one teaspoon of salt for every one cup of warm water.

Get a needle either 16 or 18 gauge, a regular earring is 18, but 16 is a bit bigger which will make putting a ring thru easier. Steralize the needle in rubbing alcohol or hydro. peroxide. along with the ring you're going to use. I say ring, but I mean stud. Never put a ring in as your first earring or your hole will heal curved and cause a lotta issues in the future. Ice the ear if you're worried about pain. Mark the place you want to pierce, try and keep it atleast 1mm away from the edge incase it decides to migrate (when your body rejects the piercing because of the metal or placement and it basically gets PUSHED from your skin). Use a NON TOXIC marker or felt-tip pen, no bics or anything. You may want someone else to push the needle thru but if you think you can do it, make sure you can do it straight, although its your piercing and a slant or crooked piercing won't harm you, just may look funky. Press the needle thru as fast as you can, it may actually get STUCK towards the end, but that's completely normal when DIY peircing, so don't get discouraged and keep pushing, you may actually hear a "pop" which yes, is your skin actually popping out. If you have a straight needle that doesn't change sizes towards one end of the needle, pull it through and towards the end prepare your earring to follow the end of the needle. If not, remove the needle completely (you may want to leave it in for a little while so your ear gets comfortable with it BUT it will start to be sore and hurt after a few minutes). After removing the needle press the earring through the hole, which may be a little bit difficult but you can eventually do it. If you "lose" the hole, wait atleast a week to try again. Steralize everything as best you can. NEVER hold a flame over metal to steralize it, it doesn't work like you'd expect. NEVER use peroxide or rubbing alcohol on a peircing because it's such a harsh liquid that it actually kills the 'good' germs along with the bad and also ruins the new skin growing. Use a scent-free, colourless soap like Dial. DO NOT overclean it or it will get infected or won't heal.