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Body Jewelry Information
All Tied Up: Trend Spotlight on Bows
Bows. They’re stylish, they’re purposeful, both feminine AND masculine (think bow tie); every culture in the world is acquainted with some form of the bow. Ribbons, fabrics, animal hides, straw, ...
Body Jewelry Information
To Anodize or Not to Anodize? – Titanium Body Jewelry Overview
There are two basic types of titanium body jewelry: solid titanium, and anodized or electroplated titanium, which is a hard titanium coating placed over another metal. In most piercing jewelry, an...
Belly Piercings
Jewelry Trend Spotlight: the Return of the Belly Chain
The belly chain is making a major comeback. Victoria’s Secret’s much anticipated 2011 Swimwear catalog released earlier this year featured a barrage of beautiful sun-soaked models wearing graphic p...
Body Jewelry Information
Labret Piercing: Jewelry Styles for Every Aesthetic
The most common and basic type of labret jewelry is the screw-on tip labret. There are two general styles in this type that will have a ball tip, (which can be inset with a gem, made of acrylic wi...
Jewelry Fashion
Inspired Summer Jewelry Style: Gypsea Swimwear
Summer should be full of fun, color, and amazing jewelry. This is the time of year to really do it up and deck it out with as much interesting, flirty, and vibrantly toned jewels as possible, and ...
Jewelry Fashion
It’s Greek to Me: A Taste of Exotic Jewelry at Greek Fest
The festival season in Western New York is in full swing, and to start things off right, we opened the Summer with one of my all time favorite cultural adventures: Hellenic Heritage Festival, or as...
Body Jewelry History
Bollywood Beauty: Indian Piercings and Jewelry Style
Most of us know that the piercing of noses is a practice originated in ancient Indian culture, but did you know that nose piercing is mentioned in the Vedic Scripts, which are over 6000 years old!?...
Jewelry Fashion
Body Jewelry Wonderland: Taking a Cue from the Queen of Hearts
Ever since the premiere of Tim Burton’s darkly fantastical reimagining of the classic tale Alice in Wonderland, the fashion world has been awash in tones of subdued azure and cerulean. Glorious re...
Body Jewelry History
What’s More Metal Than… Metal? – Musical Culture’s Influence on Facial Piercings
Now to say that the piercing and modification community has always been tied heavily into corresponding musical styles and genres is an understatement. Going back 25 to 30 years it was the early P...



