Any moisture will cause the tarnishing process to begin. A zip-lock bag with a slip of anti-tarnish paper inside it is highly recommended. There is a storage trend for hanging necklaces, but this can result in permanent kinks and bends, so we recommend you lay all jewellery flat where possible. Always remove your jewellery before washing hands, swimming or applying body care products.
Jewellery should also be taken off before carrying out any sports activities or doing household chores. Remember to reserve your jewellery as a finishing touch, after applying body care products like perfume, beauty cream, make up or hair spray. Try to protect all jewellery from sharp blows, tugs and catching on garments or collars.
Also avoid contact with harsh chemicals found in household cleaning materials. Chlorine and related chemicals can severely discolour and damage jewellery as well as loosen stones and settings. Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of Fine silver, for example Where physically possible, sterling silver findings are stamped ".
Gold-filled wears like solid Gold because its outer surface is solid Gold. Electroplating is NOT a part of this process. Gold-filled is created by using heat and pressure to fuse a layer of Karat Gold to copper, brass, or some other base metal. The bond produced is a permanent one.
The actual material is usually some other base metal and the plating material used is silver. The silver used to plate the metal is usually sterling silver and it is plated by a process of electroplating. Depending on the quality of the product the thickness of the silver coating may differ from product to product.
Silver-plating will wear off over time, but sterling silver, although it may tarnish over time and this can be cleaned and brightened again will last forever. The thickness of the Gold used in plating usually determines the price of the piece. Surgical steel must contain nickel. In fact, stainless steel can't be classed as a surgical grade without it. Stainless steel is designed for strength and durability, and is especially suited to outdoor situations as it is the most resistant to corrosion.
Nickel is a key element present in the alloy which helps provide this feature. Technically, stainless steel can qualify as hypoallergenic meaning: low risk of causing an allergic reaction , as although nickel is one of the most common causes of allergic reactions from jewellery, it is bonded to other elements in the alloy and generally won't leech on to the skin, however many people have a skin reaction to nickel, so although technically stainless steel is hypo-allergenic, for extra sensitive skins sometimes it may not be.
All their products, apart from Spectra are made of Advanced Crystal now, and are all lead-free. Advanced Crystal, which is entirely lead-free, is made of carefully selected raw materials in outstanding purity, in order to reach its excellent quality standard. It is a perfect and sustainable alternative to full lead crystal. There is no optical or visual difference. Brilliance, light dispersion etc. None visually. Yes, but let's make an important distinction as well.
Swarovski have such a long history, and many sub-brands, and also many logos! The lovely swan, the edelweiss flower, the trapezoid Strass shape, the CYS logo, and lately the Crystals by Swarovski logo which looks like s round stamp very cool.
You don't expect a Swarovski logo on or in a 3mm bead, huh? And retailers such ourselves can choose whether to add cost to the products you buy by creating branded packaging but in our experience trust and reputation go a loooooong way.
BUT, you can expect current or if not current, at least legitimate Swarovski branding on factory packaging of factory quantities supplied to you by your supplier. There are many imitators out there who are willing to pass their goods off as 'Swarovski' when they most emphatically are not! Some factory packaging is even made to look like Swarovski's current and previous packaging and branding.
Oh the stories we could tell The only true way to know you are buying genuine Swarovski products, perhaps other than the Strass range which is identifiable because of the etched logo, is to buy from a trusted and reputable Swarovski Authorised Retailer. It's easy enough to check, simply by going on the Swarovski Create Your Style website. Here's our wee spot of glory on the alphabetically ordered list of Authorized Retailers at Swarovski Create Your Style :.
It features a basic assortment of traditional shapes, has a different crystal composition from Strass and the other Swarovski crystal brands which are all made with Advanced Crystal since , and is only available in crystal i. Spectra is made with less strict quality criteria for ingredients in comparison to Advanced Crystal, and using cost saving, but still responsible, production processes.
Check out these questions and answers about us and our customer service, and if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact us. We don't have retail premises, but you can pick up from us at our premises in New Plymouth. We will do our best to accommodate that time but if we can't we can work out an alternative with you at the time of contact.
Usually, if you place your order before 2pm Mondays to Fridays our target is to dispatch it the same day. However, with Covid19 a number of things have impacted our workflow. We are experiencing a huge spike in demand over the weekends, a trend towards larger and larger orders, and an unpredicted deep demand for some items compared to others. Supply is secure, but international freight times in to the country are not as predictable as they once were.
