Store jewelry without damaging it

You can never have enough jewelry! If you are a jewelry lover and you are starting to no longer know how to store them, 58 Facettes is here to guide you.

Do not let your jewelry tangle and collide in a drawer, this could damage the material as well as the stones. It's better to get organized and pamper them! Nothing is more annoying than having chains that intertwine or a much less present shine.

Our advice for storing your jewelry

Sorting

How should we store our jewelry if sorting has not been done beforehand? Take them all out and start by sorting them by categories, necklaces with necklaces, rings with rings and so on. This will already help you visualize the storage you want to do and how much jewelry you have to be more efficient.

Tidying up

When your jewelry is exposed to dust, it may lose its shine and become tarnished. It is therefore best to store them in a box that closes to avoid exposure to the open air. However, if you don't have a box, you can also store them in bags. Drawer storage, jewelry box, display, all these solutions exist to properly store your valuable jewelry.

Keep your jewelry in silver

The sulfur present in the air oxidizes withsilver and turns it black. For example, your Hermes jewelry in silver have an interest in not staying out in the open. The whole point is also to protect your jewelry from humidity to avoid damage to your jewelry, so you must store it in a dry space.

THE jewelry in silver therefore tend to darken over time, this is an inevitable phenomenon because contact with the acidity of the skin of the person wearing the jewelry is also one of the factors that accelerate the aging of jewelry in silver. But you can still slow down this process by storing them in an airtight box and if they lose their shine, clean them regularly with a soft cloth or chamois cloth.

Keep your gold jewelry

As'silver, gold can deteriorate over time, although it does not oxidize. To avoid scratches and loss of shine, you must separate your jewelry and avoid mixing it with another metal. Your gold jewelry should be stored in a clean, dry place, such as a jewelry box or cloth-lined case.

Preserving precious stones

If some of your jewelry contains precious stones, you should definitely not store them and mix them with your other jewelry. Some precious stones are damaged very easily because their resistance to scratches is lower than other stones (read our article on the Mohs scale), keep them in their original box, in a bag or a storage box. jewelry specially designed for. Also avoid contact with water, cream etc., especially for opals and pearls.