Materials & CareÂ
Guide
The metal you choose sets the mood of every piece, and a little care keeps it beautiful for a lifetime. Here is everything about our golds, and how to look after the jewellery you love.
Explore The CollectionGold, In Three Colours
Every Shinewine piece is crafted in gold, offered in three timeless colours: white, yellow, and rose. All three begin as the same pure gold, then are alloyed with other metals to create their distinctive tone and strength. The colour you choose is entirely about the wearer, their skin tone, their style, and the diamonds it will hold.
The Three Golds
Each colour has its own character and flatters differently.
What Karat Really Means
Karat measures how much pure gold a piece contains. 24K is pure gold, soft and easily marked, so fine jewellery is made from alloys. 18K is 75% gold, a rich colour with excellent durability, while 14K is 58% gold, harder still and ideal for everyday wear. A higher karat means more gold and a deeper colour; a lower karat means more strength for daily life.
How To Care For Your Jewellery
Clean Gently
Soak in warm water with a drop of mild dish soap, brush softly with a baby toothbrush, rinse, and pat dry with a lint-free cloth. Every few weeks keeps diamonds bright.
Store Separately
Keep each piece in its own pouch or a lined box compartment. Diamonds are hard enough to scratch gold and one another, so never let pieces jostle together.
Last On, First Off
Put jewellery on after makeup, perfume, and hairspray, and take it off before you undress. Cosmetics and lotions dull both gold and diamonds over time.
Remove For Chores
Take rings off before cleaning, gardening, swimming, or the gym. Chlorine, harsh chemicals, and hard knocks are the quickest way to damage a setting.
Refresh White Gold
White gold's rhodium plating gently wears with time. A quick re-plating every year or two restores its bright, cool-white finish to like-new.
Service Yearly
Have a jeweller check prongs and settings once a year. A loose prong caught early is a simple fix, and it keeps your diamond secure for life.
Caring For Your Diamonds
Lab-grown diamonds are just as hard and brilliant as mined ones, the hardest natural material there is, so they hold their sparkle for generations. What dims them is everyday film: lotion, oils, and soap residue that settle on the surface. A gentle warm-water clean every couple of weeks is all it takes to keep every stone catching the light exactly as it did on day one.
The Simple Rules
A few habits that make all the difference.
Good To Know
All three golds are equally strong at the same karat, since they share the same gold content. Rose gold is marginally the hardest thanks to its copper alloy. White gold is just as durable, but its rhodium plating benefits from occasional refreshing.
White gold is finished with a thin layer of rhodium for its bright, cool-white shine. That layer wears very gradually with daily wear and can be re-applied every year or two to restore the original finish, a simple, inexpensive service.
No. Rose gold's warm hue comes from copper alloyed right through the metal, not a surface coating, so the colour is permanent and never needs restoring.
It is best not to. Soap builds a dulling film on gold and diamonds, and chlorine in pools can weaken gold alloys over time. Remove your pieces before swimming or bathing and they will stay brilliant for far longer.
Luxury That Lives Beautifully
Explore Shinewine's collection in white, yellow, and rose gold, each piece set with certified lab-grown diamonds.
Explore The Collection
