PLU Piercing Artistry · Midtown Phoenix
What it costs.
Every price we charge, in one place — and exactly what makes a total go up or down.
Read this first
Your total is built from two things.
The service fee
What you pay for my time — designing, mapping, and piercing. It's fixed, it's listed below, and for studded piercings it already includes your titanium flat-back post and a standard 3mm titanium bead.
The jewelry you upgrade to
If you want something beyond the included bead, you're choosing from 300+ pieces that run $30 to $500+ each. This is the part that moves your total.
Nothing else
Sales tax (8.6%) applies to jewelry only, never to services. We go through your full total together before anything gets pierced.
Ear design & curation
In studio
Comprehensive Ear Curation Experience
$100 design fee · 2 hrs
The full experience. We go through your styling preferences, metal and color theory, ear anatomy, existing or botched piercings, and hygiene, then design your whole ear — choosing jewelry for your healed and new piercings, mapping placement, installing, and piercing. Piercings and jewelry chosen that day are separate.
Additional design time
$150 per hour
Add on to any design appointment, subject to availability.
Not local? Virtual curations are designed remotely from photos of your ears — see virtual options and pricing.
Piercing
Per piercing
Any single piercing
$60 per piercing
Helix, conch, tragus, flat, daith, lobe, nostril — same fee. For a studded piercing this includes your implant-grade titanium flat-back post and a standard 3mm titanium bead, so $60 is a complete price if you're happy with the classic look.
Post + 3mm bead includedA pair of lobes
$100 both sides
Posts and standard 3mm beads included for both.
Posts + beads includedEar Stack · 2–4 piercings
From $120 1 hr
$120 for two, $180 for three, $240 for four. Come knowing which ones you want — if you don't, book a design appointment instead.
Nose Stack · 2+ nostril
From $120 1 hr
Minor Ear Piercing · ages 4–17
$60 per piercing · 45 min
Straightforward piercings only, no curation or styling consultation. A parent or legal guardian must attend with the required documentation — please read the Minors page first. Missing paperwork means we can't proceed.
Bring your people
Two or more
BFF Curation & Design — Full Design
$100 each design fee · 3 hrs
A full ear curation for each of you, with an hour of design time apiece.
BFF Curation & Design — Micro Design
$50 each design fee · 2 hrs
$100 total, split between you. Thirty minutes of design time each to curate the piercings you're getting that day — not a full ear curation.
BFF Piercing Session — no design
$60 per piercing · 90 min
You each get a few piercings. Come knowing what you want — this one doesn't include design time.
Piercing Party — 3 or more
$60 per piercing · 90 min–3 hrs
The studio is private and yours: parties of 3, 4–5, or 6–8. Everyone pays for their own piercings and jewelry. Design time isn't included, but party upgrades and custom design parties are available — text (480) 463-9888.
After you're pierced
Returning clients
Follow-up: downsizing & jewelry exchange
$30 + $15 per post · 30 min
A healing check plus any recommended downsizing. Come every 6–12 weeks while you have new piercings — this is what keeps them healing well and looking pristine.
Jewelry shopping + install — 30 min
$30 install included
Best for one or two changes. Installation is included with any jewelry bought at the appointment.
Jewelry shopping + install — 1 hour
$60 install included
More time to browse and compare, for multiple changes.
Piercing assessment — established clients
Free 15 min
New client piercing assessment
$30 30 min
For existing piercings that are irritated, bumpy, or not healing — whether I pierced them or not. We'll look at the jewelry, placement, and aftercare and build you a healing plan. Not a styling or new-piercing consultation. The fee applies either way.
MRI jewelry removal & reinstallation
$60 up to 6 · $5 each after
Then, the jewelry
300+ pieces · priced per piece
Implant-grade titanium · tops & daith rings
$30–$95 per piece
Where most people start, and what new piercings are pierced with. Light, safe, and beautiful.
Titanium flat-back post
$15 each, if bought alone
Already included with your service fee for studded piercings — you only pay for a post if you're replacing or adding one outside of a piercing appointment.
Solid 14k gold
$85–$500+ per piece
Heirloom quality, priced by weight and design. Worth knowing: 14k daith pieces, hoops, and chains use far more gold than a stud, so they sit at the top of that range and above it.
We keep a large inventory of titanium huggies and hoops in studio, ready to go. 14k hoops, segment rings, daith rings, huggies, chains, and genuine diamonds are custom order only — so if your heart is set on one, tell me early and we'll get it ordered for you.
One top per piercing. Every flat-back piercing is a post plus a decorative top, and the post comes with your service. So the number that matters is simple: however many piercings you're getting is how many tops you're choosing. We'll track your running total as we design.
Real ballparks
What people actually spend.
One piercing, titanium
- Service, post & 3mm bead$60
- Upgraded titanium top$30–$95
Total$60–$155
$60 flat if you keep the included bead.
Ear stack, three piercings
- Service ×3$180
- Jewelry ×3$90–$1,500
Total$270–$1,680
Low end is all titanium; high end is all 14k with genuine stones.
Full ear curation
- Design fee$100
- Piercings & jewelryvaries
Typical$300–$800+
Depends on how many piercings you start with and which jewelry you choose.
Good to know
Do I pay when I book?
A card is required to hold your spot, but you're not charged until your appointment. Cancel or reschedule at least 24 hours ahead and there's no charge — inside 24 hours, or for a no-show, there's a $100 fee.
Can I bring my own jewelry?
We only use new, sterile jewelry from our implant-grade collections for new piercings. There are over 300 pieces to choose from ranging from $30 to $500+, and we take custom orders for anything we don't have in inventory.
Do I have to buy all the jewelry at once?
No, and most people don't. A curation is a plan — we'll decide together what to do now and what to add later, and your design is on file whenever you're ready for the next piece.
Is tax added?
8.6% Phoenix retail tax applies to jewelry and products only. Services aren't taxed.
Can I set a budget?
Yes, and I'd love it if you did. Tell me your number at the start and I'll design to it — placements and jewelry chosen to get you the best-looking ear within what you want to spend.
Do you sell gift cards?
We do — they work for services and jewelry both. Buy a gift card.