Beauty Salon for Jewelry
Shine, radiance and play of edges in the rays of light – all this is the result of careful and delicate care of jewelry. To make your jewelry always pleasing to the eye, it needs proper care and storage. Let’s organize a beauty salon for our jewelry and learn how to do it right.
You need to follow only three rules: regular cleaning, neatness while wearing jewelry and proper storage. And your jewelry will always be irresistible.
The procedure of the prime necessity is cleaning
Jewelry, which contains gemstones (except for pearls, emeralds, opal, coral, turquoise, azure, ammonite), as well as jewelry without gems will suit the home SPA procedure – a bath with soap solution. To do this in warm water add a little detergent (do it in a container, not over the washstand, so that the product did not fall into the drainpipe), immerse the jewelry for ten minutes, and then move in a circle with minimal pressure SOFT brush clean. Then wipe with natural cloth.
Also clean up using professional cosmetics for jewelry. Baths at home – it’s more of an express cleaning. And for more serious care of products made of gold and silver they are better to give to the masters. You can also use special products, which are attached to a step-by-step instruction of about the same content:
- treat the product with a damp napkin containing cleaner solution
- rinse the jewelry with running water
- wipe it out delicately
- polish with a special napkin to remove microfractures
Professional polishing of jewelry at the master and a special napkin for cleaning at home.
Pearls and opal on the contrary love moisture, so they are not recommended to wipe.
But remember: all manipulations should be carried out gently and carefully.
Follow the rules when wearing jewelry
Gold, silver and platinum are most commonly used in jewelry. These are soft and malleable metals, they are prone to chipping, scratches and deformation. Of course, one should wear jewelry carefully.
The same requirements apply to stones . Even the diamond is prone to cracking when constantly hitting the hard surface.
But emerald in general is considered the most fragile – its internal cracks are filled with inclusions. Therefore, any stone should be treated carefully. When putting on a ring, you should touch the shank, not the gem. And while wearing earrings, hold on to the clasp.
The right way of wearing a ring with a large stone
Gemstones by nature tend to attract fat and dust. Especially diamonds, tourmaline and topaz. In order not to expose jewelry to unnecessary contamination, try to remove them during cleaning, repair, any household chores related to the use of chemicals. And of course, while playing sports.
How to properly store jewelry
The way jewelry should be stored mostly depends on the piece itself. If it’s a gold jewelry, better to store it in the soft upholstery, dark, dry place. But by no means plastic or cardboard packaging.
Silver jewelry is perfect for individual plastic bags , and in the company with a tablet of activated charcoal , which will take on excess moisture. Note that a wooden silver storage box is not suitable, because wood absorbs moisture and silver jewelry can quickly tarnish.
Use special caskets to store jewelry
And in order for pearls to please you for a long time with their pearlescent color shift, they should be stored in bags of linen or other natural fabric, in boxes with special upholstery. But remember that pearls love moisture, so rinse it with running water after wearing.
We hope, that now you will be able to easily take care of your “jewelry wardrobe” correctly and usefully :).