Goth fashion tips:
Your first tattoo
Tattoos: What really happens at a tattoo parlour? Mandi guides us through her first tattoo experience - from researching tattoo artists to getting her design inked, pain factor and tattoo aftercare...
Home-made tattoos
Body modification: If you don't already know about home-made tattoos, the chances are you're not involved enough with the art of tattoos and the process of getting inked to do your tattoo safely at home. Nevertheless - it's good to know of the existence of home-made tattoos.
Kat von D - Tattoos icon
Female icons: Kat von D is recognised globally as a major ink artist in the once predominantly man's world of tattoos. She's also flying the flag for female empowerment and marginalised subcultures, a bit like Frida Kahlo. And she plays piano like Ludwig van Beethoven...
Piercing care
Body piercings: A tattoo is usually for life, but a piercing is something you can keep or discard - and a piercing should be more about pleasure than pain. Pearl Riley takes you through the process, from choosing piercing studios and jewellery to surviving a piercing and caring for it afterwards. Forget crusty pus and sore red navels - make your piercing healthy and beautiful!
Mini-guide to surface piercings
Body piercings: Surface piercings don't go deep into the skin, so although they're very pretty, they're more likely to be rejected by the body after a few months. We look at some classic surface piercings.
Body piercings - common piercings... from the other side of the needle
Body piercings: Body piercings are more than a chunk of metal stabbed into your body. Body piercing is an art form. There are so many unique and unusual ideas for how to get that chunk of metal stabbed into your body and (a) like the effect yourself, (b) have other people appreciate the look, and the work and thought that went into it. Excluding the ubiquitous ear piercing, let's look at a few of the piercings out there...
The art of coloured contact lenses
Alternative eyes: We give you six steps to choosing the perfect colour contact lenses for you - whether you want to be an indian princess with subtly tinted grey eyes or a full-blown alien vixen with costume contacts. It's said that eyes are the windows to a soul - so why not give your soul a teeny-tiny makeover?
Tattoos and piercings
Tattoos and piercings - all types of body modification from tattoo ideas to piercing tips and piercing care. Even DIY home tattoos. Mookychick
