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Three holes, or seven. With a few simple rules, your ear looks exactly the way it was meant to.
Start at the bottom with your biggest piece and go smaller as you move up: a 12 to 15 mm hoop or huggie in your first hole, a 10 mm huggie in your second and a stud in your helix. Choose one eye-catcher with stones and keep the rest plain. One gold colour looks calm. Mixing yellow and white gold works when each colour appears at least twice.
Five words that often get mixed up. Here's how to tell them apart:
| Piece | What it is | Where it goes in your stack |
|---|---|---|
| Huggie | A small hoop that hugs your earlobe and clicks shut | Your second or third hole, or your first for a calm look |
| Hoop | A bigger hoop that hangs more freely, from around 15 mm | Your first hole: the base |
| Stud | A post earring that sits flat on your lobe | Anywhere you want a dot of gold |
| Piercing | A stud with a flat back, made for cartilage | Helix, flat, conch and tragus |
| Ear cuff | A little ring that clips around the edge of your ear, no hole needed | Mid or high on your ear |
So the difference between a huggie and a hoop comes down to size and how it falls. A huggie hugs your lobe, which is where the name comes from. A hoop hangs loose and moves with you. Part of every hoop sits behind your lobe, so on your ear it looks a little smaller than the millimetres suggest. That's why the on-ear photos are worth a look.
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An ear stack that works follows a few simple rules.
In your first hole, the Essential Huggie Hoops in 12 mm. In your second, the Essential Small Huggie Hoops in 10 mm. In your helix, a small gold sphere. Smooth, light, and you'll forget you're wearing them all day.
Hang a little charm on your Essential Huggie Hoops in 12 mm, like a heart or a moon. In your second hole, a plain 10 mm huggie. Higher up, a star piercing, and an ear cuff for an extra line of gold.
In your first hole, pavé huggies with cubic zirconia. In your second, a plain huggie, so the sparkle has room to breathe. Finish with an ear cuff with stones. Two spots that sparkle, the rest gold: plenty of shine, never too much.
The higher the hole, the less room there is between the hole and the edge of your lobe. That's why a smaller hoop suits a hole higher up.
| Size | How it sits | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 10 mm | Close around your lobe, very subtle | Second or third hole |
| 12 mm | Close to your lobe, with a little more presence | The size that suits almost everyone |
| 15 mm | Hangs just clear of your lobe | First hole |
| 18-20 mm | A clear, defined hoop | First hole, in the lead role |
| 25 mm and up | A statement | First hole, with a stud above at most |
Our huggies come in sizes from 10 to 13 mm. All our earrings are real gold, nickel-free and suitable for sensitive skin.
Want to bring your cartilage into it? In helix, tragus, conch or flat you'll find which piercing goes where and which length to choose.
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A huggie is a small hoop that hugs your earlobe, usually 10 to 13 mm. A hoop is bigger, from around 15 mm, and hangs more freely. In an ear stack, the hoop goes at the bottom and the huggie above it.
There's no set number. Three already makes a real stack: a hoop, a huggie and a stud. More works too, as long as you choose one eye-catcher and leave some space.
Absolutely. Let each colour appear at least twice and it looks intentional. Our white gold is 14 karat gold with a fine rhodium layer.
Usually 10 mm. Your second hole sits higher, with less room to the edge of your lobe, so a small huggie looks best there.
No. An ear cuff clips around the edge of your ear, no hole needed. It's a great way to see how a stack looks higher up your ear before you get a new piercing.
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