Since I make my own costume jewelry and I have so much silver and gold findings I have had much success cleaning my costume and my fine expensive pieces with ...
Gleem or Colgate tooth paste and a soft tooth brush, which ever paste you choose ,,, just remember it must be in a paste form not gel.
http://www.hurdlesjewelry.com/ based in bolder Colorado will appraise any jewelry you require.They can also ooffer repairs and clean ups on your costume jewelry.
There is not a way to get the color back in costume jewelry. The jewelry on the costume is not real.
Stop wearing costume jewelry.
NAICS Code 339914 (Costume Jewelry and Novelty Manufacturing)
Costume Jewlery
Yes it is. The reason it is the same is because a costume is fake any you wouldn't want to wear a $300 necklace with a $30 costume. It would be better to use fake jewelry for a costume.
As far as I know, it is costume jewelry. I had a Monet brooch left to me by a great grandmother, and when i went to have it appraised, I was told it was costume jewelry.
Costume jewelry has never been made of gold, thats why its called COSTUME
It might do a good job, it is a time-honored household cleaner. It might not help much at all, either. But at least you can be assured that baking soda as a cleaning agent cannot possibly hurt the costume jewelry.
The term "costume jewelry" was first used in a 1933 article in the New Yorker.
Good costume jewelry can be found online mainly via Ebay or at "Fantasy Jewelry Box" (www.fantasyjewelrybox.com). Which site you choose depends on the age of the costume jewelry you are looking for. For example, rarer good quality costume jewelry may be found on Ebay, while more mainstream items may be found at Fantasy Jewelry Box.
NAICS Code(s) 339914 (Costume Jewelry and Novelty Manufacturing)