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We’ve stressed here many times how easy it is to clean your own jewelry using a variety of household products…but we have overlooked denture tablets apparently.

If your diamonds are starting to lose a little luster, you can toss them in a denture tablet bath to get them sparkling again.

Denture tablets have a lot of great uses when it comes to cleaning things, and diamond jewelry is no exception. Ashley Poskin at Apartment Therapy explains how to get your rings and bracelets looking like new, and all you need is a glass, a denture tablet, and some warm water. After your bling sits in there for about a half an hour, you can rinse and get to trouble spots with a toothbrush. Be sure to only do this with diamonds, though, and not emeralds, turquoise, lapis, or pearls. Check out the full tutorial at the link below.

Source: Lifehacker

We never tire of ogling celebrity engagement rings…and for good reason. Most celebrities have the means to buy a killer ring as well as access to some amazing jewelry designers.

So ogle away at Huffington Post’s hottest celebrity engagement rings!

Here, our favorite celebrity engagement rings!

1. Jennifer Aniston’s Engagement Ring
The former Friends star had a lot to say “yes” to when boyfriend Justin Theroux proposed with this whopper of a diamond in August 2012. (The roughly 8-carat emerald-cut solitaire ring cost an estimated $500,000!). She wears her mega-rock with pride — and who can blame her?

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2. Jamie Chung’s Engagement Ring
Bryan Greenberg proposed to Jamie Chung with a gorgeous (and huge!) classic round-cut diamond engagement ring. The proposal, which came as a total surprise to Chung, happened during the 2013 holiday season in her hometown of San Francisco.

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3. Elizabeth Hurley’s Engagement Ring
Hurley’s blue sapphire ring set between two trillion-cut diamonds is both a bold statement and a nod to British tradition–sapphires are a favorite of British royalty. The platinum engagement ring that cricket player Shane Warne gave to Hurley in 2011 is approximately 9 carats.

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4. Halle Berry’s Engagement Ring
Set in a textured, hand-forged, yellow-gold setting, the ring’s four-carat emerald–sourced from Colombia–is flawless in color and flanked by two diamonds. Berry’s fiancé Olivier Martinez, who proposed in 2012, commissioned the one-of-a-kind piece from his Paris neighbor, jeweler Robert Mazlo. The ring reportedly contains codes and symbols in lieu of an inscription, which only its wearer can understand.

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5. Jessica Biel’s Engagement Ring
Jessica Biel’s December 2011 engagement ring from love Justin Timberlake features a slightly rounded square-cut diamond surrounded by two rows of smaller stones. Notable details include scrolling rope-style sides and the use of blackened platinum, which creates a unique, vintage effect.

 

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I don’t know about you but I was a little surprised when Pantone chose marsala as their Color of the Year. It’s an earthy color, that’s for sure…but does it work in the fashion arena?

Luckily the people at 10x showed us some examples of marsala that may change our minds.

Here are a few gems that fall in the same family as the hue, and of course, 10 great jewels featuring those stones.

Garnet
Anna Sheffield’s “Bea Arrow” garnet studs

These new “FitzRoy the Cat” earring jackets featuring garnets are from designer Wendy Brandes.

Effy’s garnet and diamond pendant

Estenza’s drop earrings feature rose quartz at the bottom and a garnet on top

Goshwara’s garnet and orange chalcedony ring

Read more at 10x.

Did you know that tinsel used to be made of real silver? It’s true. It may not always look great on Christmas trees but it’s got an interesting history. Thanks to Motherboard for this:

Tinsel was popular in this form for centuries, with a slight break in manufacturing during World W​ar I because of disruptions to the manufacturing chain. But it didn’t last. Lead, as you ma​y recall, has toxic effec​ts on the human body, from our nervous systems to our gastrointestinal tracts.

These effects had been known for a long time, but the US didn’t start enforcing regulations on how much lead could be in commercial products until the 197​0s (lead-based paint was the first to be banned in 1971). In 1972 the US Food and Drug Administration an​nounced that tinsel made of lead could no longer be sold to consumers.

These days, the tinsel you know (and are kind of annoyed with) is made of a synthetic compound called polyvinylchloride, or PVC, with a shiny finish. It’s cheap and durable, used in products ranging from thick housi​ng pipes to reco​rds and fake leather clothes. Some less-flexible types of PVC are recyclable, but those handfuls of sparkly plastic that you throw willy-nilly at your tree are not. Much like the Christmas spirit, tinsel ne​ver dies; instead it sits at the bottom of a landfill with the rest of your holiday glee.