.
A hidden halo isn’t visible from the top down view of the ring and instead is visible at other angles where you can see beneath the centre stone. It’s a wonderful way to add a more subtle element of brilliance to your ring design.