Ear & Body Piercing

Body piercings, ear piercings and high quality body jewellery to suit your individual style! Let our Piercing Specialists bring all of your piercing ideas to life. Choose from a range of body metal types for your new piercing, only at Essential Beauty.

At Essential Beauty, the safety and individual needs of our clients come first! Our highly trained Piercing Specialists follow strict body piercing procedures in a sterile environment, using disposable tools, autoclaved equipment and highly polished jewellery available in a variety of styles and materials to suit you! Our salons have a wide range of body jewellery to be pierced with including styles in titanium, surgical steel, Bioplast, 24ct Gold PVD, rose gold PVD and solid 18ct gold.

Age Requirements for Body Piercing

Age requirements for ear and body piercing vary across states in Australia. Every piercing client in WA, SA, VIC & NSW, regardless of age, must bring valid identification to their appointment. In QLD, you can get pierced on any part of the ear and most parts of the body without providing photo identification.

Age requirements and consent needed for piercings (including Childrenโ€™s Double Operator Ear Piercing):

Western Australia Piercing Ages

If you are under 16: You can pierce any part of the ear or body (excluding nipple, genital and dermal piercings) with a parent present on the dayParentโ€™s & guardians must provide valid identification and complete the piercing consent form.
 
If you are over 16, but under 18: You can pierce anywhere on your ear without parental permission. You must present valid identification on the day.
These areas include earlobes, conch, daith, helix, forward helix, industrial, flat, rook, snug, tragus, anti-tragus or any other piercing on the ear.
 
If you are over 18: You can pierce any part of the ear or body if you provide valid identification.

South Australia & Victoria Piercing Ages

If you are under 16: You can pierce any part of the ear or body (excluding nipple, genital and dermal piercings) with a parent present on the dayParentโ€™s & guardians must provide valid identification and complete the piercing consent form.
 
If you are over 16, but under 18: You can pierce your ear or body (excluding nipple, genital and dermal piercings) without parental permission. You must present valid identification on the day.
These areas include ear lobes, conch, daith, helix, forward helix, industrial, flat, rook, snug, tragus, anti-tragus or any other piercing on the ear. Also includes belly, nose, eyebrow, lip, labret, tongue, medusa, monroe, septum, smiley body piercings.
All dermals, skin divers or intimate areas (nipples or genitals) are strictly 18+.
 
If you are over 18: You can pierce any part of the ear or body if you provide valid identification.

New South Wales Piercing Ages

If you are under 16: You can pierce on any part of the ear or body (excluding nipple, genital and dermal piercings) with a parent present on the dayParentโ€™s & guardians must provide valid identification and complete the piercing consent form.
 
If you are over 16, but under 18: You can pierce any part of the ear or body (excluding genital and dermal piercings) if you provide identification. If you are over 16 you can get a nipple piercing if you provide valid identification.

Queensland Piercing Ages

You can pierce any part of the ear or body (excluding nipple, genital and dermal piercings) by signing a consent form. In Queensland, you are not required to provide photo identification.
You must be over 18 (and provide valid identification) to get a nipple, genital or dermal piercing.
 

Other Things to Know!

Legal guardians can also provide consent:

A legal guardian needs to produce guardianship order/court order together with an ID of the child (birth certificate or passport)The legal guardian needs to also provide valid identification to confirm they are the nominated legal guardian named on the order.

Nipple & Genital Piercing Age Requirements:

You can get your genitalia or nipples pierced in WA, SA, VIC or QLD if you are over 18 years of age and provide photo identification.
In NSW, you can get your nipples pierced if you are over 16 and provide valid identification. You must be over 18 years of age and provide valid identification to have your genitalia pierced.

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Your Piercing Journey

Frequently Asked
Questions

Have questions? We have the answers on all things waxing, piercing, eyebrows & beauty!

Waxing is a safe and efficient way to remove all the hairs you can see, and the fine hairs you canโ€™t see! Waxing is suitable for all hair colours, thicknesses and skin types, making it suitable for everyone. Our Beauty Therapists are highly trained and experienced and will always ensure your salon experience is an enjoyable and positive one. Waxing also offers smooth skin with long lasting results. Your hair will grow back finer, which means that there is no irritation, itchiness or prickliness like you experience after shaving.

Mave the move! Start your waxing routine and journey today.

Yes! At Essential Beauty, our piercing prices include high-polish implant grade surgical steel jewellery from our standard design range. Our surgical steel jewellery is hypoallergenic and great for initial piercings. Jewellery upgrades are available and include custom flat back labret designs, rings and more. Our jewellery upgrade options include titanium, nickel-free cobalt chrome, Bioplast, 18ct gold and 24ct gold PVD, rose gold PVD or black PVD

We strictly pierce with our autoclave sterilised jewellery.

Interested in upgrading your jewellery? Read more here.

Yes! Our trained Beauty Therapists specialise in waxing for both men and women. Male hair can be thicker and denser in some areas, making them more prone to ingrown hairs. We highly recommend the use of Ingrostopper after all male waxing, to soften the follicle and gently exfoliate, reducing the risk of ingrown hairs.

Book your next appointment online or give your local salon a call/visit to learn more.

Face waxing leaves your skin silky and smooth for 2-3 weeks! By removing thick, stubborn growth and all the fine vellus hairs (peach fuzz), it makes the perfect blank canvas for makeup. Waxing also removes all hairs from the root, causing the hair follicles to weaken over time, which eventually leads to less growth!  Facial waxing also assists in the absorption of skincare, as no product is left on the surface surrounding the hairs.

Some popular face waxing styles include the eyebrowsupper lip (moustache wax), chin, sideburns, forehead and more!

Read more about our face waxing services.

We strictly pierce with autoclave sterilised jewellery; this is why we cannot pierce you with jewellery you already own and bring in. It is also impossible for us to determine the quality of the materials used in the jewellery, and therefore, it may not be safe for us to use your own jewellery for initial piercings.

We have a great range of jewellery upgrade options; we are confident you will find the perfect piece of jewellery for you! Learn more about our upgrade options here.

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