Claire’s

I got my upper ear pierced today here by Erika! She is great and she makes everything so easy! It wasn’t painful at all!!! I can’t wait to go back for another piercing!

Got my ears pierced by here last night. I’ve gotten both lobe piercings done here and have no problems. Everything is sanitized beforehand. They use pre-​packaged needles as well as gloves while doing the quick procedure.
Healing process is fairly simple: the higher up your ear you go, the longer it takes to heal. My second lobe piercing will probably take about 8 weeks but I’m leaving it in even longer since last time I was too eager to switch them out and the holes ended up closing lol :(
They give you a sanitizer solution with the piercing. Clean the piercings (front and back) 3x a day and make sure to move it around.
Simple, clean, and decently priced. The employees don’t rush to do the ear piercing which is nice.

My daughter got her ears pierced here and they did a fine job:
— Clean environment — workers sanitized, wore gloves, etc.
— Comfortable for kids — workers were calm, caring, and offered my daughter a teddy bear to hold
— Both ears done at once — in order to alleviate some of my daughter’s fear/​apprehension they had two workers pierce her ears at the same time rather than doing one and then the other
— We followed their instructions and have had no infections
Some of the stuff in here is pretty junky and overpriced but they always seem to have cute, fun things on sale that kids/​teens will love.

I got my cartilage pierced here and it was fine. I was worried at first because I read some reviews saying that their ears got infected from the gun but they use prepackaged earrings and they also sanitize their hands and other equipment (including the gun) to make sure everything is clean. Overall, it’s definitely a good place to get a piercing and it seems to me that those whose ears did get infected either bought a lower quality earring, didn’t take care of their piercing properly, or just have really sensitive ears/​skin. So the only real downside is that the earrings do cost quite a bit. I think it’s worth it just because I like the quality of their earrings. I still have the ones that I bought from them when I got my lobes pierced 7 years ago.
They gave me a 20% off coupon with the piercing which was awesome because they also had a $ 5 sale on accessories so I got a lot of good stuff for a good price.

It’s your typical Claire’s experience! There are always a ton of accessory options and they conveniently have the clearance items on rounds when you walk in. No complaints!

THIS IS REVIEWING THE EAR PIERCINGS NOT THE STORE ITSELF. Don’t ever get piercings done at Claire’s. They use plastic guns that are NEVER completely sterilized. Also the gun basically jams a blunt earring through your ear which is not good at all. If you are planning on getting your ears pierced please do your self a favor and go to a piercing studio or a tattoo parlor.

Ear piercings around $ 30.
I thought the guns were more like a spring loaded gun rather than a little toy thingy that relies on the person’s manual squeezing the thingy to advance the needle through the ear. Seriously, those people, if they wanted to, can squeeze very slowly and torture a poor child. My daughter let out a yell and made the next person in line a little nervous.
As far as jewelry goes, lots of cheap stuff to keep your little princess happy. If adults are looking for better quality items that won’t tarnish, make fingers blue and be around for decades, I’d suggest Macy’s or Nordstrom. It’s not a bad store to grab that extra accessory for proms or winter formals — items your little princess will likely wear only once.

I got my ears pierced here a year ago. I did get tons of infections even though I followed after-​care instructions to the letter, so I wouldn’t recommend getting them pierced here. If you do, make sure you get someone that’s been there a while and knows what they’re doing.
If you buy regular-​priced earrings and other jewelry here, it can get pricey. However, the last time I went, I stumbled upon their red-​line sell where their discounted earrings only cost a dollar. So obviously I went ahead and stocked up on earrings.
Be sure to check the quality of the earrings before you buy them. Check the backs to make sure the posts are straight and not rusted and that all of the earrings have their respective stops or clasps, and that there is a pair of every set, if you’re buying a pack of earrings.
The stuff you buy here is a little cheap, so don’t throw it around and expect it not to break. If you treat it well, it’ll last much longer. I have yet to break any of my earrings from here because I’m always careful with them.