Body Jewelry History

Style History: the Phenomenon That is Movember

  The growing of facial hair is popularly linked to supporting one’s team during playoff season. Think hockey, especially: the superstitions about not shaving began among the players themselves and...
Holiday Jewelry

Body Jewelry Update: Celebrating Our Veterans

Tomorrow is a major holiday in the US.  It’s Veterans’ Day, and also the lesser know USMC Day, which celebrates our men and women in service with the Marines.  So in honor of this awesomely patriot...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Piercings and X-rays or MRIs

As the modified generations get older, the likelihood of needing medical imaging increases.  Just like with everyone who isn’t pierced, breaking a bone, taking a knock to the skull, headaches, or a...
Labret and Monroe Piercings

Piercings and Style: a Little Love for the Upper Lip

If you’re looking for a unique new facial piercing, why not try a Medusa or its vertical counterpart the Jestrum?  Medusa piercing is also called philtrum, divot, or upper piercing.  It’s a facial ...
Body Jewelry Materials

Quick Take: Body Jewelry That’s for Real – Metal Mania

  The month of November is Real Jewelry Month, and to celebrate we’re breaking out the knowledge and know-how that will help pretty much anybody make a solid jewelry choice.  First up: the goods on...
Holiday Jewelry

Jewelry Fashion Fix: Remember, Remember

“Remember, remember, the fifth of November; the gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot.”   If you’ve ever seen the cult classic V for Vendett...
Body Jewelry History

Modification History: Pierced Like an Egyptian

Today is a fun little holiday known as “King Tut Day,” that celebrates the day back in 1922 when Howard Carter and his team of archeologists and Egyptologists uncovered the entrance to King Tutankh...
Ear Piercings

Body Jewelry Update: Much Ado About Daith Piercings

For those who are unfamiliar, the daith is a piercing of the thin outcropping of ear cartilage that stretches from the opening of the ear canal just above the tragus.  It’s essentially the spot whe...
Belly Piercings

Video: Colleen’s Second Belly Piercing – Up Close and Personal

Getting a new piercing is always exciting. Belly button piercings are amongst the most popular piercings currently; a beautiful new belly ring will add glamour and glitz to your look. Watch as Coll...