Live By The Sword Tattoo - Union Square

We had a very good experience getting my 15 year old pierced at this shop. It was extremely busy for a Monday night, but organized, well lit, and most importantly, clean. My teenager appreciated the same day appointment availability. Darkell was knowledgeable and professional. He took his time making sure the marks were level before performing the piercing and was thorough in explaining aftercare. I have his card for follow up questions and he even helped my daughter put proper jewelry in her self-done 2nd lobe piercing. Our appointment was only scheduled for the septum, but he pierced her bridge as well. The only reason that I am rating 4/5 stars is because I purchased jewelry for my own lobe at a mark up and it was not the correct gauge so my $40 gem post pulled through the same night never to be seen again. If not for basically losing that money it would have been a five star experience. I would definitely go back to this shop again for another piercing for my daughter, although I would go on a Tuesday & take advantage of their buy one get one half off piercing deal. The only hiccup we had was that my 15 year old doesn't have photo ID, so make sure that yours does & bring it if you're getting work done on a minor. We had to get creative to prove my daughter's age because birth certificate plus my id wasn't sufficient. All in all, I recommend this shop if you don't mind getting work done in a fast paced, busy environment and in an open room with many stations side by side kind of like a large hair salon.

today i got two tragus piercings by Phunky! (IG: Cyberneedles) it was the best experience ever! My piercings were done perfectly, quickly and painlessly. Phunky is so fun they were so fun to chat with and created such a comfortable environment where i felt so safe and like they were a master professional i really trusted them and it went perfectly. They talked me through all the aftercare, answered all my questions very carefully and throughly and helped me find the perfect jewelry i wanted! I cannot reccomend getting pierced by Phunky enough!!

Aspen is such an awesome and amazing soul such a great vibe from him. Honestly first time getting pierced and went nuts for 6 for a specific look. And i must say he knows his stuff. Gave me water just incase (no charge some people do) had such a great night made me feel safe and in good hands. Im from NJ and came all the way here and i honestly don’t regret after such great enthusiasm and social connection with him. Definitely gave me best advice made me feel right at home and no negative vibes. Sounds to good to be true but i guess the only way to find out is if you go out and see. And a heads up spoiler alert is if not the best piercer in the game. SUPER UNDERRATED!!!! 10 stars and a GALAXY FOR HIM!!!!