Urban Body Jewelry Blog

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Make A Statement with These 5 Conch Jewelry Styles

Earlobe piercings themselves might not scream “unique,” but there are several ear cartilage piercings that do. These types of piercings aren’t just unique, though. They’re beautiful additions to on...

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4 Reasons Why Gold Jewelry is All the Rage in 2023

In our modern day and age, it seems like we have a million choices for our body jewelry. Not to mention, each of those choices has color, style, and metal variations. You want body jewelry that spe...

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3 Reasons Why You Should Choose A Titanium Labret

When it comes to labret jewelry, there’s no shortage of styles, colors, designs, and materials. That makes the labret one of the most popular jewelry styles for body piercings. These small studs ca...

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Why Titanium Jewelry May Be the Right Choice for Your Lip Piercing

When it comes to body piercing, there are thousands of different jewelry options to choose from. But that doesn’t mean every option is a good option for your piercing. Especially with facial pierci...

Woman with helix hoops and long beaded drop earrings, plus a nostril stud and a stud above her upper lip

8 Cartilage Piercing Myths You Need to Know

Cartilage ear piercings are some of the most common piercings out there. They’re known under various names, such as the helix, rook, daith, conch, and more. Since these piercings are so commonplace...

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A Guide to Snug Piercing Jewelry Styles

The snug piercing is one of the most unique ear piercings out there. Why? Because it takes a specific ear anatomy to accommodate the piercing in the first place. If your ears are suited for a snug ...

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Rook vs. Daith Piercing Explained and Jewelry to Match Them

Growing up, it was always an exciting affair to get your ears pierced. There was a specific feeling of being “grown up” associated with pierced earlobes. To no one’s surprise, it feels even cooler ...

5 Things to Know Before Getting A Daith Piercing

Since the rise and popularity of piercing culture, one piercing in particular has caught everyone’s eye: the daith piercing. Pronounced “doth,” the daith piercing is located in the ear, sitting snu...

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Hot Piercing Trends of 2023: The Eyebrow Piercing

All trends come and go…then come again. It’s a phenomenon called the 20-year trend cycle, and it’s the idea that fashion or other lifestyle trends will resurface every 20 years. By the time a trend...

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4 Things to Consider Before Getting A Bridge or Mid-Brow Piercing

Did you know that the ever-popular bridge piercing has existed for thousands of years? Its roots stem from Mesoamerican cultures, like the Mayans and Aztecs, who believed being cross-eyed was a sym...

Gold-tone jeweled piercing tops, including flowers, starbursts and a crescent moon, on a wood block and dark stone

The Rise of High-End Jewelry in the Body Piercing Industry and Its Impact on Your Style

he body piercing industry has experienced a remarkable transformation over the past few decades. No longer a niche subculture, body piercing has become a mainstream fashion statement, with an incre...

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Lip Piercings 101: The Top 8 Lip Piercings Explained

As clothing, music, and style trends change, so too do piercing trends. Lately, there’s been an uptick in early 2000s style, with the resurgence of low-cut jeans, butterfly hair clips, chokers, and...

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This Women’s History Month, Accentuate Your Femininity With A Vertical Philtrum Piercing

What we know as “feminism” is everchanging—from the women’s suffrage movement of the early 1800s, to the fight for equality and anti-descrimination of the late 19th century, to the modern-day press...