Body Art and Extreme Modification

Video: Clavicle Dermal Project – AJ’s Microdermal Piercings

Grab a front row seat as the lovely AJ gets two dermal clavicle piercings. Watch for the needle insertions at about 0:19 and 0:39. First the entire area is cleaned, and then a detailed set of marki...
Body Jewelry Materials

Material Girl: What Metal Body Jewelry Is Made Of

Body jewelry comes in a variety of different metallic materials, and labeling can sometimes be confusing, so here’s a little info about exactly what you’re getting: .925 Sterling Silver: When you s...
New Body Jewelry

Body Jewelry Update: Dazzling Driftwood

The short summer may have left us longing for a few more days of fun in the sun, but there is a way to recapture those summer feelings without freezing in crop tops and short shorts.  Organic wood ...
Plugs and Gauging

The Home Stretch: Using Ear Stretching Kits

So you’ve decided that you want to stretch your ears, but would prefer to do it from the comfort of home?  Well in that case, first thing’s first: you’ll want to get a home stretching kit. Ear stre...
Jewelry Fashion

Fall and Winter Color Spotlight: Arctic Blue

Winter is finally on its way, and it’s time for the modified fashionistas to play, so here comes a blast of one of our favorite Fall/Winter hues for 2014: arctic blue. Soft silvery blue tones defin...
Body Jewelry Materials

Back to Basics: Body Jewelry Classics

In the early days of contemporary western body piercing, there wasn’t a great variety of colors and styles available in jewelry. In fact, in many instances, when new and interesting piercings were ...
Modification Culture

Welcome Movember: the Mustache Raises the Bar

It’s that time of year again; turning back the clocks, prepping for Thanksgiving, buying twenty pairs of hand woven gloves.  But thankfully there’s something that’s actually cool about November (be...
Body Jewelry Information

Jewelry Design and Fashion: Earring Styles

Studs These are simple, small earrings that are composed of a single fixed decoration (usually a half inch or less in diameter) and a post that comes equipped with a rubber, acrylic, or metal backi...
Halloween Jewelry

Happy Halloween 2014

The season of ghoulies and creepy-crawlies is the perfect time for those without mods to try some on temporarily, and an even better time for the already modified to let loose.  So whether you’ve c...