Jewelry 101
Captive Bead Ring History: Who Invented the CBR?
The captive bead ring is the piece most people picture when they think of body jewelry. A plain hoop, a small bead, no clasp, no hinge — held shut by...
Captive Bead Ring History: Who Invented the CBR?
The captive bead ring is the piece most people picture when they think of body jewelry. A plain hoop, a small bead, no clasp, no hinge — held shut by...
Winter Piercing Care: Cold, Dry Air & Scarf Snags
Cold weather itself isn't really the problem for a piercing. What gets hard on a piercing is everything winter wraps around it — wool scarves, hat brims, hood drawstrings, turtleneck...
Winter Piercing Care: Cold, Dry Air & Scarf Snags
Cold weather itself isn't really the problem for a piercing. What gets hard on a piercing is everything winter wraps around it — wool scarves, hat brims, hood drawstrings, turtleneck...
Who Invented Threadless Jewelry? The NeoMetal S...
The jewelry system most professional piercers reach for today is younger than a lot of the people wearing it. Threadless body jewelry — the simple press-fit design where a decorative...
Who Invented Threadless Jewelry? The NeoMetal S...
The jewelry system most professional piercers reach for today is younger than a lot of the people wearing it. Threadless body jewelry — the simple press-fit design where a decorative...
History of Body Jewelry Materials: Gold to Tita...
People have been piercing their bodies for about as long as human culture has existed. The jewelry that goes through those piercings, though, has changed more in the last seventy...
History of Body Jewelry Materials: Gold to Tita...
People have been piercing their bodies for about as long as human culture has existed. The jewelry that goes through those piercings, though, has changed more in the last seventy...
The Eyebrow Piercing and the Y2K Revival
Few piercings date a photograph as precisely as an eyebrow ring. Spot one and you're looking at somewhere between 1997 and 2004, give or take. It's back now, along with...
The Eyebrow Piercing and the Y2K Revival
Few piercings date a photograph as precisely as an eyebrow ring. Spot one and you're looking at somewhere between 1997 and 2004, give or take. It's back now, along with...
Fall Piercing Jewelry Trends: Warm Metals and L...
Piercing jewelry doesn't really have seasons the way clothing does. Nobody's packing away their titanium in October. What does change is the context around it — what you're wearing, what...
Fall Piercing Jewelry Trends: Warm Metals and L...
Piercing jewelry doesn't really have seasons the way clothing does. Nobody's packing away their titanium in October. What does change is the context around it — what you're wearing, what...
The Monroe Piercing: History Behind the Name
The Monroe piercing is one of the few placements named after a specific person — and one of the few whose name tells you exactly where it goes. It sits...
The Monroe Piercing: History Behind the Name
The Monroe piercing is one of the few placements named after a specific person — and one of the few whose name tells you exactly where it goes. It sits...
The History of the Belly Button Piercing
If you go searching for the history of the navel piercing, you're almost guaranteed to run into the same claim: that it was an ancient Egyptian practice reserved for pharaohs...
The History of the Belly Button Piercing
If you go searching for the history of the navel piercing, you're almost guaranteed to run into the same claim: that it was an ancient Egyptian practice reserved for pharaohs...
Mother's Day Piercing Jewelry: A Thoughtful Gif...
There's a specific kind of Mother's Day gift problem. She's worn the same pair of earrings since you were in middle school, and you want to give her something she'll...
Mother's Day Piercing Jewelry: A Thoughtful Gif...
There's a specific kind of Mother's Day gift problem. She's worn the same pair of earrings since you were in middle school, and you want to give her something she'll...
Why Did Sailors Wear Gold Hoop Earrings? Fact v...
If you spend any time looking into the history of sailors and gold earrings, you'll quickly run into the same handful of stories. They've been repeated so often they've hardened...
Why Did Sailors Wear Gold Hoop Earrings? Fact v...
If you spend any time looking into the history of sailors and gold earrings, you'll quickly run into the same handful of stories. They've been repeated so often they've hardened...
Saunas and Hot Tubs with Piercings: What to Know
Let's cut to the chase: if your piercing is fully healed, a sauna or a hot tub is mostly fine with a few simple precautions. If it's still healing, a...
Saunas and Hot Tubs with Piercings: What to Know
Let's cut to the chase: if your piercing is fully healed, a sauna or a hot tub is mostly fine with a few simple precautions. If it's still healing, a...
Valentine's Day Piercing Jewelry Gift Guide
Buying jewelry for someone with piercings is sneakily harder than it looks. Regular earrings? Easy. Most lobes are roughly the same size. But a helix, a septum, a navel? Those...
Valentine's Day Piercing Jewelry Gift Guide
Buying jewelry for someone with piercings is sneakily harder than it looks. Regular earrings? Easy. Most lobes are roughly the same size. But a helix, a septum, a navel? Those...