I like the earrings. The finish is smooth on one side, and my ears lobes didn't have an allergic reaction to the plating. They are hefty in a good way. I noticed people having triple and quadruple takes of my earrings, maybe good or bad. However, one side of each earring is scratched and it is the side of the earring that faces outward when they are in my ears. Maybe this is due to the packaging since there is nothing to secure the earrings to protect them from shifting in the package. I would have given five stars if these were not scratched.