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Guides
The Aurea guides: materials, healing, sizing and styling. Everything to choose and care for your piercings with confidence.
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Types of Piercing Jewellery: Labret, Barbell, Ring and More
Piercing jewellery comes in a handful of core styles, each with a job it does best. Learn these and you'll know exactly...
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How to Build a Curated Ear
A curated ear isn't built in a single sitting. It grows one piercing at a time into a balanced arrangement that looks...
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Piercing Gauge and Size Explained
Ordering piercing jewellery for the first time can feel like reading a different language: 16G, 1.2 mm, 8 mm bar, 8 mm ring. Each number...
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Piercing Aftercare and Healing Times
Most piercing problems come from doing too much, not too little. A new piercing heals best when it's kept clean, left alone,...
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Which Material for Your Piercing? Titanium, Gold and Steel
When a piercing is new or your skin reacts easily, the metal touching you matters far more than the shape or the...
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