Jewellery deserves regular maintenance and care to ensure it lasts a lifetime. After all, jewellery is so much more than just a necklace or a ring. Jewellery is a visual reminder of your life’s most defining moments, a tactile piece of your own story and history. As a general rule it is best to remove all jewellery before exercising, showering/bathing and sleeping.

Take off your jewellery before exercising, particularly pieces that are in direct contact with the skin such as bracelets, necklaces and rings. Earrings are less affected by sweat and exercise as due to their design they sit away from the body and minimal contact.

It is best to remove any jewellery before showering also, particularly any pieces that include gemstones as chemicals and water can damage jewellery over time, especially vermeil and soft gemstones such as pearls and opals. This is also advice to follow when swimming, wearing jewellery with gemstones in water when either showering or swimming, can dull the stone over time, so to increase the lifespan it’s best practise to remove beforehand.

Avoid misshapen hoops and tangled necklaces by removing jewellery before going to bed, Ensuring that your pieces don’t get damaged in the night through being slept on. 

Some types of jewellery can withstand more exposure than others, for example solid gold is much more durable than gold vermeil. If you do wear jewellery when you exercise or shower be sure to properly dry pieces off afterwards.