Caring for your jewellery

The essentials

• Avoid direct, prolonged contact with perfume, creams, hairspray and cleaning products.
• Although they resist water, limit exposure to the chlorine in swimming pools and to salt water.
• Put your jewellery on last, after the perfume.
• Take it off for hard exercise, and before you sleep.

Our pieces are water-resistant: a splash, the rain or washing your hands does them no harm. What does wear them down is chlorine, salt water and sweat — case by case, in can gold plating get wet?

Cleaning

Clean your pieces with a soft, dry cloth after wearing them. If they need more, use a cloth slightly dampened with water and dry them thoroughly afterwards. Do not use abrasive products or chemical cleaners.

If a piece has lost its shine and you want the step-by-step method — and the list of what must never touch it, which includes much-repeated tricks such as bicarbonate of soda — it is in how to clean jewellery at home.

Storing them

Keep each piece on its own, in its case or in a cloth pouch, somewhere dry and out of direct light. That way you avoid scratches, tangles and oxidation from damp.

And if you have ever been left with a green mark on your skin: it is not dirt and it is not a faulty piece, it is copper, and it is explained in why costume jewellery turns your finger green.

Why does it need looking after?

Because the gold on our pieces is a plating, not solid gold: a thin layer deposited over bronze, which can wear away with time. If you want to understand the difference between gold plating, gold filled and solid gold — and what to ask before buying gold-toned costume jewellery — we explain it without dodging in gold plated, gold filled and solid gold.

Cubic zirconia and enamel

Cubic zirconia and enamel are delicate: avoid knocks and sudden changes of temperature. The enamel is applied piece by piece, so its shade can vary slightly from one to another.

What a cubic zirconia actually is, how it differs from a diamond and why it loses its clarity over the years: what cubic zirconia is.

More questions? Have a look at our frequently asked questions.