Buying Body Jewellery Online

Okay, well heres my nice big list of all the best places I know to find quality body jewellery online. It will be added to, when I find new places. Whether you have inch lobes, or just a nostril piercing. These places do everything… Stores marked with ‘*’  are my favourite places to order. They’ll have good selection, good quality, good site, and a fair price (for the most part). Look there first.

A little bit of everything For the basics, and when you want something more special

Aesthetics US based. Mainly plugs, and organics. Though some high quality other stuff too.

* Body Art Forms US based site that sells everything, from basics to $300 plugs. Fairly fast shipping even to the UK, and you get nice little free gifts, when you spend lots. And theres a good messageboard too.

* BJS UK based site that sells all the basics and a fair collection of flashier stuff too. Normally next-delivery in the UK, and free international shipping when you spend over £10. Also the nicest bod-mod forum I’ve been on. And they’ll answer any problems or questions you have. Good general discussion thread too.

Pretty plugs from Onetribe. Don't spose anyones feeling generous?

* BMEShop US based. It has returned! Good selection of a little bit of everything. Good for organics dangly things and elusive niobium things. And one of the best (and few) US sites I know who sell needles.

Crazy Factory German-Thai based. As such orders can take quite a while.. Insanely cheap, though not great quality. Great for stretching or non-long term jewellery though.

Ear Gauges Despite the dodgy name they’re really pretty good, though selection has become a bit diminished at my size. Theres a forum too.

Kolopiercing US based. Gorgeous, high quality jewellery, mostly organics. But metals, glass and silicone too.

*Mega-Robot US based. Great place for Somatic septum mustaches, as well as lots of other stuff.

nine25ag US based, ebay seller. Worldwide shipping.

* Painful Pleasures Also sell wholesale. BUG PLUGS!! Cheap and cheerful, but they make a very very good effort for the prices. And they have a lot of Gorilla Glass preorder listings too.

Piercing.org US based. Threadless Titanium jewellery. Also sell retainers, and I’m pretty sure I saw them selling custom wood and plugs too, though the site is a bit hard to navigate ^-^” They also have pretty decent aftercare advice too.

PierceBody US based. Cheap

PierceItShop UK based. Good value and pretty good quality. Good for components and other tools. Large variety of reasonably priced needles too. Sell nearly everything (inc skin divers) Though some of the more unusual are of questionable qaulity.

* Steel Navel US based

Tribalectic US based

Zaya Body Jewellery US based, very cheap, and very acrylic.

Zedge Collectibles US based. Haven’t tried these yet, or had much of a look around. But they’re the only place I can find Howlite plugs, so I’m ready to give them a try. Fairly cheap too.

Manufacturers When you want something that little bit more special, custom,or when you’re having trouble finding the right sizes elsewhere.

Body Circle Designs US based, high quality

*Diablo organics US based Pretty pretty organics. Some of their one offs are breath-takinmake me wish I had smaller ears to wear humungous hangies in.

Evolve Mostly organics. But theres some amazing brass weights I have my eye on..

* Frozen Fire Etsy seller, US based. Plenty of dichro, galaxies and other pretties. Also makes custom.

* Glasswear Studios US based, Glass jewellery, unsurprisingly. Check out the dichro and the galaxies in particular.

Emblem Glass Etsy seller. I really love the lizards, but there is plenty of pretty lampworked glass.

Heart on Sleeve Burl!! Pretty organics, the heart cutouts are cute. Very reasonable price actually. And interesting blogs are always interesting. Lots of customs, with inlays and all sorts.

* Kaos Softwear US based. Silicone jewellery. The best in silicone, and earskins are wonderful.

LeRoi US based. High quality. Not the widest range of sizes, and the websites  pretty tricky. But it is good quality, and they have a good range of basics, belly jewellery and plugs.

Liquid Glass US based, high quality glass.

* Luciferins Just uber pretty glass. Available on BodyArtForms.com and SteelNavel.com. Also on my ‘to buy’ list. I want them so freaking bad.. Though premade 1″ don’t come in quite so many colours, and I’m always broke when preorders come around 😦

Mystic Metals Etsy. Some of the best picture inlaid resin plugs I’ve seen in ages. And all in steel eyelets too.

Omerica Organics I want a plug pouch, so expensive though Luckily their plugs aren’t nearly so steep and are very pretty

* One Tribe US based (I think). Beautiful organic jewellery. Mostly plugs, but with limited stock. So act quickly. Although they will do custom orders. I love the Amazonite plugs, but I pansied around and missed them…

* Pauls Plugs US. Pretty pretty wood!

Quetzalli

* Quetzalli US based. More wonderful organics. I’m dying for those ammonites!!

* Reign Mostly custom jewellery, and very expensive, but oh so beautiful! Perfect for weddings or something similar.

Steve Haworth I want those razor weights so very much! Sells a lot of silicone for subdermals, and some transdermal etc.

* Tawapa US based. Beautiful high quality organics.

Wildcat UK based. Delivery takes ages, but its a fairly decent source for piercing needles without having me having to worry about customs.

Zen Cats UK based. Organic plugs. Pretty and fairly cheap.

Wholesale Only Though you can pick them all up at BodyArtForms & SteelNavel, and a few other places.

* Anatometal US based. Another very high quality company.     NOW SELLS RETAIL.

* Gorilla Glass US based. Sells glass, unsurprisingly. Great quality, look out for the dichro.

Hardass Glass Available on SteelNavel.com. I’m desperate for disappearing spirals!

* Industrial Strength US based, one of the best manufacturers. Expensive, but pretty much unrivaled in quality. And super shiny polished things too.

