Got a tattoo done here today by Shawn, and the tattoo isn’t the worst but it’s definitely not up to my standards. He told me off the bat he isn’t a color artist which is fine because most of the color looks okay. My issue is all of the lines are so shaky that it doesn’t look good, some of the lines aren’t connected and by the time I noticed was when I got home to wash the tattoo. In the tattoo itself there is a cross and the cross isn’t straight, the star doesn’t look like a star and some of the color does go outside the lines. The only thing he got down solidly was the lettering and his customer service (minus the aftercare instructions) he did do his best with the color for being a black and grey artist, but the 120 I paid wasn’t worth it for it to be fixed at another shop. Honestly would recommend going somewhere else
Edited to add: it’s been a month since i got this tattoo and the lines are very inconsistent on the tattoo. Some spots are so light they look like they could fade in a week and others are blown out. I also have scarring in the star that isn’t shaped like a star. The color isn’t there in some spots and I could keep nitpicking, but I won’t. From what I understand Shawn is an apprentice- if I had known I would have said no to him tattooing me (I have had poor instances in the past with apprentices and this is another one, as he didn’t even mention him being an apprentice) but in my honest opinion- he needs to work more on fake skin or something else before tattooing a person again, it’s just so inconsistent he shouldn’t be tattooing on his own. Like I said a month ago, find a better shop.
jo die
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July 20, 2024
Wish I read the reviews before coming here. Just wanted to redo my closed loab piercings. The piecer was too distracted by the TV to even great me other than "here" to sit. The lady at the front stated "the jewelry is included", so I mistakenly assumed I would be able to pick something. Nope, just some cheap studs.
No talking, no aftercare (had to ask on my way out). I've been putting this off for over a decade because I'm horrible with needles, but was told a friend had a good experience. Big oof. Will definitely go elsewhere for my upcoming tattoos and piercings.
Alexis Ray
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June 07, 2024
I will never be going here for a piercing again, the dude who pierced me was entirely too distracted by the TV in front of him at the time of me getting my snake bites done, the snake bites also were not evenly on either side of the middle of my lip. The jewelry used was obviously a fake silver plated piece since we could see where the silver was coming off when eventually they both needed removed due to infection being on the verge of happening despite proper cleaning, and one of them trying to embed into the front and back of my lip. (the piercing that was trying to embed was also pierced too high so too close to my actual lip resulting in something being nicked that caused the piercing to bleed quite a bit and almost immediately swell to the point that it gave me a lisp. I was also not given any type of paper towel or napkin to be able to clean this blood myself and had to walk around like that until I got home to clean it up myself.) I have gotten several piercings in the past from a piercer in Illinois and a piercer in Indiana, none of the other piercings I've had have hurt as much as those two from this shop did. I have never had such bad service and bad piercing jobs. I would never suggest going here for a piercing.
