Organic Wood Horn & Bone Body Jewellery

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Valerie

Organic body jewellery is lightweight, natural and has the added bonus that each & every piece is absolutely unique!

Another great benefit of natural body jewellery is that it helps reduce the odour sometimes associated with large gauge piercings by absorbing the oil and sweat around your stretched piercing.

Our horn & bone jewellery is made from water buffalo and is a by-product from animals that have been killed for food.  In Asian culture it is believed that by utilizing the whole animal, with nothing going to waste, that it is honoured more fully.  The horn is a deep black colour, extremely strong & durable and has an incredible shine!

Coconut palm trees only produce coconuts for approximately 60 years at which point they are felled to make way for new palms.  Our coconut palm body jewellery is made from these felled trees and is not only durable but also has a striking appearance with its distinctive black stripes and spotted end grain.

Now you know a little more about what your organic jewellery is made from, what styles can you choose from?

We have horn, coconut palm & teak plugs in 6-20mm. Organic flesh tunnels from 6-20mm in bone, horn, coconut & teak and 14 different styles of tribal ear jewellery in palm coconut wood and mixed woods.  We also have horn & bone expanders in 9 styles from 2-14mm.

Not forgetting our range of organic fake expanders in spirals, straight, banana designs, available in black rosewood, teak, coconut palm, horn & bone.  N.B. the shafts are push-in, not threaded.  So please pull apart SLOWLY to avoid damage.

To prolong the life of your organic body jewellery, clean with mild soap and water and dry immediately, then oil with jojoba or grape seed oil on a monthly basis.  It is advised to avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight, extreme heat or cold and sleeping or bathing with your jewellery in as this may cause it to crack or warp.

All organic jewellery is porous and should be worn in healed piercing only.

Organic body jewellery should not be exposed to any extreme temperatures and therefore should not be autoclaved or heat sterilised.

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St Valentine’s Day Body Jewellery

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Valerie

Belly Bar - Glitzy HeartIf you’re looking for the perfect gift this St Valentine’s Day, look no further, body jewellery is the answer!

Try something sparkly with these gorgeous glitzy heart belly bars in passionate pink and beautiful blue or how about an angelic rock-chic angel winged heart belly bar.

Don’t worry if hearts aren’t your thing we have loads of other fabulous belly bars for you to choose from!

Bioplast Internal Thread Labret with Enamel HeartIf lip piercing jewellery is more your area of expertise, why not adorn them with these super cute little enamel heart bioplast internal thread labrets. They’re not just for Valentine’s Day!

Steel Nose BonesOr how about a nose stud or this little heart nose bone for that someone special.  Who says you have to wear your heart on your sleeve!

Check out our Valentine’s Day Piercing Jewellery Collection for lots more ideas or if you want to see our full range of heart themed body jewellery type “heart” in the search box, enjoy!

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Tongue Piercings

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Valerie

Tongue PiercingIt’s been around for ages, well since ancient times, with both the Aztec and Maya people carrying out tongue piercing during religious ceremonies.

The most popular tongue piercing is a single piercing though the middle of the tongue.  Alternatively two horizontal piercings on either side of the tongue is known as a venom bite.

The same piercings in a vertical manner are sometimes referred to as an angel bite (although this term is more commonly used for a double madonna lip piercing).

UV Pill BarbellWhen you first get your tongue pierced you will be given a much longer length bar than you might expect, this is to compensate for the swelling of your tongue in the first few days.

The swelling can last up to 4 weeks but will subside, at which point your piercer will replace your barbell with a shorter length.  Of course, if you are at all worried about your new piercing you should contact your piercer as soon as you can.

Titanium Barbell 1.6mm 6-16mmFor more information on aftercare for your oral piercing, check out our blog.

The most popular piercing jewellery for your tongue is a barbell and you can choose from loads of different designs including sparkles and stars to zebra stripes and even vibrating!

You can also have your tongue frenulum pierced; this is the bit under your tongue that anchors it to the floor of your mouth.

The most popular types of piercing jewellery for your frenulum piercing are barbells, ball closure rings (BCR’s) and circular barbells (CBB’s) all available in steel, titanium and PVD gold and black.

To browse our full range of tongue piercing jewellery choose ‘browse by body part’.

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Merry Christmas From TDi Body Jewellery

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Valerie

Christmas Belly BarsLooking for a little something to put under the tree this Christmas?

How about one of these festive belly bars available in 10 styles including Rudolph, snowman, Santa, reindeer, stocking, bow, tree & wreath.  We love the reindeer with it’s own little bell!

They’re way better than a wooly jumper!

Acrylic Neon Star BarbellStars aren’t just for the top of the tree!  Try some star piercing jewellery like these funky neon star barbells in pink, purple, green, blue & black in 4 sizes, 10 -16mm long.

