Body Jewelry Information

Quick Take: Ring Sizing

Cocktail rings are some of the hottest jewelry around, especially when it’s time for a slew of warm weather parties.  The only issue though: how do you know what size to get?  Once you know the bas...
Jewelry Sizing

Quick Take: Customized Fishtail Nose Rings

  Having a hard time finding standard nose rings that fit comfortably?  Then you might just have a unique sizing need, which can be accomplished by having a piercer custom fit your nose jewelry.  H...
Body Jewelry Information

Quick take: the Standards of Gauge Sizing for Body Jewelry

  So you’re shopping for body jewelry and you see the phrase “8 gauge.”  What does that mean?  Most of us who are pierced know what gauge size is, but that doesn’t mean everyone else knows, and for...
Jewelry Sizing

Quick Take: Choosing Microdermal Body Jewelery

If you or a friend have a microdermal anchor and you’re interested in changing out the visible portion of your jewelry, there’s a couple of things that you’ll want to know. First off, not all derma...
Crash Course

Crash Course: Standardized Body Jewelry Sizing

For every body or facial piercing, there is a set of common sizes that the majority of persons will be pierced at.  Knowing these sizes won’t be a failsafe, but it can help tremendously when buying...
Crash Course

Crash Course: the Basic Types of Body Jewelry

Barbells Straight Barbells Straight barbells are usually used in tongue piercings, nipple piercings, in industrial ear piercings, and occasionally in other ear cartilage piercings. Depending on pre...
BCRs

Labret and Lip Piercing Styles, Standards, and Modern History

The words “lip piercing” can mean a number of different things to different people.  Most commonly when we hear this phrase it refers to one of three things: labret piercing, monroe piercing, or an...
Body Jewelry Information

Sizing Your Eyebrow Ring: What to Know

You may think that eyebrow rings only come in one size, but think again.  The standard gauge for an eyebrow piercing is a 16, but depending on what type of jewelry you were initially pierced with a...
Jewelry Fashion

Necklace Guide Part 2: Knowing Your Necklines

Strapless: This open neckline sits atop the bosom accentuating the collarbone and shoulders.  It is a flattering neckline for most figures. This is a versatile neckline and almost any style necklac...