I needed to make a Yelp account to make sure the piercer, Jessie Lee, gets the recognition she…read moredeserves. About 4 days ago I had both nipples pierced. As a woman I've been wanting them done for years but I really wanted another woman to do this piercing. I'm so glad that I held out! Jessie was friendly but professional and seriously did an incredible job! In such a short time they honestly look like they are already healed. I've been following her instructions (I wish I could put this in bold seriously please listen to your piercers/tat artists about after care). The first two days they were pretty tender but surprisingly not as bad as I was expecting. Now, they honestly look like they are already healed and I barely have any soreness. I'm already starting to forget they are even there! I really dig the look and vibe of the whole studio. It looks awesome and is very clean. LOVE that you can make appointments online. I had zero issues.d Jessie is for sure my go to piercer now! Also, thanks to Jessie and after seeing the place in person I'm definitely going to stalk the tattoo artists schedules and try to get some ink in the future.

The artists at this company are amazing! I felt so welcome, and there was none of the 'we're…read morebetter than you' attitude I feel sometimes at other tattoo/piercing companies. I genuinely want to go back and hang out with these people! I had my nipples pierced, and the piercer, Jessie, was so much fun to chat with during the piercing! I will never go anywhere else for a piercing, and now I want another tattoo just so I can visit them!

I I had a very strange experience here with Church. I saw one of his instagram posts saying…read more"custom scripts available" so I decided to get a consultation with him. During consultation: I gave him a few inspo pics. Specified the styles I like and what I liked about each inspo photo for his reference and I gave guidelines on size, proportions, and positioning. Day of my appointment: He presents the work and it was literally an inspo pic I sent him just resized. I pondered the point of our consultation prior and found it to be pretty insulting but I kept it pushing. We, or I, decided on a new design and we tweaked the size a few times. (In hindsight I should have tweaked it more because I couldn't see at the time that the middle numbers were slanted and not lined up well & the spacing would have looked better but was not trying to waste more time on an actual original idea that wasn't copy and pasted. Here's a timeline of my appointment: Arrive 10:30 Meet artist @10:45 *Consultation-redesign* Ink start: 12:20 (outline) "Lunch" Break: 12:45 (he steps out) Start Filling: 1:20 Halfway break: 2:30 Resume filling 2:45 Break 3:50 Final touches:4:20 Finish : 4:30 Rate $200/Hr Mind you, my tattoo is of only 4 numbers. I know this situation is embarrassing but I'm addressing my experience because it almost felt like I was doing Church a favor by giving him something to do on a Friday rather than coming in and being treated as a client. I conceived the notion that he took his time during the WHOLE process just to get paid more which, if that's the case, I lose all respect for him. I'm not sure if he was really listening to understand my vision during the consultation but the appointment had a bad start but I persisted and wanted to see it through to completion since I'm already there and have a decent 30 minute commute to from home. People concern over gas prices nowadays. My personal experience with Churchg was quite a drag and disappointing so I rate that a 3/10 If I had to rate the end result of the tattoo alone, it would be around a 6/10. I notice things that others wouldn't instinctively notice but it still isn't up to my liking sadly so I'm looking at laser removal treatment or even just by myself a machine for when these things happen. I know I definitely didn't need to pay $1100 for 4 numbers, 2 of the middle numbers being slanted. The Colombian cat that works beside him said even $1000 was a lot for something this simple and I'll agree with parcero. Ese panzón es un juevón para cobrar me así hijueputa. Church is definitely a cool guy as a person, I just didn't like the fact he copy and pasted an inspo pic which brought a huge burden to my mind, wallet, precious time and energy. It didn't bother me that he was lolligaggin with the receptionist while he was redesigning the tattoo on his iPad however I did expect better end results. If he sees this, he may smirk at this review cus he knew I was moving away shortly after. Unfortunately, I now have to find an laser tattoo removal clinic or fork out money for my own machine to blast this thing off of me. I just wish he was able to see my vision from the start but not everyone will fully see or understand your vision which is a part of life. In the end, I take full responsibility for how the ink came out like the waiver agreement states. Despite the lengthy review, I thought the staff there were mad chill and professional and I liked how clean fun the environment was like. Best of luck to the Ikonic fam. Happy Holidays. -LJ

