/almost Perfect
I love these earrings.  They are so lightweight and comfortable to wear, you can workout, run, and jump, and you will not even feel them in your ears.  Simple, small and bright, with the whole design face forward, which I like better than the front to back design of regular hoops, they are a great addition to my many earrings, I'm sure I will be grabbing them on a regular basis.<br /><br />The packaging is nice, with them coming in a little flat box that is sealed at both ends, so you will have to dig off the seals, alas, to allow you to slip out the flat black pocket with a white snap that holds them.  This is a cute bag that will stand out, should you fling it on top of all those little jewelry sacks with the strings you pull to close them, and it even comes with a polishing cloth in a small cardboard envelope.  Seems to me a lot of consideration went into the packaging, and I like it.<br />So, now is the reason for the four stars rather than five, which I would really like to give this pair of earrings. Yes, they are elegant, comfortable, and a terrific price, so what is the problem?  To me it is something that doesn't really even matter, since I never use the butterfly backs that come on most post earrings, but instead add some of those rubber backs, or nuts, or whatever you want to call them.  The description does mention that these come with the butterfly backs, though, so if you like those, or if you are considering having them sent to a friend, keep the following  in mind.  When I took the earrings out of the little flat bag, they did not have the backs on them.  The backs were at the bottom of the bag, though I could hardly feel them in there.  These butterfly backs are minuscule, as in they do not fit on the earrings.  Maybe Houdini or you could work them on there, but I could not.  Why oh why did I get those teeny tiny butterfly backs that feel like they are something from a collection of miniatures?  This needs to be addressed. Maybe I alone got these strange little metal doodads, but I want to mention it, in case those are an important aspect of the purchase to you. Hey, if the backs are not on the earrings when you first take them out, what does that tell you?<br /><br />Okay, so I have my rubber nuts on these terrific new earrings, and I  love them.  Yes, I recommend them, but BYOB; bring your own backs.
Rating: 4 stars