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Caring for Jewellery
Whether it's fun fahion or a piece set with diamonds to cherish for a lifetime, all jewellery benefits from special care.
Fashion jewellery keeps its looks longer, gemstones keep their lustre and value.
- Wearing Jewellery
- Cosmetics,skincare product,perfume,hairspray - a surprising number of beauty aids have the reverse effects on jewellery, reacting with gold alloys or eroding plated surfaces.
so take extra care when you dress and undress.
Do
Put on jewellery last, after you've finished using make up, hairspay and perfume.
Remove jewellery first when you undress, so chains bracelets and earings won't get caught in your clothes and damaged.
Don't
Wear jewellery in the bath or shower, where it can come into contact with bath oils.
Wear jewellery while you're swimming-chlorine and salt water can also cause damage.
- Strong Jewellery
- DO
Invest in Jewel case with seperate compartments.
Wrap pearls seperately to protect them.
Store chains flat.
Don't
Store different types of gemstone together -they vary in hardness and the more fragile stones may get scratched.
- Cleaning Jewellery
- As you wear jewwllery, it inevitably gathers a build up of natural oils from your skin.So regular cleaning is must.
do
- Have porous stones-turqoise,natural and cultured pearls,and opals- professionally cleanned.
Wash most other jewellery in a warm soloution of washing-up liquid, brush lightly around the settingswith a soft toothbrush,then rinse and pat dry.
don't
wash porous stones
Use a jewellery dip for fashion jewellery, as it will damage the plating.
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