PARADOX TATTOO GALLERY — Local services in Bonney Lake

This was a horrible experience. He told me after he started the tattoo that the colors he was using he had never used before and he DID'NT know how long the colors would hold up. He also then told me he hasn't really worked on colors very much but he had been practicing the past few months. Why didn't he tell me that before he started. He mentioned the cheap bed that he purchased at Amazon. Another artist came over and was showing him pictures of her kids, she was in there for over 30 minutes, I guess to burn up time. He then proceeded to show me and my daughter screen shots of the time of day on his phone, he wanted to show that every time he looked at the time it would always be in sequence. After he did what he did to my arm he let me know he was going to be taking time off because his girlfriend was due with their baby. Wouldve been nice if he told me that before starting the tattoo.Then 2 days before my tatoo was to be completed the receptionist called and pushed it out another month and a half due to personal reasons. I've had 2 other tattoist look at my tattoo and they both said it was a terrible tattoo. II wouldn't recommend this tattoo shop at all. I called to complain to owner of shop but they just had Matt call me. He told me he wouldn't issue a refund for my...

I had a great experience at Paradox Tattoo. Everyone is really nice. Great vibe to the shop. Clean and well run.

I had Whitney do a very large leg piece. I followed Whitney for about 8 years so getting a tattoo from her was a really big deal for me. Bucket list item.

Her work was as expected. IMHO, everything about her work is best of the best. It's an epic piece for sure.

As a human, Whitney is super chill. Easy to talk to. I felt very at ease with her from the start.

I would not say Whitney is cheap but that's to be expected. She's won countless awards. You're getting what you pay for. She does work fast, and she is old school (she charges for the time she spends actually tattooing). No design fees. Although I'm OK with tattoo artists that charge a small design fee, I would rather work with an artist that does it the old school way and builds that cost into their hourly rate. In honor of high-quality artists that maintain the old school traditions I always tip 20%. If you are not tipping your artist, you should be. Consider a smaller piece and do your best to tip.

Once my tattoo heals and Whitney is happy with it, we'll take pictures and I'll update my review with a photo.

Thanks for the tattoo Whitney. My wife and or I will get on your...

My friend and I went into their shop today and got small, minimal zodiac symbols on our fingers. They neglected to tell us they charge a minimum fee of ONE HUNDRED dollars. Once we had gone in, they didn’t mention the pricing or fees at all, up until both of us already had the tattoos on our fingers and told us it would be $220 for both tattoos, which both took approximately 3-5 minutes to do. They scam you out of your money, please avoid this place.

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I have researched plenty of tattoo places, but thank you for assuming I haven’t! I have 3 other tattoos and each place I’ve went to has explained pricing thoroughly and clearly before getting anything put onto my body and did not wait until after I had it to do so. Along with this, no other shop I have been to has ever informed me of a minimum, let alone a minimum of $100 so outrageous pricing was never an issue. Explain your pricing better to customers. Also, it is within my rights to leave reviews on your shop, but thank you! Especially considering you clearly lack customer service skills as well, since you feel the need to respond rudely to each negative review you get on...