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costume jewelry, and it's alternatives
Does anyone else find that their body oils react in a much harsher manner to base-metal jewelry than most other people? In this thread, let's discuss wearing metals.
My husband and I have both noticed some odd things.
For myself, I've noticed that my costume jewelry develops a yucky metallic smell. I've read that this is because the body oils begin to break down the base metals.
My husband has noticed that he cannot wear a base-metal watch or watch band against his wrist. His body chemistry "attacks" it.
Before I posted this I searched around a bit and saw that Grant once posted about gold possibly helping in some way with retinol detox, and so perhaps wearing gold is worth the money for other reasons besides.
Silver is also thought to help health because it is anti-germ. However, my skin starts getting black from silver jewelry. Perhaps my body chemistry also tarnishes silver faster than normal.
White gold looks good with my skin tone and it doesn't develop smell. Platinum gives me no trouble. These two metals give totally different looks. Brand new white gold jewelry arrives dunked in rhodium, which hasn't bothered me, but it's not something I need. I prefer the soft look of the white gold after the rhodium wears off.
I have not ever tried rose gold or 24 K gold. 14k Yellow gold hasn't given me trouble, it just doesn't look good with my skin tone.
My guess is that all these precious metal options would work, giving choices for many different skin tones.
It *is* interesting that Hindu families historically invest in in 24K gold jewelry-- is there a health aspect to this tradition?
My mother could only wear gold or silver - fake stuff gave her skin rashes.
Platinum is the least reactive chemical element with gold in second place. Either is a great choice, but platinum will cost half as much by weight.
I think that life is too short to wear cheap costume jewelry; the real deal will always have value.
I would personally do the research and find exactly what I want - from a private seller.
A lot of great used jewelry goes to the refiners to be melted down every day.