I'm one of those people who has pondered adding piercings or tattoos to my body for ages, but has never actually gotten around to getting any. This no-pierce belly button ring is made for people who want to play around with body jewelry, without the pain or commitment of actually getting pierced.

I was a little surprised to see that this is made by California Exotics. Who knew a company that makes vibrators would also do body jewelry? I noticed that they also make non-piercing nipple rings and this actually appears to be the exact same product, just one instead of two. Funny enough, it would be cheaper to purchase 2 of these belly button rings than the pair of nipple rings. Unfortunately, there is no "actual size" photo available for either one, so I can't be sure they are actually the same thing. I'm actually kind of curious if after coming up with the nipple rings, California Exotics just said "Hey! I bet we could sell the same thing solo and call it a belly button ring!"

The ring arrived inside a plastic package with an insert containing basic information, such as California Exotic's website, and that this is sold as a novelty only. The material is listed as "metal", which is a little vague, especially since some people have allergies.

The ring itself measures about an inch in diameter, and was really light. It is almost the same size as a quarter, which is larger than I expected. I was picturing something closer to the size of a dime.





It is a basic circular shape, but instead of being a solid circle, there is a tiny gap with small silver balls that close around the skin. A larger ball is free to move around the ring.

I was pretty skeptical that this would actually stay on for any length of time, and with good reason, because I couldn't get it to. I found it really hard to get the ring on my belly button to begin with. You need to pinch a small amount of skin between the ring's ends, and I tried everything from the smallest amount possible to a pretty good sized chunk, but nothing helped it stay on for more than a few seconds.

Being curious by nature, I of course had to test this out to see if it would work anywhere other than the navel. In the spirit of EdenFantasys, I tried a nipple first, with much better results. In my opinion, the ring is a little too large to be a nipple ring. But it stayed on much better there, and looked pretty hot. Once it is on a nipple you can even tug it gently without it popping off. I found that it provided a pleasing amount of pinch, so those who enjoy some nipple stimulation might enjoy wearing this during sex or solo play.

Continuing my experiments, I tried the ring on the outer part of my ear, where it stayed nicely, but again was a little too large. I wanted to try my eyebrow, but couldn't get it to go on.

Funny enough, this fits my ring finger perfectly, so I could wear it that way if I wanted. But I found the floating ball moves around a little too much to make it comfortable as a ring.

It is hard to say if the ring is a dud in general, or if it is just the shape of my own personal bellybutton that made it fail. If you can actually get the ring to stay on, I think this would be fun to surprise your partner with, or perhaps even use in some role play (It would go great with a sexy schoolgirl costume, for instance.)

If the ring is too tight, on whichever body part you are using it on, you can stretch it open a bit by pulling the balls apart. Be forewarned though, that once it is stretched I found it impossible to get it tighter again.

I really wish this had worked out better for its intended purpose, but I'm glad I will at least get some kind of use out of it!