5 Tips For Accessorizing With Jewelry

If you have a habit of wearing your costume jewelryYou could clean your copper with ketchup; just use a
to the beach, yet want to prevent this same jewelrycotton cloth, old T-shirt, or paper towel. Rinse in cool
from tarnishing, you should rethink that practice. Thewater, then dry with paper towel or cotton cloth.
sand and salt water are not good for such jewelry,Use toothpaste to clean your silver plated jewelry. It is
therefore brass, copper, gold plated, and silver platedalso a great idea to clean your sterling silver or gold.
pieces should be treated with extreme care; especiallyRinse in cool water and dry with cotton cloth. You will
if those are favorites.get a beautiful shine on your jewelry.
Do not spray cologne, perfume, and/or lotion onto yourWhenever I run out of jewelry cleaner, I sometimes
costume jewelry when worn, as that can result inuse this procedure which works well for me.
tarnishing. A helpful suggestion would be to put yourDo not use this technique with jewelry containing semi
cologne, perfume, or lotion on areas which will not be inprecious stones such as turquoise, pearls, coral, fluorite,
direct contact with your jewelry.moonstone, malachite, obsidian, blue lace agate, moss
Do not wear your jewelry when you plan to cleanagate, hematite, pyrite, abalone, and amber because
your house with harsh chemicals.the hardness on these stones is below seven. Most
Whenever your brass or gold plate jewelry tarnishes,gem stones have a hardness which identifies the
you could clean it with lemon juice mixed with a littlestrength of the gems.
cool water in a small bowl or container for a fewI like to experiment with different ways on how to
minutes. Once your jewelry is cleaned, you should rinseclean jewelry and share it with jewelry designers and
it out in cool water, then dry it with a paper towel orcustomers.
cotton cloth.