from the moment you call to the moment you step foot through the door of that shop, you'll feel…read morelike you're in good hands. I did so much research before booking an appointment with Jen because I specifically wanted to get my nipples pierced. I wanted to go to someone with experience and all the reviews online pointed to Jen! getting an appointment was not difficult, you can book online. paperwork must be completed prior to your appointment. when you first arrive, you need to text the number on the door before they let you in. once you are inside, they'll confirm your piercing of choice with you and then Jen pops out of nowhere and takes you into a room! she let me start off with any questions I had and boy, did I have a lot. I had gone down an internet rabbit hole and I knew I needed to speak to an actual professional before the piercing. Jen is a saint with the patience of an angel. she showed me a few photos and helped me figure out if I wanted a vertical or horizontal nipple piercing. she will make sure everything is consensual prior to doing it. I got to pick out my jewelry prior to the piercing and she sanitized the jewelry in the room. now, I knew I went with the right piercer when Jen took her sweet, sweet time marking my nipples. not only did she take her time, she made sure it was even and looked good. I was so impressed with her ability to eyeball a nipple and to get it centered. Jen will mark your nipples a few dozen times, but you want that because the last thing you want is a freaking lopsided piercing so trust the process! when we started the actual process of piercing, she went through how she was going to pierce it and had me take a deep breath to help with the nerves. a nipple piercing seriously hits a little differently than a piercing on your ear. the pain didn't last very long and Jen asked if I needed additional time before piercing my other nipple....which I declined because I really just wanted it done after the piercings, she had me lay there for a bit before sitting up. I know getting up too fast can make some people light headed especially after a piercing and she explained, it can happen especially when the blood flow is redirected after a procedure like so. she went over healing, what to do and what not to do after the piercing and cleaning with me. all in all, Brilliance Piercing is highly recommended. I truly can't thank Jen enough for dealing with my hundreds of questions, making sure my piercings would look good, making sure I was comfortable every step of the way and most of all for just being one of the best professional piercers I have ever encountered. if you're interested in piercing your body in anyway, I cannot recommend Jen enough. she only works two days a week now so for me to snag a 4:50 PM appointment on a Thursday with her was a blessing. also big shout out to Keightley and Elizabeth for their fantastic customer service. they answered all my questions and were super patient with me as well!

I initially came here to get my ears repierced after they closed up during my postpartum period. I…read moreswallowed the high price tag expecting premium service, but their customer service is completely rigid and lacking any basic empathy. Be prepared to spend hundreds of dollars once you factor in the premium jewelry they require you to purchase. Their piercing appointments are scheduled for an hour, yet the actual piercing only takes about 5-10 minutes. A significant portion of the appointment is spent discussing and selling jewelry. The real problem came with the follow-up downsizing appointment. After they emailed me to schedule it, the earliest availability was about a month out. As a new mom coordinating childcare for a baby and making a 40-minute drive through NoVA traffic is not easy. The downsizing appointment itself is only scheduled for 20 minutes, which made what happened next even more frustrating. Unfortunately, there was a lot of traffic on a Saturday and I arrived 12 minutes late. When I got there, a front desk lady met me at the door and refused to let me in. My appointment was canceled on the spot because I hadn't called or texted to say I was running late. I was driving and not checking my phone, which apparently didn't matter. There was no flexibility, no understanding, and no sympathy whatsoever for any circumstances. I was told another client was waiting in their car. So after waiting a month for an appointment, arranging my schedule around a baby, and driving 40 minutes, I left without receiving any service at all. Their policies may be their policies, but customer service matters too. The experience felt cold, inflexible, and completely dismissive. Given how much time is built into their appointments and how heavily they emphasize jewelry sales, I was surprised there was absolutely no flexibility for a customer who was a little late due to traffic. There are plenty of piercing studios out there, and after this experience, I would absolutely not waste time here. The prices are already high, and the lack of consideration for customers and new moms made me feel like a lesser person.

