How to Care for Your Crown or Tiara

As the owner and designer of the top crown and tiara website, here are the exclusive tips I give to all my customers:

1. Never touch the stones, always pick up the crown with two hands to place on your head or in a crown case. Never pick up a crown with one hand. The oils in your hands can dull the stones. Grasp the crown between the thumb and 4 fingers at the top and bottom edge of the rhinestone chain. This will keep your stones sparkling forever.

2. When not in use, always keep your crown in an airtight, secure box or bag to protect if form the air and moisture that will tarnish the silver metal. The silver finish on crowns is usually sterling silver plate that will tarnish if left out to the elements, just like any sterling silver item. If you find your crown has turned “dark” on the inside, you may use a sterling silver polishing cloth and wipe down the inside. Gold plated crowns will not tarnish. A crown case is your best option for keeping your crown sparkling, as it is specifically made for that.

3. A crown should be carried upright, not on its side, when possible. However, if your case requires you to carry from the side, you need to pad it properly with bubble wrap or something similar all around the sides of the crown, or create a domed center.

4. If you feel that the stones have gotten dull from not following these rules, here are some to follow. (NEVER IMMERSE OR TREAT CROWNS WITH ANY LIQUIDS)

A) Always clean them before and after using them, and try not to use hand soap, lotion or cream while you handle the crown otherwise fingerprints will remain on the metal and eventually with many uses you imagine how it will look?

B) Always have your hair done a couple of hours before wearing the crown, hair lacquer, gels, mousse, etc, are the number one jewelry enemy, even on gold.

C) We recommend a crown cleaner cloth that is impregnated with a tarnish retardant that not only will take the dust and grease off from the crown but will prevent the tarnish, this will work for other pieces of jewelry that you actually own too to take the tarnish way from them, you can view the item and the specs of it at the following link

Blitz Jewelry Care Cloth

This is a “lecture” that I give to all the ladies who buy my crowns on site or at an event. They are very happy to know this information, as they want to keep their crowns in good sparkling condition, as much as I do. I want people to compliment you on your crown, as you my best salesperson! A happy customer wearing a “HOLLY HARDWICK ORIGINAL”! Thank you!

Enjoy your crown! Royally, Holly H. Hardwick