There are lots of things that may cause your shiny silver to look a little off colour, to encounters with beauty products and household chemicals.
Here we look at the best ways to care for your silver jewellery to keep it as tarnish and scratch-free as possible:

✧ Swimming pools and hot tubs

The chemicals used are harsh and will damage the shine of your sterling jewellery, don’t forget to take them off or they will tarnish immediately.

✧ Exercise

The oils on your skin can affect the appearance of your silver jewellery over time, especially if you’re exercising regularly.

✧ Prolonged exposure to water

Prolonged exposure to water will contribute to oxidation. You can get your sterling jewellery wet, but we recommend removing it before bathing.

✧ Cosmetics, cosmetics remover and sun lotion

Be careful while applying sun lotion, perfume or any other chemical as it will affect your sterling silver jewellery shine.

✧ Gather the items you need
Your tarnished piece of silver jewellery, aluminium foil, baking soda, hot water, container

✧ Wrap the silver item in aluminum foil.

✧ Add baking soda to hot water in the container. A couple of tablespoons will work but more can be added for heavily tarnished silver or larger containers.

✧ Let the hot water and baking soda solution work. The time it takes to remove the tarnish will depend on how badly the silver is tarnished. If the water cools, add hot water.

✧ Check periodically to see if the tarnish is gone. If it is not completely gone, wrap it back up and put it back into the hot water and baking soda mixture.