Monday, March 17, 2008

HOW TO CLEAN EXPENSIVE JEWELLERY

Women’s attachment to ornaments is quit natural. Jewellery makes a woman’s personality enchanting; its glitter adds to her beauty. But if this jewellery is dirty and lusterless, it will make her personality dull and her natural beauty will be eclipsed. Here some tips given to maintain your expensive jewellery.
GOLD JEWELLERY
Clean gold jewellery with soft cotton cloth and then rub a pinch of turmeric powder with the help of a soft cloth.To bring natural shine to jewellery, immerse gold jewellery in alum water and wash it with tamarind juice or clean it with soap-nut (reetha) water.To restore the glitter in gold jewellery, dip in water mixed with vinegar for an hour and then clean it with old toothbrush.To bring shine to gold jewellery use “gooperdent” material used for cleaning dummy jaws.To restore glitter to studded gold jewellery, wrap it in a shinning white cloth and expose it to vapour.If studded jewellery is immersed in gin, it regains its glitter.If a knot is formed somehow in the jewellery, talcum powder on the knot will loosen it easily.
DIAMOND JEWELLERY
Clean diamond jewellery with toothpaste to regain its radiance.Dip diamond jewellery in soap-nut (reetha) water.Dip diamond jewellery in warm soap water and rub them lightly with an old toothbrush. Then immerse in alcohol and wipe them with a very soft cloth.
PEARL JEWELLERY
Jewellery studded with pearl and stones should be cleaned with the help of cotton wool wet with spirit. Blemishes on pearl jewellery can easily removed by rubbing rice-flour on it.
To prevent artificial pearls getting black soon, coat them with a colourless nail polish after buying it.To ensure long term glitter of artificial pearl jewellery, keep them wrapped in cotton wool.
SILVER JEWELLERY
If silver jewellery is turning black, put it in pan, add 3 glass of water and a finely cut potato to it. Boil for 10 minutes. The silver will regain its lost shine.Add 1 tsp of salt and soda into one liter of water. Now dip silver jewellery in it and boil for 5 minutes. Then wash with soap water and wipe with warm cloth.Prepare a solution of edible lime, juice of a lemon and water. Put silver jewellery in and boil it for few minutes. After cooling wash it with brush.

FOR BEAUTIFUL EYES

Soak 2 cotton balls in cold milk and leave them on the eyes for 10 minutes.
Under eye keep tea bags soaked in cold water.
A light dab of castor oil on the eye lashes before going to bed gives long, luscious lashes.
Apply oil inside vitamin E capsule under your eyes, to feed and nourish the skin.
To refresh your eyes keep raw potato slices or cold cucumber on the eye for 5 minutes.
Use gloss to make eyebrows shine and hair gel to set their shape.
For growth in sparse eyebrows apply warm olive oil or Vaseline.

BRIDAL MAKE-UP

First cleanse tone and moisturize the face before starting the make-up. Apply the foundation and base all over the face with your fingertips, according to the skin colour. With the help of sponge merge it well with the skin. Now apply translucent powder to set the foundation.
Apply little extra translucent powder under the eyes so that if anything spills over from the eyes, while doing the eye make-up, can be dusted off without spoiling the make-up.
Apply eye-shadow, matching to your outfit. Add a little bit of shimmer too. If you are using more than one colour, then apply darker tone at the corner of your eyes, blending well. Apply a highlighter, either the gold or silver, blend well.
Curl the lashes. Apply mascara. Dot the eyeliner along the eyelash line. The liner should be thick or thin, according to the size of the eyes.
Now dust off translucent powder under the eyes. Apply kajal.
Apply blusher using brush, according to the shape of the cheekbones. For sunken look sweep the dark shade of the brusher, just below the cheekbone, and the same coloured blusher matching to your outfit above the cheekbone. Blend them well. Add shimmer brusher over it, to give extra shine.
Apply the lip balm on the lips and outline the lip. Fill the lips with the lipstick, blend them well. Apply a little gold or gloss for the extra glamour.For hair make a high bun or use beads, flowers, swarovsky for hairstyle.