Jewelry 101
How to Hide Ear Piercings: What Actually Works
Job interview, family wedding, new workplace, sports match, school photo — there's usually a specific reason and a specific deadline. The good news is that ears are easier to conceal...
How to Hide Ear Piercings: What Actually Works
Job interview, family wedding, new workplace, sports match, school photo — there's usually a specific reason and a specific deadline. The good news is that ears are easier to conceal...
Nose Rings That Won't Fall Out
It's a feeling of sheer panic: you wake up and find your nose ring sitting on your pillow. Or you brush your hand against your nose in the middle of...
Nose Rings That Won't Fall Out
It's a feeling of sheer panic: you wake up and find your nose ring sitting on your pillow. Or you brush your hand against your nose in the middle of...
How to Take Out a Nose Piercing Without Hurting It
Most guides tell you how to put a nose ring in. Getting one out is a different problem — and it's the one people usually search for at 11pm the...
How to Take Out a Nose Piercing Without Hurting It
Most guides tell you how to put a nose ring in. Getting one out is a different problem — and it's the one people usually search for at 11pm the...
Earrings That Won't Catch on Hair or Scarves
You know the feeling: you pull a cozy sweater over your head and suddenly feel a sharp, breath-catching tug. Or you're brushing your hair and a rogue strand wraps around...
Earrings That Won't Catch on Hair or Scarves
You know the feeling: you pull a cozy sweater over your head and suddenly feel a sharp, breath-catching tug. Or you're brushing your hair and a rogue strand wraps around...
Piercings in the 2010s: Instagram and the Curat...
Every previous decade changed what people pierced. The 2010s changed something harder to see: how piercing was discovered, who did it, what it cost, and what the jewelry was made...
Piercings in the 2010s: Instagram and the Curat...
Every previous decade changed what people pierced. The 2010s changed something harder to see: how piercing was discovered, who did it, what it cost, and what the jewelry was made...
History of the Labret: From Lip Ornament to Fla...
Search for labret jewelry and most of what comes back is for ears. That's not a mistake. The word has drifted a long way from what it originally described, and...
History of the Labret: From Lip Ornament to Fla...
Search for labret jewelry and most of what comes back is for ears. That's not a mistake. The word has drifted a long way from what it originally described, and...
Jewelry You Can Sleep On Without Pain
We've all been there: you do everything right, care for your piercing perfectly, and still wake up with an angry, sore ear. Eight hours of your own head pressing metal...
Jewelry You Can Sleep On Without Pain
We've all been there: you do everything right, care for your piercing perfectly, and still wake up with an angry, sore ear. Eight hours of your own head pressing metal...
Piercings in Mesopotamia: The Gold Earrings of Ur
In 1928, a British archaeologist opened an intact tomb in southern Iraq and found a woman who had been buried around 4,500 years earlier, still wearing her jewelry. Among it:...
Piercings in Mesopotamia: The Gold Earrings of Ur
In 1928, a British archaeologist opened an intact tomb in southern Iraq and found a woman who had been buried around 4,500 years earlier, still wearing her jewelry. Among it:...
Jewelry for Thick Cartilage or Thick Nostrils
Let's be real: stepping into the world of piercing jewelry can feel like navigating a maze, especially since so much of it is marketed almost exclusively toward women. You already...
Jewelry for Thick Cartilage or Thick Nostrils
Let's be real: stepping into the world of piercing jewelry can feel like navigating a maze, especially since so much of it is marketed almost exclusively toward women. You already...
Piercings in Islam: What Scholars Actually Say
Ask whether piercings are allowed in Islam and you'll hear confident answers in both directions. The truth is more layered. There is a wide area of agreement, several real disagreements...
Piercings in Islam: What Scholars Actually Say
Ask whether piercings are allowed in Islam and you'll hear confident answers in both directions. The truth is more layered. There is a wide area of agreement, several real disagreements...
How Piercing Needles Work: The Tri-Bevel Explained
A piercing needle looks deceptively simple — just a sharp hollow tube. It isn't. The tip is carefully ground into three separate surfaces, each doing a different job in sequence....
How Piercing Needles Work: The Tri-Bevel Explained
A piercing needle looks deceptively simple — just a sharp hollow tube. It isn't. The tip is carefully ground into three separate surfaces, each doing a different job in sequence....
Men's Piercing Jewelry: What Actually Works
Most piercing jewelry marketing is geared toward women, which leaves a lot of men flying blind. Not about whether to get pierced — that part is settled — but about...
Men's Piercing Jewelry: What Actually Works
Most piercing jewelry marketing is geared toward women, which leaves a lot of men flying blind. Not about whether to get pierced — that part is settled — but about...