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Jewelry Care

Here are some tips for caring for your 24k gold plated, Stainless Steel and beautifully feathered Rael Cohen Jewelry: 

From layered necklaces and pendants, to charm bracelets and butterfly earrings - we've got you covered.

Gold Plated Jewelry:

After a few years, the chemistry of our skin and being exposed to solvents and cleaning agents can cause the gold plating to fade. To ensure life-long wearability of your gold-plated jewelry keep these simple tips in mind.

  1. Remove your jewelry before going in the water, especially if it’s chlorinated or salty.
  2. Take your jewelry off if you are going to sweat in a workout of any kind.
  3. Wait to wear your jewelry until after you’ve washed, and any lotion has absorbed into your skin. 
  4. When not in use, keep your jewelry stored in a soft bag, or even better in an air tight container (aka a plastic baggie), and away from other jewelry or hard surfaces that could scratch it.
  5. Avoid scrubbing. If it needs to be cleaned, soak it in warm, soapy water (dish soap is great). Gently rub dry with a paper towel, or tissue. Remember, the softer, the better. 
  6. In the end, if you love a piece and it begins to fade, you can always have it re-plated!

Stainless Steel Jewelry:

Silver is the color of emotional purity and protection. Our Stainless steel is incredible durable. It can beI prone to smudging so here's some tips to keep it shiny

  1. Wait to wear your jewelry until after you’ve washed, and any lotion has absorbed into your skin. 
  2. When not in use, keep your jewelry stored in a soft bag. It's not prone to oxidation, so airtight storage isn't necessary. 
  3. If it needs to be cleaned, soak it in warm, soapy water (dish soap is great). Gently rub dry with a paper towel, or tissue. Remember, the softer, the better. 
  4. If you want to polish your stainless steel jewelry, use a stainless steel polishing cream and a jewelry cloth. Wash thoroughly to remove any cream residue.  Avoid cleaning sprays for appliances as they may be toxic if absorbed through your skin

Earcuffs:

Our Earcuffs are unique. Each one is handmade, taking into account the shape and placement of each feather to create a particular sense of feng shui. 

1. To wear your ear cuff, put it over the top of your ear first. Then, hook it around and pull out your earlobe. You want the metal resting against your temple and jaw like this:

 

2. Give your head a little shake. If it's too loose or too tight, it can be exchanged for a different size.

Sometimes, feathers get ruffled, but it's easy to get the barbs of the overall feather vane back into a tidy orientation.

  1. Remove your feather jewelry and hold the feather in your non-dominant hand with the tip pointing away from you
  2. Take your dominant hand and using your thumb and index finger, gentle pull the barbs into alignment
  3. If it needs serious help, run the feather(s) under a gentle flow of water to help realign the barbs.

Remember, birds get wet, and they're used to preening their feathers; it's ok to apply that same style of care to the jewelry.

Storage and Traveling:

We recommend storing your feather earscuffs in an empty sunglass case when traveling.  At home, hanging them on the wall also works well.