12 Jewelry Tips and Hacks That Will Change Your Life

Gemstone jewellery can be lovely to purchase, and can make strong and uncovering expressions about you. Here are some tips for greater enjoyment of your favorite gold and silver jewellery.

1.       Never swim in a chlorinated pool while wearing gold and silver jewellery.

2.       Ever apply make-up, scent, oils or colognes before you put on your silver jewellery.

3.       Keep both your skin and your gold and silver jewellery clean and free of oil.

4.       Utilizing a absorptive, rough free body powder on regions that your gold and silver gems jewellery touches your skin can help with skin discolouration.

5.       If you do have any skin discoloration you may need to move to a higher gold content. Say, from 14K gold jewellery to 18K jewellery.

6.       Are your silver and gold chain all stain in knots? Here's a clever little tricks for straighten out them. Dust your chain with a little talcum powder and then try to unknot it. If the bunch is stubborn, put a little drop of baby oil on a sheet of wax paper. Lay the knot in the oil and work it out with two pins; then clean the chain as instructed below.

7.       Don't be afraid to wear gold and handcrafted silver jewellery together. Artful use of accessories that use both metals provide an effective visual segue' or bridge.

8.       For daily cleaning it is recommended to use a simple jewellery polishing cloth that is impregnated with special jewellery cleaner. These are widely available and are very easy to use. Store your cloth in a plastic zip-lock bag, and keep in your jewellery drawer or armoire. It is a good idea to have one cleaning cloth for gold and one for silver.

9.       For a Super Spring Cleaning of your gold and silver jewellery, mix 1cup of clean warm water with ½ cup of ammonia. Soak your jewellery in this solution for about 15 minutes; gently scrub with a soft, clean toothbrush, then rinse in warm water. Air dry on an absorbent paper towel. At the point when completely dry, you may gently buff with a delicate wool fabric.

10.   If a ring stalls out on your finger; spray the area around the ring with Windex. Wiggle and twist the ring right off.

11.   For a slightly more "in depth" cleaning you may want to use liquid jewellery cleaner.

12.   For cleaning badly tarnished silver, here's a neat little trick.

        Cover the inside bottom of a heat-proof glass dish on bowl with a piece of aluminum foil, shiny side up.

        Place the tarnished silver in the bottom of the dish, contacting the aluminium foil.

        Add 1 heaping tablespoon of baking soda, and then slowly pour boiling water to cover the piece. The tarnish will gradually collect on the aluminium foil.