Essential
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Purchases of Gold Body Jewellery
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Introduction
Tamper Proof View
Bag Service
Shortening For Threaded
Bars
Personal Service
Navel Dressing
Mining the stones
Why
choose Body Matters Gold?
From our humble beginnings back in 1997 BMG has quickly
become the leading force in designer body jewellery. Some
call us the "Tiffany of body jewellery". We
refuse to compromise our quality. This makes us different
from the mainstream suppliers of gold body jewellery.
Our aim is quite simply to supply the best hand made gold
body jewellery on this planet. Offering great value for
money on the ranges of semi-precious and precious gemstone
products.
Our company policy is - NO COMPROMISE. We put the quality
of the gemstones and the hand crafting of the finished
pieces above anything else. We now have on sale for you
to purchase, the finest collection of the worlds most
fascinating and fabulous designer body jewellery all set
with REAL GEM STONES. We do not use colored glass or any
other man made imitation stones.
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Tamper
Proof View Bag Service
So confident are we that you will fall in love with the
jewellery. We offer a money back guarantee (less postage
costs). Our tamper bag service enables you to see the
products before completing the sale. This ensures the
jewellery remains sterile should you wish to return it.
BMG recommends: Never - ever purchase body jewellery from
a company offering a returns policy without a tamper bag
service. You may be buying something contaminated by someone
else.
Product
Shortening Service
We also offer a pay postage only (£5 world-wide) shortening
service to reduce the shaft length on our products – Sizing
can be difficult with belly bars and other tapped end
products (see measuring your pierce) If you purchase a
size too big and return the item posting it within 14
days. We will shorten and re-tap (with a new thread) the
returned item (usually within 48 hours). If your piercing
shrinks, which often happens as it settles down. You can
return the jewellery for shortening at a later date.
BMG recommends: Not to purchase gold threaded end products
from companies not offering a shortening service unless
you are 100% sure of your exact size, even then if your
piercing shrinks it may still require shortening. Remember
if you get it wrong you may be wasting your money.
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Personal Service
Although our Internet presence is growing all the time,
our products only appeal to a select type of person requiring
the very best value for money in high quality body jewellery.
This means our customer base will always remain quite
small in comparison. In turn this enables us to give a
more personal and professional service to our devotees.
Many of our customer’s return time and time again telling
us they will never buy from any one else ever again. Over
time we build up a great understanding and mutual respect
with many of our customers. You will find us helpful,
polite, and honest. We will not make promises we cannot
keep. Feel free to call or send e-mail with your questions
however trivial it may seem.
Last year saw an explosion of gold body jewellery, ever
increasing amounts of 9ct gold, mass-produced items from
China, Singapore, and Korea etc. There is always a market
for this stuff as tempted teenagers cannot afford real
gemstones and gold which is healthy for them and their
piercing. At last a few select companies are beginning
to produce some limited designs using 14ct nickel free
gold. We have even seen a couple of nice designs which
where not copied from us recently !! Unfortunately the
stones where fake and cheaply set.
BMG recommends: avoid 9ct gold use in body piercings as
it could damage your health and the health of your piercing.
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Watch
out for sharp edges
When we design a new piece we ensure that the final result
will be smooth without using protruding prongs at the
corners to hold the stone. This type of setting can continually
get caught in clothing and eventually break off leaving
the stone to work loose and fall out. Some manufactures
prefer this as it cuts down the amount of gold used, enabling
them to produce a cheap product. All of our stones are
set firmly in place by the hand and eye skills of our
expert craftsmen. No compromise is made in the amount
of gold used resulting in a product that will last a lifetime
and beyond. You may pay a little more for our products,
but in reality you get a whole lot more.
We do not design jewellery that will cut and tear your
piercing. All our products are produced with your pierce
in mind, as we are experts in both body piercing and jewellery
design. We understand the importance of comfort and long
term wear. If you require advice on designs to suit your
piercing please call or e-mail us.
BMG recommends: not to spend a lot on pronged set jewelled
products, unless manufactures can offer a guarantee the
coloured glass will not work loose. If you buy a genuine
BMG product from any of our showcases, you will not have
this problem.
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Navel
Dressing
The art of navel dressing. When purchasing a belly bar you
should be aware of the shape of your navel. The navel tends
to fall into 5 main categories.
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The
deep round navel. If small, or if not too deep, an
oval or round piece is usually best for this type
of person.
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The
large round navel. This type of person tends to have
a flat ridge of flesh across the top of the navel.
In general they are versatile for any piece, but triangles
or heart shapes and rectangles look just fantastic.
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The
flat navel. These are usually quite big and suitable
for most designs we recommend avoiding small round
pieces as they can rock from side to side making the
pierce look crooked. Go for an Open Heart, Le Quad
or spoil yourself with a teardrop.
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The
deep navel with a smooth bottom i.e. deep at the top
and as it gets lower there is no defining line of
flesh. Sometimes a crease will be prominent from the
inside moving down vertically in the centre. This
type of navel is a must for a teardrop. Ovals suit
for this type as well.
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The
triangle navel: If you have a triangle shape you are
the most versatile of all. Our triangle designs will
look just fantastic and teardrops just a dream. Any
of the designs will suit.
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Mining-Cutting-Hand Crafting
to the very highest standard |
This is a one of our supplier’s gemstone mines.
Every morning before mining can begin natural seepage
from the wet soil has to be pumped out.
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Gemstone Mine |
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Panning for smaller stones
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This takes about four hours during which time the
pumped water is panned for smaller stones.
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Once the stones are collected the best are selected
and cut to the appropriate shape. |
Stones are cut to the appropriate
shape |
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A
polishing wheel for shaping cabochon stones |
With the more unusual shapes such as hearts &
teardrops it can take some time to select the right
cutting. Moonstones are polished into shape using
these basic tools. |
Once
all the gemstones are cut and polished, the jewellery
can be made. |
Our goldsmiths are fine craftsmen
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They set each stone in place using hand and eye skills,
each piece being carefully inspected before dispatch.
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Careful inspection before being dispatched.
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