Friday, September 26, 2014

How To Keep Vintage Rhinestone Bracelets From Losing Their Beauty

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By Elsa Noel


Fashion accessories are worn to enhance your garments and to let your personality shine, and not prevent you from being a standout. It's exactly for this reason why you should really take good care of your beautiful vintage rhinestone bracelets. Fortunately, there is no need for you to go to great lengths just to maintain the dazzling appeal of your treasured collection.

Your goal is to ensure that those rhinestones are always sparkling. It is also important to keep the metal parts gleaming. There is no use in putting a bracelet around your wrist if it's not as eye-catching as it should be. Especially because the personal ornament is worn just above your hand which you use for a lot of things, the accessory should always stay looking fabulous.

Proper storage is essential to shield these beautiful items from harm most especially when they are not being used. Women who are style conscious just like you are encouraged to invest in good quality jewelry boxes. The best one to get is something that comes with many compartments, each lined with felt or any other soft material to save the bracelets from getting scratched or tangled.

It is also a good idea to stash each bracelet in the box that it came with when you purchased it. Refrain from discarding the original packaging. This is especially true if one day you are planning on selling the bracelet as the box adds to the value. Whenever you are traveling, place every item in its own pouch out of velvet or any other soft cloth for its utmost protection.

Water is one of the few enemies of fashion accessories boasting of sparkling rhinestones as the foil backing can get damaged. If not for this vital part, rhinestones won't be able to fully mimic the appeal of diamonds and other precious stones. That is why you should refrain from soaking a bracelet in water or stash the item in a place where there is plenty of moisture present in the air.

Eventually, rhinestones will lose some of their sparkle. Removing dirt and grime that keep these decorative elements from dazzling can be done with the use of a cloth with a little amount of glass cleaner on it. Try to avoid using commercially available cleaners as they usually contain abrasive compounds. Again, refrain from dunking a bracelet in water to have it cleaned.

When it comes to the metal parts, it is recommendable to use a polishing cloth on them each time. Cheap and easily available online and offline, using this product is the quickest and safest way to restore the lost beauty of a bracelet. You may use a damp soft-bristled toothbrush to remove stubborn impurities on the surface. Just see to it that you completely dry the item right away.

Save those gleaming rhinestones from being marred by abrasive chemicals. Put them on only after you are done applying lotion, perfume, hairspray and other cosmetic products. When the day is over, always remove these sparkling fashion accessories first. Doing so saves them from bumping against zippers, metal buttons and others that can leave your bracelets scratched.




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