How to Wear Jewelry Responsibly

As a serious jewelry owner, there are steps that you should be taking to preserve the life and look of your favorite jewelry pieces. This includes doing things like taking off pieces of your jewelry when you are doing certain tasks. Learn when to take off your jewelry and you’ll keep it in good shape and extend the life of your pieces dramatically. 

Avoid Swimming Pools

Jewelry doesn’t do well in chlorinated water and that’s something that you want to avoid exposing your pieces to as much as possible. The chlorine in swimming pools can react with certain metals in jewelry leading to color changes over time and even structural damage over time. 

Slip Jewelry on After You Get Ready for the Day

Hair spray, perfume, lotion and other cosmetics are bad for jewelry. That’s why you should wait until you’ve applied all that stuff before you put on your accessories. By waiting until the end, you avoid exposing your jewelry to the harmful chemicals and keep it in better shape overall. This is a good habit to get into each time you get ready, even if you aren’t always using all those damaging products. 

Avoid Jewelry when Performing Chores at Home

Housework is hard on jewelry as well and something that you want to avoid doing when you’re dressed up with your favorite pieces. Try to avoid wearing rings, bracelets and other pieces of jewelry that are going to be around your hands while you do everyday cleaning tasks. Whether you’re washing dishes, digging in the garden, or just cleaning up your home, it’s best to do so without much jewelry on. 

Store it with Care

When you aren’t wearing your jewelry, you should take the time and put in the effort to store it all carefully. Invest in a good quality jewelry box that separates your pieces from one another, or invest in soft jewelry bags to store your pieces in. You want to keep the different items from rubbing together during storage, to keep your jewelry in good shape for as long as possible. This is especially true when storing soft and hard items together because items like diamonds can easily scratch up gold rings and other softer metals. 

Taking care of jewelry is an important part of ownership, and it’s the only way that you’ll preserve your investment over time. Just make sure that you keep these best-practices in mind each time that you use your jewelry and you’ll keep your collection in better shape over time and get much more use out of your jewelry. Speak with us here at Draper's Jewelry to learn the best care instructions needed for all of your jewelry pieces.