plughole3 - I love the earrings at Tada and Toy and Scream Pretty. I really want the latter's huggies but I think they will be too small for my lower lobe piercing which is quite high up the lobe (does that make sense?). I suppose I could wear them in the second hole though...
Others I've bought from recently:
- Astrid & Miyu (great non-pierced ear cuffs, which I'm also into),
- Missoma (depends on what you get - I'm coming around to the feeling that most of their pieces are overpriced for what they are, but it is all vermeil)
- Edge of Ember
- Mejuri (Canadian so import charges apply. I have only bought from them once because with those charges it just didn't seem worth it, but if you're ever there or know someone who can buy them for you, they have lovely designs)
I often find myself browsing the Wolf & Badger website as they have a great range of brands/designers that I may not have found on my own. Increasingly these days I'm looking for demi-fine (usually vermeil or gold) jewellery rather than plated, though I still like the cheap and cheerful stuff you can find at ASOS or on the high-street.
I love BVLA and Maria Tash designs, but sadly I cannot bring myself to pay their prices!!
Mol1628 and others - definitely not the only ones getting piercings in your 30s/40s! The piercer who did my second lobes told me as I walked in that she was seeing many clients my age and older coming in for second, third, fourth piercings. She also told me that many people came in dreading the pain, and left feeling addicted and planning their next one. In my case, she was absolutely right!
ReckIt - I love tattoos on other people, but I have such a fear of needles I don't know if I could get one myself!