Madame Lazonga's Tattoo

I had a full sleeve done by Vyvyn a few years ago.  She took my ideas and reference art, and came up with a fantastic drawing.  The end result was great, I get a lot of compliments on the finished work...3 stars because it took soooo looong to complete.  In all fairness she told me from the beginning that she worked slow, but it took about 13-15 sittings, around 3 hours each to complete the work (with probably a normal amount of detail).  

Environment was very welcoming and relaxed.  The only downside was I felt like I was in Groundhog's Day every time I had an appointment.  The women working there at the time had one topic of interest - 'how men (especially male tattoo artists) are intimidated by successful women'.   Over the numerous sittings, I would say there were almost an equal number of male customers, so clearly a healthy segment of the male population was out looking for the best artist, unconcerned that they were female.

I have been in the market for a good tattoo parlor for quite some time. I currently don't have any tattoos and want to make sure I find "THEE" tattoo place. I walked in to this place with my husband with the hope of speaking with a tattoo artist about getting my first piece. I walked in and started to speak with the guy behind the counter. He asked me what I was wanting for a tattoo (I showed him: cherry blossom tree on my right side) and asked if I had any tattoos currently (no). He very rudely said, "Are you sure you want to do that? That's one of the most painful spots to get a tattoo (*chuckles*)". I'm not stupid: tattoos hurt and I guess I should be thankful that he let me know it was going to hurt but HELLO...that's already really obvious and I knew that going in to wanting a tattoo on my side. Anyway: keeping the review short...there are much better tattoo parlors in the area. Don't bother here.

John is still tattooing but at Deep Roots. Must. Go. Soon.