some suggestions to care for your jewellery

things* makes every endeavor to provide our customers with high quality fashion and jewellery accessories. We make sure our manufacturers always use the best possible materials available at the best possible price. All metals are nickel free and body piercing are manufactured from surgical steel.

The following are suggestions we recommend to help prolong the life of your jewellery.

• Always remove your jewellery before using any product that contains bleach, ammonia, alcohol, fingernail polish removers that contain acetone, and turpentine. Some of these can cause a breakdown in the metal alloys leaving your jewellery beyond repair.
• When wearing, protect all jewellery from scratches, sharp blows, chemicals, extreme temperatures, and sunlight.
• The above also apply to storage, when jewellery is particularly vulnerable, especially when left in the bottom of a drawer or cupboard. Always store your jewellery separately so it doesn't scratch other jewellery.
• Remove jewellery when doing household tasks such gardening, cleaning and household repairs or other strenuous activities such as sport.
• Apply makeup, perfume and hairspray before putting on your jewellery.
• Do not wear jewellery while in a swimming pool or hot tub or bathing. The chlorine in the water can damage your jewellery.
• Do not store jewellery next to heating vent, window sill, or in the car.
• Always store your jewellery away from sunlight. The sun will fade some materials.
• Tarnish, as with silver, can be prevented by storing your jewellery in a re-sealable plastic bag together with a sachet of silica gel. This will absorb any moisture.
• Jewellery made with natural stones needs to be stored in fabric instead of plastic bags as these stones need to "breathe".

General cleaning advice:
After each wearing, gently wipe each piece of jewellery clean of make up and skin oils with a 100% cotton cloth. Whatever you do, please be gentle.