Late Nite Tattoos — Local services in Spring

So I just got my first tattoos and this was the shop where I got the done at.

Two days ago on Sunday evening(around 9:40-50) I called them twice. One to confirm if they can confirm do a walk-in with me and the second was to tell them what I had wanted to do. (My mom’s signature and birthdate, it’s supposed to be me and my sister matching sibling tattoo.) I had talked to a lady on the phone, I was trying to be polite because for some reason I was kinda nervous to say what I wanted at first that’s why there were two calls and I felt like I was bothering them since they could’ve been busy. But she was very chill and answered my questions without sounding irritated. She also told me that if I can be here before 11 it’s doable. I live about 20 mins away and made it to the shop around 10:25ish.

When I walked into the shop I saw the lady from the phone and another man watching a movie. (It was The Covenant starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Personally the movie is okay lol but it didn’t bother me cause I’m already liking the vibes from this place.) Me and sister greeted her and we proceeded with the paper work and me emailing her what I wanted to do, I used a picture of my sisters tattoo since we’re gonna match.

I was checking out the really dope artwork on the walls and counter. I also saw a “You Get What You Get Tattoo” ball machine, as well as a piercing ball machine too. Running off my intrusive decisions I told my sister we should get another tattoo together so we can have a cute little tattoo moment. She agreed and we got 4 tattoos and from the options we had, I got a small mushroom and she got an outline of some mountains. We both really liked what we got so we continued on with getting them done. She also decided to get a tongue piercing as well since she’s been wanting one. She said it was $50 a reasonable price.

Once we finished getting our tattoos and my sister's tongue pierced we went to the counter to pay. She gave me a total of $180 and my sister $160. I was kinda throwed off because that was way more than I wanted to pay but me and my sister still both payed in cash. We left the shop around 11:05-10ish really happy with what we had gotten.

It had only just dawned on me that we got overpriced for the work because of the people who slid up on my story since I showed off my tattoo to friends. They told me how dope the tats were and asked how much I payed, when I told them my experience and what I payed they were shocked at the price. They told me what their prices were for their tats and the difference in contrast of costs from my tatts and theirs weren’t lining up. I started to see what happened and I felt played. I was definitely really happy with my tattoos but Ig I was too oblivious at the time to see what was happening.

My sister had her tats in 2020 (not the same shop) and she had an arm sleeve tattoo of 4 Harry Potter wands, each resembling a passed loved one with their names and date. That tattoo cost her $420 and her second tattoo is our mom’s signature on her ribcage and that was $60 all in a span of 8-9 hours. I spoke to her about the price from when we got tats together and she was upset at herself for not catching them overpricing us.

Overall I really liked my experience and I was trying to actually add more too my patch work but they haven’t been answering my calls yesterday (Tuesday) and today (Wednesday) to set and appointment. But I gave up on them and I am currently talking to two other artists. One is from a friend and one is actually my barber (who I just recently found out was a tattoo artist).

Overall my experience was really good, the artist who did my tattoos was very chill and she answered all my questions. She gave me advice to breathe and relax. Which I thought was very helpful. I didn’t talk much during the tattoo session, i was listening to music in to help distract from the pain. Very cool place, nice atmosphere, price idk…

Here are some pics from the night I gotten them done. I also used a picture of my sister’s tattoo to reference what I had sent them. And then an...

I can’t speak to the quality of tattoos but if you’re going for a piercing just don’t... there was a baby in the shop (it was around 10-11pm) which I thought was odd and uncomfortable but ok our lives don’t always revolve around work, I get that.. The girl that pierced my ears seem more annoyed that we were there than anything, the shop was empty but there was still a couple hours before they closed. The girl didn’t even bother to mark the placement of where she was putting the jewelry (didn’t realize at the time but when I went to a different shop for a new piercing I thought that would have probably helped) ..she struggled to get the needle through my tragus, which I just assumed was normal because it’s a thicker part of cartilage.. turns out she didn’t know what she was doing at all. The piercing is at such an odd angle down into my ear that it’s impossible to get the ring out on my own. An experienced piercer said the reasons it won’t heal are due to her piercing it at way too big of a gauge (which is also probably why she struggled to get it all the way through) and that it’s too close to my side burn hair area which is like a bacteria breeding ground. I’ve had plenty of piercings including weird stuff like surface bars, and my ears are gauged as well. Healing has never been an issue with any of them except my tragus and another piercing I received here the same day (conch I think is what it’s called.) after she finally got the jewelry in the tragus she pushed napkins into my ear to wipe up the blood and put a LOT of pressure on the fresh piercing to stop the bleeding. This honestly hurt worse than the piercing itself and I have a very high pain tolerance. I was pretty much told by the new piercer i saw that the only way to fix the tragus was to down size the gauge and see if that helps it heal or take it out and repierce it again after it heals. Complete waste of time and money and unnecessary pain..luckily the conch is finally starting to heal after switching to smaller better jewelry (i know I’m not supposed to change jewelry that quickly but the paint on the ring she put in my ear was peeling off the jewelry) but unfortunately the tragus will probably be a lost cause, even if it heals eventually I’m not able to get the jewelry out without having to go see piercer every time. My ear piercings hurt now, months later, more than a fresh piercing I got yesterday in a much more sensitive area.…what a waste

TLDR; DON’T GO HERE...

My sister her kid and I went in for piercings yesterday and I'm very happy with the results and will defiantly be returning for any piercings or tattoos. I came in for an industrial bar and Chante explained every step, answered all my questions made sure I liked where the markings were placed and asked how I was doing during the process and cleaned it up very well. Once the piercing was done she explained aftercare in detail. After me my 6 year old neice got her ears pierced for the first time, very exciting moment :) Chante did such a good job they were perfect, very symmetrical and was quick. I'd also like to mention there was another guy, Jay working there and he was excellent, he did a great job in making my neice comfortable and she was defiantly less nervous. He was funny and very nice and gave her a little fake tattoo that she loves it. While I was waiting he asked what I got done and we talked about it and asked if he could take pictures and of course I said yes. I then asked questions about a different service I was looking into getting maybe in a few months and he answered all of my questions and we talked a little until my neice was done. I recommend this place to anyone wanting a tattoo or piercing, and have directed a few people to them. I feel like I should also mention I've been there twice before, once for advice on what to do with a nose piercing done unprofessionally and did not go well and to buy jewelry. They were not judgmental even tho it was totally judge worthy and very helpful. And the second time I was there to get a helix 6 months ago and I've had no issues with it and had a great experience when I got it done. Their peircings are very reasonably priced, all ear piercings are $45 for anyone wondering, and please tip your artist or piercer like you would any other service worker it takes talent to do...