Pick a size first

8mm is the smallest and the one to buy for a second or third piercing — it reads as a ring of metal rather than a hoop. 10mm and 12mm are the everyday sizes and the ones that sell hardest. 14mm starts to be visible from across a room. 16mm and 21mm — the two Sutton styles — are statement hoops that still close like a huggie.

The Scarlett line covers 8, 10, 12 and 14mm in both gold and silver, plain or set with CZ, and it is the single biggest thing on this page: nine live styles, 615 pairs last year. Sunday Hoop and Nylah cover the same sizes with a rounder profile; Ava Infinity Hoop is the seamless version, with a snap closure and no visible hinge.

Charm huggies

Twenty-odd styles hang something from the hoop — Willa Heart, Jo, Celine, Esther Cross, Sadie Bow, Lock and Key, Amara, Kai Seashell, Aster Star, Nola, Dakota Heart, Faye Butterfly, a Baseball, and the Edith drops in clear, blue, pink, lavender and red. Several charms are removable, so the same hoop is a plain 10mm on a Tuesday and something else on Saturday.

Why the closure is the whole argument

A huggie lives or dies on how it shuts. A hinged clicker snaps closed against the back of the lobe with nothing to unscrew and nothing to lose — no butterfly back working its way loose in a jumper, no wire to catch. All sixty-two styles here use it.

That matters more when the earring never comes out. All sixty-two are 316L surgical-grade stainless steel, rated waterproof — shower, pool, ocean and sweat — and made to ASTM F2923-20, the US children's jewelry standard, which is why twenty-three of them are also sold as kids' styles.

Gold on forty-four styles, silver on thirteen.

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Questions

How does a huggie earring stay on?

It hinges. The hoop opens at one side and snaps shut against the back of the lobe — a clicker closure, which every one of the sixty-two styles here uses. There is nothing to screw on, nothing to push through, and no separate back to lose.

Can you sleep and shower in them?

All sixty-two are rated waterproof for shower, pool, ocean and sweat, and sit close enough to the ear to sleep in comfortably. They are 316L surgical-grade stainless steel, so sweat and chlorine do not do what they do to plated brass.

What size huggie should I buy?

8mm for a second or third piercing, 10mm or 12mm for an everyday first hole — those two sizes sell more than the rest combined. 14mm reads as a proper hoop, and the 16mm and 21mm Sutton styles are statement size with a huggie closure.

Are huggies suitable for children?

Twenty-three of the sixty-two are sold as children's styles, and all sixty-two are made to ASTM F2923-20, the US standard for children's jewelry, which limits nickel release and lead and cadmium content. The hinged closure is the practical part — there is no back for a child to lose.

Can I change the charm?

On several of the charm huggies, yes — the charm lifts off the hoop, so one pair works as a plain huggie or with a heart, a cross, a bow or a seashell on it. The product page says which styles are removable.