Jewelry Care

Here's a quick visual guide which we include with every purchase, and more really great information below if you want to learn more!

Brass:

Dirt, grease, hairspray, lotion, sweat, water and oil from our skin - these will turn the brass a slightly darker patina. Over time, it can age the brass into a vintage look which I personally love. However: If you want to keep your brass shiny gold, it’s super easy. Take your jewelry off after wearing and wipe it clean with a soft cloth (we include one with each jewelry purchase), or purchase a "Sunshine Cloth" online if you want it even shinier. You'll want to clean it often.

Gold & silver plated jewelry / Base Metals: 

You do not want to clean thisbecause it is plated and over time you'll rub the plating off. Again, use the rules of brass in regards to water and chemicals.

14/20 Gold-filled:

This is a pretty hardy metal as it's 14 parts gold 6 parts brass (14/20 Gold-filled). I personally maintain that you don't wear it in water, especially the pool because of all the harsh chemicals, but if you accidentally do, you probably wouldn't hurt it. Also you can wipe these "clean" with a soft cloth but they don't really need cleaning.

Oxidized (Dark) Sterling:

Don't clean these! Oxidized Sterling is chemically blackened which is a natural effect that happens to regular Sterling Silver when left alone for a long time - it gets darker and darker. So if you'd like these to remain dark, don'n clean them. Also whatever you do, don't wear these in the pool. Fun fact: Silversmiths actually use a pool chemical to clean their silver. Which leads me to:

Sterling Silver & Fine Silver:

Sterling is .925 Fine Silver and Fine Silver is .925+ pure silver, usually around .95 is what I'm told. Both naturallyoxidize when not being worn, so you can clean these a few ways. My favorite is to rub the metal with my fingers, as the oil in your skin is a natural cleaner for silver. Second favorite is a Sunshine Cloth which can be purchased online. Third would be a liquid sterling cleaner but I think these are messy and too harsh. I personally live in Sterling Silver. If you are one to forget you're wearing jewelry, sterling is the way to go. I rarely take my silver off and it's the one metal I feel comfortable wearing in the pool because as you read above, the pool chemicals actually cleans silver.

Also if you believe any of this to be untrue, message me. I only know so much :).