Costume Jewelry Tricks
Do you buy costume jewelry at stores like Forever 21 and H&M? I am not ashamed to admit that I do.
When I buy gold costume (ie fake or faux) jewelry I hate when the gold colour chips and starts to expose the copper coloured metal underneath. The best way to prevent chipping is to coat your new faux gold jewelry with clear nail polish.
In the fall, I bought a faux gold ring from Forever 21 in Montreal for $4.99. To prolong its life, I redo the clear nail polish coat every two months or so. This past weekend, I bought a pair of faux gold earrings from H&M (pictured above) in Toronto and I just finished coating them in clear polish. These babies should last much longer now!
As a side note, I find silver costume jewelry chips much slower than faux gold and the clear polish doesn’t coat it as well. Feel free to experiment, but I would limit the clear polish trick just to faux gold.