Also available as attachments too!

Sparkle Fake PlugIf you’re looking for some glam glitter you will love these sparkle fake plugs available in 7 colours.  The bar is 1.2mm gauge but looks like either 6mm or 8mm, depending on which you choose!  Stretching jewellery made easy!

Bling Screw TunnelFancy some bling?  You don’t get more bang for your buck than with this bling screw tunnel available in 11 sizes from 3-20mm, also available with black gem.

We’ve got loads more Christmas body jewellery if you haven’t seen the perfect pressie here already!

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Nose Piercings

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Valerie

Did you know the nostril piercing is the second most popular type of piercing?  Or that nose piercing jewellery has been worn by Indian women for centuries as an integral part of their wedding jewellery.

The most popular nose piercings are the nostril, septum and bridge.  If you’re looking for something a little more unusual how about a vertical bridge/third eye, nasallang, septril, nasal tip/rhino or Austin bar.  Just to get you started!

Nostril Piercings

Titanium Jewelled Nose StudCan be placed on either side of the nose, or both!  The most natural looking location is in the nostril crease although it’s entirely up to you.

Nose piercing jewellery comes in all shapes and sizes with the most popular being the ‘L’ shaped nose stud.  The jewelled nose stud is available in a myriad of sparkling gem colours with non-jewelled styles including hearts, stars, balls and cones.

Nose bones, bar closure rings, BCR rings and open nose rings are also ideal nostril piercing jewellery.

Some people also like to use a crystal ear stud in their nose.  Just remove the butterfly on the back and bend the post to a 90 degree angle and you’re good to go!

Septum Piercings

The septum is the dividing wall, inside your nose, between your nostrils and is most often pierced in the gap between the cartilage and the end of the nose.

The most popular types of septum piercing jewellery are the circular barbell (CBB), BCR ring and steel bullet.  Long spikes are also great and come in lengths up to 35mm.

Wearing a septum keeper in your piercing can be useful as you can flip it up inside your nose to hide it should you have the need to.

Steel Bullet Septum KeeperOf course you may also like to go large gauge and stretch your septum piercing.  Steel or UV candy claws, along with circular barbells (CBB) and BCR rings are great for this.

Bridge Piercings

The standard bridge piercing (horizontal position) is placed at the top of the nose in the loose skin between the eyes.

PVD Black Steel Open Nose RingThe usual jewellery to wear in your bridge piercing is the barbell, CBB and BCR.

Shop by body part/nose piercings to see the full range.

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Halloween Body Jewellery

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Valerie

Halloween Lanterns

Happy Halloween!  If you’re looking for lots of Halloween body jewellery, you’ve come to the right place!  We have everything from spiders and bats to skulls, skeletons and pumpkins!  Check out our special Halloween Collection for some inspiration.

Pumpkin Logo Belly Bar

UV Banana Candy Expander

Evil Skull Belly BarBlack Jewel Spider Belly Bar

Cheeky Devil Belly BarMask Logo Belly Bar

PVD Black on Steel Bat Dermal AnchorTriple Skull PlugFlaming Skull BarbellSkull & Bow Belly Bar

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BioFlex & Bioplast Flexible Body Jewellery

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Valerie

Bioplast Int. Thr. Labret with Square Claw Set GemBioFlex and Bioplast are both inert, bio-compatible plastics and perfect for body piercing jewellery.

They are ideal for initial piercings as they are fully autoclavable, light weight and flexible enough to move with your new piercing, causing less friction.  Some say healing time could be reduced by half!

The chance of any allergic reaction to your BioFlex or Bioplast body jewellery is almost nil as neither contains nickel.  They also conform to the EC Nickel Directive.

Bioplast Cherry Logo Tongue BarBioFlex and Bioplast are also thought to slow down the rate of body jewellery migration compared to a heavier material like steel.

BioFlex and Bioplast can easily be cut to size to give you the very best fit for your body piercing.  They’re great for maternity piercings as they’re flexible and comfortable to wear during your pregnancy and can even be worn during your ultrasound scan.  Just take off the metals balls if you have any.  The added bonus is that you can reduce the length of the belly bar after you’ve had your baby too!

Bioplast Internal Thread Nose Stud 18ct GoldBioFlex & Bioplast are excellent materials for labrets, tongue bars and nose studs as they cause less damage to your piercing and surrounding area than metal body jewellery.

Flexible body jewellery is particularly popular for people who enjoy a physical lifestyle, like sports people, as its supple enough to bend with your body making it very comfortable to wear.

If you’re more of a beach bum BioFlex and Bioplast body Jewellery is ideal as it doesn’t conduct heat like metal jewellery, so you don’t have to worry about it getting hot under the sun!

