I had gotten my dimples pierced here about a year ago but had to take them out soon after for my own reasons. When I recently went to another shop to see if I could get them repierced I was told that the piercer at Almost Famous was very ill informed on the piercings and had placed them in a very problematic place. And though I had researched before getting pierced the piercer also had failed to make sure I was aware of the issues that may occur or the more in depth care. While it was my responsibility to research I believe it was very unprofessional and irresponsible for her not to have made sure I knew what I was getting into. Not to mention the jewelry is overpriced and poor quality. read more

I Got my Tragus pierced here a couple of years ago. Good experience as it was quick, not too painful and healed well!

I went in for help and no one greeted me, had to ask for my own assistance, and didn't seem like she wanted to help me so very very rood roouuuude dudude ddur dRUDE read more

Went in on the 4th of July to get my belly button pierced the ladies there were really nice. Went back later to get longer jewelry because of the swelling . Both times I went the ladies there were very nice . Keep the work up ladies ! Will definitely be back for more piercings Update to my review :Tonight was my 4th piercing from this place every time I have came in I've had nothing but amazing customer service and piercings . Tonight Joanne s was my piercer and she has never pierced me before so it was not like she was just giving me a great experience bacause she had seen me 3 times. She moved my piercing dot 3 times to get it to the place I wanted it with no hesitation. I would have expected a eye roll or a rude remark any where else after replacing the dot 3 times but she had to problem with it . She was a really nice genuinely friendly girl . Teah was in the room watching Joanne pierce and she even gave me advice and her second opinion on the placement of my piercing ! Best part though Teah let me hold her hand when Joanne was doing the piercing ! (Everybody wants someone's hand to hold not because of the pain but because the nervousness of the pain. THANKS TEAH !) Seriously every body should get there piercing here . Yeah it's a big mall but there so close to a main entrance that you can go straight in and straight out , no mall action, no walking around the whole mall to find them ! Thanks almost famous And Joanne and teah really made my day ! read more

Almost Famous Body Piercing - Love my center lip piercing - Piercing Near Me - Bloomington, Minnesota

This pericing shop experience was bad. I got a new person who was in training and I would thought it be that bad because she was being watch by another peircer. First, I got both my daith and belly botton done and for the price it was expensive. Second when I got my daith done the piercer was having a hard time putting the actually jewelry and startrd to hurt bad because she was poking it around. The other piercer and had to continue the process. Third would be my belly button. She was able to pierce me fine but when she got the needle through and was change it for the jewelry she out a small cork on the end of the needle but the needle begin to go through the needle and started to pierce through another park of my skin and quickly told her and she didn't even give a sincere apoligize. NEVER AGAIN GOING BACK read more

I was not giving the right color I asked for or size that I preferred. Before stepping out the store I said something about it. The clerk was not helpful and said no returns. Even though I never left the establishment! read more

One of the best piercing experiences I've had. I got my nostril pierced by Amandam. She was efficient, professional, super friendly, and very knowledgable. The shop was clean, well-lit, and well-organized. With the BOGO deal, my friend and I both got our nostrils pierced for under $50 apiece. Definitely will come back for future piercing needs. read more

Got my philtrum jewelry changed and nipples pierced they hurt but Liz, my piercer talked to me the whole time so sweet answered all my questions and was super quick and clean. I Was super nervous but i got a great person to pierce me that made my experience a smooth one read more

Not even one star!!! Horrible service extremity rude.! Way over priced. They don't know what they're doing. We asked for help., they recommended the wrong size while we were right there next to the door. Would work with us to exchange for the correct size. We just held them next to the size I had in my purse and requested a exchange 2 min later. They said no, even though we didn't put them on. No exchange no correction for their miss recommending. We were in a hurry to fly out. read more

