The Sharp End Magazine

25/01/2024

It's almost our first birthday! And omg, have we got an anniversary issue in store for you. Don't miss out - subscribe now or let us know if your address has changed. 🎉🎉🎉 Link in bio!

27/12/2023

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2024's first webinar is going to be nothing short of spectacular!

Content creation 101 with 🎉📹📷🎉

The use of Video content and Social media has skyrocketed in recent years and sometimes as businesses we can feel a little lost with all the new ways to market ourselves! Content Creation 101 will give you the confidence and knowledge to build your brand, increase engagement and gain new clients by understanding the ins and outs of SEO, analytics and the new importance of video content (and how to make it!)

Tickets will be on sale 01/02/2024

23/12/2023

Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, some days of rest - whatever you're celebrating at this time of year, we wish you peace, joy, love, magic, prosperity and lots of sparkly goodness, now and for 2024. ✨✨✨

Thank you all for coming along for the ride this year - see you again in the next!

28/11/2023

Nice little cameo from the BSME awards night! 👀👀

Hosted in Rosewood London’s gorgeous ballroom, we dined the night away in the presence of the magazine industry’s top editors, art directors, and writers. “I...

20/11/2023

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Are you ready for an exciting announcement?! The UKAPP 2024 conference dates are confirmed! 🥳

We are very happy to announce that the dates will be:

15th - 17th September 2024

But there’s even more exciting news still to come because WE’RE MOVING CITY!

The city and venue will be announced soon so watch this space!

So why the move? We’ve taken onboard a lot of attendee, speaker and vendor feedback regarding space, cost, and experience and think we've come up with a plan to give conference the grandeur of Vegas, with the community feel of many European conferences.

- Expansion - After three sell out years, it's become clear that UKAPP is becoming a major international conference. We want to be able to host absolutely everyone who wants to attend, rather than having folks fight over the few remaining tickets! Last year 220 folks bought tickets. This year, we'll have nearly 500 available!

- Cost - We all know it's true; the Radisson was lovely, but we aren't all making £25 cocktail money. Our new host city have worked tirelessly with us to ensure we can provide affordable accommodations close to the conference space at under a quarter of the cost of a night in The Radisson. Don't worry though; For the bougie amongst us, there's still several high class spa hotels very close by who can pamper away the conference aches at the end of the day.

- Community - The nature of the new space and its layout lends itself to a more communal feel that gives attendees more opportunity to spend time together, and conference itself will be surrounded by more community oriented events than ever before!

We can’t wait to show you the new space and the new city, but in the meantime, we hope you add these dates to your diary so we can see you in 2024! ✨

01/11/2023

The new definition of Golden Hour: get ready to grab a pumpkin latte (other autumnal beverages also available) and get stuck into some seasonal sustenance courtesy of The Sharp End, Oct/Nov issue! 🍂🍂🍂 Landing any day now...

21/10/2023

We're still trying to wrap our heads around being shortlisted by the BSME for Launch of the Year! 🥂🥂🥂 A massive thank you goes out to all of our followers, subscribers, readers, advertisers and contributors - without your support we couldn't have achieved this. 🙏

Keep an eye on social media to see what happens at the big awards ceremony next month!

21/10/2023

We are happy to announce the new date for the webinar on the 30th of Oct. We hope you can all join us but if not then remember all purchased tickets receive a link to the recording of the webinar as well to watch back. As always you can grab your tickets through the link in the bio................................................
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12/10/2023

Omg! Your industry magazine only went and got shortlisted for a major magazine award!!! 🤩🤩🤩 We're beyond ecstatic. A massive thank you goes out to each and every subscriber, advertiser, contributor and supporter. 🙏🙏🙏

The shortlist for the 2023 has been announced, revealing those in the running for this year’s biggest digital and print magazine awards 🎉

The judges have hugely enjoyed going through all of the entries for the best editors across all sectors, standout art directors, columnists, launches, covers, and entries to our Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Director of the Year award.

As ever, there are two nomination categories: the Mark Boxer Award and the Editors' Editor of the Year Award. These are truly special awards to recognise extraordinary individuals for their dedication and outstanding editorial contribution to magazines.

Head to the link in our bio for the full list 🤩 And watch this space for your invitation to the 🍾

25/09/2023

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People and businesses are invited to share their views on how to make non-surgical cosmetic procedures safer as thousands complain of ‘botched’ procedures.

24/09/2023

UKAPP let's go! Stop by and say hi if you're at conference today. 👏👏👏

30/08/2023

What's that ya say? A new issue of The Sharp End? Best believe... 😎😎😎

Keep an eye on those letterboxes for some Aug/Sept goodness.

