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Lucy Farrell

These viral jewellery cleaning hacks could damage your gems, expert warns

Cleaning hacks across the internet claim to transform your jewellery to look as good as new. However, could these tips be causing more harm than good?

Social media is flooded with cleaning tips to keep your belongings in tip top shape and there are also a mountain of hacks which claim to get your jewels sparkling, as they become tarnished after years of wear.

The hashtag “cleaninghacks” has over 7 billion views on TikTok with many content creators sharing their most valuable ways to save people time and money. Some of these involve typical household items like baking soda, but others are more unusual such as beer and ketchup.

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