Care guide.
Jewelry should be treated with love and care to make it last for generations. The following are basic guidelines for keeping you and your jewelry happy:
- Store your jewelry in our jewelry box. If you need to store your jewelry over a longer period, we recommend you add a silica gel bag to the box.
- Do not store gold plating and silver plating together. The different metals could cause each other to tarnish, fade and/or turn colors. Have different storage places for different colors of metals like gold and rose gold.
- Never store your jewelry in the bathroom as the moisture can cause rapid oxidisation. If you live in a moist climate we strongly recommend you store the jewelry in a ziplock bag with a silica gel bag inside.
- Remove jewelry before strenuous work or sports. You should also remove jewelry before jumping in the pool or ocean.
- Avoid getting chemicals from perfumes, household remedies etc on the jewelry
Silver jewelry.
Sterling silver tarnishes, especially when exposed to salt air and products containing sulfur, such as rubber bands and some papers. However, silver that is regularly used typically needs less care, so we recommend you to wear your silver every day.
To clean your silver jewelry use a small amount of silver jewelry cleaner on a soft cloth and gently rub the silver several times. Then rinse the silver thoroughly in warm water and carefully dry. This will remove the tarnish and dullness, keeping your sterling silver like new. Please note: chlorine and bleach accelerate tarnishing and should be avoided.
Gold plated jewelry.
Plating is a process where a layer of gold is placed on to coat the surface of another metal. As the jewelry is not 100% solid gold, extra care should be taken to maximize its lifespan. Although we coat our jewelry with 2.5 microns of 18K gold (instead of industry standard of 1.5 microns and 10K gold), anything plated will eventually tarnish with time and wear.
Clean your plated jewelry with a cotton ball or a very soft cloth to remove any dust and dirt. Gently rubbing the surface of your gold plated jewelry using a soft jewelry cloth, helps restore shine. Do not use a polishing cloth as this could strip away the plating. If your jewelry needs more cleaning you may clean it with warm, soapy water. Soak it for a few minutes and you may clean it with a soft cloth. Stay away from jewelry cleaners and antibacterial soaps which may have certain components that will make your gold plated jewelry tarnish more quickly.
To decrease the chances of fading out, here are easy ways on keeping the luster of your gold plated jewelry.
- Do not spray on perfume or other sprays while wearing your gold-plated jewelry.
- Wait until your lotion or cream is dry or has been absorbed by your skin before you wear your gold plated ring, bracelet or necklace.
- Substances like oil, nail polish, nail polish remover, chlorine, and perfume may react with metal/plated jewelry and cause it to tarnish. This is also true for sweat, so make sure you remove your gold plated jewelry when you exercise or doing anything requiring heavy work and when swimming.
- In case of a bracelet worn by a baby that’s starting to crawl, make sure the bracelet is worn a little tighter with the top facing up to avoid damaging from crawling on rougher surfaces.
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