10 Tips to Keep Your Jewelry Beautiful

1. Avoid water contact. Don’t shower or swim with your jewelry. Soap residue, chlorine, or salt can settle on or inside your jewelry and cause discoloration.

2. No perfume or cream. Avoid direct contact of your jewelry with soap, perfume, makeup, body lotion, and hairspray.

3. Sweating. Always remove your jewelry when doing hard work or starting a tough workout. Sweat is harmful to your jewelry.

4. Remove jewelry before sleeping. Jewelry wears out faster when worn continuously and may get damaged during sleep.

5. Store properly. Ideally, store your jewelry in a darker place, such as an organza bag or a jewelry box.

6. Reduce tangling. Close chains, bracelets, and other pieces before storing. This reduces the chances of knots forming.

7. Jewelry comes last. Put your jewelry on last when getting dressed to avoid snagging.

8. Avoid pressure. Avoid strong pressure on elastic bracelets. Put them on gently to prevent overstretching.

9. Beware of chemicals. Remove your jewelry when using chemical products. Don’t wear it while cleaning.

10. Sun and tanning beds. Avoid exposing your jewelry unnecessarily to sunlight or tanning beds as this may cause discoloration.

11. Remove bracelets during sports. Bracelets should be taken off during sports activities to prevent breakage due to strain. Sweat may also damage the material.