My daughter had been waiting for a long time to get her ear cartilage pierced and was very excited to go to the MOA to get it done.We called them ahead of time to see if I could give permission over the phone since she is 16. They said no,they needed to see our I.D.s. We drove about 30 minutes to the MOA and another 20 minutes to find parking. After another 30 minutes of decision making in the store, she had chose her jewelery and went up to the counter to show them our I.Ds. She took great care in studying all details of the drivers license then says to us, since your driver's license says West and hers doesn't we can't accept these and aren't going to do the piercing. Are you kidding me!!!...same last names, same everything except... that there might be a .01 percent chance that another girl lives at our address with the same name on the other side of town?!!! Really? read more

Came to get my industrial pierced, told me an hour and a half wait which was not necessarily the problem. People that have arrived periods of time after me were helped before me? read more

Went to the MOA location with a friend 11/20. We came to get 2 nostril piercings, and 4 lobe. The front desk staff was polite, knowledgable and all around great to work with! However our piercer (Shirley?) was kind of rude. We both got the impression that she didnt really feel like she had the time to deal with our questions, or even in general to do the piercings. We ended up just with the nostril piercings, as she gave us some misinformation regarding the lobe piercings (got a 2nd opinion, and done elsewhere). I appreciate more care and kindness from a artist, and wouldnt have her pierce me again. read more

amateur piercers and cheap jewelry. go literally anywhere else. anytime I've gone in to get jewelry switched, they go through 2-4 before one actually screws in. read more

I came here on a whim to get my tragus pierced and was blown away. My experience was amazing! The staff were great, friendly, helpful, reassuring and we'll trained! The whole experience was fun and relatively painful. The instructions and after care are wonderful also. Everything is completely sterile, as if you were having a procedure at your doctor's office. (And I worked in the medical field) I was so impressed that a couple weeks after having my tragus done, I came back to have my nipples pierced and my sister got her tongue pierced the same day. It's an awesome environment and worth every penny! read more

ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE We were visiting from CA for the weekend and our 9 year old daughter wanted to get her ears pierced. Sadly we saw this store. I stopped in and asked if I could set up an appointment and was told walk in and wait only. I was also informed that we needed her birth certificate and I explained to the girl working that we didn't have it with us, but I did have a photo copy of her passport card and CA Work Permit. I was told that would be ok and to go to walgreens across the hall and print them. So after after speaking it over with my wife who was downstairs with my daughter at Nick Universe we decided to do it. So I printed the requested documents and went back up to the store. Then I said I wanted to start the paperwork. I was told my daughter needed to be present. I asked why did they tell me earlier and the response was "I assumed you would know she would need to be here to fill out the paperwork." She is 9 and I am her guardian. I let them know she would be there once the appointment was ready and she was having fun downstairs on rides. But was told she needed to be there. Then I went down and got her and came back up. Now I was told it was now a 2 hour wait and that I could not use the diamond earrings I purchased moments earlier for $1000 at a jewelry store. I was told I need to use their over priced studs, which I was told because they could not guaranty the quality of the earrings I had purchased. While that was not what I wanted to hear. I understood. So I went back down to discuss with my wife and let my daughter go on another couple of rides with her cousins before they left. Fast forward to two hours later we stopped by and asked to set an appointment and when I showed them the documents I told them I had earlier I was told they were not acceptable. So after 5 trips to this store and doing exactly what they asked me to we ended up being turned away. This store is poorly run the manager clearly is an angry woman who hates her job and customer. I would expect a much higher level of competence and professionalism in manners and appearance if I was the owner and spending a premium to be in the MOA. We ended up going to Justice and having her ears pierced for 1/3 the price it literally took 5 minutes from walking in the store to walking out. Maybe this is the place to go if you are an adult, but I would not go here if you have children. read more

I wanted to get my septum re-pierced and another piercing on my lobe. The workers were friendly but there was a very poor selection of cheap jewelry to choose from. When getting pierced they used a gun on my lobe piercing, which I find very cheap instead of using a needle. Also, the jewelry I had to choose from had a post back whereas more experienced piercing places I have been to use a treadless end earring. Then a week after getting my septum pierced I lost the ball to my horseshoe ring. I had to go to a different piercing place because I went to this one while on a trip. When I was getting the septum jewelry changed the piercer told me that they pierced the cartilage where a septum piercing usually isn't pierced through and makes the piercing a lot more painful than it should have been if done correctly. I am very disappointed with this place. If you want a piercing that is cheap and done incorrectly with cheap jewelry then this place is for you. If you want good quality jewelry and a piercer that is experienced I definitely recommend going somewhere else because you won't experience that here. One of the professional piercers (from another city) recommended that next time I'm in the Minneapolis area to go to Saint Sabrina's Twin Cities if I want experienced piercers and a quality jewelry selection. read more

