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Do not drop
or abuse your jewelry.
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Refrain
from hitting your jewelry
with another object.
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Do not forcibly bend any part of
your jewelry.
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Prevent your jewelry from being caught
on another object, such as clothing.
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Follow
the suggested guidelines
below in caring for your
jewelry.
Be cautious
to avoid the improper usage of
your jewelry. Sharp jewelry
items, including brooches, as
well as small items like rings,
may pose a threat to young
children or when used
improperly.
We strive to sell high
quality and durable costume
jewelry. However, as a
general rule of thumb, no
costume jewelry will be as
durable or reliable as fine
jewelry.
It would be unreasonable to
expect costume jewelry to last
indefinitely; even fine jewelry
will not look new forever.
With proper usage and care, you can prolong the life of your jewelry.
Following the suggested
guidelines below for the type of
costume jewelry in question will
help to prolong the life and
enjoyment of your jewelry.
Caring for your costume jewelry:
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Keep your jewelry away from the following as
much as possible:
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Water, lotion,
perfume, or other
harsh chemicals.
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Do not use soap/water or jewelry cleaner to clean
your costume jewelry. We recommend that you use Windex® or equivalent
to clean your jewelry.
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Sweat will shorten the life of your costume jewelry.
Much of
today's fine sterling silver jewelry has a layer of rhodium
plating. This gives your
sterling silver jewelry the look
of platinum/white gold jewelry,
and also help keep your jewelry
shine by inhibiting tarnishing,
while also requiring less
maintenance. Point to
note, this is simply top plating
and rhodium plate will
eventually wear off over time.
However, because the base metal
is sterling silver, it may still
be polished to a shine.
Using any sterling silver cleaner solution (such as Tarnix) will make rhodium plating wear
off faster, thus should only be done when necessary. It is best to clean your sterling
silver jewelry with Sterling
Silver Cleaner Cloth for regular
cleaning.
Vermeil jewelry is sterling silver jewelry with 18K Gold Electroplated. As with
rhodium plating, you should follow the above guidelines.
If your sterling silver does not have any rhodium plate, we still
recommend that you use a
Sterling Silver Cleaner Cloth most of the time and use Tarnix or equivalent
only when
needed. This is because sterling silver jewelry has
a plating chemical that gives
your sterling silver jewelry the
shine.
Caring for your silver jewelry:
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Keep your jewelry away
from the following as
much as possible:
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Water, lotion,
perfume, or other
harsh chemicals.
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For
Rhodium Plated Silver
and Vermeil jewelry - Do
not use soap/water or
jewelry cleaner to clean
your jewelry as the soap
will leave a film
clouding your jewelry.
We recommend that you
use Silver Cleaning
Cloth for light
cleaning, Windex® or
equivalent to clean out
dirt that Cleaning Cloth
can not clean.
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Sweat
will shorten the life of
your jewelry.
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