BUYING & SELLING TIPS

A book on how to wear, clean, store and sell jewelry smartly and safely

In their book Jewelry Savvy, Cynthia Sliwa, a former corporate lawyer and certified image professional, and co-author Caroline Stanley, cover tips on how to store, clean and care for jewels, advice on buying and selling jewelry smartly and safely, and suggestions on how to recycle, whether it’s by restyling a piece or trading up.

The book’s chapters on gemstones and metals are comprehensive, yet easy to digest.

And the how-to-wear-it aspect of the book provides guidance for all personalities, and body types.

Here, for instance, are some Jewelry Savvy tips for larger women:

Do
- Wear jewelry of larger scale or jewelry of smaller scale worn in volume, depending on the scale of your facial features
- Wear jewelry that fits properly. Search out retailers who carry larger sizes or find extenders that work. Consider having jewelry custom made.

Don’t
- Wear necklaces or bracelets that are too tight and dig into your skin.

Watch out for
- fine chains with tiny pendants and earrings hung on fine wires to hang below the ears, unless you have delicate facial features
- small brooches, unless they are worn in multiples
- thin, bracelets, unless they are worn in volume

For more see JewelrySavvyBook.com.