You Pick It We Stick It

Just to clarify, this is how my experience was when I came here. I can't guarantee the same things will happen to you, but you never know.

The reason I'm giving this place a three star rating is based on little things that just need to be worked on; things that need to be changed at the shop.

So, yesterday I came in to get a birthday piercing. I first heard about this place here on Yelp and I read some positive feedback so I decided to go. Plus, it wasn't that long a drive from my house.

First impressions: the shop is pretty decent. I've never been to a tattoo shop before so I really don't have anything else to compare it too. The floor was a bit messy and there were flies flying around but ehhh... it was alright.
I don't want to make this review too, too long so I'll just narrow down the things that the shop should work on: (but I apologize in advance if I do start to ramble.)

1.) The wait time. I don't wanna have to wait to get a piercing for thirty minutes in the front, when you only have like 2 customers at the moment. I can understand if the shop was busy, but when I went... it wasn't, so... yeah.

2.) The jewelry selection. This might be a hit or miss because of what piercing I got. (I got a daith piercing, so there may not be a big selection of jewelry for me to choose from anyway.) But it would be nice for you guys to have more variety of body jewelry to choose from except for two or three choices. And I'm not saying get more belly button rings or gauges. You guys have plenty of those on display. :)

3.) Interaction with your customer. When I got my piercing, I waited outside while another girl with two of her friends, got her nose pierced. The guy doing the piercing was having a conversation with them and cracking jokes and all that. He sounded like a pretty cool guy. But once I got in there... nothing. He was pretty quiet except asking me to look in the mirror at the little dots he drew on my ear to where he was gonna pierce me. I would have liked for him to ask me questions about why I was getting this piercing or if this was my first piercing or SOMETHING. Some little conversation. Like, it just seemed to me that just because I didn't look like those previous girls who walked in, I wasn't someone to talk to or attractive enough to talk to; just another customer. That's a bummer, man. Really. I would have liked talking to you. I think it would have made the experience more enjoyable, instead of me thinking that you were trying to get the piercing done quick enough to get me out of there.

4.) Aftercare. If you've read some other reviews about this place about aftercare, they would be correct. While they do use gloves and sterile equipment (the needles and other instruments are stored in sterile bags), they don't tell you anything about aftercare when you're done. They do have the aftercare instructions at the front counter, but REALLY, who is gonna remember to grab one of those on the way out if you don't remind them? I mean, I saw that you had my paperwork with you when I was getting pierced. (At least, I thought it was my paperwork, but still...) Couldn't you just grab one of those sheets to hand to me on my way out? Or at least tell me how I'm supposed to clean my new piercing? And also, on the subject of aftercare, once my piercing was done, the guy doing my piercing didn't clean it off with saline solution or however piercing places do it. He just told me I was bleeding and told me to hold a paper towel against it to stop bleeding. Ummm.... I thought you were supposed to do that. You know, using gauze to clean up the blood? Well, after that, what do you know, he just got on his phone. Again, not really interacting with the customer; kinda like this is just a boring old job or judging me for not being an attractive customer. (like I said earlier). Or maybe this was just his way of telling me, "Okay your piercing is done, now get the hell out." Anyway, so once I noticed he wasn't paying anymore attention to me, I got up and looked at my piercing, thanked him and left. He did tell me to have a nice night and all; he was a pretty nice guy but just some of the things he did, bothered me. That's all.

But other than that, the place was alright. The guy behind the counter was pretty nice. Plus, the shop was pretty cool looking. It was just little things that I mentioned above that need to change about that place to make it better. Which is why I gave it three stars; my experience wasn't horrible, but it wasn't the best either.
But honestly, judge for yourself how the shop is. You'll probably have a better experience than I did.

*Oh, and one more thing. If you go on your birthday, you'll get your piercing for free. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing when it comes to piercings, but just a little tip for those wanting to get something done on their birthday. I'm not sure about tattoos, so make sure to ask them about that when you go.

This place is amazing and I don't care if I have to drive out of the city to come to this place. I heard about this from my sister and went in at 10:58pm (2 min before closing). Mike was really nice and allowed my sister and I to come in and he pierced my earlobes (my first time!). He was very quick (about 5 min or so) and made me feel quite calm and comfortable. Great service and definitely coming back later in the year.

I wanted to get a cover up tattoo. A friend recommended a guy in this shop. Drove 2 hrs for a quote. The guy recommended was not available so I was introduced to Gabriel by the front desk gal. He quoted me 350. Days later I was there getting my tattoo. He did outline n some shading and said to come back in 2 weeks it was too much work for one day. I was satisfied with outline shading scabbed pretty bad. For 6 months I called every week trying to finish it up. Either Gabriel was not available on my days off or no finish ups allowed on certain days. So I decided to ask for a day off from work on a day finish ups were allowed. Too bad for me he couldn't bcus he was leaving early or wasn't able to make it to work. Gabriel had initially given me his # so I would txt him asking him to pls finish up a tattoo I had already paid for. Eventually he never replied back to my txt msgs. I called the shop upset that it had been too long and I needed my tattoo finished. I did not like the way it looked incomplete. Front desk would promised me she would have him call me ASAP. Never got a call. Last time I called I told her I didn't care who but someone in that shop needed to finish it up. She never called back. Its been 1 year and 3 months since then. I just finished up my tattoo at another (local) shop and paid another $275 to get it done. This is my experience.