Cool Cat Tattoo — Local services in Bloomington

I will preface this by saying that I did not end up getting a tattoo by this particular person, but their customer service was SO BAD/unprofessional that I felt inclined to leave the review anyway. To begin, I hardly had any communication with her, because she would only respond to my cousin’s messages (who also had an appointment with her). She (DESTANY) first claimed that she did not work sundays, but was willing to open up that day for us because we were both getting multiple tattoos. She then told my cousin our slot was only from 12-5pm. My cousin and I both wanted “smile now, cry later” faces with writing, I wanted a cartoon style portrait; and my cousin wanted a rose and some lettering. I’ve been to several tattoo artists both for myself, and to watch other people get tatted and I’ve never seen anyone knock out that much work in 5 hours, SO I changed my mind about what I wanted so as to not feel like my tattoo was being rushed. According to this tattoo artist, she does not sketch out people’s ideas until the morning of their appointment, so I did not think this was going to be a problem. Unfortunately i had a family emergency a few days before my appointment, and nearly landed myself in the hospital for severe panic attacks. I had my cousin message the tattoo artist to let her know that I would not be able to go (since, you know, she would never respond to my messages.) Not only was my grandmother in critical condition but my mental health was declining and I knew I was not going to be able to sit through a tattoo. My $100 deposit had been sent months prior, but I figured if I sent someone in my place, it wouldn’t be a waste of money. So that’s exactly what I did. However, she kept my deposit, and charged both of my cousins for their tattoos. I called the shop, very upset, after I heard that my deposit had not been used on either one of my cousins, and was told that this particular artist was not in but that they would relay my message. I never got a call or message back (: so I dm’d her on Instagram. It took me reaching out via phone + Instagram for her to respond. Not professional at all! Her excuse was that she was already upset with my cousin and I changing our minds about our tattoos (even though she claimed to not work on sketches until the day of + it’s something permanent on MY body; you’d think I’d be allowed to change my mind) AND she claimed to give my cousins a really good deal which was why she decided to keep my deposit. Which made absolutely zero sense because her minimum is $100 and both of my cousins got three tattoos. You would think she would’ve just charged them full price and refunded MY money. She would have made more money that way. Anyway, I was denied my deposit, and the entire situation still seems very unprofessional to me, which is why I decided to...

My husband and I went there today to get his wings on both of his arm done with Rica. When we first arrived there we were welcomed by Pabo who was working on another client tattoo, but he made sure to acknowledge and let us know our tattoo artist was going to come out shortly. Pabo was friendly and professional and I saw his artwork on his client which was absolutely gorgeous. When Rica finally came to us he to was very professional and friendly. My husband was nervous getting both of his arms tatted at the same time, but Rica was patient and gentle with him. Now the aftermath of how my husbands tattoo turned out was amazing and very well detailed. This will be our permanent ink stop shop. I highly recommend Pabo and Rica they are the best in town and if you live far it is definitely worth the trip and distant to get quality and great...

So I called Monday at 2 pm and wanted to get an appointment for Friday and I was told to just come in and although I explained to the person on the phone my child was 17 turning 18 on Sunday he said I could come in. I come in on Friday the 13th which is supper busy for them I waited for 2 hours she gets her piercing and then I was told it was illegal to do tattos on minors... that would have been fine expect I called to schedule for Sunday and not only did the bald guy with a kiss tattoo on his face not let me get an appointment but he kept saying once we get her I.d. (which she already has they have a copy) to come in. I just wanted an appointment but I guess he only does walk ins? Idk overall Allyson did her piercing and front girl was nice but I assume the owner (bald guy)was rude and in my opinion could have handled...