Claire’s

Got some accessories for Halloween Party! I always stop by here when I need seasonal accessories or casual hair ties and stuff.

Sierra did my ear piercing. She was professional and explained everystep.
I am very happy with her work.

They seem to have closed down several Claire’s locations over the last few years.
I remember there used to be one at the Beverly Center. This one is located at the Westside Pavilion mall, on the third level.
It’s pretty small inside and everything looked a bit cluttered. We asked the salesperson how much it cost to get our ears pierced. Her response was quite entertaining — «It’s anywhere from $ 18.99 to $ 99.»
Hm ok. I guess it depends on the type of earring you purchase to pierce your ears with, but I can’t fathom ever spending $ 100 to get my ears pierced. Why such a big price range?
Plus, the piercing station looked like it hadn’t been used in a while, all dusty and stuff.
Needless to say, we left. Claire’s has definitely lost its charm since the 90s.

This is a great Claire’s. Its always well stocked with all the latest fashions. Let my daughter loose in this store and I’ll never get out of here, lol. Staff is friendly.

Came here for my second lobe piercings. The lady that helped me was so friendly and patient.
After picking my studs, she explained every step that she was going to do. She remained patient when I wanted to adjust the dots a few times that she marked on my ears. Four months later, I’m very satisfied with my piercings.

Let me start off by saying this review is for 6 – 7 years ago…
I got my ear lobes pierced at Claire’s 6 – 7 years ago with the gun. Left ear was perfectly fine and I’ve never had any problems with it.
My right ear, however, was a disaster. First of all, the piercing gun got a little stuck on my ear, so they had to give the gun a little tug to get it off. This led to my right ear being sore for longer than the right one. I followed all of their steps of rinsing it with the solution and thought everything was fine. WRONG!!!
The biggest problem is that they pierced my right ear lobe at a SLANTED angle. So the earring goes in from the front in the center of my ear lobe, but then in the back it comes out way to the right. I hadn’t noticed until a few years after I got my piercing because I rarely took out my original piercing.
This has caused so many problems for me. If I don’t wear earrings for just 2 days, I can never get the earring back into my ear. I have to lay down on someone else’s lap while they try to find the slanted path of the earring from the front to the back, which is exhausting and very time consuming.
It has come to the point where before taking out my earrings, I have to slather the one that I am wearing in neosporin and slide it around to get the path of the earring slippery.
I am scared to not wear earrings for more than 2 days because I know I will not be able to get the earring back in.
After 7 years, this is ridiculous. I will not be recommending Claire’s for piercings to anyone I know and most definetly will not bring my daughters here to get my ears pierced.

Very satisfied. I came in for ear piercings and the saleswoman/​technician appeared to be highly skilled and used exemplary hygiene. Also, she spent a good deal of time assessing whether the two piercings would be symmetrical. I was very impressed with the professionalism displayed. I would have liked to have seen more variety in the ear studs (upscale ones). Otherwise, all good.

It’s been awhile since I’ve patron Claire’s, probably since I was a child. It is an accessories store so when I needed nail art, they were sure to have it and at a quite inexpensive cost compared to higher end stores. If you want to get little accessories for kids and teens, they have a fairly large selection of merchandise.

Update 10.18.2013
It’s been two years and I’ve never had an issue with my ear piercings. They never got infected or anything of the sort!
I go back to this Claire’s all the time to buy earrings!

Nightmare in an Understatement,
My wife has been crying and went into depression that past 12 hours since we left the store at 12pm, I was in the store at 12pm its now 12am shes still crying they poked 3 holes into our NEWBORNS EAR, He ear is super red and looks like someone stabbed her with a fork, The woman working there today was extremely rude, They can be rest assure that they will be going through a law suit and should be hearing from our attorney for the unprofessional way they acted the lady being the counter has no clue what she was doing, Instead she laughed at my crying wife and said it looks fine, She finally admitted that she poked many holes in the wrong spot and was like what do you want me to do.
She was the dumbest person Ive ever meet working, If they don’t fire her then who knows what shell do next, I would not trust her with anything.
If you are looking to have many holes in your ears then go to clears
My wife is crying and has had the worst 5 day vacation of her life, My newborn looks like shes sick and the doctors had no choice but to cut holes in her ear.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL AND WILL WRECK YOU,
WATCH OUT RUN FOR YOUR LIEFE

Negative ten reviews for their ear piercing! Do not go here, go to a tattoo shop that is licensed instead!!!
Karen pierced my ears and she was nice enough, but even though i opted for the gold earrings to reduce likelihood of reaction, my ears blew up to twice their size.
I was in a lot of pain, and didn’t know what to do.
I then went to a tattoo/​piercing shop and talked to their piercer and he said that Claire’s is notorious for selling gold that has traces of nickel in it, bc it’s cheap mass produced, and that nickel is highly likely to cause a reaction.
He also said that guns rather than needle piercing are really bad, and they are trying to ban them.
But ultimately, Claire’s is a horrible place to get your ears pierced, particularly as an adult bc your ear is more likely to swell past the point the earrings they give you allow, further inflaming your ear.
Another day and I’m sure I would have had a bad infection.
When I called to ask for my money back, I spoke to asst manager Christine, who basically refused me unless I came back in, and when I asked to speak w her manager, she said she wasn’t there and to call back tomorrow, when I asked she take a message, she basically refused.
Ridiculously bad service, and I would be inclined to get legal on their ass if the infection doesn’t resolve itself.

Unilocal INSIDER TIP FROM DOREEN (AKA AZN PERSUASION): Even though this place is for tweens, it’s a good spot to pick up hair clips, hats, and accessories. They have a lot of good sales too.
*****
Target never has enough variety for hair clips so I come here. I buy most of my cute winter or summer hats here too. I bought a cute tutu/​mesh ballerina skirt here that I get compliments on whenever I wear it. I’m small so if I buy an XL size it fits me. Prices are cheap/​reasonable.

Came here to get my ears pierced and I have to tell you it instantly got infected. Highly disappointed and the piercing’s were not level. They also stare you down like a hawk thinking you’re going to steal something.

I came here to find a necklace to wear with a strapless dress — and since I’ve never really wandered around here, I was overwhelmed at how much stuff they have!
Necklaces, rings, earrings, nose and belly button rings, toe rings, pins, makeup, fake nails, fashion glasses, scarves, hats, purses… whew!
Being female gives you a lot of accessory options, doesn’t it???
The good news: I bought three different necklaces ($ 12.50-$ 14.50) to try on with my dress, and a super cool zebra-​frame pair of 50’s style glasses for my Bettie Paige-​loving niece (on sale for $ 5).
Yaay Claire’s! Or actually, now — Icing by Claire’s!

If you ever buy anything at Claire’s, do NOT bring it or wear it back to Claire’s.
A customer saw I had a Claire’s keychain, and thought I had taken it. He told the clerk, who demanded I give it to her. I didn’t have the receipt on me of course because I had bought it weeks earlier. She humiliated me in front of dozens of people until I felt so bad I just gave it to her and left.
Thinking this was an admission of guilt, the other customer then continued to yell out obscenities at me as I walked out of the store and down the street! The employee just snickered at me and didn’t ask the man to stop following me and harassing me.
All this for a three dollar keychain?