Ladies, stop buying cheap jewelry from fast fashion brands—let me tell you why. Yes, I get it—you want to look good. But these cheap metals are made with some of the most toxic substances on the planet. Unlike real silver or gold, fast fashion jewelry is made from cheap metals like nickel, brass, and even recycled industrial scrap. To make them look expensive, they’re coated with a thin electroplated layer of fake gold or silver—a process that involves dipping the metal in a toxic chemical bath