Valour Artistry

09/11/2024

Hello I am back from taking a month off to figure our my next move. I am still in the Bulkley Valley for about another momth or so.
My shop is closed after the town of smithers denied my renewal of my business licence because there has been no health inspectors to open my new shop. Says alot about the safety of the public if there are no inspectors in the area for 4plus months.
In conjunction with some shady people and the small town gossip mill I was forced to close my new shop befor I could even get it open. Wasting alot if my time and alot if money.
Apologies to my clients. I will be avail to assist you but from a different location outside if the town limits. Msg me to set up an apt befor I move to somewhere I can work and support my familly.
It was a great 4 years of working with you all. Best of luck on your future body modifications.
As for my massage clients I can come to you for treatments for now.
In the future pls make sure you get massaged and pierced from practitioners with actual certifications and insurance for what that practice. Lots of hacks out there with zero education that offer " relaxation massage servises"
You get what you pay for.

I will be located in squamish here soon.
Thank you for the support over the past 4 years.
Almost had a very beautiful studio for you guys to enjoy. You can thank the town of smithers for there lack of supporting businesses stay re open. And allowing other businesses to operate without valid inspections and zero education.

Stay classy my pokey friends.

06/19/2024

I just love this chandelier ear. If anyone wants something like this done msg me I want to do a chandi project here soon I will give you a hell of a deal concidering my new work situation. I just have seen this for a few months and really want to tackle a rad fun new ear transformation

06/19/2024

06/19/2024

Thank you to all the amazing comments sent by all you amazing clients. I will be back eventually not in Smithers but I have a few other idea up my sleeve. For the time being I have created a little space at home to work from. Same high standards as I have always had for the last 23 years. I live in quick so it's a little journey but possibly looking for a space to guest spot 1 to 2 x a month from in Smithers if anyone has any ideas or spaces they woukd want to rent out even 1day a week would be perfect as I have alot of clients that well you said it only trust me to do your piercings and offer continued support through your whole healing process. I am still massaging just from home or at your home as well as I can be mobile. With zero over head.
I am still around you can always message me for any questions or concerns and I will do my very best to assist you.

I am contemplating the idea of going back to university to finish my degree but that will be a few months away. I will be around for the summer. And no I will absolutly not ever again open a shop in Smithers after this awful experience I just had this town is certinally. Not where I want to make a business to grow from.
This whole thing was so unbelievably unfair I got denied my business licence while others were still allowed and not even confronted about there malpractice and inspection limitations. Hell some are even practicing things they have zero education or certification performing on the public and I got shut out.
Something tells me there was a little more to this whole thing then just insurance and health inspections concidering some places don't have any insurance and have not had any the entire time they were open while they piggybacked off mine. Karma and well my work speaks for its self and my countless sacrificed hrs of education, practice and time invested into doing something I am passionate about for 23 years and 13 years massaging some pretty elite clients. Smithers you lost a really good practitioner and piercer.
Apologies for the most likely longer wait line at the hospitals from poorly done piercings and well no professional piercers in this town. It took me a year to clean up the messes out there. But mostly I am sad to see parents resort to please take your kids to anywhere but a gin piercing place because it's traumatic and gross.
Finally thank you for all you support the past 3.5 years and if you still need any support with any piercings please msg me anytime.
I am still around just because I don't have a shop doesn't mean I am not going to stop doing what i love. I live outside of the town limits so come say some words on the other side of the tracks!!
Thank you again your posts have all made this a little less depressing to take in. But just means it was not the right space or place for me to be and as I saw an army of any invading that old shop I kinda had a hunch something bigger was on it way. The old witch in me still believes in these kinda things but I still believe in magic too and who knows maybe something bigger is around the corner.

Much love, Lindsay

06/09/2024

So much as talking about needles with clients can be a little 'off putting' we know: YOU know a good needle tip when you see one.

06/07/2024

With great sadness I will be closing my not even opened yet beautiful studio. Because the town of smithers denied me a business licence because Northern health has no health inspectors avail to even call me qbck in 4 months. After all my efforts I finally got an inspection booked on the 3rd of June and 1 hr later ubwas told they denied my application because I couldn't get a health inspection . 1 hr after that I was issued an eviction notice because eu can't get insurance because I couldn't get a business licence because I couldn't get a health inspection. After all attempts made I got a "no" back in an email from the town of smithers and that was all the communication made to me
So i will be packing up my studiobthisbweekend liquidating everything and I will take my business somewhere else.
This town certinally doesn't support small businesses and has made made it the worst experience I have ever had in opening a shop anywhere I have operated in the last 20 years.

Thank you to all my amazing clients sadly Smithers will no longer have a safe piercing studio. Goodbye i am done with this place.
If you need piercing assistance reach out to me as I will be jobless homeless and living in quick until I figure out where to move to from here.
Sorry to my client and a huge ****** you to the town of smithers and Northern health for wasting my time and money trying to open a safe space for body modification as well as offer my massage services here.
Meanwhile other businesses have been operating illegally without health inspections offering services they are not approved to do for the last 6 months and they have no penalties or are forced to close business meaning sholas shop upstairs she's only approved to do sugaring that's it thats all because that's all she has training to do. But sure after my extensive education and experience in both my industries I have been forced to close my doors.

Well i will be inbthe shop for the last time this weekend selling off anything I don't want to pack up and leave with.

Goodbye smithers I am done

04/08/2024

To all my valued clients my apologies on the late opening of the studio. Apparently Smithers has no health inspectors till the 10th so hopefully this week we can finally open the doors to something magical.
See you all soon in the new studio layer in the month.

04/08/2024

03/09/2024

This Saturday todays sale. 11 tilĺ 6

New location is downstairs same building in the smithers plaza

Piercing specials
Navels $100
Nose $75
Ni***es $150 or 80 for 1

All jewlery 20% off

I want to make space for my new order

Tooth gems $20 and $5-$10 a gem after
Feeling fun? try a silly word girl grill $50

Shop is coming along still not at its full force but Soft opening this month.

Still looking to hire some more team members.
Hairdressers, barbers
Body workers, RMTs, nail techs, lashers,
skin specialists.
Tattoo artists,

I also have a vintage / funky consignment retail space transforming into a fun treasure chest here. So if you have fun and or vintage clothing or if you re work old into new clothing pieces, i want to meet you.
I have some space for your rad items to sell.
Until i have my hair team in place i have lots of retail space so if you have some items that are unique pop by and put em up for sale.

Grand re opening april 1st

I will have some new clothing lines in as well soon. And alot of hats custom designed phat brim hats.

smithers what clothing lines or things do you want to see on the shelves here? What is this town missing when it comes to retail? I want your input please!

02/13/2024

grand re opening has be post poned until we get things more together

02/06/2024

New location downstaits next to flower shop in smithers plaza