Pampering Your Pearls

It’s important to care for your pearls in the manner that will keep them in shape to enjoy for many years to come.
Protect your pearls by storing them away from your other jewelry. No, not across the room! Just in a separate compartment in your jewelry box. This keeps other pieces from scratching the surface of your pearls. Prongs from rings, posts from earrings and even other pearls can mar their surface.
When traveling, again keep your pearls separate from your other jewelry. I have seen pearls ruined because ladies put all their jewelry for a trip in the same ziplock baggy.
Apply all hair care products and fragrances before you put on your strand of pearls. These can easily cause a film on your necklace and ruin the lustre of the pearls.
Don’t allow pearl rings or earrings to regularly come into contact with water. Generally these pieces are adhered on a post with a special epoxy that will break down over time and cause you to lose a pearl.
To clean your pearls, gently wipe with a soft cotton cloth.

Storing Your Silver

Anyone who owns silver jewelry knows that keeping it tarnish free is quite the task. What you save in costs you make up for in cleaning time! Modern pieces often have an industry-approved rhodium plating applied, which prevents tarnishing for the most part. But, for pieces that do not have that coating (and that can be the majority of your collection!) , we recommend storing your sterling silver in ziplock baggies. This prevents air from freely interacting with your silver and decreases the opportunity for tarnish to occur. It also had the added benefit of keeping your pieces from scratching each other, which could cause damage to stones!