| If you're in the process of stretching your piercings so | | | | has a few rings (for fingers) that have matching tattoo |
| that you can wear thicker or wider earrings, or want | | | | and ethnic patterns, but the settings are done in |
| really large holes for tunnels and plugs, then you | | | | stainless steel, the same as the body jewelry) so |
| probably need tapers to start with, or a series of | | | | they're a little more expensive than the really cheap |
| different sized ear gauges. You may also be looking | | | | silver rings you can get elsewhere. |
| for an ear stretching kit. For about $10 or $11 you can | | | | My Favorite Styles |
| get a taper kit that includes a set of acrylic tapers that | | | | Personally, I like the trendy hot pink CZ gauge sold |
| start at size 0 and go up to 14 gauge. Naturally you | | | | through Minky Monkey, a shop I recently discovered |
| can stop stretching whenever you want, but the | | | | online. The shaft of the plug style is made from surgical |
| trendiest gauges, plugs and tunnels, that you'll likely | | | | steel; each piece has a rubber stopper, and there's a |
| want to wear when stretching is complete, are usually | | | | groove for the O ring to stay in place, but the front is a |
| for holes that can accommodate a large flared ear | | | | dazzling bit of pink bling, about 6mms of cubic zirconia. |
| gauge. Let's have a look at what's available. | | | | The problem is that these items are sold separately, |
| Funky Designs and Where To Shop | | | | not is sets of two like most earrings, so although the |
| What's fun about the newest styles is that they can | | | | price is only a little over $10, a set of two actually |
| be hollow in the middle or have solid centers with an | | | | costs over $20, which is OUCH! for people like me. |
| insect set into resin (sounds creepy but it's not...sort of | | | | But, these plugs are so classy because of the faux |
| like man-made amber), or can be coconut wood with | | | | gemstone that they can even be worn to dressy |
| a tribal motif, or can be really funky neon colored | | | | events, and since the setting is stainless steel, which is |
| acrylic, even with sparkles or glow in the dark. | | | | white, they pair fabulously with other CZ silver jewelry I |
| Although silver isn't the recommended metal for | | | | already own. |
| piercings, it can be fun to get white metal, in titanium or | | | | For everyday, the best styles that look fashionable, but |
| stainless steel, and match them to other jewelry items, | | | | are not over the top, or too expensive, are the acrylic |
| like sterling silver rings with similar tribal or trendy motifs. | | | | UV glow in the dark designs that are about $3 or $4 |
| Minky Monkey, which is mostly an online shop that | | | | and are absolutely excellent if you go dancing and the |
| carries body piercing jewelry (similar to places like | | | | place is rather dark...your ears look really funky glowing |
| Body Candy, Painful Pleasures and other online shops), | | | | as you move to the beat. |