Now that you’ve purchased a Lilla Rose Flexi hair clip or ten, what is the best way to store and care for them?

The best place to store your clip when it is not in your hair, of course, is in a fabric bag, jewelry box, or compartment sorting tray in a bathroom drawer. Compartments are great for easy viewing if you like to sort by clip size or color.

I like to keep my hair sticks in a small vase on my bathroom counter, and hang my hairbands on necklace hooks in my “Lilla Rose Jewelry Box.”

This is an old photo. I need a new jewelry box! I’ve outgrown this one, and so my current one is overflowing. I’ve also added a pretty jar for hair sticks.

It is more important to discuss how to care for your new hair accessories, though. The pin on clips are nickel, gold, brass, copper, or rose gold plated. Being plated, they will tarnish from humidity and frequent use. The pin lends itself to an “antiquing” look and is not damaged by this “tarnish.” The same is true for metal sticks and U-pins also.

It has been recommended by other Lilla Rose Stylists, too, to be mindful of environments with high humidity, as this does seem to increase the tendency of natural antiquing or tarnishing on some shiny metal clips or the rose gold ones. Other hair products, lotions, anti dandruff shampoos, and food oil transfer from hands can contribute to the tarnishing and color changes of plated metals on the flexi clip as well. 

How To Clean Your Plated Hair Accessory Jewelry

In order to properly care for these items and “parts” of the clips, note the care instructions on your “Style Sheet” given to you at the time of your purchase. There is a section of the sheet called “Cleaning and Finish.” Lilla Rose, Inc recommends “wiping your Flexi with a cotton ball dabbed in acetone or non-acetone fingernail polish remover. Do not wipe colored beads with acetone as their coloring may be sensitive to the cleaner and cause discoloration.”

Other cleaning recommendations from non Lilla Rose sites for plated jewelry recommend using lint free jewelry cloths to polish items. If oils build up on those items, it’s recommended to soak the items in warm soapy water with dish soap before polishing.  A soft brush can be used on metal plating after soaking for any additional build up, but follow with the jewelry cloth to shine a flexi hair clip back up.

Avoid antibacterial hand soaps. Do not use polishing cloths. It is never recommended to use abrasive cleaners on any plated jewelry, as this could completely remove the finish. This site, Miansai, also recommends not storing rose gold/gold and silver plating items together, as this may increase tarnishing. 

If a Flexi clip has wooden beads, it is not recommended that the items be soaked, so be mindful of that.

Otherwise, flexi clips are as easy to care for and store as they are to use! Enjoy their beauty, durability, exquisite designs, and comfort!

If you find you need to do a sizing exchange, Lilla Rose pays the exchange shipping within 90 days of the purchase date. If a customer wants to return items, they must do so within 30 days, unused in original packaging. Customers may also exchanged defective items within 90 days for free exchange shipping. After that, the exchange is at the customer’s cost. Be sure to keep your original receipt for the exchanges!

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