How to Care for Your Jewelry

The life of your Beaded Jewelry will depend on the care you provide. For best results, please follow these helpful tips: Avoid immersing your Beaded Jewelry in water containing chlorine, salt or minerals. Remove your Beaded Jewelry when applying hand cream or suntan lotion. Household cleaners contain bleach and can cause your jewelry to discolor Avoid abrasive cleaners, detergents and commercial Jewelry cleaner's "dips" especially if the pieces have an oxidized finish. Using harsh polishing cleaners will alter the look of your Beaded Jewelry Never use an ultrasonic cleaner, ammonia or any chemical solution to clean the crystals, pearls, or glass beads. Simply wipe them gently with a moist cloth Keep Sterling Silver and silver plated jewelry in plastic zipper bags. Exposure to oxygen is what causes tarnish on silver. Storing them in zipper bags helps to greatly slow down the tarnishing process. Store jewelry in plastic bags only after it is completely dry. If your Sterling Silver pieces do tarnish, we recommend using a commercial product made for cleaning silver jewelry, but use caution, read the directions, and wipe with a soft cloth. However, we do not recommend using any product on silver with antiquing. It may remove the finish. Never put Beaded Jewelry in the dishwasher.