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Choosing a Jewellery Metal : A Quick Guide

06/06/2017
by adminwryght

Struggling to pick which colour metal jewellery you should buy? Then here is a quick guide to help you decide and snag a new favourite piece to compliment your wardrobe.

There are three mains considerations for choosing a jewellery metal : skin tone, wardrobe colours and other jewellery.

Skin tone

Just like certain clothes colours look good on certain skin tones, particular metals also look good on particular skin tones.

Cool skin tones : tend to be complimented by cooler metal colours like silver, white gold and platinum.
Warm skin tones : tend to be complimented by warmer metal colours like brass, copper and yellow and rose golds.
Neutral skin tones : have the benefit of looking great in both cool and warm metal colours aka free range on all metals.

Wardrobe colours

Choosing a specific metal for jewellery can be a great way to compliment or contrast the main colours in your wardrobe.

Black, white and grey : for contrast consider adding copper or brass, for subtlety add a splash of silver.
Green, blue and purple : silver and brass will tend to compliment these hues where copper will add contrast.
Red, yellow and orange : be aware that copper and brass that might clash tonally, add silver for a guaranteed complimentary dash.

Other Jewellery

Some women have a favourite jewellery metal, consistently seen in the matching jewellery metals, normally either gold or silver. Other women will mix their metals but this is normally a minority, though mixing is becoming more popular.

Gold lovers : an addition of brass will fit nicely with other golden items without the hefty price tag.
Silver lovers : obviously a purchase of silver will be loved.
Rose gold lovers : an addition of silver or copper will compliment this trend for rose gold.
Mixed metals lover or unsure : a splash of copper is most likely to please.

The above guide should help you choose a jewellery metals, but if you are wild at heart, or even just a little bit daring, adding a mixture of jewellery metals to match your daily mood or outfit of the day.

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Cleaning Copper : A Quick and Easy Guide

28/02/201721/03/2017
by Claire Wryght

Working with metals like copper makes you curious about some strange things…

How was sterling silver invented and who decided the 925 rule?
Who developed the terms karat for gold but carat for gemstones?
And what is the easiest way to clean my metals?

Well the answer to the cleaning question very much depends on the metal itself. So over the next few posts I’ll share my tried and tested tricks for keeping your metal jewellery bright and shiny.

First Up : Copper

Incredibly the easiest and quickest way I’ve found to clean copper is plain lemon juice.

Yep, a little lemon juice in a plastic container, soak the metal for around 30 seconds making sure it is fully submerged. Then rinse with clean water. Sparkly jewellery every time. Note : lemon juice doesn’t react with sterling silver but be wary of plated metals.

To make the shine last a little longer, add a coat of any clear wax, beeswax or clear furniture polish. Apply using a soft cloth and buff to a shiny finish.

Check out Cleaning Silver and Cleaning Brass

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