Urban Body Jewelry Blog
Piercings have been around for centuries and the practice go back to the oldest human mummy. Piercings have become common in our society and culture, they are a form of self-expression and art. A...
Five Awesome Cartilage Piercings!
Cartilage piercings are a great and fun way to express your inner personality. There are so many endless piercing combinations, and they look different on everyone’s ear. These piercings can be d...
Choosing your First Piercing: 8 Places to Consider
You’re looking to get your first piercing. You’re ready to go but there is one major decision in your way: where on your body should you get pierced? With so many different piercings out there an...
The Top 5 Piercings for the Adventure Lover in You
You’re looking for your next piercing and you really want to just go for it this time. You want to step out on a limb and pierce outside the box. What do you choose? In a world where the needle i...
A helix piercing is located on the upper outer rim of cartilage of the ear, while a forward helix is positioned opposite on the inner upper rim of the ear near the “side burn” area where the ear ...
Cool Stud Earrings for Men and Women
Stud earrings are the most popular kind of piercing jewelry, because so many people have their ears pierced! It’s the piercing most of us grew up on, and is probably the piercing that started out ...
There’s no doubt if you read throughout our catalogue of blog posts on piercing aftercare and stretching, you’ve come across the term piercing “punch” or dermal punch. But what exactly is a derma...
How to Apply Makeup Around Your Piercings
This question has popped up all over forums, Youtube videos and all over the net! How do you apply makeup around your piercings? When you’re dealing with a piercing such as a lip ring or cheek pi...
Gothic Plugs and Piercing Jewelry
We’ve all seen black piercing jewelry and the typical pointed stud jewelry, but what can you wear when you want to go all out Goth? Well, using the typical motifs of the Goth subculture I summoned...
Will a Lip Piercing Actually Hurt my Teeth?
Have you ever expressed interest in getting a lip piercing but were faced with comments about them destroying your teeth and gums? We’ve all heard it before, but is it actually true? And if it is ...
Standard Jewelry Sizes for Each Piercing
Have you ever wondered about piercing jewelry sizes? Many piercings have “standard” sizes that they use for different kinds of piercings. For example, a nose piercing is usually much thinner than ...
How Long Until I Can Change My Piercing Jewelry?
Whether you’re excited to rock a new daith stud or labret piercing, changing piercing jewelry can be tricky business! Not only because it can be hard to get those tiny balls on the ends of jewelr...
A corset piercing is just a chain of surface piercings in at least two or more rows, laced together using a ribbon, chain or anther material that can be looped through a ring. It does not have to b...