20/08/2023

Are you tired of always having to clean and process tools?

Then use the link below to join us for Going disposable with Elizabeth on the 4th of September.

This is sure to be an informative and useful one no matter if you've been working disposable already or want to start.

***** ⬇️ TICKET LINK NOW LIVE ⬇️ *****

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RhHk12uqRAmwXZ4BF3LvlQ

16/07/2023

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***** TICKETS NOW LIVE *****
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Our next amazing webinar is from and it's all about gemstones. For centuries artists and poets have used stones to express love, passion and power. So it’s no surprise that these glinting objects or desire have become a prevalent fixture in the body jewellery industry as a symbol of self expression and individuality................................................
Through this webinar we will look a little closer at the properties that set these gleaming jewels apart from the rest, their treatments and limitations and how best to present them to your clients................................................
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15/07/2023

Looks like you guys are all enjoying issue 3 of The Sharp End! 🖤🖤🖤

A massive thank you goes out to all of our advertisers, all of our contibutors, all of our subscribers, and to our cover star Aiko Hosten for this darkly beautiful cover image. What a winning combo you all are! 👏👏👏

08/07/2023

Marcus from is our latest announcement for trade show London!!!

Marcus is a shop design and business specialist and in this: his first class teaching role he teaches us how to maximise your studio space.

08/07/2023

Denise Thompson from is the next announcement for Trade show London!

I don’t think we could have picked a better candidate for this event!
‘The medical class’ will take us through a lot of the main concerns we can encounter as piercers in the modern era of piercing.

Denise is the current UKAPP Medical liaison officer and serving NHS Nurse, She also happens to be one amazing piercer.

Sunday August 27th

08/07/2023

🖤🖤🖤 We couldn't do any of this without our amazing advertisers and contributors, such as these absolute stars. Thank you, thank you! 🖤🖤🖤

Here at Body Alter we have been proud to work with the new piercer magazine The Sharp End Magazine alongside Industrial Strength UK & Stiletto Piercing Supplies UK

Paddy and Elizabeth have been featured in articles recently, too! Talking about our permanent bracelets, and Elizabeth has written a piece on Neurodiversity.

We were excited to share this with you all! ✨

27/06/2023

WHOOP! The Sharp End issue 3 will be winging its way to subscribers later this week! 🤘

Want a little clue about the cover feature this time? Well, we'll just leave you with those famous words of Lost Boy Rufio: "Lookie lookie, I got Hooky!" 🪝 🪝 🪝

25/06/2023

*****EVENT POSTPONED*****
NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED...............................................
All purchased tickets will be valid for the new date as well as always gaining access to the recording of the live event as wel................................................
WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT...............................................
Our next speaker is the brilliant bringing us Ethical Elegance: The hidden realities of gold and diamonds. This is a super informative class and looks into the ethical challenges of producing gold and diamonds for jewelry. The impact of mining on the environment, labour exploitation and responsible sourcing alongside lots of talk of gold and diamonds!...............................................
🎟️ Grab your ticket from the link in our bio 🎟️...............................................
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30/04/2023

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29/04/2023

Yes folks, issue 2 is here for your viewing pleasure, with a bangin front cover image by Adam from Anatometal UK! 🤩

27/04/2023

Big news from Cognition Training! Get your UK-specific blood-borne virus training here! 👇👇👇

The time has come that after a lot of work, stress and thinking it might never happen I can say that the first ever UK piercing specific accredited Blood-borne virus biosafety training is live!

head to https://cognition.training/courses/bbv-training/

19/04/2023

ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS! 🚨🚨🚨 Issue 2 of The Sharp End is officially signed off for print! Packed with more industry goodness, it's for piercer eyes only (🍆) and will be landing on your doormat in a week or so... Whoop!

08/04/2023

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04/03/2023

Spotted in its natural environment... ✨✨✨

26/02/2023

Well, Issue 1 has well and truly landed. Let's take a moment to appreciate the incredible design skills of The Sharp End's creative director Craig John. I mean just WOW, right?! 🤩🤩🤩

Thank you all for the fantastic reception you've given the magazine. We hope you're enjoying the read!

16/02/2023

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As some of you may have seen I am super excited to be back piercing at this year's Piercer trade show event alongside Cristiano Aielli for the open techniques class.

As well as this I will be taking bookings for piercings over the weekend as well, so if you'd like to get pierced by me please drop me a DM for more details.