Imperial Body Art — Local services in Meridian

I made an appointment and had my nosed pierced on 2/19/16 at Imperial Body Art. I chose this shop because of the excellent reviews I found posted on multiple online sites.

I couldn't be happier with my experience. Everyone was polite and friendly and very professional. The shop was exceptionally clean and bright and I did not find it intimidating at all.

Paul did my piercing and he was excellent! He explained everything thoroughly and answered all my questions. Example: as I was deciding which nose stud I wanted, I felt as though I should purchase the pricier real gold option. However, Paul suggested that I spend less and try the surgical grade stainless steel stud and see how well I like it before investing in anything else. Excellent advice given by someone who is more concerned with my satisfaction than making more money. I was so impressed!

He also gave me excellent advice on choosing the size of stud I wanted, and a friend has since commented that my piercing is the most perfectly placed nose stud she'd seen. Thanks, Paul! My husband and friend were allowed to come back with me to the room and record the event. I noticed that when Paul walked into the room after washing his hands to get started, he still used a paper towel on the door knobs before pulling on his gloves so he wouldn't touch anything not sanitized. Everything was so clean!

Paul talked me through the piercing, even telling me when to breath, and I was surprised by how painless the whole experience was. What was I so nervous about? My experience at Imperial Body Art was truly exceptional. I hope to head back in May and get my belly button done, too! Nose piercings might be the vanilla ice cream of the body art world, but it still makes me feel like a million bucks that I finally had the courage to do what I've always wanted and I found a great...

Went in with my darling friend and her two cute teenagers for them to have a their lobes pierced. I was tagging a long to decide if I wanted to use this company to do my daughter's pierced the following month. I will not be using this place ever. My friend will also not be using them either after our prejudice experience while there spending over $240.00. My friend arrived 15 min early to her 2 appointments that were scheduled for her 2 girls to get their ears pierced. The women at the counter took one look at all the bubbly blondes I watched how immediately this employee become very rude and brash toned about time, details, and just made it very obvious she was burden by us being there. "Time" got brought up like 4 times. Youd have to be deaf to not pick up on how obvious this lady was being with her rude tone. We were scheduled for 5:30pm with another appt at 6pm. 1 hour as well as how early we had showed up. We left at 6:03pm..... I still can not figure out what the time brash tone was all about. We just left rushed and stunned. Sadly, it was only this women's issue. The women that peirced the girls were super sweet and good with the girls. I just felt that after it was all said & done both us and our young girls felt unwelcomed, rushed and treated less then because we didn't fit the style of what this women felt was their typical customers. What would have been a fun day turned into tight lips...

I am rather disappointed in the service I have received. First off I have had a couple of tattoo's done by other artists and I have never had the run around until now. I was given a 100 dollar deposit that was getting pretty far past dated though on the receipt it did state open date. I wanted to be sure I could still use the 100 dollars before I started trying to plan for a tattoo. The front desk lady was rude and seemed like she did not want to help me at all. She just kept telling me to e-mail the artist but before I left the place I wanted to be sure Travis would still accept the deposit. I had to ask her three times before she went back to ask. After that two months worth of e-mailing Travis back and forth and all I got was the run around I told him from the start what I wanted, who I was, and about the 100 dollars. I got the general questions but in the end I just got I don't know who you are or what you want, which was the first e-mail I sent, and I never once was asked to make an appointment for a consultation. I asked twice when I could make an appointment and never got a reply back. In the end they got a free 100 dollars for a service they obviously never looked to provide. I now have an appointment and deposit made with Angel at An Angel's Touch Tattoo. Who is a down to Earth guy and straight to the point no beating...