No Divide Piercing & Tattoo Studio

"Came in for a second conch piercing. It was done by the lovely Jacq. No divide is the only place that I go now for any piercings. The studio is always clean and welcoming. The staff are very knowledgeable and helpful. They are always happy to advise you on the most suitable jewellery and positions to place them. I cannot recommend this studio enough."

"The whole experience of being in this shop felt like a fever dream. I came in here with my sister on Saturday after it was highly recommended to us. When we walked in we were greeted by a very friendly lady who asked what I wanted and handed me a consent form, she then went off to continue with existing customers as expected. My sister and I looked at the lovely jewellery on display and discussed which ones we were going to get for our piercings (these display cabinets were the main focus of the shop so you would assume nice jewellery is kind of their thing). More and more people piled into the already busy shop and everyone was just being handed consent forms and floating around. I not once heard someone being told they might be better off coming back in 20 minutes, which I assumed would be best practice considering the shop was now rammed. After at least 10 minutes of standing around like lemons, I saw someone hand their consent form to a different lady, I did the same once I realised that must have been the process. Without anyone having read my consent form I was hurried in after the woman in the piercing room just shouted Helix. I explained that I was hoping to get my helix and conch pierced and also the jewellery in my rook changed. She seemed visibly stressed so I apologised and let her know if it had been this busy when I’d initially come in I would have just stuck to the piercings but my sister had also driven us a long way specifically for this shop. I explained the type of jewellery I wanted in my rook and the piercer explained to me they only had the silver version of what I wanted not gold (I’d asked for this specific jewellery because I saw it in the cabinet, I assumed they couldn’t use it for cleanliness reasons) she also explained that the jewels would be in the wrong place and you wouldn’t be able to see them. Another piercer walked past and said they did have the right one in stock and explained they were in a box. My piercer then reluctantly grabbed the box and rifled through looking for the jewellery visibly annoyed and at the time being wasted. I apologised again and said I’d take the jewellery she had because I felt so awkward. She changed the piercing which was fine and then went to pierce my conch and helix. There was no mention of the kind of jewellery she would be using even tho they had cabinets full of lovely stuff. She then said would you like a crystal and I said yes hoping she would have a selection (I assumed you could not choose the fancy stuff in the cabinets for a first piercing but I now know this to be wrong after seeing their instagram) she just got out two piercings ready to go and I couldn’t even choose a colour (I had heard the other lady explaining to a customer that they had a big selection of different colours). At this point I was so over feeling uncomfortable and felt like I was already a huge imposition for literally getting a piercing, I just wanted it done so didn’t say anything. The actual piercings were the most painful I’ve ever had and I have had a lot of piercings, my sister couldn’t believe how red I went. They felt like they took forever and then the piercer didn’t even clean the piercings afterwards which I thought was so strange. We finally paid and left and myself and my sister just looked at each other in disbelief we could not believe how bizarre the experience was after the shop came so highly recommended. I realised soon after that the jewels on the rook jewellery weren’t where I’d wanted them after all, so went back and was then able to get the exact jewellery I’d asked for in the first place, which was good of them to do but also left me feeling even more confused."

"I was highly recommended to go here by a friend but I was super disappointed… It may be our fault for going on a Saturday, but it was absolutely hectic and not very well organised at all. Everything just felt very passive aggressive and I didn’t feel very at ease. This is probably the most painful piercing I have ever had, and I’ve had 15 in total. Not due to the needle, but the amount of fumbling around and handling of my ear. The cleaning after the piercing was rough and rushed. I’m really disappointed seeing as we drove an hour just to come for this. It is also ridiculously expensive, even with just bog standard piercing jewellery used. Honestly, find a small tattoo shop or another piercing shop in Truro if you’re looking to have bits done. I also saw customers getting told they couldn’t have piercings they wanted, and were talked into something they didn’t even come in for. Just disappointing overall."

"Had a tattoo with Stevie today and been in a few times just for enquires. Service is flawless from all the staff and a friendly bunch too. Very welcoming. The studio was clean and the artist Stevie did a great job on my tattoo. Very patient and nothing was too much trouble. Overall 11/10 experience and already planning on going back for more. First time in a proper place was surprised at how reasonably priced it was too. Keep up the great work guys"

"Had my septum pierced here today and literally could not be happier with the service here, it was AMAZING. Everyone in there is so lovely and friendly, really made me feel at ease. Told my piercer that I had a fear of needles and they were so patient and accommodating and really made me feel safe. Studio itself is clean and smart (and beautifully decorated) and really reasonably priced. Having preferred pronouns on the consent form was such a lovely touch as well. Just moved down here and desperately wanted to find somewhere to get piercings done, and this will be the place. Cannot recommend enough, and I know I'll be back."