Shine up your Jewels in minutes

I cannot believe it took me this long to figure out this jewelry secret: shine your duds with toothpaste.

 A quick (gentle) scrub with an old toothbrush does it.

If that doesn't do the trick, dip the duds into a solution of lemon juice and baking soda

(sodium bicarbonate for UK peeps) and rinse.

UNREAL! It works. Quick, easy, painless.

No expensive solutions or machines to buy.

I wiped by chains off with a cloth napkin--see the dirt tracks?

Gross.

The Santini necklace before shot:

After:

Toothpaste was just normal Colgate, nothing special.

The solution for chains:

1/4 cup lemon juice

3 tbsp baking soda

mix well and dunk away

(Rinse with water and lay flat to dry.)

I wiped my box chains with the napkin because they had years of dirt crusted onto them. eeeeewwwwwwweeee