Archive for August, 2009

Site performance and uptime monitoring

Monday, August 31st, 2009

JewelsBoutique.com has recently added third party site performance and uptime monitoring.  The service checks specific JewelsBoutique pages for both accessibility as well as page load time from multiple locations in the US.

Online shoppers expect sites to be responsive and have quick page load times.  Quick and accurate searches for diamonds and pave engagement rings on our site is critical to customer satisfaction and the success of our business.

The monitoring is being handled by ServiceUptime.com and the site performance data is publicly available via the JewelsBoutique.com About Us page.

Our goal is to provide you with quality diamonds, pave engagement ring mountings, and an exceptional shopping experience.  We do this with our team of special designers, expert gemologists, skilled jewelers, and thoughtfully designed web site.  Explore JewelsBoutique.com and give our concierge service a try, we are here to exceed your expectations!

Cleaning Your Engagement Ring

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Fun to share!

It is natural for all types of jewelry to accumulate oils, lotions, dust, and dirt in normal daily life. This is especially problematic for diamonds because like mirrors; even finger prints reduce their glittering sparkle. Routine cleaning of diamond jewelry restores their just like new scintillation and glow.

Cleaning bridal engagement rings with pave diamond settings is not complicated or time consuming, but it is somewhat different from cleaning other types of engagement bands. The intricate arrangements found in pave engagement rings contain tiny crevices and nooks which produce brilliant beauty. These pockets can also collect dust and grime which reduces the luster of your ring; cleaning with fine, gentle brushes, soaking solutions and jewelry cleaners brings back the luminescent sparkle of your jewels with little effort.

JewelsBoutique.com offers both ultrasonic and steam cleaners. We hand selected and tested these items to ensure that they work well; all are ideally suited as personal Jewelry cleaning devices.

Ultrasonic

Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners use a combination of liquid and high frequency vibration to loosen all types of dirt, grease, and grime from your jewels. These unique devices offer a safe and very effective way to loosen and remove even substantial amounts of dirt from jewelry.

Steam

Jewelry steamers provide the easiest way to keep your rings looking their best with minimal effort. These unique devices use powerful blasts of stem to loosen and remove dirt and grime from the tiny crevices found in pave and micro-pave diamond jewelry.

Cleaning Advice @ JewelsBoutique.com

While we offer both ultrasonic and steam cleaners; it is also possible and reasonable to manually clean your jewels. Household cleaning can be accomplished in few simple steps:

  1. Put a drain strainer (like one’s used for contact lenses) over the drain in your sink
  2. Use Neutrogena facial soap (leaves very little residue) and brush lightly with old toothbrush
  3. rinse with warm water
  4. place ring on paper towel
  5. blow dry with hair dryer; hottest setting (prevents water marks)