Tattoo & Piercing

The Midas Touch: Golden Body Jewelry for Summer Get the golden glow for summer you’ve always dreamed of. Gold jewelry is making a big comeback in trending styles and is perfect for completing that bohemian look. Accessorize a bikini at the beach or add extra glimmer to an outfit, gold belly rings also make a great accent to a crop top. Genuine 14kt yellow gold is a high quality alternative to standard jewelry and is a great gift for any jewelry connoisseur. All of our pieces featured here comes in many stones and styles! One of the hottest current trends, […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: A Recipe For Modified Holiday Sweets Now that we’re living in a modified world, it’s time that we incorporate the way we live our lives into the celebration of our favorite holidays. So without further pomp or ado, here’s some of our favorite mod-centric recipes for holiday fun! Modified Cookies What You’ll Need: – A package of pre-made sugar cookie dough from your local grocery store (Pillsbury and Nestle Toll House both offer great options). – Cookie cutters of your choice (circles, ovals, or egg shapes work best for faces). – Icing and food coloring (or […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Ahead of the Game in 2014 It’s official; 2014 has begun. For a lot of us the new year marks not only the end of one natural cycle, but more notably the beginning of another. This one time of year, at the very beginning, it’s as if the entire past can be truly put behind us. Reflecting on our triumphs and our losses, there’s a feeling that we can actually mold the coming months; almost like being completely reborn. The modified, along with everyone else, are busy right now making plans for the twelve-month future. But […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Alternative Beauty and Dreadlocks Dreadlocks have become a cornerstone of modern alternative fashion, a statement absorbed and encouraged by persons from a multitude of cultures and ethnic backgrounds. But how did the dreadlocked style come to prominence, especially in a distinctly clean cut western world? As they have been for decades, particularly in America, Australia, and the UK, social norms are again beginning a massive shift. Ever since the 1960s when world travel and the turn towards Eastern religions and ideologies swung skyward, an absorption of Asian philosophies and customs has been slowly occurring amongst all […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Alternative Beauty and Body Confidence With the great debate raging across the internet lately concerning media portrayal of beauty ideals, there’s one group that comes to the table with a unique and fresh perspective: the modified. Body modification culture has long represented a newer, broader, and more realistic concept of beauty, including alternative styles that are far from the mainstream ideals of perfection. The virgin-skinned, blonde haired, hourglass figured girl nextdoor is not our only vision of the perfect woman, and while conventional standards can be beautiful too, they aren’t the only game in town anymore. […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Animal Magnetism Tattooing and piercing go through trends as fast as fashion, with multiple styles, materials, and motifs in a constant state of popularity flux. There are some emerging trends though that seem to take on a life of their own, growing and expanding to transcend standardization. Animal imagery is just one of the many. As partial sleeves and stockings become a popular tattoo milestone, young women in particular have begun embracing more realistic artwork that connects to our furry friends and various other aspects of the natural world. Nature scenes, groves of trees, skyscapes, mountains, […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: April Fools Remember April Fools pranks from when we were kids? Whoopi cushions, hand buzzers, that nasty tasting joke gum… A few things have changed since then, but hopefully our senses of humor haven’t. After all, even adults need to have a little laugh once in a while, right? As long as your tricks are harmless, good-natured, and don’t involve any vandalism, there’s no reason not to pull a few choice legs, especially if it ends up brightening someone’s spirits. So take a little time out for some light-hearted fun today. We promise we won’t tell. […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Doing the Dimple Thing Dimples are fast becoming an integral part of the lifestyle within the modification community, with more and more dimple piercings coming to the forefront via social media. A favorite amongst up and coming alternative models, the piercings may be kept for long periods of time, or used as a temporary means of creating a permanent mod. When the “dimple” area of the face is pierced, mild and primarily inconsequential nerve damage can occur, resulting in a permanent indent, or “man made” dimple. This is done purposely by many individuals with the intention […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Gone Geek Chic Back in the days of primary school, being a dork might have landed you in the shallow end socially, but now that we’re getting grown, it’s a totally different ball game. Being a geek isn’t just okay, it’s awesome, especially today on National Comic Book Day. “Comic book geeks” are a completely separate subculture, complete with conventions, a slew of major feature films, and some of the best cosplayers in the world. For anybody who doesn’t know, “cosplay” is a term that references dressing up and sometimes acting like a favorite fictional character. […]

The Modern Modification Lifestyle: Halloween and the Samhuinn Festival As the number of modified persons rises, a return to the roots of piercing and tattoo practices is all but an inevitability, and along with primitivism comes a cultural reawakening. In recent years, revisiting our ancient pagan ancestry has led to a rebirth of modern paganism in many forms. So how do pagans celebrate Halloween? Many of them observe a holiday called Samhuinn in its stead. Samhuinn, sometimes alternately spelled Samhain, is a Gaelic holiday that dates back several centuries, and was originally celebrated in Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of […]