Steel and Ink Tattoo Studio — Attraction in Mehlville

Came here in December 2017 for nipple piercings and thought the price and service was great. However, I had to remove my piercings six months later because the aftercare they recommended was to use spray on sea salt water twice a day and the woman that pierced me (dreadlocks, was very angry and cursing while she was arguing on the phone with whoever in the room with me about the shop’s air conditioning issues) used extremely thin curved barbells, externally threaded. I didn’t know any better at the time or I would have known this is NOT the standard for nipple piercings and should be avoided unless you have circumstances requiring curved. I do not. Never use externally threaded barbells, they fell out all the time and collects germs which probably was part of the reason why they never healed correctly. Really do your research before you get piercings here and ask for someone that is licensed and goes to workshops regularly to make sure you are getting the correct jewelry in your body and you are getting the best information about the aftercare process. I had to learn on my own how to soak them.

I went to multiple piercing shops in KC and Columbia after I moved to try to get help with my piercings before eventually taking them out and each shop recommended me to take them out and get them repierced correctly after they healed each time. I can’t begin to say how unenthused I am to have to go through that process again, especially because I wasted $65 here. The shop is really clean and the people were friendly and welcoming to me, I was really nervous to get this specific piercing done and it went smoothly. Just didn’t get...

My wife and I got matching tattoos. Very simple tattoo. It was my first and the wife 3rd tattoo. Just a Bible verse and Roman numerals. The middle of the X's aren't filled in all the way,  line weights are different and the size of letters and numbers are a little different sizes. Just a very inconsistent tattoo. The more I look at the tattoo the more I dislike the work on it. My wife's tattoo has a big bruise behind it that will never go away.  I don't think I'll ever be back for a tattoo service. My wife received a few piercings and was treated really good from Fino and Brandie. The wife really likes her piercings. She wants more and I will gladly take her back when she gets more piercings. Edit: I took my wife and 2 daughters to get piercings. 1 occasion was wife and 1 daughter.  Rayne did so well with my youngest that we took my other daughter to get pierced when she was ready. Between my daughters piercings I decided I wanted to give them another chance at tattooing me.  I researched their artists and came across Aleenah. I messaged her about a flash piece she posted.  She messaged back in a very reasonable time. She quoted a fair price.  I went in today to get that tattoo while my daughter got pierced by Rayne. Rayne did so good with my daughters. Aleenah did such an awesome job on my tattoo as well. I absolutely love the work she did. She is super friendly and easy to talk to.  I will be getting another tattoo done by her.  I'm glad I gave this company another chance.  I do still need my first tattoo touched up but super happy with the my new tattoo and my wife and daughters are very happy with...

Got two piercings here! The first one was with Fino, and he was amazing. I was nervous and he handled it very well and I had a great experience with him! The second one was my helix - she pierced it five times without warning, which hurt a lot. As well as that, she did not tell me the price before hand and it ended up being around $150 with tip. Helix is $40 (as listed on the website) but she charged me $60 for the actual piercing? She pierced it 5 times without warning, I thought I would get a discount for that? As well as that, we were not told the price of the jewelry, which ended up being an extra 40-50 dollars.

Basically, Fino is awesome, and ask to see the price of the piercing before it is done. Also the doubles did end up closing up after a few months, even though I was cleaning it twice a day. They got blood blisters and I cried while taking them out. I honestly don’t blame the piercing shop for this though, my ears are just extremely sensitive.

Side note: I did ask questions, she said that the needle malfunctioned. That’s okay that the needle wasn’t working, but please just tell me when to breathe instead of just piercing my ear 5 times while saying nothing. I also would’ve liked to be informed as to what was happening each time, as I was very very confused in the moment. I wish I had asked about the price, as I am still...