Eve's Ink Tattoo and Permanent Makeup — Local services in Springboro

I got my left nostril pierced here roughly 10 months ago. I have waited this long because I wanted to wait until my piercing was fully healed to write a review and see if time could heal the unpleasant feeling I have about my experience at this shop. To add some important context to this, I have had my right side pierced twice, that second time being pierced through scar tissue, at a different shop.

To start from the beginning, my appointment was rescheduled twice, the second time it was just 2 days before the appointment. The piercing process was terrible. First, my piercer spent 10 minutes lining the dot to be “as even as possible” with my other nostril piercing. As you can see from my attached photo, it was pierced extremely lopsided, very low, and very forward. Second, the pain during the piercing was worse than both times I got my right nostril pierced. It hurt way more than piercing over scar tissue, and my left nostril had never been pierced before. I have never cried from a piercing, this one made me break down in tears. I was originally scheduled to get both my left nostril and my septum done during the same appointment, but after the immense pain of just the nostril, I did not trust the piercer to do my septum. Third, the jewelry the piercer put in did not leave room for swelling. I had to change the stud a little under a week after I got the piercing to one that had enough room for the healing process. She also did not specify what metal the jewelry was made of, which raised some red flags because I am sensitive to certain metals.

Moving on, I cleaned the piercing site with saline every day for months, as I would with any piercing. Though this one did not heal properly. Even as late as November, 3 months later, the site was still very swollen and started actively bleeding. It wasn’t a lot, but it is still a concern because 3 months is halfway through the healing process. I figured it could have somehow gotten infected, and started taking even better care of it (cleaning multiple times a day, especially if I was outside or sweating). I then ended up putting triple antibiotic ointment on the site for a few days and the swelling finally eased up. By the 6 month mark in February, the piercing still wasn’t healed, but I could finally see how badly she did at making my piercings even. Even now, 10 months later, I don’t think the piercing has fully healed. It’s not as swollen, but still has more healing to do and hurts to touch, adjust, or change the stud. Again to compare this to the other nostril, I had been able changed my jewelry to a ring with no pain by the 10 month mark. I know how I should heal in this area and I know how to take very good care of my piercings. To give the benefit of the doubt, this could have been caused by some human error, but I did everything I was supposed to and more after the recommendations weren’t working.

I also know how well the tattoos here are done, because my mom has come here for a tattoo before. This is the only reason that second star is in this rating, because I know that the tattoo artists are skilled. It’s quite upsetting that the piercers are not up to the same standard. I am still unhappy with my experience, and I am very unhappy with the way it’s turned out noticeably lopsided. And it’s a little disappointing that even if I take the piercing out, nothing can be done about the scarring because piercings are considered permanent body modifications. I love piercings, I think they are so pretty and I love my nose jewelry. I just hate how the first thing I notice when I see myself is how uneven my jewelry is, and the process to get it this healed was more of a pain than it...

I went ahead and got my lips tattooed by Michelle. She is a very sweet lady, but I don't think she knows what she is doing.

I showed her Burt's Bees Rose color Tinted Lip Balm, a nice super light red, and told her that's the color of pigment I want. She then went ahead to make this weird purple pink color and assured me the color would fade a ton once they were healed.

The process was okay. Probably an 8 on a scale of 1-10 on the pain aspect of things. She numbed my upper lip very well, but then got fairly lazy for my bottom lip. I ended up busting open the sand filled ballon they use as stress balls because it hurt so bad. My bottom lip swelled a ton and she couldn't fully finish it and left the middle part fairly untouched. When you pay, you get the first session and then another "perfecting session." They can lighten or darken the color, but after my experience, I will not be going back. Probably going to go to a highly trained cosmetic tattoo artist to have my lips correct down the road one day, but right now, I don't want anyone coming near my mouth with a tattoo gun.

It's been a month now and the color has faded some, but overall, my lips are a weird unnatural dark purple color. The corners of my lips have little purple streaks and look almost like a severe bruise. About 20% of the feeling in my lips is gone as well. I now spend a lot of time and money buying concealer to pretty much hide my lips, and then apply long lasting liquid lipstick over so they look natural. I feel weird going out with no makeup on now and overall just wish I had never done it.

Maybe lips aren't her specialty, or maybe she was just having an off day, but I would not recommend to anyone to have this service done by her. Just go to Sephora and buy a pretty lip color. It would be a lot...

I contacted these ladies via email describing what I wanted, and they scheduled me out a few months (they are very busy, which I took to be a good sign). They then reached out to me unexpectedly and asked if I could come in sooner because they had a cancellation, and I really appreciated that. Upon arrival, I was pleased with the atmosphere and noticed right away that everybody seemed to be very friendly and down to earth. The tattoo stations were clean, and I appreciated that they had artwork all over the walls. My artist (Kim) came to get me and showed me what she had worked up for me. I was super impressed with what she came up with without us ever speaking face to face or really talking about it at length. Not only was I happy with the design, but I was impressed with her patience and willingness to make sure the placement was right. I got this tattoo to cover some old scar tissue, and she did a phenomenal job of making sure I was pleased with every aspect of it. She also made sure I understood everything that goes into covering up scarring with a tattoo, and what to expect with the healing process. Honestly, I’m in love with this tattoo. I’m still in the healing process and have it wrapped, but I know it’s going to look beautiful once I take the wrap off. It took only 3 hours to do a very detailed portrait of Rosie the Riveter with color, shading, and banners with words. I would absolutely recommend this tattoo shop without hesitation. You’ll get all of the info you need, a clean shop, nice people, and talented artists. This is where I’ll be going from now on! Oh, and it’s woman owned and operated, which I think is...