“I do truly love what I do, it’s cheesy to say, but it doesn’t feel like work.” Embellish Piercing Salon owner Carmela Hall made that comment as she opened her new business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday at the shop, located at the Hayes Shopping Center. The luxury body piercing and jewelry studio opened in the space formerly occupied by Blown Away Salon. Hall has been a piercer for 13 years and a tattoo artist for 10, recently traveling all over the U.S. to tattoo conventions and networking within the industry. “Piercing has always been my first love because it’s what brought me into the industry to begin with, so I knew I wanted to come home and open this vision that I had for the community,” Hall said. Originally, she had been looking at locations in Hampton Roads, but felt like something was calling her back to Gloucester, where she grew up. After Blown Away Salon relocated last year, the hair salon’s owner Michelle Green reached out to Hall about purchasing the space. ...