ST. PATRICK’S DAY FLASHBACK

BodyArtForms Steel & Shell Plugs

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Since I post a lot of accessory posts as well, I thought I’d post about my favorite jewelry store!

For years and years I didn’t know I was allergic to certain metals until I got my nose pierced while in Australia, and we talked about my history with piercings not always working out as planned. Ever since then in 2008, I haven’t had a piercing rejected like when I was young and naive, and had my stuff done by a piercing gun which is not hygenic (I didn’t know that as a kid in the 90’s tbh, and was a young teen when Claire’s was so popular 😅). My mom didn’t know any better either. Hers were literally pierced at birth in Puerto Rico, and in her era she thought the guns were safe. We also weren’t sure what was wrong since I was using nickel free studs that were all supposedly hypoallergenic. I mean my skin ate through gold and silver plated jewelry! When I mentioned that, the piercer said the reason was that my body likely has a higher acidic content. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway the piercer in Australia said the metals that would likely suit me best would be titanium/surgical steel. Especially since I mentioned having a couple of operations with no reactions from the metallic tools used during the procedures.

Now to the end of this story. I discovered Body Artforms a few years back, and have slowly been growing my collection of stuff from them. They allow you to filter your search by piercing type, by material (titanium, bone, steel, acrylic, etc), or by gauge size as well. If you lose the ends that come with barbells or hoops, you can buy replacement ends for as little as $3 depending on sales. The hoops are for my rook/tragus/helix/nose piercings which are all 16g, and you’ll notice some are belly button jewelry (which are 14g), but I buy them as a pair and wear them like traditional dangle earrings in my lowest lobe piercing. Most of these were around $7-$15 each (sometimes more depending on the design and materials used to make it). But that’s super affordable in my opinion! The brand also has high end precious stone options with gold or silver metals, where it can be $100 or more for one pair or an individual piece, so I feel like they have something for everyone. They also have customizable options which cost more, but it’s really awesome to own a custom piece. I haven’t gotten any yet, since I can’t afford that. Hopefully I can one day! They’re also always fast at packing and shipping the orders out. Here’s some more pics of their jewelry pieces in my ears.

current jewellery collection 1/2" ears 4g septum

anyway it’s really funny that my entire childhood my mother was desperate to connect with me about Aesthetic Matters Of The Flesh™ while also being bound & determined to keep me from Doing Anything Goth, which of course is the ONLY form of Aesthetic Matters Of The Flesh™ i was interested in, and had she y’know. just been supportive of that. we could’ve had that ~intergenerational Flesh Decor bonding experience~ she was so desperate about

ive been wearing a nose hoop someone gave me from shein for like a month and haven't had any bad shit happen. to my surprise

hey! about your piercing/jewelry questions:

i wouldn’t recommend surgical steel if stainless steel hurts your ears. i’m not a piercer or anything but i have many piercings and i know it’s not recommended.

about the affordable jewelry, i’ve had some luck finding titanium jewelry on etsy. i bought a few pieces from shemisli and i use them a lot. i’ve also heard good things about the website BodyArtForms, just make sure you filter your search and click implant grade titanium.

it’s not much but i hope it’s useful info :)

Yeah apparently both have nickel which is. Annoying. Because I know I have a nickel allergy but every time I search for titanium stuff I also get "hypoallergenic" stainless or surgical steel which my ears are NOT in agreement that "hypoallergenic" is the right word. I've had the best luck with titanium but can also wear gold for very short periods. But gold is quite expensive...

I don’t have a septum piercing but my ears are stretched and I get most of my jewelry from bodyartforms dot com! Only ever had an issue w em once in the like. 14 years I’ve been ordering from em lol

oh my goshhh thank you so much for the suggestion nonny! i’m browsing the site rn n there’s SO many cute options here!!! 💞💞

VALENTINE'S DAY FLASHBACK

Red Turquoise Reconstituted Stone Plugs from Body Art Forms

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sized my lobes up to 8g and realized i don't have any more?? back to bodyartforms dot com i guess

niche post but i keep telling myself its not worth it to buy extra stuff to get free shipping on bodyartforms, because the free shipping is dhl. but this time i was like naahhh itll be fine. and wouldnt you know it once again its just Slow compared to usps

i am once again plugging bodyartforms dot com for good quality yet affordable plugs gauges etc

Might get lost in the askbox, but in regards to your comments about piercings! Surgical Steel is bullshit. It's just stainless steal like kitchenware is, and is normally actually plated steel over just shit cores, often which contain nickel. They don't have to disclose that it's steel plating because it "doesn't flake" but that's only if you don't expose it to body oils. That's why most surgical steel turns green or wears down to a copper color. If you get piercings, you should be getting Implant Grade Titanium. It's basically the "no one is allergic" metal that is used for medical implants, not just surgical tools that aren't meant to remain in the body. It can also be anodized to look gold, or in fun colors if you aren't into the silver look. I'd speak to a piercer and see if you could get a single post for a preexisting piercing, to test for sensitivity to it. Normally they can find a 18g post that will fit a traditional lobe piercing and don't charge too much for it. If they do, a site like bodyartforms(com) sell them really cheap, like less than 20$, just make sure you filter to implant grade, not just the normal "titanium" as that can also be plated. Implant Grade is solid thru and thru.

Anyways, sorry for the unsolicitated peircing spam, I'm just passionate about them and hate when people have bad experiences with metals that get marketed as hypoallergenic when they're fucking not.

Good luck with any future body mods, and have a good one! :D

omg no thank you so much for the unsolicited advice! my inbox is always open for that kind of thing <3

I highly reccomend getting piercing jewelry from bodyartforms they have a lot of really good brands that do like implant grade titanium and shipping is like 2 or 3 dollars. I've been getting my stuff from them for like a decade and they sometimes have discount codes

wah thank you so much!!!!!!

bodyartforms labor day sale fuckin got me