Wingnut Tattoo & Piercing Studio

All of Wingnut's piercers are reputable and trustworthy. I highly recommend Paxton. Even at the busiest hours, he takes the time to answer any and all questions. He is confident in his actions and advice. Never once has he rushed me out the door to get to the next person in line or disregarded any of my piercing concerns. I've been pierced many times at Wingnut and I have never had a bad experience. Looking forward to more visits! Thank you, Wingnut!!

Very clean and friendly. I went in for 2 dermal piercings and felt very comfortable the whole time. Justin was awesome. Will definitely come back.

Made my appt online, was met at the door and walked in. Very clean and sanitary. The energies and vibes were perfect. Went in for an eyebrow piercing. So happy. Now I'm deciding what tattoo to do with this place. I called a place closer to my location bit I was recommended to here and I am not disappointed!

Update: I have been in contact with Dave. I appreciated the call back and working with me over this review.

This review has nothing to do with quality of my piercing. This is based solely on false advertising and professionalism.

I got my nose pierced a few weeks ago with a friend. When I set up my appointment I informed them of doing it on my birthday because of their birthday discount. On the day of, one of the girl workers greeted my friend and I at the door, but was very cold and annoyed while saying, "you need to wait in your car and call Wingnut. Also, you two can't be in together." Totally fine for COVID reasons, but it would've been nice if we knew that policy before having that be our first impression.

When I got my piercing Paxton was great. He walked me through everything and felt reassured. I had mentioned it was my birthday when we were talking and I brought up the discount. Right before paying for my piercing I mentioned the advertised deal from the website and he said, "yep, we can do that." Ran my card and went on my way.

When I got home later that night I noticed I was not given my discount. I called a little over a day later and left a message asking that someone just please call me back. By the next week with no answer I called during business hours. Someone answered and said, "oh is this about the nasal piercing?" (Meaning that they knew I left a message). His response was, "because we are the only piercing place in the state to be doing nasal piercings we aren't offering that discount at this time." I asked why I wasn't given that information when I was told I was offered the discount when checking out. He then started getting defensive and said, "I don't know, I am just the front desk guy." He said the owner, Dave, would be back in a hour to call back. Called back in an hour, no Dave, he wrote my name down and said Dave would call me back. Over a week later with no call is why I am writing this review.

This is a $70 discount I should have received from their advertisement and assurance from one of their workers that I was getting it. As someone who grew up in Anoka, I am very aware of this business with many friends getting piercings and ink from here. Very disappointed to give a low review on an establishment within my community.

The person I spoke with had a lack of care or concern with a piercing infection where the ear was almost completely swollen around the jewlery. I was told to schedule an appointment online which was booked out 3 days. Fortunately, I got into a different shop and after they removed the jewelry it was discovered that the jewelry Wingnut originally used was too small/not correct.

Justin did my industrial piercing and he was so kind and helped with how nervous I was. It was such a quick process and extremely clean place. I will come here again and recommend 110%!
I’ve had my piercing for almost 2 months now and whenever I had a question, I just called and talked to him! I also went back to get my piercing cleaner from them and will continue because it’s the cheapest I can find!!
Love wingnut! Thank you thank you Justin!

JESSE IS AWESOME. I got my first tattoo done by him a couple of weeks ago and he did such an amazing job!! The shading on it is incredible. I love my new tattoo and can't wait to come back to add color to it! Definitely recommend coming here if you're looking to get a tattoo.

The staff is super great and talented. Always professional. I can't wait to work with the new artist Abbie! Scheduling with certain artists can be a little annoying because they are booked farther out, but worth the wait!

Best jewelry around! I lost one of my piercings and checked out several shops in Duluth area for some new jewelry, only to be disappointed by the selection. I drove over 2 hours to get to Wingnut, and as always its worth the drive. They carry jewelry in all price points and I was able to get some serious bling for my monroe. Clean shop, professional staff. Don't waste your time going anywhere else.

Paxton is my guy. He is absolutely the best. He has been my piercer since I was 18. He helped me fall in love with myself, every single time I put a new hole in my body it was if I finding obits of myself. He talked me out of a few bad decisions for sure, with proper reason and education. I always tell people who seek to make body modifications to see him out, for not only his advice, but his great attitude and personality. He really is a stand up guy with 20+ years of expertise and experience to back his words.