Went in to get me industrial done, which was done by Anna, and after two months of being priced the swelling grew bigger and the bar started to indent my ear. Had to go to the professional piercers at a tattoo shop for them to tell me it was so badly done that it had to be taken out immediately. I could of had it done for $30 at a tattoo shop but instead $85. Wouldn't recommend this location. read more

The service here is shit. I went in for a piercing and stood in front of the desk for 15 minutes while the employee was sorting papers. Did not get any greeting or anything. I patiently waited and then decided to just ask since the employee did not do anything. The employee said to wait, and as I waited helped other customers behind me. Terrible customer service. Even if you are "busy," (did not seem like it since there were only a few people in the store who had already been helped) you should not ignore the customer in front of you. read more

Bad customer service, staff was not friendly. Tried to make small talk while the piercer was doing her thing but she was very cold and short with me. Everything appeared to be sterile and in its own packaging but the jewelry is cheap, cheap, cheap. I got a double forward helix done there and both of the jewelry pieces fell out of my ear within a month! I had to go to another piercer x2 to get them put back in! After the second time I had to spend another $80 on jewelry so I wouldn't keep having this problem... And i had already spent close to $100 at Almost famous for everything. HUGE DISSAPOINTMENT! read more

I have literally absolutely no idea how they have so many bad reviews. The were professional, nice, thoroughly explained everything, and got me in fairly quickly. There was a really big jewelry selection, not as much for piercings but it makes sense as new piercings may need to be longer to accommodate for swelling or made in a different style for healing comfort. The piercer was so nice, she let me check the placement and told me what was happening. She was super quick and precise so I barely felt anything. Obviously it hurts, it's a giant hole shoved in your body but it was less painful than I expected and how nice and professional she was made me really comfortable so I was able to relax and experience less pain. The aftercare was explained to me and I got a pamphlet about aftercare with the aftercare rinse, and a copy of my piercing release form. Their COVID safety was great, the piercer wore gloves and washed her hands multiple time, I saw everything in the room being cleaned before I got pierced, and they take your temp before you can be pierced. I've seen in reviews that people are saying that they were angry because they can't return jewelry, but it's stated in the piercing release form that you may not return jewelry under any circumstances and if you're just there to buy jewelry it's posted everywhere "absolutely no returns on jewelry". I was nervous after seeing bad reviews but I don't regret going here for a second. My whole experience was great. The only complaint I have is that you can't make appointments, and you can end up sitting for quite a while. But you're in the mall of America, so you have a pretty big place to have fun and shop while you wait, and how awesome the service was makes up for the minor inconvenience of not being able to make an appointment. read more

I love my piercings, but be warned. They have a strict policy of no returns or exchanges, because they KNOW their materials are crap. Bought a septum ring and within a week the ball broke while I was sleeping. The only solution I was offered was buying a new ball. BUYING a new ball for a product that was already faulty. I suggest once your piercings have healed, buy your permanent jewelry elsewhere. Etsy or Ebay would be better. At least your spending dollars are protected. read more

Came in one night looking for a replacement nose stud as mine had fallen out. The lady working the front desk was very friendly and helpful, showing me all the different styles and lengths they had for options and seemed happy to answer all my questions. Long story short I wasn't able to get the stud in so I went in the next day and explained the situation to a different lady from before. She offered to put it in for me free of charge, and while I struggled for about 20 minutes failing to get it in, she had me in and out of the back within 5 minutes. Everything was done very professionally and properly sanitized. I've been to maybe 5 different piercing places so far and this one was not only the cheapest but the friendliest. read more

