Body Jewelry Information

Tongue in Cheek: a Tongue Ring Style Overview

Today we want to show a few of the most common basic styles of tongue rings.  All of these styles include a straight barbell of standard length (12 to 19 millimeter), and some type of decorations o...
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...
Body Jewelry Information

By a Thread: Internally and Externally Threaded Body Jewelry

With so many options available, purchasing new body jewelry can be confusing.  What size?  What color?  And what the heck is internally threaded?  Well, internally threaded body jewelry and externa...
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...
BCRs

Captive Ring Body Jewelry: Sizing and Style Overview

Sometimes, you just want something new and different, so where do you turn?  Captive rings.  Captive rings come in two basic types: a BCR or “ball captive ring” and a segment ring, both of which co...
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...