Why is it important to care for jewellery?

We all love every kind of jewellery, even if it's diamond or gold or platinum jewellery, etc. And we are spending our earned money on these, but the real question comes: do we need to take care of our jewellery? Yes, by all means, we need to take proper care of jewellery, which helps the jewellery to shine and sparkle for a longer period of time. This is very important to even the highest quality of jewellery we purchase.

If we own a collection with more diamonds or is a simple, small piece of jewellery, knowing how to care for your most precious treasures is very important and will definitely increase its life expectancy. The basics start from the proper storage of jewellery to a gentle cleaning that will protect your jewellery from dust or rust. This also increases the value of your jewellery for a longer period of time.

Some tips on how you can take proper care of the jewellery.

1. Remove Your Jewellery

Jewellery is one of the treasures that we have earned from our hard-earned money and is also a delicate part that we purchase, no matter whether it is silver, gold, or diamonds. So, I’m here to remind you to slow down a bit and take some extra care with your special jewels. Take off your jewellery before any of the following activities:

1. Watch out for the beauty products

2. Playing any kind of sports activities, Gym, Spa.

3. Cleaning your home.

4. Swimming in a pool or in chlorine-treated water.

5. Jewellery should be taken off when you go to bed.

2. Put Your Jewellery on Last

It is very important to understand when to wear your jewellery. Like when we are dressing in the morning or getting ready for some night fun or a party, we try to wear the jewellery first. However, it’s better to wear it when you’re ready to step out the door. Why? Because the chemicals from perfumes, beauty, and hair products can damage your jewellery, causing it to rust.

3. Avoid Putting on Lotion When Wearing Jewellery

Lotion seems like a harmless product since it helps to restore moisture in your skin, but lotion can damage the finish on custom jewellery pieces and make their shine a bit dull.

4. Store Each Jewellery Piece Individually

The reason for storing your pieces individually is that it makes it easier to avoid situations like pieces that can knock each other down and cause a diamond to fall out, and chains can become tangled.

5. The jewellery case is an important part too

Many people understand to carry the jewellery case with them while travelling, which is definitely the best choice to protect their treasure or collections from any damage or from the breakage of any part of the jewellery.

6. Some ways you can clean your jewellery by yourself at home: 

1. With the help of Baking soda, Hot water, and aluminium foil:

When the jewellery gets rusted, you can soak your jewellery in a mixture of baking soda and hot water with an aluminium foil-lined bowl, which will make the rust on the jewellery go away. The rust from the silver will transfer to the water, and later, the water will get all the dust particles. When this method is used, there will be no need to scrub the jewellery, just a gentle, soft cloth to wipe away the jewellery and extra rust.  

2. Using of Soap and Water

The solution mixture of soap and water is an easy way to clean gold and platinum jewelry. You can Start scrubbing with a soft toothbrush or scrub with a cloth to remove any dirt on the gold and platinum. Then, we just have to remove and let them dry before storing them inside any bag. 

3. Using of Dish soap, Baking soda, Salt and Water

This is just a similar method as we have seen with the soda and water but in this only by adding some salt and dish soap in the water as they are having a strong cleaning power. The suggestion here is to use the soft cloth to be on the safe side. This type of method is generally used for diamond and platinum which means only on harder stones and metals but one should avoid it using for silver and gold.

Many jewelry stores these days offer free check-up or professional cleaning. Jewelry should be checked every six-eight months and cleaned every month. Look for a jeweler with professional training and a good reputation in the market even ask your friends or relatives for recommendations for the places which can be a good place to start with.