They helped my friend get her piercing but I was with her and the employee was SO rude to me. She yelled at me to move out of the way and was short tempered overall. She also told me to stand somewhere else. I won't go back. read more

I went into the mall of america for a Christmas party and ran across this store. The piercings themselves are over priced even with the bogo "deal". You have to pay for jewelry and cleaning products you may or may not even use. At a tattoo shop jewelry is included for half the price. I still chose to get several piercings. My issue came about when my piercing began to heal incorrectly. I returned to the shop about a week later and was told by my piercer this issue. Her reply was that there isn't any larger jewelry for my navel and that she knows the piercing isn't healing properly. The piercer then excused herself to call the store manager who was not in store nor did she answer. The piercer took down my information and assured me the manager would contact me as soon as she could. That never happened! Another week went past and I finally called the store again. The manager, Liz, was there and told me there was nothing she could do besides have me purchase additional jewelry after I already spent $200+!! Also the jewelry she would have me purchase is not even a navel piece! The manager stated I'd have to purchase a horseshoe which she'd have to manipulate to fit. I told her this was unacceptable! I asked for another manager and was told she couldn't give me her information. I explained I had to wait over a week to even get in contact with the store manager so I will not wait for a higher manager to contact me, which probably wont happen as well. Liz then told me to call the Champaign location and ask for Amanda. I followed directions and contacted Amanda. Amanda then told me I'd have to purchase additional jewelry which is my only option. I explained that my piercer told me there is not larger jewelry. Amanda said I probably spoke to a clerk who doesnt do piercings. I explained I spoke to the same exact woman who pierced me and Liz. Amanda stated it's in the paperwork I signed and my recipient for no refunds or returns on jewelry. This is incorrect. There's literally nothing on my receipt besides the printout of items purchased and the amount I paid. The release form also only says no refund on jewelry, which I understand because of sanitation. I have contacted Better Business Bureau. Amanda told me that doesnt matter because Almost Famous isn't a member of BBB. Smh. DO NOT GO HERE! read more

The location in MOA has horrible service, I waited for more than 20 minutes to just get three pieces of jewelry and the total was more than $80. I thought it'd be more reasonable considering it's basically a little kiosk with two rooms in the back... Their selection of jewelry was lackluster and I regret not waiting to go to a Hot Topic/Spencer's for what I got in the end. The workers seem rushed to get through customers and are somewhat friendly until its time to actually help with questions, the lady that helped me seemed frustrated when I asked her two questions about the pieces I was choosing and wouldn't give me an amount when I asked how much were they each. Almost none of the jewelry have prices on them and if they do it says one amount but then you get charged extra at the front desk. I would recommend shopping online or just going to your nearest alt store that sells jewelry for what you're looking for. read more

The only reason this review gets two stars is because of the customer service. After reading the reviews, it seems we got lucky with the two girls that were helping us the day we came in. Everything was very clean and sterile and they would use completely new and packaged piercing equipment per piercing. That being said, my coworker and I were recently on a business trip in Minneapolis and decided on the last day we were going to get our noses pierced. Both of us had recently had our noses pierced and had no problems, but we wanted to get repierced. We went in and were helped immediately and after deciding we would get the deal they had going on which was something like two piercings for a cheaper price, we picked our studs (from an extremely limited selection) and went to the back. The piercing process was pretty straightforward, but the only thing that surprised me was they used an L shape jewelry instead of one with a backing and extra room ( that's what I was pierced with previously and had no problems with ). Anyways, we ended up leaving the store and were both pretty happy. The following day, however, my piercing started sinking into my nose. The stud was extremely small and I'd have to keep pushing it out which made my nose red and irritated. The following day, the same thing happened to my coworker. We couldn't have our piercings in for more than a few minutes without it going back into our nose and closing up a bit. It was extremely sensitive and painful and we'd never experienced this in the past. The weekend goes by into the week and I go out and buy new, bigger nose studs and switch it out. It was a painful process, but to my relief the piercing is now perfectly fine. My coworker ended up having to do the same thing as well. Before we did this, we called the piercing place and the girl said that our noses could be rejecting the piercing, and we should switch it out. Being from California, we couldn't go into their piercing shop, so it was kind of annoying. The whole problem with the piercing was that the stud was so tiny that it was the same size as the hole. For healing purposes, they really need to get bigger studs because I've never had a problem like this before, and the fact that it happened to both of us made it more than just an annoying coincidence. Other than that, the two girls that were there were fine and funny and helpful and we had a good experience. They gave us a baggie of salt and piercing cleaner to use in the shower as well, which was nice. Just beware of the size of the studs they have. read more

