Monday 25 June 2012

Hart And Huntington: Navel Piercing *REVIEW*

             This past Saturday I had my navel pierced. I went to the  Hart and Huntington in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the piercer was Paul Fahy. Very happy with my results I thought I'd write a review on Hart and Huntington and walk you all through my experience. When I walked in I was immediately greeted by  someone and was told what to do. The establishment its self is quite neat, having merch in the front, the front desk, a petite but cozy waiting area and each individual piercing or tattooing station. The paper work was quick and easy, pretty much like any piercing shop you go to type write out. Then I picked my jewelry and moved onto the waiting area. The waiting area was neat with a small couch/futon with a coffee table that held a book of some of each artists work. When it was my turn I walked into Paul's area and lied down onto the bed I guess you can call it (Don't exactly know the proper name). The first thing he did was mark off the place he was going to pierce with a small dot made from a marker, he did this multiple times making sure it was just right, I then got up to look at it myself and get a second opinion from my chaperons. Once it was perfect I returned to lying down, there was no build up, not enough time for me to get even more nervous and I was thankful for that. He explained to me what he was going to do then clamped the desired place on my navel simply on the count of three the needle was pushed through. Like a lot of body piercings where the hole is going directly threw a piece of flesh, the needle was a plastic tube (Cannula Needle) which when it has gone threw can be cut down. Jewelry was then pushed threw the hole. Hart and Huntington was a great experience; the look of the shop was appealing to me, the people were all very friendly, and they were very professional. My navel piercing was pretty cheap considering the fact that I luckily showed up when all piercings were 50% off, but the normal price of a navel piercing there, including jewelry would be around $60. The only small criticism I give to this establishment is that the stations should maybe be more private, 2 out of the 3 people I saw getting tattooed were staring at me and everyone else who walked in and a lot of people aren't comfortable in front of people, this wasn't a problem for me, but it might be something they should consider. Overall I am extremely happy with my experience. 
       
Hart and Huntington ---->  http://hartandhuntingtonniagara.com/ 

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Wing Tattoos

              Something beautiful and differant. Very customizable and new, wing tattoos on the back are becomeing popular and I love them. These tattoos are usally black and white, or with little colour. They can be big, down the entire back, or small, just across the shoulder blades. There are many differant possibiltys to what kind of wings you get, but the most poppular are: Fallen angel wings, Angel wings, Butterfly wings, Fairy wings, and Demon wings. Wings can also have touches like an affect of coming out of the back or being stitched onto the skin. The Wings can be very detailed, wich means multiple things. One: They can be quite expensive. Two: They can take longer, and or more than one session, and Three: the longer the session the more painful a tattoo can become, the reason being that your pain tollerance can decrease. These tattoos don't have one specific meaning like any other tattoo, they can mean speed, freedom, elevaton, or aspiration, but can also mean other more personal things, then again wings can just be for vanity. Women are most seen with this tattoo but some men have it also. Pain level with this tattoo all depends on who you are and where it is positioned, everyone reacts differantly to pain and has differant pain tolerancys, back tattoos are usually not that painful but the shoulders and especcially the spine are a lot more sensitive. There it is, Something beautiful and differant.