How To Style Your Ear Piercings

A good ear stack is built slowly, one piercing and one piece at a time. Our solid gold earrings are made for exactly that: recycled gold, lab-grown diamonds and gemstones, and posts designed to stay in day and night.

The range now runs from flat-back piercing studs to hinged huggies, so there's something for every part of the ear. Here's where each piercing sits, what suits it, and how our earrings go in.

There's no wrong way to stack

There isn't. But knowing your ear helps. Every piercing has its own shape and its own amount of space, and some styles simply sit better in certain spots.

Know your ear

Lobe

The soft base of the ear, and where most of us start. First, second or third lobe, it takes almost anything: studs, huggies, small hoops. For a clean foundation, wear three Solitaire Diamond Piercing Earrings up the lobe. One stone, repeated, looks deliberate.

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Helix

The cartilage running around the upper outer rim of the ear. It's the obvious place for something with a bit of presence. For colour, the Triple Emerald Piercing Earring sets three small emeralds in a line that follows the curve of the rim.

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Tragus

The small flap of cartilage in front of the ear canal, closest to your face. Space is tight, so keep it small. The Flower Diamond Piercing Earring, a 6.5mm cluster of lab-grown diamonds, sits neatly here.

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Conch

The cup-shaped centre of the ear. Because it's set back, a conch piercing catches the light rather than the eye, which is why it's become a favourite. A single stud is enough. The Evil Eye Emerald Piercing Earring adds a flash of green.

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Daith

The fold of cartilage just above the ear canal. Tucked inside the ear, it's a subtle piercing with a strong look, and it suits a small hoop that faces forward. Browse our huggie earrings and check the fit with your piercer first; daith piercings vary more than most.

Forward helix

Where the rim of the ear meets the side of your face. Two or three small studs in a row work well here. The Sun Ray Diamond Piercing Earring is an easy place to start.

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Rook

The ridge of cartilage in the upper inner ear, above the daith. It takes a delicate stud or a bolder one, depending on how much you want it seen. For the latter, the Lightning Bolt Piercing Earring.

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EoE piercing earrings: the details

Now you know your ear, here's what to know about our piercing earrings and how to put them in.

Flat-back thread earrings

Our piercing studs are designed to be worn anywhere on the ear. Each has an 18-gauge (1mm) post and our own flat, triangle-shaped back, which sits flush against the skin. Comfortable enough to sleep in, so you can leave them in.

They're made for healed piercings. Post lengths are listed on each product page. If your piercing is new, it will need a longer post to allow for swelling, so ask your piercer whether ours will suit once it has settled.

To put one in, screw the stud gently into the back until it sits snug against your ear. Snug, not tight: over-tightening puts pressure on the piercing.

Huggies and clickers

Our huggies close with a hinge, so the hoop looks seamless once it's in. Like the studs, they can stay in day and night.

Hold the top of the hoop and click it open. Thread the post through your piercing, then press it closed until you hear the click. No click, not secure. We've all lost an earring that way.