I bought a pair of plugs while on vacation being told they were a 5/8, but when I got home they were clearly a 3/4. Never tried them on, and I called the shop, and the manager was really nice and said to come in and we will switch them out. I got back the next day and she said (with a pretty serious attitude) she could only give me 20% off a new pair. That was not what was discussed. She said they were 5/8 and super quickly threw them thru her gauge wheel. I wished i would have asked her to show me on it because she doesn't know how to use one. As soon as I got back to Colorado I tried it on my gauge wheel and it was a 3/4 as expected. read more

I walked in to the store expecting to walk out with my naval pierced and my best friend had also wanted her cartilage pierced. As soon as we walked in I didn't like the atmosphere and vibe the store was giving off but decided to stay anyways. The male worker was helpful and informed us on the deal that they had going on which was buy one get one free. He told us that if me and my friend were to get piercings our total would be $60 each. Well when he told us to pull out our form of identification my friends license had expired so he said it wasn't valid and she couldn't get her piercing done. Then he said since she can't get her piercing, the BOGO deal doesn't come into affect so my total would come to $90? That's way too expensive for 1 piercing and 1 piece of jewelry. I said I would go through with it anyways since I was expecting to get pierced and was already there. So he laid out some jewelry on the counter for me to look at. Well there was a gentleman and his kids standing at the counter and he rudely gestured them to move with his hands so I could see the jewelry. That was the first flag. Then I was deciding on what color and size I should get and my friend said it didn't really matter because i could take it out and change it whenever. Both the workers looked at each other and one of them said "okay" under their breath and rolled their eyes. I couldn't believe it! They said I'd have to come back in 40 mins to prep and I did not. Rude employees and the deal isn't even good if you're not getting more than 1 piercing. Never coming back. read more

I have been to many other shops before, but this one definitely stood out. Not only was the place extremely clean, but Maggie who initiated in the conversation who ended up being our piecer was absolutely amazing. My niece wanted her belly button done for her 16th birthday and as I promised, we went. I will hands down recommend anyone to have their first or last piercing done with her. She was so thorough and wonderful. My niece got scared and began to cry and she comforted her and made her feel like she could take as long as needed. Making sure from the beginning to end she was satisfied. Customer service is really hard to find these days, but Maggie really blew it out of the water. Thank you for everything! I will be sure to recommend every person I know over there. read more

Was very rude, when I was told the price I asked if I could just cancel because I didn't want to spend that much on a simple nose piercing, the lady then went on to say rude remarks, simply was not impressed and left a sour mark on the rest of my day. read more

I had a lot of trepidation about getting pierced at a mall but the experience was fantastic. The floor staff was very helpful and friendly. The body artist was welcoming, reassuring, and confident. The prices are reasonable. read more

I am not happy. The people were friendly the place was clean. Although my piercings are crooked. My choices are to take them out and spend more money to fix it or spend it with crooked piercings. I will not recommended this place for they are low end piercings you're better off going to the tattoo shop where there are actual professional pierces. read more

Seriously...If you know you have a metal allergy DO NOT go here. Their jewelry is fake. They will tell you it's real, however, I know better. I went here and had a navel piercing done. First of all their staff all look like they're about 18. I had my navel pierced for 4 days it looked red and infected, I went back there and they said it was because my jewelry was too small, but didn't look infected, k, fine. I bought a longer ring their "titanium" again, two days later I was still bright red, sore, and had a mild fever. I told the piercer in the beginning that I had a metal allergy, she told me I was probably allergic to nickel, and she also said titanium doesn't contain nickel. Now, this is normally true however their jewelry is not 100% titanium anything. Long story short, I saw a real piercer (not inside of a shopping mall), and had her put in their jewelry, I noticed a difference right away! One day later my piercing is not sore, I don't have a fever, and the redness is going away! read more

