Urban Body Jewelry Blog

5 Easy to Hide Piercings that Aren’t Boring!

Do you want an awesome piercing that will really add to your look, but don’t want to spend half your day wearing clear retainers to hide them? Don’t worry! Here are our suggestions for awesome pie...

How to Care for Your Organic Plugs – Wood, Horn, Antler, Stone and Bone

Organic jewelry that is jewelry made out of horn, bone, wood, stone, antler and etc – are great options for plug wearers that have reached their desired size. There are so many options out there ...

How to Clean Your Body Jewelry

You may think that a piece of body jewelry you just bought online or from a piercing jewelry shop is ready to wear, but actually it’s important to take the time to clean it first! There are severa...

Different Kinds of Nostril Jewelry Explained

While technically you can use any most kinds of piercing jewelry in a nostril piercing, it’s best to stick to the traditional forms of nostril jewelry because, well, they’re created for your nose!...

Know Your Piercing Jewelry Materials

When it comes to piercing jewelry we have so many options to choose from! It’s important to read up on all of the different kinds because often piercers won’t give a crash course in metals when y...

All about Ear Weights

Ear weights look so cool, don’t they? But when it comes down to weights there’s a lot more to know than you might think. Not knowing what’s a misconception and what is a fact may lead you down th...

What is a Monroe Piercing? | The Ultimate Monroe Piercing Guide

The Monroe piercing takes its name from the famous model, actress and singer Marilyn Monroe because its placement mimics her famed beauty mark. When it comes down to it a Monroe piercing is simply...

Saline Solution for Piercing | DIY Sea Salt Soak for Body Piercing Aftercare

When it comes to aftercare for a freshly healed piercing or fighting an infection or irritation, sea salt soaks are your number one go to! The salt draws out infections and removes bad bacteria, ...

Everything You Need to Know Before Getting Snake Bite Piercings

While they are more popularly known by their slang name, snake bites piercing, two piercings on the outer edges of the bottom lip are also known simply as paired labret piercings. These piercings g...

5 Reasons You Should Run from Any Body Piercing Place

When getting pierced it’s important to find the right studio for you! Not just because you need to be comfortable with the employees and the price, but because choosing the wrong studio could lead ...

How to Hide Piercings for Work

You get a job to earn money for expensive piercings, and then have to hide those piercings for work to earn money for more piercings. It’s a disastrous cycle! But most modified people have to face...

What’s the Deal with Piercing Guns?

I for one, as a pierced person, am always harking on about how terrible piercing guns are. But what’s really so terrible about them? Well, keep reading to find out! They Don’t “Pierce” as Much a...

5 Reasons to Avoid Piercings at the Mall

Ah, the mall. It’s the one place that has everything you need: endless choices for food, shopping and there’s even a place to get pierced! But if you’re thinking of ending a fun day at the mall b...