Hear my story before you go (POLICE WAS CALLED)…read more For such a personal and permanent art like a tattoo, you would expect to be treated with care, respect, and professionalism, right? But Ikonic Ink cannot be any further away from those expectations. I myself have gotten a tattoo from here before. Although wasn't my best experience, there was nothing to complain about. Therefore, when my girlfriend finally decided to get a tattoo after thinking for over a year, I referred her to this shop. She went for the appointment on the night of July 9th, 2020, I would've gone with her to make sure it was done right, but couldn't due to social distancing restrictions. But when she came back with the new tattoo on her back, I noticed that there were some lines missing and there are lines added that were not on the design. Those mistakes were pretty visible so it didn't feel right why she was not communicated of that during the work. But I still thought "Ok this is still fixable, we can call them up tomorrow to work something out." And this is where all things started making a turn for the worst. When I called up the tattooist (JUSTIN KEPHART), the same man that did my tattoo before, to discuss the situation, he gave me attitude right away. He immediately hung up after telling me that "I don't tell him how to do his job." So we went to the shop to meet him for an explanation in person. The first thing he spat out when he saw us was, and I quote "It's those fuckers here!" He continued to cuss us out in very rude languages. After some heated exchange, the female manager (STEPHANIE HUTTON) came out and threatened me with "My ex-husband was a marine and he will f**k you up". And demanded us to leave. Noted I was outside the shop the whole time so I had every right to be there. Then the tattooist (Justin) pulled out his phone and demanded to show him which part was not right. I pointed out only one of many for a response from him "Get the f**k outta here" He spat out some more words as he walked back into the store. I grabbed the door handle, the manager pushed me yet told me "Don't put your hands on me". At no point did I put my hands on her. She then called the police as we went across the street. The officers who talked to her came to us and told us that the manager claimed that I "grabbed" her and that there were "visible marks" on her arm. I can only wonder how she got those "marks" on. The moral of the story is, they don't care one bit about the customers. Before this, my experience here was a slightly underwhelming service attitude at worst. I've also heard other people's stories here that the staffs (especially the female manager) are unfriendly and mean. But this time, I'm truly appalled by their astonishing level of pure ignorance and unprofessionalism. In a way, I'm glad they showed their true characters, so I can share my story here with you and don't let you make the same mistake as I did.

Nat does incredible work and you feel very at home in her private studio. I recommend her to anyone…read morewho will listen. Follow her Instagram and wait for her books to open. You won't regret it. I drive from Philly to get tattooed by her.

Absolutely the best tattoo place in this area! Went to other places and they were overpriced, with…read morea "I don't give 2 shits about getting your business" attitude. Got a quote from paragon a couple years back. They said it would be so expensive and multiple sessions ( the tat was like 5 inches) tiny red blob. I called "bullshit" , and went to a REAL tattoo artist. Joe gave me a beautiful cover up, didn't cost an arm and leg, and he was fantastically professional about it. If you really care what your tat looks like, goto black dragon tattoo in altoona pa!

Derek went above and beyond for my family when we got our piercings, not only was he well informed…read moreand professional but he was incredibly patient and kind! We had an excellent time and we will totally be coming back next time we are in town!!

In February 2018 I came to Jake Stanford wanting to get two full color sleeves. We set up Sundays…read morefor my appointments. I was supposed to come get tattooed every Sunday until the sleeves were finished. Jake was NEVER on time for our appointment. He was late so often that eventually we pushed the start time back from one until two. Sometimes it was later. He was never prepared to work. This would mean I showed up at two for an appointment but would have to wait for him to open the shop, eat, use the bathroom, & then setup to tattoo. Most days the actual tattooing did not start until several HOURS after my appointment time. If the appointment was 2 that would mean tattooing starts at 5. I've never had someone waste my time more than Jake. JAKE IS ALSO COLORBLIND. Something he does not tell people up front. Something he did not tell me until several sessions into color sleeves. Due to this he tattoos at such a slow rate that it seems unreal. A two hour tattoo becomes a full day experience after waiting several hours to start and then the slow pace at which Jake tattoos. He also checks text messages and social media while tattooing. Due to this slow process a tattoo that should be a few hours and 1 session gets stretched into several sessions over multiple days. None of the tattoos Jake does are 1 session. I have several unfinished tattoos on me which Jake does not want to schedule finishing due to the fact "touchups" are unpaid. I've sat over 51 hours of tattooing with Jake and nothing is complete.  I switched from Sundays to Thursdays to accommodate Jake. Three apts ago I was cut short for Jake to go on a date. Two apts ago I was cut short because Jake had scheduled another tattoo after mine even though I was supposed to be booked for the day. Last apt he cut me short again for another tattoo even though I had booked a full day. Then I had an appointment which he tried to push from 2 up to noon so he could tattoo someone else even though again, I was supposed to have the day booked. I cancelled that apt knowing there was no way Jake would be on time at noon or fully awake and at 100% to tattoo. Then I was told I have to wait a month to get in because my full days were booked by other people. Now I'm in the position of having to find another artist to finish what Jake started or find a way to cover it all.

Very friendly and made you feel comfortable. Charges fair and keeps his work space very clean…read more 10/10 recommend him for your first tattoo.

I had an amazing experience! Got my first tattoo here and everything was more than I expected! The…read morework was great and the atmosphere was amazing! I recommend Brittany! She does awesome work!

Can't recommend this place enough!! We tried so hard to find somewhere that would take us for 3…read moreunplanned tattoos on my moms birthday, with no luck until calling pinch-n-poke. They were so accommodating and and friendly! Parker did an amazing job with all of our tattoos, making sure we were happy with the details of the designs beforehand. My mom, sister, and I all chose different tattoos and we are so happy with the results! They really represent each of us so well. Beautiful and clean space as well:)