Evil by the Needle Custom Tattoo and Piercing Studio

Jamie Rio did my septum piercing two days ago. She did not use clamps, a countdown, or otherwise warn me before piercing me. Septum piercings aren’t supposed to hurt the way mine did, and I knew it. It was a solid 7/10 on pain. Just left a different piercing shop, found out it’s halfway in my cartilage on one side!! So not only is it lopsided, and visibly so, but she literally pierced my cartilage. Another piercer from here pierced my eyebrow last year and it went great! So this time I thought it would be fine. I will never come back here.

Can not recommend these guys enough! They are super knowledgeable and helpful!

Jamie pierced my nose and it is healing beautifully. She answered all my questions and made my experience really positive. Beautiful jewelry options, too!

Sarah Pucci removved my dermals for me all 3 of them and it was easy. Fhe had me in and out in no time. She was super friendly. The overall experience was amazing. I really appreciate it!!!!

I get all my piercings done by Jamie. I get my tattoos done by Stacey Heckman. They are the best!!! You can get pretty jewelry here, too.

I got two cartilage piercings done and they did a wonderful job! Everything was very clean and the staff was incredibly kind. The pricing is fair for higher quality piercing and jewelry. Edit: I had to come back because I lost one of my piercings. I did not have an appointment and did not call ahead, but they were SO accommodating! Once they finished with the appointment already in process, they took me right away! The staff was still incredibly kind, and everything was still very clean!

Very helpful and professional staff. I've gotten 3 pieces from them and they have been wonderful with helping if any issues arise. They sterilize everything right in front of you and are are happy to walk you through the process and care of each piece. The staff go above and beyond to make sure you love your piercings and body art! I'll be a customer as long as I'm in Bloomington.

Did my daughter's ear-piercing - Sarah was really kind and patient, the place is clean and does things by the books. Much better experience than we had with another location in town. Definitely recommend!

I had my nose pierced about 3 months ago, and I’ve been having a bump pop up every now and then so I called and set up an appointment time with Jamie! She was so nice and reassured me that it was Normal and helped me pick out a new nose ring and put it in for me, because the jewelry was the issue! Super quick and easy! Thanks to Jamie!! (I also did NOT have my nose pierced here at Evil By The Needle.)

The lady who answered the phone was so rude that it was enough to make me never go back. Absolutely awful and I never write reviews

Edit: For those who are getting body piercings I would recommend Jamie! I got a belly button ring done here (not by Jamie) and the jewelry put in it was way too big and it was constantly putting pressure on it and causing infection. When I returned to ask about it, someone took one look and told me it was rejecting and to leave it alone. I come back about a week later and Jamie I believe it was put a much smaller piece of jewelry in it and I can already feel the difference! While my piercing was originally straight, it has healed a bit crooked due to the large jewelry that was put in it by the piercer constantly pushing it out and to the side (I did not change the jewelry) It has been about 7 months since i got this piercing and now is the best it has felt due to Jamie, extremely knowlageable and knew what the problem was immediately and was willing to help. Major recommendation to Jamie, in my experience Sarah does great ear piercings but if youre going for body jewelry I cannot recommend jamie enough! Lovely experience! My piercer was Sarah and she was great! Very professional, but also clean facility! I got a helix and my boyfriend got his lobes done, his first piercing. She was very professional and made him feel very comfortable! Both piercings were placed well and are healing great. She got both of us in even though there was some confusion with the appointment booking. The jewelry is beautiful and I will definitely be returning for piercings in the future!

Walked up and saw sign " no walk in's appointments only"; so stood there and called number on sign but the voice message stated "do not leave message". Very odd and I was disappointed. Not sure what think.

Got a navel piercing here! Sarah was amazing. The atmosphere was really nice too. Definitely recommend!

I had a tattoo done here around 5 years ago and it was so traumatic. I had sent the guy there a picture of lavender a month in advance and when I showed up he was not prepared. He couldn’t find the photo I had sent. When he did, he decided to free draw on my wrist. He seemed to be speeding on something, because he turned away and then got supplies and came back…looked at my wrist he had drawn on and asked if I already had ink. I laughed, but he was serious. So, he started tattooing only to realize that he hadn’t put a needle in the gun. I should have left, but I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect, because I trusted him. I was so upset about the whole experience. In the last year, I was able to get it covered up. If you feel uncomfortable, trust your gut. All I know was at that time it was a man who was running the shop with his wife.

$150 an hour is high on the high end for tattoo work. Also, when someone comes in looking too do business and introduces themselves, it's polite to at least make up and 1st name and respond in kind. In response to your response: It's unfortunate a passer by cannot stop in and ask questions with out feeling relatively unwelcomed. It's unfortunate the only way you wish to communicate is through the exchange of money (after the work) and of course social media. Best of luck to you and yours.

The venue is clean and in a good location. I went to get my nostril re-pierced. Piercing costs $25 and the website urges you to make an appointment online which was highly convenient. They also tell you online, in no uncertain terms, that you needed to wear a mask and provide a vaccine card upon entering. I called in advance and asked if I could show them a copy of it since I was in the area on vacation; that was fine. When I arrived no one was wearing masks and no one asked to see my card, which was fine, just misleading. If you aren't doing it anymore than just say so. The studs are exorbitant in price. The cheapest threadless stud was $20. It is titanium but it's absolutely tiny. They quickly went up in price. A shape was $25, a rhinestone, $30. They told me that with threadless studs you have a base piece and the tips can be interchangeable. I asked how much the tips were. Same price, you're buying the base regardless. Well, that really isn't much of an incentive, is it? When I was taken back for the piercing I asked them to walk me through the process. I'm sure they are used to people getting freaked and walking but it had been ten years and I wanted to know beforehand so I would be prepared. The artist refused to give me details, had me lay down and quickly pierced my nose inside out. Last time I was sitting upright in a chair with a cork up my nose and they pierced me outside in. Huge difference. The shock was awful, I really could have done with her explaining it instead of just treating me like a 5 year old getting a shot. So far the healing has been good and the piercing looks great. But the experience could have been far smoother.

Sarah was awesome! She did a really good job in making sure I was comfortable especially for a double piercing. I would 100% go back. Very clean and great sanitation process.

Jamie pierced my doubles (ear lobe) and septum, and both appointments were quick, efficient, and super clean. Jamie is easy to talk to and clearly a professional at what she does. Super happy with the results. I'll definitely be back in the future.

Absolutely amazing. Sarah did a bridge piercing for me and she really took her time making sure the placement was perfect. Once she actually stuck the needle through it felt like a grand total of ten seconds and I was completely done. She was super friendly and im in love with the results. I will be back!

Sarah did an amazing job! She was very professional and my piercings only took 5 minutes or so. Will be going back again soon to get some more piercings and maybe tattoos!