ABOUT US
In 2015 Elemental Body Adornment was born out of a love of quality jewellery and excellent piercing service. After visiting over 40 piercing studios across North America, Victory (Elemental's founder, owner and head piercer) wanted to offer the best jewellery and piercing services available in a studio unlike any other. Over a decade later their humble dream has grown to one of the largest piercing specialty studios in the country!
At Elemental, piercing is our passion - we are honest and kind nerds! We lead the way when it comes to ensuring you get the piercing information and experience you deserve. We offer a family friendly and inclusive studio atmosphere where folks can feel comfortable and safe while adorning their bodies. We love answering questions, and we offer generous appointment times to ensure the experience doesn't feel rushed.
We pay living wages and provide health and dental insurance to our team members, and all the jewellery we carry is ethically made in North America with lifetime warranty against manufacturers defects.
With high quality piercing services and jewellery as our only focus we refuse to cut corners when it comes to your health, safety and experience!
TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
‘Uy’ skweyul! (“Good day”)
We recognize our studio operates on traditional Lək̓ʷəŋən territory. This land and harbour with all its natural resources allowed these Indigenous People to thrive for thousands of years. Because of colonization these vibrant cultures have been displaced.
Less than a kilometre from our studio is xwsзyq’әm (whu-SEI-kum “place of mud” - the Lower Causeway in the Inner Harbour) which was the site of an amazing clam bed that was buried and destroyed in order to construct the Empress Hotel (built 1904-1908).
Acknowledging this uncomfortable history of destruction for colonial expansion gives us perspective and encourages us to learn better respect for the land, water and Indigenous People here.
We humbly thank the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations for the honour of being of service to this area with quality and safe piercing services.
Huy ch q’u (“Thank you”) and Stay Shiny!
HEALTH & SAFETY
We take everyone's health and safety very seriously, which is why we do things a little differently than manyother body art studios:
Clean & Private Piercing Rooms
all surfaces disinfected after every client for comfort and safety
- Our 3 piercing rooms are private for client comfort, and all surfaces are non-porous and wiped down with disinfectant after every client
- All our piercing supplies are latex-free
- Needles are single use only, sterilized immediately before use and disposed of after the piercing
- We use sterile nitrile gloves for all piercing procedures (these gloves are different than regular boxed gloves they come individually packaged to ensure sterility and aseptic technique - they are what surgeons use during surgery!)
- All piercing supplies are single use only, and all tools are sterilized immediately before the piercing
- For every piercing we include an integrator strip in the autoclave cycle as a visual pass/fail of whether the jewellery, needle and supplies are properly sterilized (If the cycle fails, we know in advance of doing the piercing, avoiding the risk of piercing with contaminated jewellery or needles)
- Our autoclaves are monitored weekly with spore testing services to make sure they are functioning correctly. Our autoclaves model, the Statim G4 2000, is one of the best models available for our body piercing specific needs (and is also favoured by the dental industry). The cycle time is only 7 minutes, and is one of the fastest, safest autoclaves available - ensuring your jewellery is sterile and ready for you!
- All piercers keep current First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens certification, and are members of the Association of Professional Piercers (see more about the APP below).
INCLUSIVITY & ACCESSIBILITY
At Elemental, we know we are all different, and we strongly believe this is to be celebrated! We do our best to provide a safe, inclusive and welcoming atmosphere for our clients, regardless of gender, age, race, size, sexual orientation or piercing knowledge and experience level.
We have two massage tables that can support up to 650lbs (295 kgs), and a wider massage table that can support up to 450lbs (204 kgs). Our studio is street level with small lips on the doorways.
Please contact us if you have any questions - our goal is to help you shine!
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL PIERCERS (APP) MEMBERSHIP
Elemental's piercers are proud members of the Association of Professional Piercers (APP).
The Association of Professional Piercers (APP) is an international health and safety organization. It is a nonprofit voluntary alliance dedicated to the dissemination of information about body piercing.
In order to become members of the Association of Professional Piercers,
Professional Business members:
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Uphold a set of safety and hygiene standards that are equal to, or more stringent than those established by state or local governments.
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Have at least one year of piercing experience.
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Have knowledge of appropriate sterilization and cross-contamination prevention through blood-borne pathogens training, required annually for membership.
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Must work in a studio that meets rigorous standards of environmental criteria for health, safety and sanitation.
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Undergo training and certification in CPR, and blood-borne pathogens and first aid certification; which must be renewed according to membership requirements.
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Must send in monthly spore tests results for their studio’s autoclave (sterilizer).
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Must answer an extensive questionnaire and sign a health and safety agreement.
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