Jewelry Care Tips
🌟 Jewelry Care Tips
Madame Charles jewelry is made to live with you: it accompanies you every day, in your busy days as well as in your precious moments.
To keep them beautiful for a long time, here are some simple care and storage tips.
✨ GOLD-PLATED STAINLESS STEEL JEWELRY
💧Water: what you can do... and what you should avoid
Stainless steel is very resistant to water: rain, occasional hand washing, occasional showering.
It does not rust or tarnish under normal use conditions.
👉 However:
- Avoid prolonged baths (pool, sea, spa)
- Avoid saltwater and chlorinated water which can dull the shine over time
- Rinse with clean water if in regular contact with salt, sand or chlorine, then dry thoroughly.
🧴 Chemicals to avoid
Even if it's resistant, steel doesn't really like:
- Perfumes
- Lotions and oils
- Household products
- Excessive hand sanitizer
➡️ The best way: apply perfume & cream before putting on jewelry.
✨ How to clean your stainless steel jewelry
- Clean with a soft microfiber cloth
- For a deeper clean: lukewarm water + mild soap
- Rinse well and dry thoroughly
- Finish with a polishing cloth for a brilliant shine
❌ No abrasive products, no toothpaste, no scrubbing sponges.
✨ BRASS JEWELRY
Brass jewelry has a lighter appearance than steel and requires a little more attention.
💧Water: avoid
- Shower, bath, pool, sea
- Prolonged humidity (bathroom for example)
The gilding can wear off with:
- Repeated friction
- Perspiration
- Cosmetics
- Saltwater or chlorinated water
🧴 Perfume and Cosmetics
⚠️ For brass and gold-plated jewelry: this is very important
Always:
- perfumes, creams, hairsprays, etc.
- let them dry
- only then put on the jewelry
✨ Cleaning brass jewelry
- Use only a soft, dry cloth
- No hot water, no soap, no household products
- To restore shine: use a special gold jewelry polishing cloth
👉 If natural brass develops a patina: some people like this effect, otherwise you can gently rub it with a microfiber cloth.
👜 How to store your jewelry properly
Storage greatly affects their lifespan:
✔ Store jewelry:
- in their original pouch or box
- away from humidity
- away from direct light
- separately to avoid rubbing
❌ Avoid:
- loose storage in a bag
- piled up jewelry that gets tangled
- the bathroom (often too humid)
Tip: remove your jewelry before sports, bedtime, manual labor or cleaning.
✅ Simple habits to make them last:
- put on your jewelry last when getting dressed
- take it off first when getting undressed
- avoid sleeping with it to preserve the gilding
- wipe quickly after sweating or swimming
- alternate wearing your jewelry daily
The steels we use are 304, 304L or 316.
Despite all precautions, natural wear and tear on jewelry is normal over time (micro-scratches, slight loss of shine or wear of the gilding for brass).
This does not mean that your jewelry is defective: it simply lives with you, at the pace of your daily life.
So, if you have any doubt or question, let's talk about it together 💛