Care Tip: Keep Your Fashion Jewellery Dry and Tarnish Free

Don’t Wash Dishes or do Laundry with Your Jewellery on

Many cleaning products that come in contact with your beautiful jewellery that can take off the finish. Why? Because of the harsh chemicals.

Don’t Wear Jewellery In Pool or at the Spa

Chlorinated water can react with the metals found in jewellery causing your awesome bangle or necklace to change colour.

Don’t Use Jewellery Cleaner

Cleaner made for silver, gold, or platinum is way too harsh for fashion jewellery which is usually plated with these precious metals. Keep reading for Tips on Cleaning Your Jewellery

Don’t Put on Lotion or Perfume with your Jewellery on

For the same reasons listed above, lotions and perfumes that are not 100% natural can react unfavourably with your jewellery. 

Basically, keep your jewellery away from the following:

• water
• dishwashing soap
• lotion
• perfume
• silver cleaner
• other harsh chemicals

Care Tip: Last On, First Off

Put Your Jewellery on After You Put Your Clothes on and Before Your Take Your Clothes Off

Doing this will ensure that your jewellery doesn’t get caught on your sweater or t-shirt during the clothing removal process. An accidental pull of your necklace while taking off your shirt can cause a chain or string to break!

Remove Your Jewellery During Activities 

When performing mundane and fun tasks, such as laundry, cooking, or gardening, remove your jewellery to prevent physical damage or exposure to cleaning chemicals or cleaning fluids.

Put Jewellery On After Applying Hairspray and Makeup 

This goes back to keeping your jewellery dry. Perfumes, hairspray, lotion, and makeup usually contains harsh chemicals that can damage your beautiful jewellery. By waiting until you are all done your beauty routine you can avoid potential damage.

Care Tip: Store Your Fashion Jewellery Properly to Keep it Looking Great for years!

Keep Your Jewellery Secure

Store your jewellery in a jewellery box or other secure container that will prevent your baubles from moving around. You can also store your jewellery in a silk or velvet pouch and put each pouch in a decorative shoe box. 

Use Anti-tarnish Paper

When storing your fashion jewellery try wrapping each piece in anti-tarnish paper. If you don’t have anti-tarnish paper use an eyeglass cloth instead!

Avoid Air! 

The air around us is what makes metal tarnish. We recommend using a Ziploc or sandwich bag with the air squeezed out to prevent oxidization.

Care Tip: Clean Your Fashion Jewellery

Fashion jewellery is fun, unique, and a great way to revamp your outfit. You have a piece of fashion jewellery you love, but you wear it every day and now it is a bit grungy. To keep your jewellery fabulous and fresh, we have created this very comprehensive guide to cleaning your costume/fashion jewellery.

Wait! Before I give you the low down on cleaning your jewellery you should be sure to remove dirt, oils and general pollutants. You will get better, more even cleaning results if you do this step first. Use a little soap and water on a soft toothbrush to clean out gunk and grime from your piece. Sometimes that is all you need, but if you need to beef up your shine game keep reading! 

EXCHANGES, RETURN AND REFUND POLICY

All fashion jewellery, watches and accessories sold by THE GODFATHER, is of the highest standards and quality.  Failure to adhere to the proper care of products will invite premature tarnishing and damage to items. All sales are final.  We accept no returns, exchanges or refunds,