How to Care For Your Gold Jewelry
by: Alice Stacy
As a precious metal, gold represents less work to maintain its appearance than other metals, such as silver. Gold does not tarnish, smudge, or discolor, but it can become dulled by contact with soaps, perspiration, hand creams and other substances from your daily life.
A good rule of thumb, is to wash your hands before putting on, or taking off, gold jewelry. This prevents contamination with natural body oils and other matter that your hands have touched. Also, if you're going to be wearing perfume, creams, lotions or other chemical substances, put them on before your jewelry. Gold items will be dulled and dirty from lying on skin that is still moist with make-up, or if they are in the line of fire from hairspray.
Always be sure to remove your rings before immersing your hands in the dishwater or laundry. Repeated exposure to harsh chemicals like chlorine, can permanently damage the gold's luster. That also means removing rings when using swimming pools.
Store gold jewelry that you aren't wearing, in their original boxes, or clean, cloth bags in a drawer away from other jewelry. Never leave pieces jumbled together in a box, as they can scratch each other, particularly if they happen to be set with hard gemstones. Even wrapping each piece in plain tissue paper, will preserve the surface and the shine.
The gold portions of jewelry can be cleaned with a mild soap solution and a soft cloth for polishing. A used, soft-bristled toothbrush may be helpful in reaching small crevices such as the links of a chain, or the underside of settings in a ring.
About The Author
Alice Stacy If you love jewelry, why not make a career out of it? Visit http://www.jewelrysalesbusiness.com for company profiles and connect with representatives
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Women of the Gold Rush Era Not Told To Stay Home
Women of the Gold Rush Era Not Told To Stay Home
by: Sally Taylor
Okay, you males out there -
listen up, because it's way time for you folks to get a clue.
I don't know where the mid to late 1900's male idea that women are helpless came from, but it is quarter past high time for you all to get over it.
Women do not have the raw body strength ounce per ounce that a man has, we aren't going to argue that.
If I had an acre of land to plow I would undeniably hire a man over a woman any day. Where the idea that I am helpless follows from that, is such a quantum leap of logic that it can't realistically be given any credence.
I?m going to cut you just a bit of slack, and blame it on the fact that life in America has become so cush that men just don?t really much get the chance to see what a Woman can accomplish when put to the test. Did I forget to mention in the last paragraph, that if there was no one...
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Online Retail Sales: Online Loyalty Equals Retail Gold
Online Retail Sales: Online Loyalty Equals Retail Gold
by: Joseph Pratt
As an employee of an online advertising agency, ICMediaDirect.com, I?ve got a sweet vantage for observing the latest online retail numbers tumble in - and they?re spectacular.
Third Quarter online retail sales were up almost 27% from the same period last year, while these first 20 days of January were up 33% from the same period in 2005.
This surge is neither cyclical nor an aberration, but indicative of the continuing and permanent shift of retail consumers to ecommerce instead.
Naturally this is great news for online advertisers and retailers.
But it?s important to remember that ecommerce has outgrown its infancy.
The big players in online retail have established themselves and seem to know what they?re doing.
It is important for advertising agencies and marketers to...
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Music to Your Eyes: Diamond and Sapphire Engagement Rings
Music to Your Eyes: Diamond and Sapphire Engagement Rings
by: Taylor Henry
Sonny and Cher, Fred and Ginger, chocolate and peanut butter...some things are just meant to go together. And diamonds and sapphires are no exception. With so many choices, a diamond and sapphire engagement and wedding ring set can go down in your personal history with as much romance and excitement as Antony and Cleopatra...with a much happier ending, of course!
No need for the blues, with sapphires you can branch out into a variety of melodies. While sapphires are usually associated with the deep blue only a sapphire can exude, sapphires cover a large portion of the rainbow from purples to reds to oranges and yellows. Imagine the glitz and glitter of a brilliant white diamond surrounded by a sparkling ruby sapphire...there's something you'll enjoy looking at for years to come! And if you love the idea of a colored diamond, such as a pink or yellow, you can find the...
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Twelve Tips for Greater Enjoyment of your Gold and Silver Jewelry
Twelve Tips for Greater Enjoyment of your Gold and Silver Jewelry
by: Sam Serio
Jewelry can be beautiful to look at, fun to buy, and can make bold and revealing statements about you. Hear are some tips for greater enjoyment of your favorite gold and silver jewelry.
1. Never swim in a chlorinated pool while wearing gold and silver jewelry.
2. Always apply make-up, perfumes, oils or colognes before you put on your gold and silver jewelry
3. Keep both your skin and your gold and silver jewelry clean and free of oil.
4. Using an absorbent, abrasive-free body powder on areas that your gold and silver jewelry touches your skin can help with skin discoloration.
5. If you do have any skin discoloration you may need to move to a higher gold content. Say, from 14K gold jewelry to 18K jewelry.
6. Are your gold and silver chains all tied-up in knots? If so, here?s a nifty little trick for straightening them out. Dust your chain...
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Who You Should & Shouldn't be Trading Links With
Who You Should & Shouldn't be Trading Links With
by: Paul Middleton
Most people agree that a good and free way of getting traffic to your site is by exchanging links (reciprocal linking) with fellow webmasters.
This is also agreed to be a good way for moving up the search engine results page for your chosen keywords.
However webmasters are often confused as to which sites they should exchange links with.
Many read that incoming links from websites that have the same keywords result in higher rankings with the search engines.
This often results in webmasters setting up reciprocal links with websites that are in direct competition with their own.
Now take just 30 seconds to think of any successful business that hosts advertisements for their competitors.
Does the Coca-Cola website link to Pepsi? Does Ford?s website link to Daimler-Chrysler?s? No of course they don?t, so why would your website link to one...
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Celtic Jewelry - A Beautiful Mystery Unraveled
Celtic Jewelry - A Beautiful Mystery Unraveled
by: Sam Serio
Celtic jewelry like the Celts themselves has a rich history and a proud tradition. Immensely beautiful with intricate Celtic symbols and delicate designs, Celtic cross jewelry, Celtic knot jewelry, and beautiful Claddaugh rings have been admired and desired for thousands of years.
Celtic Cross Jewelry
One of the most enduring, and coveted "gifts" of Celtic culture is jewelry featuring the Celtic Cross. According to Irish legend, St. Patrick created the first Celtic cross by drawing a circle over a Latin cross.
For an Irish Catholic, the circle in the Celtic cross may be a symbol of eternity and the endlessness of God's love. It can even represent a halo emanating from Christ.
Some say the four "arms" of the Celtic Cross represent the elements (fire, earth, air, and water). Others believe the cross denotes the four directions of the compass, and still others feel it...
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How to Forecast and Budget Your Paid Search
How to Forecast and Budget Your Paid Search
by: Kevin Gold
I?d admit, for marketer, this headline is mundane.
Couldn?t I have come up with a more motivating one?
No and here?s why...forecasting and budgeting is essential and there is no reason to candy-coat the absolute importance of it for starting or maintaining a paid search campaign.
I contend that one of the most common questions asked of us from new clients is, ?What do you estimate our paid search budget will be??
As a business owner it?s crucial to know because it directly affects your financials and influences your bottom line.
Likewise, as a service provider it is essential because it guides the performance metrics used to manage a profitable paid search campaign.
Because is so important, let?s talk about how it?s done.
First, estimating a budget for a paid search campaign is not a perfect science.
There are number of universal...
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