- August 17, 2010, 1:10 am
The fundamental principle of jewelry treatment is actually to apply all ointments, make-up, hair spray, etc. first, next put on your jewelry. Pearls are particularly susceptive to the solvents in hair sprays. In the reality of the jewelry business, I see those who refuse to remove rings and people who do so only once in a while. Probably not by coincidence, those that ignore washing their rings or never take their rings off of their finger, are generally those which have wobbly as well as missing gems and have more than usual wear and