Okay, this is gonna be a long one. Also, we have since gotten these tattoos covered. On February 14th of this year my boyfriend and I went here to get matching crown tattoos. We were waiting at least an hour before the artist got out of class (we are all students at KU) and I must say that each artist we encountered was extremely kind and friendly. Carly was the one in the end who decided to do our tattoos. The one artist there, Abby, had worked there and tattooed there since... she was fifteen and now seventeen. When I asked her if she had any tattoos, her response was: "no, I'm not old enough". How can you be an artist when you're not even old enough to be tattooed? I don't know about you, but I don't want to get tattooed by a fifteen year old kid. Yes, she's seventeen now but seriously? A little unprofessional in my opinion, and this was only the beginning. After a two hour wait altogether, it was time to get tattooed. Carly used a stencil and placed the design on my arm, had me sit upright in her chair, and began to tattoo me. Right away, things seemed strange: she kept going over the same line repeatedly, thickening it where it didn't need to be, and she used green soap, which is appropriate to use when cleaning tattoos, but you are supposed to use less than a quarter of the soap mixed with water because it is very potent and has a high alcohol content. The solution should be clear like water, and their solution was BRIGHT YELLOW. It burned and stung when she applied it to my skin, which I'm sure only contributed to how awful the tattoo felt from then on. Anyway, when she was done with me, it was my boyfriend's turn. Mind you, my tattoo took over an hour to complete. I have numerous other tattoos even larger than the crown and they barely took an hour, and they're much more detailed and colorful. During my boyfriend's tattoo, she kept complaining she was hungry and her and the other girls ordered dinner. Carly tattooed my boyfriend in a quicker fashion than me and he was done in less than an hour, more than likely because she was hungry and just wanted to be finished working. Fast forward to once the tattoos are healed, my boyfriend's became infected because she tore into his skin, making it raw and resulting in multiple areas of scar tissue. This is a consequence of overworking the skin past it's breaking point. The lines on the tattoos? Horrible and wobbly, the complete opposite of straight clean lines. The colors, which were supposed to be a deep red, turned out as a pale pink after it healed. I was beyond disappointed, especially because I had high hopes for the shop and the girls, who I cannot stress enough were VERY sweet and VERY respectful, and I'm sorry, but their work just missed the mark. I believe with practice and small projects, the artists have the potential to be amazing and accomplish beautiful tattoos like I know they can, these tattoos just weren't it. See More Read Less

Had a good experience good people. Tattoo I got is sick work by Abby. Piercing was good very adamant on making sure I was comfortable and relaxed. All and all good experience, good people, and good work. Read Less

I had my nose pieced last week, wonderful experience!! No problems, the piercer was very knowledgeable, pre and post piercing. The entire process from start to finish was 10 minutes, the longest part was the set up which I felt was handled very well, they take great care at keeping the spead of germs and contamination to a minimum. The shop, piercing station, and instruments were clean. The staff were welcoming and very kind. I would definitely be a returning costomer!! Read Less

Worst experience with piercing I've ever had. When I first arrived it was obvious the piercer was not in the right state of mind... which was already very inappropriate, this continued the whole appointment but I tried to be patient and give her the benefit of the doubt. She stumbled, & could hardly keep a coherent conversation, again I tried to be patient. When it came to finally being pierced, she took nearly an hour just to get things together because she kept having to re...do things. So it comes to the piercing and the jewelry became stuck inside my lip because of swelling (which is not her fault but I wish she would of recommended longer jewelry instead of what I chose to have avoided this issue as I didn't know it could of potentially been one.) I began to panic as this was extremely painful as she fidgeted with my lip trying to remove the jewelry. When trying to alert the owner who was only a few feet away, her call was first ignored, once repeated the owner finally came over (this whole time I'm visibly fainting and crying) she says "we need to call someone" he encourages her to try on her own more and then returns to his work. This whole entire time I am patient, not getting angry once and I don't like leaving bad reviews but this was completely unacceptable & I would feel terrible if someone had the same experience as me. See More Read Less

I had a great experience with chris. He is a nice guy and my tattoo turned out fantastic! I threw him an idea and let him come up with whatever he wanted to do. I love it! I will keep going there for sure Read Less

I do not anything about how the tattoo artists are but the peircer at this place is very bad. I got my belly button done about a year ago, the piercing was not straight at all. It was off center so after about three months of staring at this messed up piercing i finally decided to take it out. Recently my friends went to get piercings and encounter the same problem. She got her septum pierced and it came out so crooked, he will not refund the piercing but she can go through the pain again and he will re-pierce it in two weeks in hopes that he doesn't mess up, which given his tract record is unlikely. My other friend got her nose pierced and wanted a hoop, he suggested a stud to start off with and then change over. Well unlucky for her he pierced it so high on her nose its not looking like and hoop will ever fit in there. My advice avoid this place and head over to Lucky 13 its just up the street, they have less problems and actually fix them when they mess up. Read Less

