Rosemary pierced my nostril and made it an amazing and comfortable experience. She talked to me like we had been friends forever and we had only just met. Rosemary was very skilled and knowledgeable but she also makes you comfortable and walks you through the entire process, right down to glove changes. I would definitely recommend going to Island Republic and seeing Rosemary for your piercing needs. read more

Got my starter pierced by a lovely helpful young lady - can't remember her (sorry) but she was great. Busy store with lots of goodies, will return for more. read more

Island Republic - Get pierced - Piercing Near Me - Bluffton, South Carolina

So I've shopped at this store several times over the years. I would normally purchase souvenir items like t- shirts, stickers, hats, however this time the pipes caugjt my attention. The store has a very large selection of smoking items and these unique pipes caught my eye. The staff is always friendly and helpful with any questions suggestions that might have and they habe great prices. read more

Island Republic - Silicone/ glass pipes - Piercing Near Me - Bluffton, South Carolina

My daughter got a piercing from Rosemary. She loved it. Rosemary did a great job and treated us very kindly. I would definitely recommend.

rosemary the piercer was a 10/10. never felt more comfortable with a piercer before, very sweet and knew exactly what she was doing!!!! go see her!!! read more

Raven was awesome. Super sweet and efficient. It took like 2 minutes to get my nose pierced but she was thorough with the after care. 10/10

Had the most amazing experience today with the most talented piercer Alysa!!! DO NOT be fooled by it being located in a t-shirt store. This is a top notch piercing business. Super clean and safe! read more

Raven pierced my daughter and my nieces ears (separate occasion) and did a fantastic job. She was calm, cool, and funny the whole time. Not only did she keep their stress levels down, she kept mine too! read more

Got my initial piercing while out-of-town, went in for an earring change and so wish I had done the piercing here instead! Raven is amazing. Professional, knowledgeable, kind and truly takes what she does seriously. She saw a potential problem with my piercing and told me what to do to prevent it from happening. She also hand wrote the instructions so I had a step-by-step guide. Even told me to come back in a couple weeks so she could check it again. Cannot recommend her and this place high enough! read more

Alysa is fantastic. she is so nice it's a calm and relaxing experience. Didn't hurt. I've always wanted to do this. I'm sooo happy! read more

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A nice place to grab some souvenirs. I was only here for a postcard, but I saw that they have the typical gift giving items: t-shirts, hats, key chains, desk trinkets, etc. The store was colorful and had an eclectic feel since it had an assortment of random souvenir items. Well, you know what I mean if you've ever been in a souvenir store. Lol. Parking was plentiful since this place was in a large complex. The store was neat and tidy. The employees whom rung me out were courteous enough. read more

One of the two staff members was extremely friendly, the other was not. They told us they closed at 8 when the sign said 9. Overpriced for the things they had, and the piercer was rude. The stuff in the store was cute but not worth the attitude from certain staff b members read more

Unfortunately, this review needs updated. My dermal piercing fell out shortly after. I had to rush back to have them put it back in. Then while out of town a few months after, the screw fell out. I went to 4 different piercing places who all could not get the screw back on. They said the dermal was damaged. They ended up having to pull it out. Do you you know how painful that was? Then when I called Island Republic about the issue they basically said it wasn't their problem since I didn't go back to them. Um, I was out of town? If you are looking for dermal piercing, I'd probably try someone in Savannah with better products, experience, and customer service. read more

Alysa was fabulous!! Such a great experience. On a family vacation and randomly wanted to get pierced. I actually just ended up needing to get it tapered because it's been a couple years since I had a earring in and it was a smooth process! She's knowledgeable and talked me through the whole process! Highly recommend if you're in the Hilton Head area! read more

I went in for my second ear piercings and was so thrilled with my experience! Raven was outstanding with her customer service and taking the time to not only educate me on piercings but to also give me the option to fix my first set! She made the process quick and as comfortable as possible! I absolutely will be going back for more! read more

I took my daughter to get her nose pierced and to replace my ear studs. My daughter was nervous and thought their would be a lot of pain. Alysa, our piercer was so kind, gentle and very professional. She answered all of our questions and walked us through cleaning instructions. My daughter didn't feel any pain and was surprised how quickly it went. I would recommend to anyone who wants a piercing! A+++ read more

I got my Tragus pierced here yesterday and I could not have asked for a better experience! Alexandro eased my nerves as it was very apparent how much he knew about piercing. Everything was very sterile and professional. They took care of me and made it a great experience! I 100% recommend this place! read more

AMAZING!!! The piercer was so nice and kept conversation and took her time making it look good.100/10 recommend!

I called 45 minutes before arriving to Island Republic for my cartilage piercing and they told me that I'd have to wait at least 20 minutes... it ended up being 1 hour. The employees at the register were completely useless and argued with me on how I couldn't choose what earring I wanted. Although that part was horrible, once I was finally seen by Raven she was absolutely wonderful! She helped me feel less nervous about getting a needle stuck through my ear, and kept her workspace very neat and clean. She made sure I knew how to properly take care of my new piercing and was super sweet to me and my sister. Overall I'd give this place a 7/10! read more

It stuns me that this place doesn't have bigger sizes. Some of their stuff is pretty neat, but it just seems unsanitary and unorganized. And their sales are absolutely ridiculous and do not make sense. read more

They did a wonderful job piercing my nose! Area was very sterile and surprisingly clean for being in the back of a surf shop! Nice job broskis read more

I highly recommend Alejandro. I went in today to have a nose stud changed out. He made some informed suggestions and took me to the back sterile environment where he made sure to wash his hands, put on a fresh pair of gloves and sanitize the new stud. He was very gentle considering the backing to the old stud was kind of gnarly and tender. A true professional. read more

This place was completely rude, I am 17 years of age and had my id and my mother with me, they would not give me a piercing due to the fact that my mom has a different last name. They said that there could be another Woman with my moms first middle and last name and could not except the fact she was my mother. We brought our insurance card in and still wouldn't except it even though I was on it and she was too. Why would I be on there if I wasn't related? Makes no sense I'm never going back to this place. I called them beforehand and they did not tell me I needed anything aka a birth certificate, completely rude and discriminating against divorced parents! Plus they were vaping inside of the store, and why would I bring my birth certificate if I am on vacation which I explained to them. Wouldn't recommend going there and also they looked like they didn't want to do the piercing at all. They said that my mother wasn't my mother. read more

Terrible experience. Showed up, took 30 minutes to wait to get a piercing. At first I understood that the piercer was on lunch. I did not mind waiting. However, when the girl did get back the second girl at the register turned out to also be a piercer. This annoyed me because I could have gotten pierced 30 minutes prior but did not. I would have simply left then but i was told that there is no returns and i would not get my money back if I left. What really angered me was that after getting the names of the piercers, it turns out that the two girls who pierced me were not licensed to pierce and one of the girls had never even done my piercing before. It was her first time doing it and it made me very uncomfortable. Even going into the piercing room made me very uneasy. There was very loud innapropriate music playing and the piercers were joking around and were not being proffessional at all. The girl who pierced me also smelled strongly of cigarettes and I did not appreciate getting pierced from someone who had CLEARLY recently smoked. So basically she was on drugs and utilizing piercing needles in a supposedly sterilized and clean environment. In the end, I am never coming back. I strongly suggest to get piercings from ANYWHERE else but there. read more