Absolutely horrible. I got an industrial piercing from this place almost a year ago now and one end of it STILL gets infected, despite me cleaning it like I'm supposed to. Their "cleaning solution" is just a bag on salt and some crappy bar of soap that clearly doesn't work. Also none of the staff knows anything about piercings and body modifications, they're just there to look cool. Everyone there always has a bad attitude and probably shouldn't be working in retail. Their "piercers" clearly have no training whatsoever either. Seriously, if you want a piercing go to a professional, not these people who don't know jack. Even though going to a pro is a bit more expensive it's worth it in the end and you'll be much happier. read more

This chain has lost a long time customer. After the poor experience I had I can safely say I will not be returning. Furthermore I am concerned for anyone who shops there and especially those getting pierced. I went in to the store on a Tuesday to try and buy new posts for my snakebites. Everything started off great, got shown some pieces I was interested. Got some good advice that led me to find the one I wanted. Then we go into the back to have them swapped out and everything went well. As I am inspecting the new jewelry I begin to notice that one protrudes further than the other. I thought it might have been in my head but after a few minutes out of the store I could tell something was wrong. I went back to the store complaining that they were feeling as if they were not the same size. The one had been snagging on my teeth and was just not feeling right. Well, the piercer on staff at the time convinced me that there was no way that was possible so I took her word and left. Later that night I wound up snagging the jewelry on my teeth again and pulled it out. It was at this point I decided to pull the other post out and put my old jewelry back in. Once I had the other post out I could see clear as day that they were not the same size. There was a good millimeter difference between the two. So the next day I go back to try to get them replaced thinking it was just a silly mix up and they would help me out. Well, I go there and begin speaking with the general manager. She starts off by denying what I am trying to tell her, and tries to convince me that they are the same size. After firmly telling her that they were clearly two different sizes she decides that the best she can do is swap the one post for another one out of the same box. She starts off by handling the new jewelry without gloves on, then as an after thought turns around to put on gloves...no hand washing. She then proceed to place my dirty jewelry along side each and every other piece in the box contaminating the entire batch. Disgusting. It's at this point I start just asking for a refund but am informed that she can not do any returns or exchanges on jewelry. She finally finds one that she thinks matches and swaps out my longer post. I have no idea what she did with my dirty post but I would not be surprised if she just put it back to sell again. So after going home with this new post I get home, open the bag and....wrong size....again. Clear as day. So I get back in the car, drive all the way back and explain to her my situation again. At this point she starts telling me that she can't be responsible for manufacture defects. While I understand this to some degree what needs to be understood is that a good business plan would be to bite the bullet, refund the money on a product that is clearly not usable and contact the manufacturer to try to sort out the problem. The fact that this location displayed such ambivalence to both sanitation practices and sizing issues is a huge red flag for me. When the jewelry is closer to the next size up than the size advertised there is a huge problem. That goes beyond manufacturer defects. That's a health problem now....Are you guys piercing with this jewelry? For the safety of the public I sure hope not but I know you are...I also know you are piercing with a relaxed view on sanitation. Despicable...truly disgusting. I will never shop here again nor will I ever recommend this or any Almost Famous location to anyone. Ever. read more

I went in to get my lip pierced and it looked real nice. Then very next day it fell out. I was just walking and it literally fell out. I have many piercings and some were done by me and that's never happened to me before. So I went back in and they wanted to charge me for the jewelry after I had already spent $77 the DAY before. I have called up to the general manager and even she wouldn't do anything. It's a shame because it looked nice but I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone because they clearly don't care about customers. And a little tip: sea salt works just as well as all those fancy cleaning tools (one of which is sea salt) so you really are not getting your money's worth here any other place woulda just put it back in if it had fallen out THE NEXT DAY! I even called another location of this company and even the lady at that store said it's weird it fell out next day. So clearly they don't do something right read more