Caring Your Jewellery

Try to guard any jewelry from scratches, sharp blows, harsh chemicals, extreme temperatures and sunlight.

Store jewelry separately so it doesnt scrape other jewelry.

When doing household chores such as gardening and cleaning, be certain to remove rings.

Put your jewelry on after washing and applying any makeup or hair spray.

Avoid wearing jewelry while swimming in a swimming pool. The chlorine can cause damage to various gemstones and gold. Gemstones may become loose in their settings (and possibly fall out).

Avoid storing your jewellery next to a heating vent, window-sill or on a car dashboard. Store jewelry away from sunlight as the sun may fade the gemstones.

Always store bead necklaces flat - such as lapis, pearls, etc, as silk stretches over time. 
Be certain that stones mounted in rings are not loose or rattle. The prongs of a ring can wear down. If the prongs wear down too much or break, youve lost the stone. Prongs are easily "retipped" by most jewelers to keep the stone locked in.

Sterling silver will polish up by rubbing or buffing it with a soft cotton cloth or a Sunshine Cloth. If you store silver in plastic bags with an interlocking seal, it will be less prone to tarnish. (Do not store pearls in plastic bags!)

Hardness is based on a gem-trade standard called the Mohs scale. The higher the Mohs scale number, the harder the stone is. The highest Mohs scale rating is 10 (diamonds). Anything with a Mohs scale rating of less than 7 is easily scratched (such as coral, lapis lazuli, opal, pearl, and turquoise). Gold, silver, and platinum are only Mohs 2-1/2 to 4. Always carefully store any fine jewelry.

If you have bead necklaces such as lapis or pearls, store them flat as silk stretches over time. Most jewelers will restring necklaces or reset stones for fee.

Tips on how you can wear your jewellery

1. How innovatively you can wear your jewellery Incorporate them with your outfit such as dupatta, jeans etc. 
   Wear coloured jewellery in contrast with your attire 
   Wear beaded or metal belts over skirts and jeans
   Combine rustic / imitation jewellery with real ones to give the indo-western look
2. Wear your jewellery as per the event
   Keep it light while working (offices)
   Light-Semi while in college. Semi-Light can be worn in order to flaunt it
   Light-Semi while hanging out. (Shopping, exhibitions, etc)
   Semi-Heavy for parties and weddings