Best of the best! Great customer service, clean space, beautiful jewelry, quick, easy, and pain…read morefree process. I love my new daith piercing. Thank you guys!!

Highly recommend for your piercing needs-- Chris is very friendly and professional! I went in to…read moreget my ear lobes pierced for the first time and Chris was so patient in answering my numerous questions and making sure I was comfortable. It was quick and easy with minimal pain, and so far is healing very well. A great place to go if you want a piercing but are nervous about it! There are both appointments and walk-in available. It's a small shop located in Sola Salons near Target. Plenty of parking.

Everyone I interacted with here was great! Tim is clearly super talented and perfectly replicated…read morethe image I wanted and in record time. He's very willing to help hash out the details/placement or steer you away from something you might regret or something with poor longevity. As a (very) novice tattoo enthusiast, I appreciated the time that was taken to make sure I was comfortable, feeling okay throughout, and equipped with what I needed to know as far as aftercare. I'm sure I'll be back! Update: dropped a star because I've talked to some folks and have since realized Acme has a lot - I mean, a LOT - of rules. Phones and children are expressly prohibited. Don't even think about reaching for your phone until you are safely in the parking lot or they'll think you're trying to steal their designs. Also, my boyfriend had to stay all the way up front and was not allowed to sit with me/comfort me/keep me company. This was my first tattoo in 10 years so I figured this was normal but apparently that is not the case. Still great quality and decent service but just know that they are STRICT

Tim Forbus is the G.O.A.T!! I cannot stop looking at my tattoo. He did such a great job. I got just…read morewhat I wanted!! The atmosphere was perfect especially being that I was a tad bit nervous. I cannot wait to book another appointment with this guy. Thank you soooooo much!!!

Artists are very talented and friendly and the shop is beautifully decorated. Very comfortable,…read morewelcoming atmosphere. Highly recommend Margaret, who has over 30 years' experience and is amazingly talented. She will make your vision come to life! She and every artist there will take great care of you!

Excellent service and work by Art Lilly. He created a great tattoo from ideas I gave. It's a…read morerelaxing environment and he makes the experience easy and comfortable. Recommend to anyone getting a tattoo.

I was very happy with the service I received. I went in for a consultation, with an idea of a…read moredesign I wanted. Jason had an opening and made the design up and I had it done the same afternoon. It was my first tattoo experience and he made me feel at ease and explained every step in the process. Overall a great experience.

My husband and I both drive out to Waynesboro from Charlottesville to go to tattoo mountain. Scott…read morehas done both of our tattoos and we love his work. The vibe is comfortable and all the staff are super friendly. Pricing is great and they have several artists available with different styles.

Getting inked by Flash is a whole awesome experience that is going to be nothing like going to a…read moremainstream shop. Those places are fine, but if you want to get a feel for the old school vibe of tattooing, definitely go to Flash! His studio is a living tattoo museum that you'll want to spend hours going through his books and listening to his stories. Seriously, I've been getting tattooed since 1994 and this was the BEST tattooing experience I've ever had! Only reason I wouldn't recommend Flash is I don't want everyone clogging up his schedule book so I can keep getting in ;)

Ok so here's a funny story:…read more I was in Charlottesville for a summer internship in astrophysics/astronomy. I became extremely close friends with the girls in my program, so on Monday night of our last week, we decided to get matching circle tattoos. I mean, everything is cyclical, and a circle can represent so many things in physics, right? Anyway, this isn't a place to defend my tattoo.... so on TUESDAY night, we try to find a place to get a tattoo at 9:30 pm. Flash was the only person who answered. I could tell he was a nice guy by the way he spoke on the phone. At first, he said he was 'by appointment only,' but I begged him to give my three friends and I each a small quarter sized circle tattoo. He asked me how much money I had to offer and we settled on $60. I mean... it's a really good price! Don't you agree? I get directions to his place and we head out. We're almost out of gas, but we decide to go without filling up anyway. 20 minutes into the drive, we lose cell phone reception. Eventually, we find the place. It's pitch black. Abandoned old cars everywhere. We cannot see a thing. I whisper to my girl friends 'we are going to get raped and murdered... we should have brought mace.' Flash meets us at the front door with his flashlight and his guard dog, Bear. I was EXTREMELY skeptical, thinking, 'how have I gotten myself into this shit?.' But as soon as I got into the door and see his artwork, I know I came to the right place! It's rare that you can see a man's artwork and be able to draw the conclusions that (1) he's a good artist and (2) he's an extremely good technician. His studio was kind of sketch. It was un-airconditioned (boo) and basically in the shed of his house. But I did not, at one point, fear for my health after I spoke to him. The only criticism I had to give was Flash was really really talky. We got there at 10pm and got out around 3:30am. He loves talking about the history of tattoo artistry and as soon as he found out we were astro majors, we had a long talk about SETI. ANYWAY. I could not recommend a place more strongly. Flash has been tattooing for 35+ years and he is AMAZING , not to mention really safe as far as sanitation goes. Please please please, if you are considering getting a tatttoo in Charlottesville, take an extra 20 minutes to drive to his place. Don't be sketched out, and put your faith in him. If I lived on the East coast, I would continue going to him for tattoos. I luv Flash.

Anchored Souls is a great place for some permanent ink. Nicole Wheeler did our tattoos and she was…read moreabsolutely amazing - she took her time and gave us a very high quality tattoo. Shawn and his wife are fantastic people and I love that he and his staff our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Shout out to Shawn has Marine as well, Thank you for your service. The vibe is chilled and relax as if you were at home. They are wonderful people.

I love my experiences there with Shawn and his wife Kristina and their sweet pup Coco, their…read moredachshund. They are awesome couple who listens and are willing to let you talk about your day if you need to. Shawn is an excellent artist with decades of experience and their newer Tattoo artist Nicole who is super artistic across the board, from crafting, watercolors and gorgeous freehand writing. Her designs are just stunning and it's so neat to watch her be creative.

welcomes walk ins. i had an idea for a tattoo and Mark gave some great input. Very Happy with…read moreresult. He gave some great input and I really liked his ideas. would gladly go back to Mark for my next tattoo. And there probably will be another!

Absolutely amazing work with American traditional tattoos! Friendly and comfortable place to get…read moreyour tattoos!