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| - Short review: Fiancé and I went in for matching tattoos. Unfortunately they are shaded completely different. All staff was nice but got some major rudeness from my artist near the end. Was charged more than what I think we should have, and then got conflicting comments on whether we should tip or not when their credit card service didn't allow us to pay tattoo price on one card and then tip on another.
Long review: My fiancé and I went in today to get matching tattoos. Feathers on the back of our calves (bird of a feather flock together)!
The atmosphere in this shop is wonderful. It is really clean and trendy looking. We were greeted SO warmly. I wish I could remember what the guys name was. He was so freaking nice. We were a walk-in, but still felt like a priority due to him. He asked us what our budget was. I told him we didn't want to spend any more than $400. He basically was like "Oh yeah, of course! We just get some people in that have like $80, and we draw something up for them and then they realize they can't pay for it. Then we're like, we could have drawn you one for $80. But yeah absolutely it will be in that budget."
But remember, I said I don't want to spend any more than $400.
They drew up a feather stencil really quickly. We liked it. Then my tattoo artist (not the receptionist) quoted us $200 a piece ($400 total). I get nervous in situations like these so I immediately agreed to it, but now that I look back I should have questioned it because our tattoos took no more than 45 minutes, and they're not that detailed or large. I think that they charged us $400 just because that's what we said our budget was, which is kind of shady if that's true. I have been around tattoos my whole life and it just doesn't make sense to me for these tattoos to cost $200 each due to the reasons above and also because our tattoos look very different.
When I realized that we were going to have different artists, I was concerned. Different artists have different styles, so I asked the receptionist if they would look exactly alike. He assured me they would be, but they are EXTREMELY noticeably different tattoos. Mine is at least twice as dark as his.
My fiancé had an amazing experience. He had Pete as his tattoo artist. He was friendly throughout, and did an amazing tattoo. The tattoo was shaded well, and he performed it quickly. My fiancé showed him a tattoo he wants, and Pete seemed excited to have the opportunity to do it in the future.
My experience was alright. I appreciated the fact that my artist, Joe redid my stencil placement three times. It showed me that he really cared. Even though I have tattoos, I always get really nervous when I'm getting a new one, and he handled it nicely by reassuring me. I always appreciate this because I cannot control my anxiety, so the understanding makes me very happy.
Mid-way through my tattoo, my fiancé came down to be with me as he was finished. After my tattoo was done, all three of us were making small talk and the conversation switched to face tattoos. I expressed my want for a subtle white-ink face tattoo, and commented that it would be easy to cover in the event that I needed to. My tattoo artist then went on this short, rude and condescending rant about how I'm too young and if I'm not an idiot I would stay off my hands, neck and face and how I shouldn't get one because I don't have a career yet. Let me remind you he literally does not know anything about me but my name, and the funny thing is that he doesn't know I already have a full-time well-paying career in music where I show my tattoos every day...
So I told him, I do have a career as a musician. He then sarcastically said, "Well how about you wait until you sell your first million records." I felt like I was being treated like a child, and if you know anything about the music business you absolutely do not need to sell a million records to have a career.
It was really condescending and left a terrible taste in my mouth.
When we went to pay, I asked if I could pay the $400 on my card and my fiancé pay the tip on his card. It was almost as if the nice receptionist knew we were being charged too much, because he told us it was perfectly fine that we didn't tip and not to worry about it. He didn't even seem low-key irritated. My artist, Joe then chimed in from the background, "OR there is an ATM really close." Umm, ok... who do I listen to? And also, you are charging me way too much and you know it. Awkward. The receptionist then assured me that it was absolutely fine and we payed and left. LET ME REPEAT HOW MUCH I LOVED THE RECEPTIONIST.
Anyways, separately our tattoos look great. But we wanted them matching. The shop was clean. Both artists were competent at their job. Pete's personality was amazing and we will be going back to be worked on by him. Joe left a bad taste in our mouths and we will not be going back to be worked on by him.
I hope to update this review in the future with more stars.
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