Many orders are being dispatched in the same way as they always have been, but sometimes delays are occurring, especially after the weekend spikes. As far as delivery in NZ is concerned, Courier Post's target time-frame for delivery is 9am next working day Monday to Friday for business addresses and 5pm next working day Monday to Friday for residential addresses but it's often sooner in the day. Deliveries to rural delivery addresses may take days more. Please see our International Delivery section for International target delivery times.
Yes, we have a few clients who request specific products in very large quantities, or specific products that we don't usually stock, for whom we bring in special orders and pass on to them at wholesale level. Depending on the item, the minimum can be as low as one factory packing unit. We are always happy to quote and research for you, presenting you with an emailed reply about availability, costs, and time-frames.
Please don't hesitate to contact us. In our online store you will see the vast majority of our products have discounts or 'price breaks' for bulk buying. The more you buy of each item the cheaper each unit becomes. Where we have no price breaks for an item it's because it's already at the lowest possible price we can make it. Feel free to compare these with wholesalers' pricings:.
Yes, sorry about that, we might not be! No we don't have an agent. But, yes we are very adept at working around that in this day and age with all the communication gadgets at our disposal. The majority of the world's population shop for their rhinestones online as very few 'bricks and mortar' retailers have rhinestones, and most rhinestone retailers are online!
Here's what we can do Our Search bar is set up to look for the exact wording from what you typed into the search field. If it matches the exact wording of our product's title your search results will show that.
If it matches even a partial part of the exact wording of our product's title your search results will show that. However, if you type a string of words, two or more, that are not exactly as they would appear in our product's title your search results will show '0 results'. For example, searching 'Bicones' or 'ss10's' you will be unlikely to find any results come up.
This is because in their title we have the wording 'bicone' not plural , or 'ss10' again, not plural. Capital letters and lower-case letters don't make a difference. See the illustration below:. There are two ways to set up rhinestones in an area: Interlaced or Square set. Spacing stones will require some math. Enter Area to Cover Length Width 2. Enter Single Row Length: Length in inches 2. Select Rhinesttone size from List:. Please Select 5 6 7 9 10 12 16 20 30 34 Select Stone size from List:.
For you who are disciplined, may I suggest taking an extra step: snap a photo of the finished product or pattern, and keep it with a note that says how many of each size stone you used. As your portfolio of projects expands, you can master the art of estimating just based on experience, no guide needed but, rest assured, when you need it again, it will be there.
Cartoon bandages and bubble-gum flavored toothpaste. Bug spray. Rubber gloves. An AB coated stone will often take on the colours around it, such as the colour of the fabric it is glued to, and the other stone colours around it. In costuming using a combination of standard and AB stones can add depth and movement. The amount of AB coating can also make a difference The Swarovskicoating seems to be heavy and "flat".
The Preciosa appear to have an almost cosmic sparkle! The issue is each eye sees something different and the AB effect changes from one colour to the next, under one set of lights to the next, in one photo to the next In the case of flatbacks, the entire top surface is coated, while the entire underside surface is not it is usually silver-foiled. Underside 'foiling' vs 'non-foiled' also make a difference A silver-foiled underside acts as a mirror so not only does the AB coating have the many cut facets of the crystal to reflect within, it has the added benefit of the silver-foiling which reflects back up into the facets.
I hope this helps! How do I choose?! We're all on a budget - but the more informed a decision we can make the better! You'll see products being advertised as rhinestones, diamantes and crystals everywhere. They are NOT all equal. This is reflected in the price. They're usually cheap low-grade glass or acrylic and really not great quality. In terms of appearance, one of the most noticeable differences between acrylic, glass and crystal is the dazzling aesthetic. Light beautifully sparkles, glitters and shimmers as it travels through the crystal and eventually is diffracted.
On the other hand, acrylic and glass does not diffract light when it passes through. Adding a foil coated back to flat stones aids with this effect on all stones. It is seventeen times more impact resistant than glass. It is very durable and difficult to break when dropped. Acrylic is a much softer material and, therefore, easier to scratch and damage. We don't sell acrylic stones. They just don't sparkle too well.
Great for cards and crafts.
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