so many of you asked me how i was able to maintain my Birkin and Kelly in such a great condition
so i'm gonna share all the tips and tricks on how to store and take care of your hermes
Birkin and kelly first i want to talk about how i store my Birkin and Kelly so my Birkin is in the
togo leather in the etoupe color and my kelly is in the gold color epsom leather the togo is more
slouchier than the epsom leather epsom leather can maintain its shape very well on its own but it's
important for togo leather to be able to maintain its shape so first thing i want to show you guys
is that i removed all the sticker and you can see all the sticker here is peeled so if you don't
peer off the stickers from the hardware after a long time they might potentially leave some marks
on the hardware that's the last thing i want and then before i put them in the bags i'll make sure
to remove all the for example like the strap for kelly and i'll make sure to remove them and put
in their own dust bag and also the key lock and clochette i'll put them separately inside of the
small dust bag to not leave on the bag and then i will take a look at this bag see if there's any
dirty spots if there's nothing i won't do anything but if there is any wear is dirty i'll use the
chanel cloth to gently wipe the bag and make sure it's clean before i put in a bag but generally
speaking all these bags they all have a protective layer of its own outside of the leather so
mostly you don't need to do anything about it and then i'll make sure that i have some air bubble
like put it in here to stuff the bag especially for a togo bag to maintain its shape the next
most important thing is to put in the felt cloth to protect the bag tuck in the strap on the side
the next thing i would do is put the bag inside of the dust bag now you can see
there's a pillow in there and then lay the bag flat and the pillow will provide the support
i don't put them in the box all the time and i also take them out to give them some air
and usually just rotating between the box laying down in the box position and the standing
up position on the shelf so for my Kelly it's the same thing put this in and then make sure put the
shoulder strap lock and the key inside of the bag and then put some air bubbles
then i put it in the dust bag so next i want to talk a little bit about the room situation
so where i live the air was really really wet at some point started seeing some moldy spots that
was time i invested this dehumidifier for our room so i ran the humidifier from time to time make
sure the air is not too wet and that things don't get mold because the last thing that you want
is to have your Birkin kelly get some mold and i always make sure that there's no direct sunlight
on the bag because direct sunlight is not good for the leather and it might change the color of the
bag over time as well next let's talk about the care tips for your Birkin and Kelly i always make
sure i wash my hands before i touching my Birkin and Kelly so none grease or makeup or anything
will transfer from my hand to these bags on all to the handles or onto the bag itself and i don't
have any long nails i always like to keep my nails short and clean so that i don't scratch on the
leather so both epsom leather and togo are scratch resistant togo is probably harder but although the
epsom leather is scratch resistant but you really really don't want to try to scratch it because
when you scratch the epsom leather you basically destroy it because it's an embossed leather so you
want to try to avoid long nails to really scratch your leather if you want to protect your Birkin
and Kelly try to wear twilly as much as possible i know sometimes it's a little bit hassle and even
i'm a little bit too lazy to put them on but i know it's good for the bag you want to make sure
no pen or no makeup no sharp object put inside the bag directly if you want to put something you
always put a small pouch outside of these things and then put them inside of your Birkin and Kelly
also make sure there there's nothing liquid or potential leak inside of your bag don't take your
Birkin or Kelly out on a rainy day i don't know if any of you have tried the raincoat came with
the purchase is basically useless i have never opened one personally myself but i did some
research online and i see some people opened it after the person opened it she was not able to
put the rain coat back it was really difficult but then even you put the rain coat on the bag
there is a gap in between those handles so rain will still get inside of the bag
and water will get through so basically the rain coat is useless leave me a comment down below if
any of you have opened this rain coat and i used it i think the best thing to do is that don't
take them out on a rainy day at all because you don't want to risk your bags and don't
bring them through the security check when you are traveling try to put them in your carry-on luggage
instead of using them as a personal bag to bring it on to the airplane because when you go through
the scanner usually the scanner in the airport are pretty dirty and also the people that handle those
bags they don't handle these bags with any caution you don't want to run any risks to ruin your bags
and also i don't know if you want to use them as carry-on bags put the luggage space before you
on the floor i kind of feel better to put them on the floor and don't over stuff your bag and don't
put any heavy object inside of your bag because this will stretch your bag out and change the
shape over time it will also decrease the lifespan of your bag the next thing is make sure always to
rotate your Birkin or Kelly use it and let them get some rest and switch to a different bag this
is totally another reason to get more designer bags the next one is to user insert but honestly
epsom leather is totally fine the leather itself maintained the shape very well so i don't worry
about it if anything that needs an insert it's maybe my Birkin 30. i have the bag for a while now
and it seems to be holding up the shape perfectly fine without a insert maybe it's because i always
put air bubble to maintain its shape when i store the bag if i do find any insert that is really
good in the future i'll be sure to share with you guys the next one is avoid color transfer color
transfer can totally happen on Birkins and Kellys as well when you put on the shelf you have to make
sure that no direct touching between each bags and make sure to give them some space wash your jeans
many times and make sure there is no any potential color transfer from the clothes before you wear
them and if you really worry just wear light colored clothes and the next one is check your bag
immediately after every wear i know it's a little bit of hassle if you check your back immediately
right after you use if there's any color transfer you can handle it immediately instead of letting
the color set in or the stain set in after a very long time generally speaking if there is some
small stains it might just be dirty i just gently buff it out with the cloth in circular motions
most of time they will come off generally speaking i don't use any leather conditioner on my hermes
bags they don't need it the other reason that i don't use it is because i worry about the Hermes
spa policy is they will only do it when the item is authentic and never done any work outside of
hermes even my SA was telling me to eliminate to use any other leather conditioner unless i
have to my white constance got color transferred during my trip to hawaii i was wearing a red dress
and it was so hot that day and my red dress was soaked in sweat and it got direct in contact with
my constance and because the dress was new i never washed it yet the red color just got all over the
back of the bag and after i got back to the hotel i saw it because i always checked my bag before
i put it back in i totally freaked out and that was the time i started using the conditioner to
apply on the back again and again again and again i apply one layer and let it sit there for a while
and i wipe the actual things on the surface and applied it again i did the entire night
also did it again the second day and after that i finally got rid of the red color to be honest
i can still see a little bit of residual it's not too crazy but a camera might not be able
to pick it up i'm so happy that i was able to get rid of the color transfer other than that
i never use any conditioner on my hermes bag but i have to say this leather conditioner is really
good though because it was able to get the color transfer out and also i use it on all my chanel
bags when it needed i will leave the link down below in the description box so that you can
take a look so i hope this has been informative and helpful let me know if you have any questions
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