Let me start this review on a good note. 5 stars because the owners are very humble, helpful and nice. A pleasure to communicate with, they know exactly what they are doing and I'm living for it. I'll... Read More
Let me start this review on a good note. 5 stars because the owners are very humble, helpful and nice. A pleasure to communicate with, they know exactly what they are doing and I'm living for it. I'll always come back for the quality jewelry and the professionalism the owners maintain on the piercing side. The tattoo side is a completely different ball game, when I first walked in, trying to get someone's attention, a man and a blonde woman were arguing. Cringe. I asked if I was allowed to say hi to my friend, who I met there, who was getting tattooed at the time by Melissa. They pointed in that direction and said "sure". Ok, thanks. I find it important to mention that my friend and I had an amazing encounter with Melissa. She has this sweet, straight forward but bubbly personality that's rare to find. She is a phenomenal artist and she is realistic, VERY detail oriented and straight to the point. She was honest with me about a cover up she couldn't do for me, communication was great. The lettering tattoo she did for my brother in law was perfect. I would recommend that anyone that goes to dv8 get something with Melissa. Okay so now onto two things that really bothered me, one in particular that's made me not want to go back. While I was in the shop, one of the artists came up to me (short, blonde) and asked about my arm that's blacked out, asked about the white ink over it, and when I told her it was a process she said "eh, I've seen worse. It's whatever". I didn't respond with anything and I wish I did but here I am writing about it on yelp. I know. Boo hoo. DO NOT make an insulting gesture towards someone's tattoo if you work in a shop that does not attract clientele that is NOT okay and I will NOT be getting tattooed here for that reason. 2nd reason isn't a big deal but like by the way hey maybe absolutely don't have three different types of music playing AND some random guy playing a guitar all at once in the tattoo area. Okay? It's actually f*cking annoying. Read Less