If you should believe everything they say than "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" but really, considering my income doesn't really allow that I happy to go for another kind of stone that's easier on the wallet and really just as shinny.

I'm simply mad in love with SWAROVSKI and I'm always stalking their Instagram long before a special occasion as I need to work on my wishlist on time. SWAROVSKI jewellery is always very elegant, surely timeless and just like everything worth the investment you need to take good care of it. When I say that I don't mean you should save it for special occasions but just that you should use it as much as you want to and keep in mind to put it away before you go to sleep.

Of course I also have a couple cheaper items which are trendy and won't be in my collection forever the difference is with items I do want to keep forever I need to spend a little more time on.

Before buying the next item, I carefully research to be sure it's something I'll get a lot of use from. My line of thought is: if it's expensive, I have to take my money's worth out of it! Sometimes I'm searching for an everyday item sometimes for a more "weekend" peace but never a once in a life time story. As I have a bit of a collection now and I want to keep it growing so that's why I feel I can give you some tips on it.

Never shower with your jewellery on!

I don't know how people do it. You can't possibly have a decent shower with jewellery on... Water and transpiration are the biggest enemies to beautiful jewellery. If you want to keep them shinny and cleaned that you need to take off your jewellery before the shower and before a workout.

Always give them a place to sleep.

Just like your perfume, jewellery is better kept in the dark. As too much light might change your jewels colour a jewelry box is the perfect option. If there's something you use very often, it's no problem to keep it on your bedside table.

Cleansing Cloth.

You can buy it at every jeweller and it won't cost you more than €10,00 euros. It's the best way to clean your jewellery and to give it back that out of the store look.

Extra - Nailpolish

But this isn't a beauty post, Marcia? I hear you thinking. But I just need to give you one more little tip. If you have that beautiful pair of earing that you love but your skin reacts to it all the time, just put a little transparent nail polish on the parts that have contact with your skin. This way you create a protection layer and will be able to use your jewellery for longer periods of time.