Aziine
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June 05, 2024
On June 1st, 2024 at approximately 2pm, my wife and our roommate decided for my birthday to get pierced here. to start off, this was the worst idea we’ve had in a long time and now that i’ve had problems with not one but SIX piercings between three people, i won’t be back.To make a long story short, my wife and I paid for a navel and our roommate paid for a double lip (snake bites). Our roommate bled a lot with her lip on her right side, wasn’t given a paper towel or anything to clean up, and was in a lot of pain in the (short few) following days despite proper aftercare. like more pain than she should have been. the side that had been bleeding a lot ended up starting to embed in the front and her lip was definitely nicked. it was placed way too high up on her bottom lip, the bars were far too short for her lip size and she had been in excruciating pain for three days because we had to use PLIERS to remove the balls. My wife’s went swimmingly, her navel looks good for the most part and it’s healing well, however she’s also in quite a bit of pain. it’s also a bit…too much skin for the bar length chosen as she is a bigger lady and should have been given a slightly longer bar just to accommodate the slight swelling she has. now for the worst piercing, mine. i paid 40 dollars for a navel, walked out having paid 40 dollars for a nostril (which is only 25) because my skin was apparently “too tight” to pierce. granted, i had mandatory surgery done on my stomach in 2017 and my belly button was completely reconstructed and i have a gluten intolerance, there is a perfectly good flap of skin that could have been pierced and i have the proper anatomy for a navel piercing. since i don’t know his name (rodney? maybe? he’s the really quiet guy) i can’t provide it, however idk what he was thinking in the moment but he shoved that needle in so hard it was personal. mans took all of his rage out on my nose that i literally couldn’t breathe for a moment and ended up holding my breath (the worst idea for a piercing might i add as you can pass tf out doing it). his marking was in line with my other nostril piercing, however he ended up piercing it too high and completely out of line with it that the hoop i had intended on putting in to match my other one wouldn’t have fit. the worst part? I’ve had my nostril done once at a different shop who no longer employs the piercer I preferred, the entrance and exit holes line up perfectly and it’s straight…this last one done here (which i took out because it was also starting to try and embed and absolutely in the wrong place) was so badly done that my entrance hole is not only too high, but the exit hole sits maybe a hair away from the outside of my nostril. i can feel it inside of my nose and had to fight with a L shaped bar to get it fully through the hole because i wanted to keep it and giveit the benefit of the doubt. please, for the love of all things unholy stop letting this man pierce people and find new, more experienced people to do any of your work. not a single artist in this place can tattoo and your body piercer is so distracted by hi surroundings (like the massive TV he has in front of his station) and very harsh when piercing. i have watched 6 piercings go funky from this place and all of them have been done by the same guy. to cap this all off i won’t be back, unless it’s for a full refund for all THREE piercings (simple request…since you have of them can’t be worn) certainly will not be setting up an appointment with your tattoo artists based solely on their shoddy work and lack of knowledge about tattooing either.
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February 13, 2024
Walked in on a whim and got my first piercings done. Both the guy at the desk and the guy doing my piercings were very lovely. I was asked to confirm if the marked spots looked even and he was quick and precise. Very happy I chose to walk in, thank you!
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Got a tattoo done here today by Shawn, and the tattoo isn’t the worst but it’s definitely not up to my standards. He told me off the bat he isn’t a color artist which is fine because most of the color looks okay. My issue is all of the lines are so shaky that it doesn’t look good, some of the lines aren’t connected and by the time I noticed was when I got home to wash the tattoo. In the tattoo itself there is a cross and the cross isn’t straight, the star doesn’t look like a star and some of the color does go outside the lines. The only thing he got down solidly was the lettering and his customer service (minus the aftercare instructions) he did do his best with the color for being a black and grey artist, but the 120 I paid wasn’t worth it for it to be fixed at another shop. Honestly would recommend going somewhere else Edited to add: it’s been a month since i got this tattoo and the lines are very inconsistent on the tattoo. Some spots are so light they look like they could fade in a week and others are blown out. I also have scarring in the star that isn’t shaped like a star. The color isn’t there in some spots and I could keep nitpicking, but I won’t. From what I understand Shawn is an apprentice- if I had known I would have said no to him tattooing me (I have had poor instances in the past with apprentices and this is another one, as he didn’t even mention him being an apprentice) but in my honest opinion- he needs to work more on fake skin or something else before tattooing a person again, it’s just so inconsistent he shouldn’t be tattooing on his own. Like I said a month ago, find a better shop.
Wish I read the reviews before coming here. Just wanted to redo my closed loab piercings. The piecer was too distracted by the TV to even great me other than "here" to sit. The lady at the front stated "the jewelry is included", so I mistakenly assumed I would be able to pick something. Nope, just some cheap studs. No talking, no aftercare (had to ask on my way out). I've been putting this off for over a decade because I'm horrible with needles, but was told a friend had a good experience. Big oof. Will definitely go elsewhere for my upcoming tattoos and piercings.
