I will say I was apprehensive about going to Dragon & Butterfly because of reviews on here but I had no reason to be. My mom and I both got our forward helix piercings done here tonight and it was the best experience. This is our third piercing within HRM and I won't be going anywhere but here from now on. Colleen was thorough and gave us exactly what we wanted! Jewelry is very reasonably priced. Highly recommend! Read Less

Would not recommend getting peirced or getting a colored tattoo here.. I've gotten many peircings here, and at other locations and this place is not clean nor is the peircer vert knowledgeable. She had to stop half way through doing soing my rook peircings, so she could try again.. That is not normal. And she has also left tools attached to the jewelry in my new peircing and just left it hanging from my ear/face. I also received a terrible tattoo here. I left with parts if the tattoo not even touched by the ink, ans other parts weren't covered as well as other spots. There was no shading eith this tattoo either. I ended up going to get it fixed at another location. Read Less

I had a piercing done a few months back. They were very friendly, informative and clean. It was done so well i didnt even feel it. Prices were very fair. And jewelry selection was great. I would highly recommend getting pierced here. Read Less

I had my first tattoo done here and I THINK it was Colleen who did mine...? I went with my boyfriend and friend who also got tattoos. My boyfriend also had his done by Colleen and my friend had hers done by...Bradon? so I feel like I can comment pretty well overall. I had to have my tattoo drawn up and she did a very nice job with it. However, she didn't seem super friendly overall and I get the impression she doesn't smile very often. I felt like if I was unhappy with something, she'd be ticked off if I mentioned it (but thankfully I was happy with the drawing, placement, and size!). The prices are very reasonable compared to other places, say, in the center of Halifax, but I feel like there is a reason for that. While I LOVE and am very happy with my tattoo it is not AS professional looking as other places. The lines are sometimes a little shaky or suddenly transform from thick to thin. Nothing major or super noticeable but worth mentioning. One thing that's really great about this place is that they offer free touch-ups within 6months of getting your tattoo done (or at least they did back in 2010 when I had mine done). I actually had to take advantage of this (for a really faded portion of my tattoo), as well as my boyfriend (to fix an uneven portion of his tattoo that had been bothering him). My friend who also got a tattoo with us did not need to get hers touched up, and she had hers done by the guy (who seemed much nicer). All in all, this isn't a bad place to go for a tattoo. It's very clean and most of the people there seem pretty friendly. Although I have stated that the lines are not as clean as I've seen from other places, it's not something you can really tell unless you're looking for it or viewing it closer than anyone else would be looking at it. I'd probably go here again if I really wanted a tattoo and wanted to save a bit on cost. I'd just recommend avoiding the girl who works (worked?) there if possible. She's not a bad tattooist or anything...just a weird vibe. Maybe that's just me. Read Less