Venus by Maria Tash Inc.

11/29/09

Awesome Cartilage Piercing!

by SuperNat at Citysearch

I had wanted to get my cartilage pierced for a while now, but I was worried because all my friends who did it ended up getting bad infections. After internet research, I decided I needed to go to a real piercing parlor that used needles, not piercing guns. Venus appealed to me because it was a calm, classy environment and not a sleazy tattoo parlor.

Venus was great. The saleslady helped me pick out the appropriate earring that I wanted without rushing me. My piercer was awesome, I wish I had caught her name. She was extremely professional and sterilized everything multiple times. The piercing itself did not hurt that badly and I haven't had any pain since the first day. I am avoiding sleeping on it because I don't want to get an infection. but I am EXTREMELY satisfied with everything.

My only complaint is that I ended up spending a lot more than I wanted to ($60 for a small white gold ring plus $20 for the piercing plus $7 for the saline solution), but I would much rather spend more and have a great experience than go somewhere cheap and end up with a lot of problems.

• Pros: Great jewelry selection, great piercers
• Cons: Expensive

09/13/09

Unsafe and overpriced

by LLinee at Citysearch

I had always felt this store was a rip off, you want a great piece of fine navel jewelry buy a reasonably priced earing and have it converted to a navel ring at NY Adorned ( buy the post and have two pieces of threading attached on the ends ) - or just by directly from them and save yourself a fortune by Avoiding Venus. Maria Tash and Co will literally tell you anything you want to hear to make a sale. Her icon navel piece shown in this pic was not designed by her or anyone there ...its a fairly common earing that shes reproduced and marketed as her own. As far as my in-shop experience, my friend went to get a piece installed ( bought elsewhere thankfully) I was appalled watching this go down, she was handled repeatedly without gloves her jewelry was tossed into a cold soak and then a USED unpackaged clamp was used to tighten it. Save your money and health and walk the few blocks to NY adorned.

• Cons: dirty tools, non sterile jewlery, WAY over priced un-jewlery

08/01/09

Great place for piercing and jewelry

by royalbella at Citysearch

I have been to Maria Tash 3 time. The first two were for the 2nd and 3rd hole in my ears. The last time was for my belly button/naval piercing. My piercing tech was Chris and not only did he do a great job he conducted himself very professionaly. The after care instructions were very clear and I was also told I could come back at any time to get my piercings checked. I have not had any problems with them so far.

• Pros: Clean facility, friendly people, know what they are doing
• Cons: None