Jewelry 101

Fall Piercing Jewelry Trends: Warm Metals and Layering

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 โ€” 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 โ€” what you're wearing, what...

The Monroe Piercing: History Behind the Name

The Monroe Piercing: History Behind the Name

The Monroe piercing is one of the few placements named after a specific person โ€” 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 โ€” and one of the few whose name tells you exactly where it goes. It sits...

The History of the Belly Button Piercing

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 Gift Guide

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 vs Legend

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

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

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...

Are Piercings a Sin? What the Bible Actually Says

Are Piercings a Sin? What the Bible Actually Says

Let's be honest: if you've searched this question, the last thing you're looking for is a jewelry company telling you what to believe about your faith. You want to know...

Are Piercings a Sin? What the Bible Actually Says

Let's be honest: if you've searched this question, the last thing you're looking for is a jewelry company telling you what to believe about your faith. You want to know...

Huggie Hoop Earrings: The Complete Guidee

Huggie Hoop Earrings: The Complete Guidee

Huggie hoops are those tiny hinged earrings that sit right up against your earlobe. No dangle, no swing โ€” just a snug little circle following the natural curve of your...

Huggie Hoop Earrings: The Complete Guidee

Huggie hoops are those tiny hinged earrings that sit right up against your earlobe. No dangle, no swing โ€” just a snug little circle following the natural curve of your...

Types of Piercings: The Complete List

Types of Piercings: The Complete List

There are way more piercing types out there than most people realize. Over forty distinct placements, each with its own healing timeline, jewelry needs, and level of commitment. This guide...

Types of Piercings: The Complete List

There are way more piercing types out there than most people realize. Over forty distinct placements, each with its own healing timeline, jewelry needs, and level of commitment. This guide...

Christmas Piercing Gift Guide

Christmas Piercing Gift Guide

Shopping for someone who practically lives in their piercings can feel impossible. They're always swapping out ends, planning the next addition to their ear, and usually have very specific taste....

Christmas Piercing Gift Guide

Shopping for someone who practically lives in their piercings can feel impossible. They're always swapping out ends, planning the next addition to their ear, and usually have very specific taste....

History of Men's Earrings: Pirates to Princes

History of Men's Earrings: Pirates to Princes

Somewhere along the line, society decided earrings were strictly "women's jewelry." Look at the actual historical record, though, and that idea gets the timeline almost exactly backward. For most of...

History of Men's Earrings: Pirates to Princes

Somewhere along the line, society decided earrings were strictly "women's jewelry." Look at the actual historical record, though, and that idea gets the timeline almost exactly backward. For most of...