Fashion Advice: Help! My Jewelry Turns My Skin Green
Dear Budget Fashionista,
I love wearing costume jewelry but usually after one or two wears it turns my skin green and/or the piece tarnishes. Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening? Can I coat the metal with something? Any advice you can share would be wonderful!
Answer: Sweat, lotions, perfumes, and all the other products we put on our skin can cause non-precious metals like pewter and copper to tarnish. Try painting a coat of clear nail polish on your costume jewelry to help preserve its color (and the color of your skin).
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February 25, 2008 wrote:
Actually, curlytop, the clear polish might help with that as well—I have a ring that tends to give me that same reaction—coated the inside with clear polish and the problem was solved!
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February 25, 2008 curlytop wrote:
great idea! haven’t thought of this before. anyway, my prob is my skin itches and turns red when i wear fashion jewelry. what do i do about that??