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...
Uncategorized

Paranormal Kitsch: Ghosts and Demons in Modern Tattoo

Some tattoos are so evil that you’ll have to check under your bed and get a night light after you see them. For some tattoo enthusiasts, watching their favorite horror movie is just not enough. The...
Body Jewelry History

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Halloween and the Samhuinn Festival

As the number of modified persons rises, a return to the roots of piercing and tattoo practices is all but an inevitability, and along with primitivism comes a cultural reawakening.  In recent year...
Halloween Jewelry

Jewelry Fashion Fix: Day of the Dead

Sugar Skulls Sugar skull artwork is actually based upon a staple of Day of the Dead foods: candy.  Tiny skulls made out of sugar dough or marzipan are regularly made for children to eat during Dia ...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Wait Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes

It’s official; it is the creepiest time of the year. That means the celebration of the weird and horrific, the twisted and shocking. Typically this celebration only lasts a few nights around the da...