JoBananas Limited

Body piercing jewellery with online sales since 2001

JoBananas Limited is a British store that has been selling body piercing jewellery online since 2001, both in the UK and worldwide. Its catalogue is presented as a competitively priced option, with customer service and fast shipping, and covers all the main types of piercing.

Catalogue materials and finishes

The store's offering covers titanium, surgical steel, black PVD, Bioplast, BioFlex, wood and bone. The company states that it carries out titanium anodising (colouring process) and gold plating of its jewellery in its own facilities, and has a specific line of gold-plated jewellery, including a collection of 18-karat rose gold plated jewellery.

Types of piercing and available pieces

The catalogue includes the most common types of piercing jewellery:

• Belly bars and tongue bars.
• Nose rings and nose studs.
• Tragus bars and tragus studs for upper ear cartilage.
• Nipple barbells and decorative nipple rings.
• Labret studs and clear piercing retainers and hiders, designed to be worn at work, at school or during medical examinations.
• Ear stretching jewellery, such as tunnels and plugs, along with a wide collection of tapers, claws and stretchers in various materials and designs.
• Internally threaded micro piercing jewellery.

Specialisation in large gauges

The company describes itself as a specialist in large gauge jewellery, in both surgical steel and titanium. Within this line it offers large gauge segment rings, PA curved barbells and BCR rings.

Trends and featured pieces

Among the trends the store highlights are clickers and hinged segment rings for septum, available in plain steel, titanium and gold plated. The catalogue also shows a selection of recent additions, mostly threadless attachments made from medical grade titanium 6Al-4V Eli according to ASTM F-136, which are held in place by tension without the need for threading. Among the listed references are models such as Azure Bloom, Crystal Harmony, Crystal Reef, Crystal Stargleam, Multi Crystal, Mystic Dew and Ocean Gleam, with prices at the time of analysis ranging from $11.83 to $17.75, as well as threadless labret posts and perfect fit internally threaded labret posts in 1.2 mm (16 gauge) sizes.

Guides, aftercare and availability

The site includes piercing guides with information about the different types of piercing and the appropriate jewellery for each, as well as a piercing aftercare section. The company states that all jewellery is in stock and that its aim is to despatch orders the same or the next business day, with worldwide shipping.