* Neometal US based. Of particular interest are the threadless pieces. Good for nostril piercings, though I’m not terribly sure how they work.

Painful Pleasures Also sell retail

2nd Hand and Trades

Its a much better, and cheaper option. Especially for autoclavable jewellery. And money-pressed people like myself.

Gaugetrade Livejournal community, US based mainly

* BJS Swappies UK based mainly

Your local piercing studios will also sell jewellery, but most of it can be overpriced, and there often isn’t a huge selection.

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Human Ivory

Now heres an oddity.. Human Ivory plugs by bettyraecase. I.e. finger/toenail clippings.

Now I like these. But I like oddities. But what do other people think? And what would they think of them if they weren’t made of fingernails?

They’re incased in resin, so the icky factor is gone for me. But other people still feel the need to go EW. I’m just.. failing to understand. People wear bone and horn jewellery, their only problems generally being ethical treatment of animals. But these seem to fall into an icky factor I don’t understand.

Anyway, she makes other human ivory items, like pendants and rings. Some with much cooler insides, in my opinion. I’d really quite like some bug ones.

Another thing she sells are belly button lint bears. Quite cute.. But I don’t know where she’s getting all the fluff to build the 2″ish high things. I wouldn’t collect that much fluff in a decade. Maybe she has a particularly lint-y navel? Or perhaps mine is abnormally unfluffy? Though its not like I go out of my way to clean it often.

Anyway, Etsy is full of cool and odd curiosities. I want. You should go check it out if you haven’t already. Frozenfire sells glass plugs on there too. There is the British equivalent of Folksy, which sells plenty of awesome stuff though its not as varied. Etsy shipping isn’t usually bad anyway.

I might actually buy this very nice Bronze Raven Skull Pendant. Etsy does well at satisfying my need for skulls and antlers. I still want a pair of antlers. I live in a forest full of deer, you’d think someone I know would of found some at some point

Q&A: How do Surface piercings, micro-dermal piercings and Skin Divers piercings all work?

I am trying to learn about these three different types of piercings.

Surface piercings
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– There are surface barbells: Are these for surface piercings? Does A belly button piercings count as a Surface piercing using the jewelery of a Surface barbell?
– There are micro-dermal anchors: which seem to be kind of like a stud under the skin. Are these counted as a surface piercing? if so why are they called Micro-Dermal anchors? shouldn’t they be under the category of Micro-Dermal piercings?
– How are surface piercings done? Dermal punch ? and or a needle for Surface barbell piercings?
– Can you change the top of them? Can you change the whole thing?

Micro-Dermal piercings
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– Micro-Dermal piercings seem to be only stud looking things? is this true? If not does that make them not a single point piercing just like some of the surface piercings?
– Are Micro-Dermal piercing jewelery “micro Dermal anchors”? or……
-Can you change the top of them? or the whole thing?

Skin Divers Piercings
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-These seem to be just like a stud in the skin like the micro dermal piercings. Is this true?
– Whats the jewelery for these piercings called? Are these Micro-Dermal anchors as well?
– Are they a single point piercing like the micro-dermal piercings?
– can you change the top of them or the whole thing?

As you can tell i am very confused ? Could you please answer all of the questions under each of the topics. The thing i am mainly confused with is that they seem to call surface piercing jewelery Micro-Dermal anchors. Why when they aren’t Micro Dermal piercings? they are surface piercings.

– Which one of these have a higher rejection rate?
– Which is the least and most painful piercing?
– Which one takes longer to heal?

Please help me, i am interested and trying to understand all of this.

Thanks xx

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Surface Barbell

Surface piercings –
Navels and eyebrows are technically counted as surface piercings, but they have they both use curved barbells. Generally when people say surface piercings, they mean flat areas best suited to using surface bars. These are pretty much barbells with 90 or 45 degree bends at either end. You can change the balls and the bar.
They’re done the same as any other piercing, clamp, needle all the way through, tada! They need to be carefully measured, considering the length and the rises, with no odd sticking out bits.
No surface piercings are single point. If you see that, it’s a micro or skin diver or something. They HAVE to have an entry and exit point to be a piercing
http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Surfac…

Microdermal

Microdermals
Are implants rather than piercings. Most have holes in the foot plate which let the flesh grow through to keep it secure. Some don’t, but that design is pretty much considered outdated. Done with punch or a needle, using either a taper or needle to make the pocket for it to sit in. Sounds bad, but it really isn’t 🙂
You can change the tops, but the actual micro is stuck in there unless you have it removed.
http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Microd…

Skin Diver

Skin Divers
A lot of people really don’t like these, including me. They’re like everything that failed with the first lot of microdermals, condensed. The conical side goes under the skin, and in my opinion, anything spiky pointing into skin like that is not going to work out well with any impact damage.
Put in with a punch. They can randomly fall out, and get pulled out pretty easily, when healed too. You can’t change the tops, or the thing.
The jewellery is a ‘skin diver’
An old skin diver is considered a year. I REALLY wouldn’t bother with them myself. Unless it was facial, where the scar risk could be minimised.

Microdermals have the lowest rejection rate. But in unviable areas, (like hips, hands etc) they’re all likely going to reject whatever you do. Surface bars leave pretty large scarring. Skin divers are pretty unobtrusive, but… flimsy.
Surface piercings take longest to heal, as there’s more to heal and more to reject.
I’d imagine skin divers would be the least painful, though I haven’t had any. It’s just the first stage of a microdermal really, and my punches were really very uneventful.
My micros really weren’t bad, though very different to surface piercings.