From beautiful wood to stunning stone... The most beautiful materials from nature are transformed into beautiful piercing jewelry! In this blog post we will tell you more about the diversity of natural materials and how to best care for them.
If you have been stretching your piercings for a while, you have undoubtedly seen handmade piercing jewelry made of wood, horn, stone or bone. Jewelry that has been worked into beautiful designs, traditional or very modern. In the past, people also had to rely on stretching with the same materials, but fortunately we now have better alternatives, such as an insertion pin made of surgical steel. In addition, always make sure that your piercings are completely healed and restored before switching to organic piercing jewelry. The porous nature of natural materials does not lend itself to newly stretched piercings or piercings that are not completely healed...
Mother Nature has a lot of beauty to offer, including beautiful materials that are perfect for processing into beautiful jewelry. Once shaped into a beautiful set of pendants, plugs or tunnels, the structure and details of the material come into their own even better. A beautiful set of natural piercing jewellery in a pair of stretched earlobes is a special sight to behold, and in the meantime the choice of organic jewellery is only getting bigger! What materials can you come across and how can you best care for them? We will tell you more about that below.
Wooden eyelets from Omerica Organic
Wood
Wood is beautiful to work with. There are countless types of wood available, each with their own characteristic appearance. The colours can vary from pale white to deep pink, bright orange, various shades of brown or pitch black. There are types of wood with a very subtle, barely visible grain and there are types of wood with a strongly contrasting, flaming grain. Something for everyone, so! Wood lends itself perfectly to a beautiful set of tunnels or plugs, but beautiful spirals or other pendants can also be made of wood. And in some cases, wood can also be worked into a beautifully detailed piece of wood carving, which makes your piercing jewelry even more special.
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Care
Caring for your wooden jewelry is quite easy. If you make sure that they do not get wet and the jewelry is rubbed occasionally with some jojoba oil or another vegetable oil, your wooden piercing jewelry will remain beautiful and sturdy for a very long time. Prevent your wooden jewelry from drying out, water in particular is a major culprit here. It can make your jewelry dull and brittle and a piece of jewelry that breaks in half is of course a great shame.
Horn pendants from Tawapa
Horn
Horn jewelry is very popular and widely available. Not surprising, because it is a perfect material for all kinds of purposes. Horn can be worked into fine details and can also be polished to a beautiful high gloss, which makes the piercing jewelry comfortable to wear and gives it a classy look. Especially when combined with other materials such as silver or mother-of-pearl, your horn piercing jewelry will have an even more chic look!
The colors of horn can vary, so you can sometimes come across deep black piercing jewelry and sometimes jewelry with a deep gold color. Just like with all natural materials, horn shows a small variation in color, making each piercing jewelry completely unique. The difference between black horn and gold-colored horn is very clear when you look at the beautiful range of pendants from Tawapa.
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Care
Many horn piercing jewelry is polished to a high gloss, which makes it very easy to clean. All you have to do is rub the jewelry occasionally with a clean cloth with a little jojoba oil (or other vegetable oil). Try not to let your horn jewelry come into contact with water, because just like with wood, it can dry out and become brittle. They can also lose their beautiful shine very quickly.
Bone Pendants by Tawapa
Bone
If you are looking for piercing jewelry with fantastically carved details, you will probably soon come across bone jewelry. Bone is a fairly hard material that can be worked into beautiful patterns. Because most bones are not gigantic, it is true that bone jewelry is not available in every size. But that is not a big problem in itself, because the beautifully carved bone pendants are beautiful to look at! Tawapa in particular has mastered this art, which can be seen in their range of fantastic, detailed pendants.
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Care
Bone piercing jewelry is best cared for in the same way as horn jewelry. Make sure they don't get wet and rub them occasionally with a clean cloth and some jojoba oil, then they will stay beautiful for a long time and you will certainly be able to enjoy them for a long time.
Stone plugs
Stone
A huge diversity of structures and colors... although stone is not so well suited for very small details, it is a beautiful material for tunnels, plugs and somewhat larger pendants and spirals. The color shades and inclusions give the stone a different character with every incidence of light. Minerals and semi-precious stones are available in an incredible number of colors and because each type of stone is different every time, each piercing jewelry is also completely unique. And whether you choose a set of beautifully shaped pendants or a pair of chic, facet-cut plugs made of rock crystal, there is a type of stone for every occasion!
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Care
You can occasionally clean your stone piercing jewelry with a slightly damp cloth, but it is not advisable to expose your jewelry to water regularly. Most stones do not have a perfectly smooth surface or have small cracks or dents. Although this is completely normal and contributes to the charm of the stone type, the water can remain in those small cracks, which can eventually damage your piercing jewelry. Simply wiping it clean with a clean, soft cloth is often more than enough!
Finally:
The diversity of all these natural materials makes each organic piercing jewelry completely unique. Each pattern is different, each color shade is unique and the detailed craftsmanship turns these handmade jewelry into small pieces of art. And whether you are looking for a simple wooden tunnel or prefer a pendant carved in detail, you will find it all in our shop! In addition, we think it is important that you can find an extensive range with us that meets your requirements. If you ultimately decide to buy your piercing jewelry from us, we will make sure that we guarantee the quality. Always. If you still have questions after reading this information, you can always contact us at info@alloverpiercings.nl
You will probably have noticed that the care of natural piercing jewelry does not differ much from each other. As long as you make sure that you take off your piercing jewelry when you shower, bathe or swim and rub it every now and then with some vegetable oil and a clean cloth, then you are guaranteed to enjoy it for a very long time. Do you want to know more about oil and how you can use it for your piercings and jewelry? Then read our previous blog post, about the effects of our oils!
Below we list all plugs, tunnels, spirals and pendants for you again, arranged by material type:
Piercing jewelry made of wood
Piercing jewelry made of horn
Piercing jewelry made of bone
Piercing jewelry made of stone
