If you are interested in body jewelry but haven't been in the scene long enough to pick up on all the terms then it may be helpful for you to have point of reference where you can find definitions of the related items available. Here I have listed the various pieces of body jewelry which are most popular so you won't be lost the next time you read or converse about the topic. It might also give you an idea about what you would like to buy.

Body jewelry terms and what they mean:

Bent barbells – are worn in the naval nipple or ear

Labret studs – a barbell with a bead and a flat disc, for tongue or conch piercings

Captive bead rings – or (CBR) is the most common body jewelry style along with the ball closure ring (BCR). Ring opening pliers are often required to fix this jewelry in place or for removing.

Dangle navel jewelry – As the name suggests these are for the belly button, but they are different from the simple belly rings or barbells because they are designed to hang in, or on, or slightly bellow, the navel and in some cases the dangle portion can hang down to the waist or are also available in reverse dangles and cascading designs ideal for wearing with low or backless dresses.

Navel charms – Are dangling belly button rings that have a meaning such as best friends navel charms that have a dangling heart that is split in two. You and your best friend can this way share naval jewelry.

Logo rings – These can be any form of body jewelry where a logo or picture is inserted into the top or most visible part of the stud or hoop or CBR. This logo may be something personal or fun for you or may be a company logo.

Nipple rings – As the name states, these are rings for the nipples. Usually they are rings.

Nostril rings – Most of the ladies will choose a small nose ring that looks like a tiny chip of a diamond or other ball or jewel or gem on the side of the nose. These are very subtle. A nostril ring however is a hoop that goes through the front cartilage of the nose, more like what a bull would wear. They can be lees dramatic if the hoop is delicate and has a small ball or gem.

Plugs – these are flesh tunnels or tubes that are inside of very large and stretched piercings. Most often they are placed in the ears, however, they may also be used in nipples, hood piercings, or for tongue or other large pierced areas.

Flares – these are essentially open or hollow plugs for large piercings.

Surface barbells – often made of titanium or surgical steel, these are two ball and a rod, like a barbell, and are designed to be used often as the first piece of jewelry in a new piercing, to be comfortable and to help in reducing healing time. They are designed so that the balls will sit angled on the surface of the skin with the bar passing through into the piercing. These are for surface piercings.

Piercing retainers – used to hide or to keep a piercing opening in a temporary manner. Often these pieces of jewelry are not very pretty or made to decorate. They may come in acrylic or a surgical or hypoallergenic metal.

Eyebrow rings – As this name states it is a piece of jewelry that is intended for the eyebrow - usually a ball or a hoop or a barbell.

Cheap jewelry online distributors should offer you everything you may need to run a successful piercing business or to have enough personal supplies for you and your friends and all your piercing and cheap jewelry needs.

There are custom lengths and sizes for body jewelry, such as large gauge body piercing jewelry or extra long or extra short however you may have to buy sets or packages in larger quantities to get the best prices through a wholesale cheap jewelry outlet.

There are usually retail buying options even on the wholesale jewelry websites, however you may have to order at least $100 of product (which is a lot of belly rings and nose rings), and for wholesale usually the minimum orders are about $500 and you will have to prove you are a licensed piercing expert or have a piercing business with someone who has a certificate of some kind.

You may be looking for cheap body jewelry piercing supplies like belly rings, tongue rings, nipple rings, nose rings and even toe rings and most cheap wholesale jewelry dealers online should have all these items along with body piercing tools that you may need as a professional or seasoned armature even piercing forceps and ring opening pliers.