Vanity Tattoo — Local services in Dundee Township

Worst experience I have ever had at a tattoo shop. My sister and I went in the shop today to get information on a small tattoo that we each wanted to get to remember our mother. She passed away on 10/7/18 & her memorial service was today. This idea my sister and I had was spur of the moment but the website says walk-ins are welcome. Well, we walked in and there were zero customers in the shop. We thought we would have no problem getting this done today as a walk-in. First words that came out of Jeff's mouth were "I don't have any availability today." So I decided to ask him if he could draw something up for me real quick so I could decide if I wanted to schedule an appointment for the following day. He said no about drawing up a design. I brought in a small pin my mother wore. I really wanted an idea of the size design we would be working with. Then he quoted a price before ever showing us what he could draw up for us and never even offered to show us any of his work. He said the soonest he would be able make us an appointment would be for the following day. Again, I was uncomfortable requesting an appointment when I was never shown what sort of work he could do for us. I told him I will think about this but asked what time I should call back so that I could secure the earliest appointment for the following day. He told me the earlier the better because he was planning on leaving early tonight. I completely understand about having to close up early, however, I was put off by every question or interaction that was had between us. I'm not quite sure he understood the sentimental value of trying to get these tattoos done on such a special day for our family. Needless to say we went to a different shop that we had used multiple times. Immediately the artist drew up the exact design that we were hoping for. And got to work on us right away. I am so happy we decided to go to the other shop and get exactly what we wanted. And I did not feel like a bother like I did at Vanity Tattoo. I only decided to try your shop because your location is very close to me. However, I am so disappointed in my experience I am 100% certain I will never step foot in your shop again. And when my friends ask me for a recommendation, I will make sure to tell them whatever they decide stay away from...

I had gone in to get my industrial pierced, which the guy said was fine.

As the customer (not knowing an industrial is not supposed to sit against the inside of the ear) I would assume the piercer would realize that they could not put a straight bar (they should have bent it or something) into my ear. After 2 weeks of having the industrial I had to get it taken out by another shops piercer and that’s not even what I’m upset about. Going back to the I’m the customer who doesn’t know how it should be pierced I would again assume that during the process of piercing my ear or even before he would be like “ooo that looks like it would sit against there and we don’t want that” but nope I got none of that. I was also told the bar was way too long for my ear and as soon as the bar was taken out where it was cutting into my ear it started bleeding

All I’m saying is that they forgot there should be a point before even piercing the ear where I should have been told my ear structure would make it difficult. I’m not going to go back here to get pierced, but you guys also use externally threaded jewelry still which is just weird in general.

I’ll attach photos of where the bar was rubbing against my ear (I honestly didn’t have really bad swelling but I hope this didn’t cause serious damage so I could get it repierced at a better place.) (this is an after and right before I got it taken out) just to clarify I never slept on this side, touched it obsessively except for when cleaning, I always have my hair clipped out of the way pretty much everything that’s required to not have it get infected or cause damage.

There’s a lack of communication with your clients, and I’m sorry but there’s a lack of communication that causes an unhealthy piercing it seems like it’s for money or you’re in a rush and there was no one else except for me being pierced at...

I had to give this review a lot of thought.

On one hand, Vanity Tattoo is very clean, sanitary, and the staff is friendly and on time. Also, my husband has received two tattoos from Vanity Tattoo and was very pleased with his experience and his tattoos and he will continue to be a customer.

My experience was a bit different.

I was incredibly nervous to get my nose pierced. The last piercing I had was when I was 5 for my earlobes so I knew nothing about the process.

When I first went into the Piercing Room, I was asked if I had a photo of what I wanted. This threw me for a loop as I didn’t know I needed a photo for a nostril piercing and because when I called to make the appointment, bringing in a photo was not mentioned.

In fairness, the gentleman placed the hoop where he thought it should go, and we moved it twice. However, after living with it for a few hours, something still bothered me about its placement, and I Googled “Nostril Piercing Placement” and discovered why it didn’t look right to me. My piercing was not located at the end of my “nostril spiral”. I did end up taking the piercing out as I just didn’t like how it looked.

My recommendation would be to take in a picture of where you want your piercing to be.

Again, the staff is friendly, on time and the business is very clean...