If you’ve been itching to add to get a new ear piercing, the good news is, some of our favourite piercers have upped the ante to make the experience even more appealing. Astrid & Miyu’s locations includes a Notting Hill haunt, featuring two floors, complete with Insta-friendly foliage backgrounds and complimentary coffee courtesy of trendy East London brewers, Grind. Meanwhile, their Selfridges concession in Manchester’s Trafford Centre features an ear bar to browse your chosen sparkle. Or, for a last-minute addition to your lobes or flat cartilage, Accessorize have parlours across the UK that offer everything from stainless steel studs to 9ct gold diamond piercings.
The question is, how many piercings is too many? Nope, we don’t think you can overdo it either – provided you go with someone reputable and experienced to decorate your ears.
As for where to choose your next stud, ear piercing has branched out from singularly studded lobes. The areas we can embellish are increasingly intricate: rook, conch, daith, helix – so there’s a whole constellation of places to choose from.
Given brands are offering up dainty and delicate jewellery to accommodate multiple piercings, there’s nothing to stop us sprinkling our lobes with numerous tiny studs.
Piercing has become such big business that jewellers have even begun to offer ‘ear curation’ services to suss out the anatomy of your ears and offer a bespoke configuration to suit you best. Leading the charge, is Maria Tash who has created an empire out of intricate and unexpected piercings (and a celeb following that includes the likes of Rihanna, Blake Lively and Zoe Kravitz).
For those who can’t quite wrap your heads around the idea of a curated ear, we’ve got the ultimate guide to every single different positioning of your piercings, the price and the pain factor so you can start planning for your post-lockdown piercing.