I received multiple recommendations to this business for my first tattoo and I am so happy I…read morefollowed the recs! Maddy was FANTASTIC. She is super personable to talk to - that my session went by pretty quickly - and so skilled at what she does. I sent over two inspo pictures and she got the design just right with the font, spacing and even delicateness of the letters! I absolutely love it. I normally get skin hives from environmental stressors but my tattoo was only slightly red immediately after and not hiving at all in the recovery. It is healing really well, too. The business itself is also very welcoming and bright. I cannot recommend this business and Maddy enough!

Cute little area in Vienna! We had the piercer Dennis and he was quick and efficient. My friend and…read moreI got matching helix piercing. They have a mixture of gold and titanium jewelry where you can choose from! The team was friendly and attentive to my friend and I questions.

Got two snug piercings from this place months ago. Clean store, cool decor for the place…read more Craig was super sweet.

Absolutely wonderful business! It was like going to a Medi-Spa…read more My sister pierced my ears when I was a child and one ear was crooked making it difficult to wear earrings so I stopped wearing them and I thought my ears had closed up. Marvin was fabulous. He used a tool and discovered that my ears were still open and he was able to insert earrings. He was very gentle, and concerned about my comfort. I would definitely recommend!

I got yelled at by an incredibly rude employee while looking at jewelry, specifically the earrings…read more Overall the store isn't neat, and things are all confusing. Very dusty, so its bad if you have allergies, and the store itself was quite dirty. I also witnessed the same employee be very rude to this daughter and her mother when she asked for a piercing done. Numerous cosmetics and/or toys were also opened with trash just lying around. I was very disappointed as my girls just love this store so much.

I bought a pair of starter gold pierced earrings. The earrings were lost due to unforeseen…read morecircumstances. I returned to the store 2 hours later same day to buy another pair. While the sales person was preparing my earrings she called her manager laughing about my situation and making disparaging comments about how stupid I was losing my earrings, next to me for the duration of the call. She did not ask why the earrings were lost. She did not apologize for her call. i was so shocked at this behavior I couldn't say anything at the time. Bad attitude doesn't even begin to describe this sales person. There is something really wrong with mgmt, sales person training and hiring at this store.

The most FANTASTIC shop/artist I have ever been too. Fernando knows EXACTLY what he is doing when…read moreit comes to professionalism, tattooing and quality. It obviously rubs off to his team as they are ALL amazing artists. Fernando did my full arm sleeve and the amount of people that stop me to talk about the work is astronomical. I've even got pierced here too. VERY SAFE and CLEAN environment. When you sit in the chair here whether it be a tattoo or piercing listen to when I say, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY about the quality of either as they surpass the expectations every time. 10/10 Recommended.

I'm disappointed to have to update my review but my recent experience make it necessary. I went…read moreback to Embassy Tattoo for another piercing (a conch) and had no issues. I asked a question about my original cartilage piercing and I was told that the piercer used a barbell that was too short and there was no way for the piercing to swell and heal properly. My earring was changed but I was charged for a new earring, even though they used the wrong one in the first place. A few weeks later I was cleaning the conch piercing and the earring fell out, and because it was a small earring that screwed into the back, it was not easy to put back in myself or with my husband's help. I called Embassy Tattoo to ask if they could put my earring back in for me, and they said they weren't taking jewelry changes that day because they were running a special for only new piercings. When I said it wasn't a new piercing, it was a 3 week old piercing that fell out, they told me it didn't matter and to stop by the next day. I definitely wasn't waiting a day to put a new piercing back into my ear when it was throbbing, swelling, and would definitely close by then. I went to another tattoo shop nearby who, after saying a new piercing should not have been a screw-in earring, changed the earring for one that snapped in. They also took a look at the new piercing and the original cartilage I got at Embassy Tattoo and said both were pierced on an angle which makes it harder to heal (as I've been experiencing over these last few months). While the staff at Embassy Tattoo are great, I don't see myself going back to after this.

