Traditionally, diamonds have been used to fashion tiaras, rings and earrings, nowadays there is an increasing incidence of diamond body jewelry being used by men as well as women as a bold and shining fashion statement that really dazzles everyone. Diamonds have been the preserve of kings and emperors and aristocracy and now they are the favorite baubles of corporate and media industry czars and czarinas who would like to flaunt their wealth and opulence by boldly flashing diamond body jewelry as a dazzling testimony to their sheer affluence.

Diamond is the hardest material found in nature and is a form of carbon that has many industrial applications in terms of being the tip of cutters and shapers which no other material can erode. There is such a huge demand for diamonds that the annual turnover in diamonds runs up to $9 bn per annum. While diamond pendants and lockets as well as earrings are passé and common, many people now prefer to wear resplendent diamond body jewelry in the form of nose rings, belly button rings and nose studs that are made of diamonds. In India and many Eastern countries, toe rings made of diamonds are also common among the upper classes who can afford such prohibitively expensive body adornments.

Diamonds which command such astronomical prices are judged on the basis of the color, carat, cut and clarity. These are called the 4 Cs of diamonds. When comes to diamond body jewelry, the criteria are certainly no different. The color for which diamonds are known for are due to certain impurities like nitrogen for yellow and brown colors, boron helps in forming the gray black color. The colorless diamonds that are cut and show a perfect dispersion of light are the commonest forms of diamonds.