Amaurine
Journal
What our pieces are made of, how each build wears, and how to keep it. Start with the guide to gold-plated, gold vermeil and solid gold in Australia; the rest follows from there.
Is gold jewellery waterproof? What actually survives water
Gold itself does not mind water; what sits under it decides. Material by material, what can stay on in the shower, the gym and the pool, and what should come off.
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Caring for your Amaurine jewellery
Fine jewellery does not need much. It needs the right little, every time. Four habits, then a note for each material Amaurine works in: vermeil, gold over sterling and steel, sterling silver, moissanite and...
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How an Amaurine piece is made to order
Each piece is made when it is ordered, checked by hand in Sydney, and boxed for the person it is going to. What happens between the order and the doorbell, and what to do...
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What gold vermeil actually is — and how Amaurine uses it
Vermeil is a standard before it is a look. What the word means, what the words around it mean, and exactly where Amaurine uses each one across its five collections.
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How to store jewellery so it stays bright: the four rules
Storage does more for a piece than cleaning ever does. Four rules, how to put away a chain, a ring, a stud and a cuff so they come out ready, and the three places...
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Platinum-plated and rhodium-plated silver: what the white finish is for
A white finish over sterling is doing a job: holding a cooler white and slowing the reaction at the surface. What rhodium and platinum plating actually are, how they wear, and the one tool...
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Baroque pearls: why no two match, and how to keep them
Baroque is a shape word, not a grade. Why irregular pearls form the way they do, what lustre has to do with price, and the one rule that keeps nacre alive.
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How to layer necklaces without the tangle: lengths in mm
Layering is arithmetic before it is taste. Leave enough millimetres between chains and they stay in their lanes; leave too few and they braid themselves. Here is the gap that works, and where each...
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What 925 means, and why sterling darkens
925 is a number before it is a word: 92.5% silver, 7.5% something harder. What the stamp actually records, how sterling differs from fine silver and from silver-plated, and what a mark is worth...
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Huggies, hoops, studs: which earring for which ear (and for sleeping in)
A huggie is not just a small hoop, and a millimetre either way changes what an earring reads as. How the three formats differ in fastening, weight and diameter, and which sits where.
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Jewellery gifts that land: what to buy when you do not know her size
The best jewellery gift is one that does not need a size. How to read the metal she already wears, what each price band actually buys, and the four pieces that fit almost anyone.
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Bracelet, bangle and cuff sizing: how to measure your wrist and hand
Bracelets are sized from the wrist, bangles from the widest part of the hand, and cuffs from neither. Three measurements, one strip of paper, and the millimetre figures for our own pieces.
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