Comes with free polish cloth & Velvet pouch bag.
How to care for your jewellery
At Shopella our jewellery is crafted with various embellishments including semi-precious stones, fresh water pearls, beads, crystals & metals. You may notice variations in colour, size and pattern as this is due to their natural elements.
Please handle your jewellery with care. Shopella cannot take responsibility for any breakages that occur through mishandling. Please avoid contact with personal items such as sanitisers, lotions, perfumes
& oils as some metals & stones can react to these items, which may result in discolouration or tarnishing.
Please avoid showering, swimming, exercising or sleeping with this product. Clean regularly with a clean cloth & store away in a dark & dry place.
We want you to be able to keep your Shopella Jewellery pieces for as long as possible! Here are a few quick recommendations for care:
STERLING SILVER 925 stamped
925 Sterling silver is Nickel free- lead free- cadium -free- hypoallergenic. Quality Assured, good skin-friendly convenient and comfortable to wear not harmful for your skin or health. Most of the jewellery we sell requires little care − just wear and enjoy. We recommend “Take It Off” when swimming, gardening, doing contact sports, household cleaning, and moving heavy objects. For exposure to some harsh chemicals or environments may result in compromising the integrity of your jewellery, such as lotions, hairspray, perfume, cosmetic, and salt water. . How to Clean? Mild Soap, Warm Water, Soft Toothbrush & House of Charms Silver Polishing Cloth. We strongly advise you to use a mild soap, lukewarm water, and a soft toothbrush. Pour a small amount of mild soap into lukewarm water and use a small, soft toothbrush to clean your jewellery.
Sterling silver is perfect for those who want to wear their pieces all the time! All sterling silver will naturally oxidise over time; to care for your piece simply polish with a silver polishing cloth or put it in a gentle silver cleaning solution.
A LLOY SILVER ( In Kids Range Only)
***All Alloy Products will stain in time. Please take care of all Alloy and plated Silver, this can be managed by using the pouch provided and only wearing your bracelet and charms for a short period of time. House of Charms Silver-Polishing Cloth is a great tool to make your Alloy silver jewellery shine again if the pieces become dull. Proper jewellery storage is often overlooked. Alloy Silver should never be tossed into a drawer or on top of a dresser − This Bracelet is made from Alloy silver. Keep your jewellery away from water, contact with perfume, lotion and other chemicals. Clean your jewellery with a chemical free polishing cloth. Store your jewellery in a cool, dry place. Use our Black Velvet bag gifted to you to store Bracelet.
Alloy silver contains a 7.25% of copper. Copper tarnishes and oxidizes which in occasion is nice, but some people do not like it. To solve this issue, we have included a polishing cloth, a good polishing does the trick too. Those are especially good to highlight parts when the piece has an oxidized finish. It CAN turn your skin green, or turn the piece green, or tarnish it. It all depends on skin chemistry and where you live. The more humid weather the more the piece will need maintenance. It does not mean the piece is bad quality. it is the nature of the metal alloy.
To protect your skin if it gets black or green, you can always put a thin layer of lacquer or clear nail polish. It will wear off with use but then you repeat the process.
TARNISHING -Tarnish occurs for many reasons and is subject to the environment of the wearer. Tarnish is not a manufacturing fault as it can be caused by many different things such as perfumes, moisturisers, tanning lotions and cleaning chemicals. Even ones' skin acidity can cause metals to tarnish. Tarnish can also be a result of oxidation from the way items are stored. Oxidation is a natural process that occurs from the combination of oxygen with a substance forming oxide. This can be caused by either lack of oxygen or too much oxygen exposure. We do not recommend storing your pieces in their original box as they are only designed to protect items for safe transportation. We recommend storing your pieces in a purpose-made jewellery box. We find that a simple polish with a clean microfibre or jewellery polishing cloth will remove tarnish.
ALLERGIES
All of our pieces are nickel and alloy free! Please note that Francesca is not liable to compensate customers for any reactions that are caused by our jewellery. If you experience any reactions to our jewellery we recommend to consult your GP
How to Care?
Take It Off is the key.
Most of the jewellery we sell requires little care − just wear and enjoy. We recommend “Take It Off” when swimming, gardening, doing contact sports, household cleaning, and moving heavy objects. For exposure to some harsh chemicals or environments may result in compromising the integrity of your jewellery, such as lotions, hairspray, perfume, cosmetic, and salt water. All Alloy Products will stain in time. Please take care of all Alloy and plated Silver, this can be managed by using the pouch provided and only wearing your bracelet and charms for a short period of time.
How to Clean charms?
Things: Mild Soap, Warm Water, Soft Toothbrush & House of Charms Silver Polishing Cloth. We strongly advise you to use a mild soap, lukewarm water, and a soft toothbrush. Pour a small amount of mild soap into lukewarm water and use a small, soft toothbrush to clean your jewellery. Toothbrushes are ideal for cleaning jewellery with intricate details, which can otherwise be difficult to clean. If the dirt is hard to remove, soak the jewellery in clean water.
House of Charms Silver-Polishing Cloth is a great tool to make your sterling silver jewellery shine again if the pieces become dull.
Proper jewellery storage is often overlooked. Jewellery should never be tossed into a drawer or on top of a dresser − that is asking for scratches and damaged gems.Do not jumble all your jewellery pieces in one case. Pieces can scratch each other. Jewellery box that features individually felt-lined and padded slots for charms, bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings is ideal, it will keep them organized, clean and safe.
