| Many of us like to play with our looks by dangling | | | | insert tiny size pearls that go up the ear lobe and |
| jewelry off our ears in the pursuit of beauty and | | | | outline the cartilage lining the basic ear. This choice of |
| identity. The history of ear adornment goes back | | | | piercing creates an elegant statement of style. |
| thousands of years and covers a wide range of | | | | Clip-on earrings can be clipped to the ear with screws |
| cultures. Warriors wore plugs to enhance their | | | | or clips without poking holes in the skin. Ear cuffs are a |
| fierceness and women wore golden hoops to | | | | really easy way to outline the ear without actually |
| enhance their desirability. Sailors wore earrings to | | | | piercing the ear. One such cuff has been seen in the |
| signify that they survived a ship wreck and some | | | | shape of a long, tiny lizard that wrapped itself around |
| people just wore the jewelry because they liked the | | | | the upper tip of the ear and curled around the edge of |
| way it looked. | | | | the lobe. The lizard looked so real that the wearer had |
| Like a Christmas tree with its ornaments, our ears | | | | people asking how she could wear such a creature on |
| need something to enhance their desirable features. | | | | her ear. |
| Bone, plastic, wood and precious stones can be hung | | | | There are as many styles of earrings as there are |
| off the ear lobe or pierced through the cartilage of our | | | | people who want to wear them. The large hoops from |
| outer ear. If someone does not want a piercing but | | | | the hippie days, which made great kitten and baby |
| likes the look of the studs or plugs then they can | | | | toys, can still be found hanging around as a fashion |
| check out fake ear piercing. No need to worry about | | | | statement. Modern day industrial style piercing dangles |
| how to cover up for work because when done with | | | | a bar through the upper cartridge of the outer ear. |
| them just pull off the glued on stud or plug. | | | | Of course there are still the clip-on styles from the |
| Outlining the ear can create a nice style statement. | | | | past that are easy to use and do not require any |
| One technique of piercing encircles the outside of the | | | | piercings. You can cover your ears in piercings or just |
| ear with multiple hoops, loops or studs. This style of | | | | have a single pair of earrings dangling from your ears; |
| piercing creates a lacy metallic border effect that | | | | whatever you choose, you can make any fashion |
| enhances the shape of the ear. Some people will | | | | statement. |