As silver interacts with air, the metal eventually becomes covered with a black coating.
There are many ways that can restore the original shine to your items.
However, not all of them are suitable for jewelry with natural stones.
For example, sometimes you can come across advice that requires dipping a cotton swab in ammonia and then immediately into washing powder.
Indeed, such a method perfectly cleans silver. But for stones it is dangerous. It can be used only with special caution, carefully avoiding contact with inserts.
Therefore, if you decide to refresh your jewelry, but are afraid of damaging the stone inserts, you can use the help of regular lipstick.
Apply a small amount of lipstick of any color to a cotton pad and then rub it onto the silver items – even if the lipstick gets on the stones, nothing will happen to them.
To finish the procedure, polish the silver with a velvet or flannel cloth.
