Why does most jewellery disappoint you within weeks?
The green skin. The tarnish. The piece that looked great in the photo but felt cheap on your wrist. There's a reason it keeps happening, and it's simpler than you think.
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Necklace · Natural light · Neutral clothingIt's not you. It's what it's made of.
Most jewellery sold at accessible prices is built to a formula: cheap base metal, thin plating, a coat of lacquer to delay the inevitable. It looks the part on day one. Then it doesn't.
The green skin comes from copper in the base metal reacting with your skin chemistry. The tarnish comes from that thin plating wearing through, revealing whatever's underneath. The irritation comes from nickel, which is still in a surprising amount of "hypoallergenic" jewellery.
None of this is inevitable. It's a materials choice, and it's a choice most brands make because it's cheaper. Not because it's better.
The jewellery that disappoints you was designed to look good in a photograph. It was not designed to be worn.
This isn't about price. There is jewellery at $30 that lasts two weeks and jewellery at $90 that lasts years. The difference isn't the price tag. It's the base material and the plating method.
Built from the inside out.
Every Lussèco piece starts with a stainless steel core — not brass, not copper alloy. Stainless steel doesn't react with skin. It doesn't oxidise. It doesn't introduce the compounds that cause greening or irritation.
Over that, 18K gold PVD plating. PVD (physical vapour deposition) bonds the gold at a molecular level — it isn't painted on. It doesn't peel. It holds through showers, gym sessions, and daily wear without the protective coat that eventually wears away and exposes cheap metal underneath.
The result is jewellery you can actually wear — not store. Not worry about. Not remove before the gym, the shower, or the beach. Just wear.
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Aurelia Heart Chain
A 6mm curb chain with a 15mm heart charm. Substantial enough to wear alone — minimal enough to layer. The chain has real weight to it; it sits on the neck, not against it.
Stainless steel core. 18K gold PVD plated. Water-resistant from day one. Built to be the piece you reach for every morning without thinking twice.
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