I will never be going here for a piercing again, the dude who pierced me was entirely too distracted by the TV in front of him at the time of me getting my snake bites done, the snake bites also were not evenly on either side of the middle of my lip. The jewelry used was obviously a fake silver plated piece since we could see where the silver was coming off when eventually they both needed removed due to infection being on the verge of happening despite proper cleaning, and one of them trying to embed into the front and back of my lip. (the piercing that was trying to embed was also pierced too high so too close to my actual lip resulting in something being nicked that caused the piercing to bleed quite a bit and almost immediately swell to the point that it gave me a lisp. I was also not given any type of paper towel or napkin to be able to clean this blood myself and had to walk around like that until I got home to clean it up myself.) I have gotten several piercings in the past from a piercer in Illinois and a piercer in Indiana, none of the other piercings I've had have hurt as much as those two from this shop did. I have never had such bad service and bad piercing jobs. I would never suggest going here for a piercing.
On June 1st, 2024 at approximately 2pm, my wife and our roommate decided for my birthday to get pierced here. to start off, this was the worst idea we’ve had in a long time and now that i’ve had problems with not one but SIX piercings between three people, i won’t be back.To make a long story short, my wife and I paid for a navel and our roommate paid for a double lip (snake bites). Our roommate bled a lot with her lip on her right side, wasn’t given a paper towel or anything to clean up, and was in a lot of pain in the (short few) following days despite proper aftercare. like more pain than she should have been. the side that had been bleeding a lot ended up starting to embed in the front and her lip was definitely nicked. it was placed way too high up on her bottom lip, the bars were far too short for her lip size and she had been in excruciating pain for three days because we had to use PLIERS to remove the balls. My wife’s went swimmingly, her navel looks good for the most part and it’s healing well, however she’s also in quite a bit of pain. it’s also a bit…too much skin for the bar length chosen as she is a bigger lady and should have been given a slightly longer bar just to accommodate the slight swelling she has. now for the worst piercing, mine. i paid 40 dollars for a navel, walked out having paid 40 dollars for a nostril (which is only 25) because my skin was apparently “too tight” to pierce. granted, i had mandatory surgery done on my stomach in 2017 and my belly button was completely reconstructed and i have a gluten intolerance, there is a perfectly good flap of skin that could have been pierced and i have the proper anatomy for a navel piercing. since i don’t know his name (rodney? maybe? he’s the really quiet guy) i can’t provide it, however idk what he was thinking in the moment but he shoved that needle in so hard it was personal. mans took all of his rage out on my nose that i literally couldn’t breathe for a moment and ended up holding my breath (the worst idea for a piercing might i add as you can pass tf out doing it). his marking was in line with my other nostril piercing, however he ended up piercing it too high and completely out of line with it that the hoop i had intended on putting in to match my other one wouldn’t have fit. the worst part? I’ve had my nostril done once at a different shop who no longer employs the piercer I preferred, the entrance and exit holes line up perfectly and it’s straight…this last one done here (which i took out because it was also starting to try and embed and absolutely in the wrong place) was so badly done that my entrance hole is not only too high, but the exit hole sits maybe a hair away from the outside of my nostril. i can feel it inside of my nose and had to fight with a L shaped bar to get it fully through the hole because i wanted to keep it and giveit the benefit of the doubt. please, for the love of all things unholy stop letting this man pierce people and find new, more experienced people to do any of your work. not a single artist in this place can tattoo and your body piercer is so distracted by hi surroundings (like the massive TV he has in front of his station) and very harsh when piercing. i have watched 6 piercings go funky from this place and all of them have been done by the same guy. to cap this all off i won’t be back, unless it’s for a full refund for all THREE piercings (simple request…since you have of them can’t be worn) certainly will not be setting up an appointment with your tattoo artists based solely on their shoddy work and lack of knowledge about tattooing either.
Walked in on a whim and got my first piercings done. Both the guy at the desk and the guy doing my piercings were very lovely. I was asked to confirm if the marked spots looked even and he was quick and precise. Very happy I chose to walk in, thank you!