Plastic/silicone earrings

[nicolewi]

DD wants to wear more earrings to school this year with her boring uniform, but she has trouble with anything other than actual gold. I'm not investing in a whole bunch of 14K options! Thinking of trying some of the plastic-type earrings. Any recs? Blomdahl, Earrings by Emma, etc?

[lessel]

I haven’t tried any of those, but I’ve struggled with irritation from earrings for the last several years and gave up wearing them for awhile. I’ve had my ears pierced since I was a baby and in my 30s my ears were just like, nope! I saw something random online recently about dipping the earring posts in Vaseline before putting them in and it’s totally worked for me!

[ohgillian]

Similar to lessel, I have found that painting the stems with clear nail polish protects my ears really well.

[charlatti]

The Vaseline trick seems to work for me too (actually Aquaphor, because that’s what I had). I had never heard of plastic earrings — the Earrings by Emma are cute and inexpensive!

[quesyrah]

I can also only wear real gold. I recently learned about the Vaseline trick and so far it’s worked well for me.

I have never worn plastic earrings.

[waverly]

My ears are irritated easily and I’m apparently allergic to nickel. I can wear the hypoallergenic type. I agree with Vaseline/ aquaphor for irritation.

[maudefindlay]

DD and I both have sensitive ears. I have bought her several sets from this brand, Minihope off of Amazon, and she wears them with no issues.

[IndiaInk]

I also have sensitive ears and bought some from Rowan. My ears have been really happy so far. They don't have any dangly/pendant earrings but the ones they have are great!

[hermione]

Every female in my mother’s side has the nickel allergy. UnpossibleCuts.com has fun earrings and the sterling silver posts don’t bother me or my daughter.

[aprilsails]

Just a plug that the “Emma” from Earrings by Emma is my DD’s close friend! She’s super sweet and her Mom runs the business in her spare time and “Emma” gets to help choose the designs. DD is getting her ears pierced this fall and is so excited that she will be able to wear all the earrings they have given us over the years. She has lots of clip on styles but wants to wear the real ones too. Sometimes I wear them. Hehehe.

[nicolewi]

aprilsails, that's so cool!! Wow!

[zarapipe]

My girls have sensitive ears and they basically exclusively wear earrings from this shop. They are adorable and they can leave them in for a long time with no irritation.

www.etsy.com/shop/LilliputLittleThings

[nicolewi]

Sept 6, 2022 8:55:26 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

My girls have sensitive ears and they basically exclusively wear earrings from this shop. They are adorable and they can leave them in for a long time with no irritation.

www.etsy.com/shop/LilliputLittleThings

These are SO CUTE!

[af1212]

All of you out there with nickel allergies just a heads up they make “nickel guard” you can put on nickel stuff - stays longer than nail polish.

Also they make another product you can use to test for nickel if you’re not sure.

It’s all from no nickel . Com

My husband has a Nickel allergy.