A lot of body jewelry shops get this reputation of sleaze and cheese – everything is cheap and imported, nothing holds up for long term wear, and amidst the smell of patchouli oil and incense, you have to wonder just how many hands have touched the jewelry you’re looking at in those cases. I know, […]
read moreI started gauging my ears about 6 years ago – I came home from the local body shop with a couple of tiny tapers, and sat in my bathroom cringing for about half an hour with a jar of petroleum jelly as I gently pushed the taper through my tiny, standard sized ear piercings, and […]
read moreOh man, I love this time of year. Judge me if you will, for I care not my friends – ain’t no party like a Christmas party ’cause a Christmas party don’t stop! Now that we’re all loaded into our tryptophan-induced turkey comas and ready to sleep off the sheer volume of food (and beer […]
read moreThe face of the modern workforce is changing, and yes – it’s pierced. A lot of our customers often express frustration that their body modifications aren’t tolerated at their place of work. While we can definitely understand safety concerns, I will say that the old adage of body art being indicative of a lack of […]
read moreI’m a non-confrontational person; I love to smile, laugh, and…well, be Switzerland! What do I mean by that? Simple – I like being happy, so it should come as no surprise that I am relatively fascinated by a piercing that utilizes the base word of smile in its name, and is quite elusively placed. […]
read moreI’m not a Nance when it comes to pain – I can take a lot. But even someone who’s had a natural childbirth can look at a piercing and just cringe, and that’s definitely what I do when I toy with the idea of getting my nipples pierced. As much as I love the look […]
read moreThere’s this magical place nestled nicely in the City that Never Sleeps, (aka New York City) called Canal Street, where one can find just about anything luxuriously high end. However, there is one caveat to this magical place that I speak of…the ‘luxuriously high end’ products are actually just a bunch of knock-offs. Within seconds […]
read moreThere are ridiculous amounts of ‘nose’ idioms circulating upon this sweet planet, all with various reasons, stories, myths, legends, and heresies surrounding their origins. Having a nose for something; being able to sniff something out; being a brown-noser; don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. Seriously, I could list these things for hours!! […]
read moreWe’ve been talking a lot about daith piercings lately – they’re all over social media, getting attention not only as a unique bit of cartilage in your ear to adorn, but even a possible cure for migraine sufferers. There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence and some hit and miss science to suggest that it might […]
read moreThe Beauty of Stretched Ears I remember when stretched piercings first hit mainstream America – I was a teenager, swooning over the punk band boys, and thinking to myself, “That is just so undeniably kinky”. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there is something that even as a “mature” adult I find so endearing […]
read moreThe tragus piercing, one of the ear’s most interesting spots to pierce; the piece of cartilage that juts out just beyond the ear canal. Known by no other names, in recent years, popularity of this cartilage piercing has soared due its interesting, eye-catching placement and alluring, unique beauty.
read moreTell us a little bit about yourself (50 words or less) – I am a nature and travel enthusiast with a love for animals, pizza, and dinosaurs. I study Natural History and I am still a big kid at heart. I love to try new things, have fun and I try to make every day count. I’d love to be a comedian, but I think I’d be the only one laughing at my jokes.
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