Actors Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder confirmed their engagement in February 2015, just six months after they began dating. While the Twilight actress’s first engagement ring didn’t feature a lab-grown diamond, she told The Knot that she plans to redesign her jewel with a synthetic stone. “When we were getting engaged, cultivated diamonds hadn’t really hit the market in the way that we are now,” she said. “Interestingly enough, I have such a wonderful, sweet, open-minded husband who’s fully on board with me, at some point, redesigning my ring with a cultivated diamond.
She did, however, launch her own jewelry brand, Bayou With Love, which features a bridal line of jewels made with recycled gold and cultivated diamonds. “One thing that I definitely came across with my mission of creating sustainable goods was the misconception that sustainability and luxury can’t live together,” she explained. “I felt like creating jewelry with all of this recycled gold was the perfect opportunity to look that right in the face.”