Simple trick to stop costume jewellery turning skin green
Costume jewellery these days look so good, it’s often difficult to tell the difference between your budget bling and the real thing. That is, until you take it off. The interaction between the metal and the acids in your skin creates an oxidising effect, leaving your skin with an unsightly green tinge. Thankfully, you can avoid your favourite rings and bangles leaving you with a Shrek-esque skin tone with this simple, inexpensive tip.
All you need is your cheap and cheerful jewellery and a bottle of clear nail polish. Painting a coat or two onto the part of the jewellery which touches the skin creates a barrier, preventing the oxidisation process taking place and leaving your skin as gorgeous as before.
That’s not all your clear nail polish is capable of – turns out, it has a number of clever uses. Aside from protecting your skin (and jewellery), you can also:
- Coat a hole in your tights to prevent ladders.
- Paint a frayed thread to allow it to be threaded into a needle faster.
- Tighten loose screws by applying a coat of varnish as an adhesive.
- Dab a small amount on a mosquito bite to alleviate itching.
- Keep belt buckles shiny by coating them in a thin layer of polish.
- Repair tiny holes in windows by filling them with varnish.
- Coat your stone-encrusted costume jewellery to prevent gems falling out.
- Apply a thin layer to labels to prevent them fading or smudging.
- Paint some onto the thread in the centre of shirt buttons to prevent them popping.
Do you have any smart uses for clear nail polish? Share them with us in the comment section below.