Jewellery Care Guide
Keep Your Precious Pieces Beautiful for Years
Whether it's your engagement ring, heirloom necklace, or everyday gold bracelet, fine jewellery deserves the same care as any treasured possession. Daily wear, exposure to chemicals, improper storage, and even sleeping with your jewellery on can gradually reduce its brilliance. Fortunately, a few simple habits can preserve its beauty and protect your investment for decades.
01 · Daily Habits
Wear It With Care: Small Habits That Make a Big Difference
Your jewellery experiences more stress than you may realise. Household cleaning products, gym workouts, swimming pools, perfumes, lotions, and even sleeping can slowly weaken settings, scratch metals, or dull gemstones.
Make it a habit to remove your jewellery before exercising, swimming, showering, or using harsh chemicals. These small precautions significantly extend the life of your favourite pieces.
02 · Cleaning
Clean Jewellery the Right Way
Regular cleaning restores brilliance while preventing dirt from building around gemstone settings. Warm water, mild soap, and a soft brush are ideal for most gold and diamond jewellery. Sterling silver benefits from a polishing cloth, while delicate gemstones such as pearls and opals should only be cleaned with a soft damp cloth.
Avoid abrasive cleaners, toothpaste, and harsh chemical dips unless specifically recommended by a professional jeweller. These can strip metal plating and damage porous gemstones permanently.
03 · Storage
Proper Storage Prevents Scratches and Tarnish
Many scratches happen while jewellery is being stored rather than worn. Keep each piece in its own soft-lined compartment or pouch to prevent harder gemstones like diamonds from scratching softer metals or coloured gemstones.
Anti-tarnish pouches, velvet-lined jewellery boxes, and dry storage conditions help preserve both shine and structural integrity for years to come.
04 · Professional Care
Know When Your Jewellery Needs Professional Attention
Loose gemstones, bent prongs, worn ring bands, broken clasps, and stretched chains often develop gradually and may go unnoticed until damage becomes serious. Having your jewellery professionally inspected once or twice a year allows small issues to be corrected before they become costly repairs or result in lost gemstones.
05 · Legacy
Protect Your Jewellery for Generations
Beautiful jewellery tells stories that span generations. With thoughtful daily care, proper cleaning, safe storage, and regular professional maintenance, your favourite pieces will continue to sparkle through life's biggest milestones and become treasured heirlooms for years to come.
Your Jewellery Care Checklist
- Remove jewellery before swimming or exercising
- Keep away from perfumes and harsh chemicals
- Store each piece separately in soft pouches
- Clean regularly using jewellery-safe methods
- Inspect settings and clasps every 6–12 months
- Visit a professional jeweller annually for maintenance
Every piece we craft at Paraiso is designed to last a lifetime. These care rituals honour the artisanship embedded in every gemstone setting, every hand-finished clasp, every gram of precious metal.