We went to Belleza Lase, a few months ago, for our daughter's ear piercing and the experience was…read morephenomenal! The care the sisters showed from start to finish and also explaining each step of the way, made for such a positive experience. Our daughter felt celebrated and comfortable. Cannot say enough positives about this special place and time for our daughter and so glad we chose Belleza (chose here based on all the positive reviews and the cleanliness and safety procedures). The sisters even took their awesomeness to another level when a week later, our daughter's earring fell out by accident (while playing) and when we messaged Belleza, our phone rang within a few minutes and we were walked through the process of how to get the earring back in! So personal and the sisters went above and beyond for both instances! So happy we chose to celebrate this milestone, for our daughter, with Belleza!

From start to finish this was a luxury experience for my daughter. The spa is clean and has such…read morepositive energy. The twins were amazing with my shy daughter and made her feel so special and at ease. I would never go anywhere else for any of our piercing needs in the future. It was worth the drive for us.

Rooster has done two tattoos for me--my very first tattoo and another one that's incredibly…read moreimportant to me. Both times, he did an amazing job and made sure I felt comfortable throughout the entire process. We always end up talking about aliens , which makes every session even better. I 100% recommend Rooster as a tattoo artist. He's incredibly dedicated to his work, and the quality speaks for itself. I refuse to go to anyone else except him!

I had an amazing experience with Rooster for a partial sleeve tattoo. When I decided to get a…read morememorial tattoo for my niece, I knew he was the right artist for the job. I reached out to him on Wednesday night with my idea, and he responded right away, I was lucky enough to get in Thursday. Rooster was amazing at transforming my thoughts into vibrant art. As we finalized the design, I became emotional, and Rooster's care and compassion truly stood out. I can't recommend him enough for his incredible talent and kindness. He is so talented that he was able to refresh four of my old tattoos and made them look brand new!

Rico was an amazing guy to pierce my ears, good stuff all around great place. Made me feel…read morecomfortable and not any pain

I did an order online. I received the wrong product TWO DAYS before Valentine's Day!!! Had to wait…read moretwo weeks for an "investigation " before I received a return shipping label. Now it's been over 10 business days and still no refund , even though they have the merchandise. I called 2/16 and the product hasn't even been scanned in and the rep said it should have been by now . The rep also had a different refund amount! I know they didn't deduct for shipping after they sent me the wrong product because that would be insane.!!! That's the only thing I can think of that would deduct from my refund. I will NEVER order from here again !!!

Almost went to a competitor and so glad I didn't. I love that they used single use needles which…read moreallows precision and ease of pleasure. I was lucky enough to get Dom and he was phenomenal. It wasn't painful as I thought. He said breathe, applying a little pressure, push push, and breathe out. It was that easy. I settled on a Tragus and Flat Helix. I absolutely love them. I'm praying no infection with constant cleaning (2x a day) and great healing. The girls up-front were phenomenal. They were all positive and reassuring. They took their time with me, answered all questions, including showing me options with position on the ear. I valued the time including their positive energy.

I had a great experience at studs. I was nervous but the staff were very friendly. The attendant…read moregreeted us when we walked in, and she helped me decide on which piercings to get and showed all the jewelry options. After signing the waiver I got called back by my piercer (Kayla), who was friendly and made sure the markings were in a good spot before then I got pierced. I received aftercare instructions by both the piercer and the store attendant as I checked out. I will be coming back to studs if I decide to get more piercings. :)

The best piercer in Northern VA. Super clean, very knowledgeable, and extremely detail-oriented…read more Piercings are something you live with for life, so you really have to love them. Lora is truly the best -- highly recommend. I used to have very low piercings and they looked terrible. I tried getting stacked piercings at Rowan, but the nurse (piercer) didn't really know what they were doing. My ears were poked multiple times, nothing was lined up, and it just looked off. Even though I paid a lot, I ended up taking them out. Then I went to Lora -- she immediately understood what I wanted, walked me through everything, and gave thoughtful recommendations. The result looks SO much better. I honestly wish I had found her earlier. Do not go to places that use piercing guns or devices -- they don't follow your markings properly. Go to Lora.

Nate did an awesome job on my snake & ferns tattoo! Definitely felt like we were buddies by the end…read morelol. Highly recommend this place