Bioplast Internal Thread Labret Titanium Star

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Ear Piercings

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Valerie

The practice of ear piercing has been around forever, well almost!  The oldest example, to date, was found in the mummified remains of Otzi the Iceman who is believed to be 5300 years old.  He had an ear piercing of 7-11mm, possibly the first stretched ear piercing too!

Through the ages ear piercings have continued to be popular.  Sailors pierced their ears with gold rings in the hope that their earrings would pay for a Christian burial should their bodies be washed ashore.  Even William Shakespeare had an ear piercing!

Ear piercing is still the most popular body piercing today with lobe piercing being the favourite.   Lobe stretching is going large gauge with stretching jewellery available up to 50mm.  If you don’t fancy stretching your lobe piercing you can always fake it with fake plugs and expanders that look like an 8mm piercing!

There are lots of different ways to pierce your ears including scaffold, rim, diath, rook, tragus, anti-tragus, conch, snug and inner pinner for starters!

Once you’ve decided which ear piercing location you fancy, then comes the fun bit, choosing the jewellery to put in it!  If you know what you want, go straight to the ‘Browse by Type’ section to quickly locate what you’re looking for.  If you’re not sure what you fancy, try the ‘Browse by Body Part’ and choose ‘Ear Piercings’ to see the full range of ear piercing jewellery.

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The EC Nickel Directive & Body Piercing Jewellery

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Valerie

Steel BCR Ball Closure RingWhy Do We Need The Nickel Directive?

In Europe approximately 10% of women and 1% of men suffer from an allergy to nickel caused by skin absorption of nickel ions, released from nickel containing materials.

The EC Nickel Directive was brought in to combat this by specifying the release rate of nickel in articles which have direct and prolonged contact with the skin.  The Directive covers jewellery along with belt buckles, jeans studs, sunglasses and metal poppers on babies garments etc.

“The Nickel Directive” (European Directive 94/27/EC)
The directive came into effect on the 20th July 2001 and was subsequently amended on the 1st September 2005.

What Piercing Jewellery Conforms to the Directive?

For Initial Piercings (unhealed): jewellery inserted into the body during the healing period of a piercing must be homogenous (elements evenly spread throughout the metal) and shall not emit nickel at a rate greater than 0.2 microgrammes/cm2/week.

We recommend using titanium body jewellery for initial piercings.

For Healed Piercings: replacement jewellery inserted into the body after the piercing wound has healed must have a nickel release rate lower than than 0.5 microgrammes/cm2/week.

We recommend using titanium, 316L steel, PVD on steel or titanium, Sterling silver, steel-silver, gold plate, acrylic, PTFE, bioplast, silicone, pyrex or organic body jewellery for healed piercings.

TDi – Conforming To The Nickel Directive
Since 1999, TDi bodyjewellery has been working with the Sheffield Assay Office, Analytical Services, testing all jewellery.

TDi operates a ‘due dilligence’ system, as recommended by the Assay Office, to ensure it conforms to the requirements of the ‘Nickel Directive’.

In recognition of this, The Sheffield Assay Office has issued TDi with a ‘Certificate Of Conformity’ click here to view.

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TDi Body Jewellery – 14 Years In The Business

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Valerie

Hip, hip, hooray!  It’s our birthday and we’re celebrating 14 years in the business of supplying the very best body piercing jewellery.

With accolades such as…

” You’re so *&**#** awesome!”

“…I’ve worked with you guys for over 10 years and you’ve never let me down”,

… it seems we’re doing something right!

Amazing to think it all started with one rucksack of jewellery and a shed load of determination!  Now we’re wholesaling & retailing worldwide via our website at www.bodyjewellery.co.uk.

We’ve seen many developments in piercing jewellery over the years when steel was pretty much the only choice!    Piercing jewellery is now available in lots of materials including titanium, PVD, acrylic, silicone, bioplast, PTFE (great for pregnancy bars!) & gold plate.

This goes some way to explaining how our product range has grown from 2 sides of a page to over 10,000 pieces!

Also everything is getting bigger!  Barbells used in scaffold piercings are now up to 50mm long and large gauge jewellery for ear piercings go up to a massive 50mm gauge thickness, chunky!

Another change we have welcomed was  the introduction of the EC Nickel Directive in 2001, ensuring high quality materials are used in piercing jewellery to help combat nickel allergies.

Right now the most popular trend is dermal piercing.  It seems like every week we’re adding new dermal anchors, divers & wheels not to mention all their many attachments!  Not surprising really as these wee piercings are so versatile they can be placed almost anywhere and look great to highlight tattoos.

We’ve also embraced social media with our Facebook page featuring the latest jewellery along with the occasional special offer!

As for us, we’re probably fitter and more relaxed than we were 14 years ago, albeit with a few grey hairs!

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