I got my nipples pierced there almost a year ago now. First of all they used the wrong size jewelry and second of all one of the piercings came out very crooked and still has not healed completely. I wouldn't recommend them. Read Less

I love Paradise LostThey have amazing customer service and they're truly working to do what is best for every individual that walks through the door. I got two piercings done there and I could not be any more happy with the result. The staff is very down to earth and open to your ideas and opinions. I left with a huge smile on my face. Read Less

LOVE!!!!!This tattoo shop is great! I have had several pieces done here over the last few years and i am happy with all of them! The color is still absolutely beautiful and vibrant as it was the day i got it. Never needed any touch ups and never had any scaring, I think the bad reviews this place has gotten are from other shops in the area that aren't doing as well as this place.. As for the "skinhead" and "racist" remark, i myself have NEVER heard anything to that nature. bottom line - if you want work that is gonna be "touched up" or "covered up" by one of the artists @ paradise lost in a few years than you should just save yourself the time and aggravation and go there in the first place because the masterpiece you get there TODAY will still look GREAT 20 plus years from now Read Less

THIS SHOP IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILY GO TO THIS SHOP! THE ARTIST'S ARE EXPERIENCED AND FRIENDLY! THE WORK YOU GET IS AWESOME COMPARED TO SOME OF THE TRASH I HAVE SEEN FROM OTHER SHOPS IN THE AREA! PRICES ARE REASONABLE FOR TH E QUALITY YOU ARE GETTING! MY FRIEND HAS GOTTEN ALL OF HER WORK DONE FROM THE OWNER AND GETS COMPLIMENTS ON ALL OF THEM CONSTANTLY! I WILL BE GOING SOON TO GET MY COVER UPS DONE AND SOME ADD ONS TO ONES I ALREADY HAVE AND I KNOW I WILL BE HAPPY WITH WHAT I GET Read Less

PROFESSIONAL SHOP WITH GREAT TATTOO ARTISTS!This tattoo shop is VERY CLEAN and is actually pretty cool because it use to be an old bank! they actually pierce in the old vault!I have been to other mediocre shops with friends of mine who just don't get the quality of work that you do at this one! in fact, i had a cover up done here after i myself went to one of those mediocre shops and i couldn't be happier with it. Since then i have gone and seen Chris, the owner of the shop, numerous times to have more work done! i wont go anywhere else. i live about an hour away from the shop and its worth the drive!!!!! Read Less

I have to say that this is one of the best tattoo shops I have ever been in! Staffe is extremely friendly and helpful and work is great. Prices are good especially for the quality of work and besides who wants a discount on something you will have forever? I have had several new tattoos done by Chris Haas the owner and he has fixed several that we're done by others in my past. Don't waste your time elsewhere if you want a great tattoo you will love 20 years from now and not regret this is the place for you!!!! Read Less

All of my best ink was done by Paradise Lost - Clean ,It is the coolest shop I've ever been in and has very respectable owner. Thanks again for all the work I'll be back definitely. Brian R Heffner 333 Read Less

They are really expensive at tattoo, but they are very good at tattoo. They have done work for so many really big names. I got my first 2 done here. They did pretty good work on each. However, not being a big tattooed up guy, I found them to not be very friendly. I wasn't really trying to make friends, I was really just trying to get some good ink and they did a good job. The place is in an old bank. so it's really cool. If you want a clean, safe, and reliable tattoo artist this would be the place to go. Read Less

First and foremost, if you want amateur prison ink by certifiable Nazis, go here. Haas will do nothing but spout anti-Semitic propaganda to you the entire time, and then turn around and charge you an arm and a leg for sub-par work while calling you "brother." His lackey's are no better, and since getting rid of Mike A. this place has turned into a white-power wash-out. He prides himself and his shop on being "hospital sterile," "friendly" and "professional" and all three are laughable to say the least. His personal "studio" doubles as his bedroom and the council hall for the local KSS chapter meetings. As for friendly and professional: if you ARE dumb enough to get ink from this wing-nut, make sure its not color because you'll have to go back six times to get it touched up, and after the third time he'll start charging you and saying its your fault because you "don't hold color well." And watch this dude like a hawk, he's been known to "hide" all sorts of neo-Nazi symbols in the tattoos of people who don't let him preach his hate-speech. One star is way too generous for this clown. Read Less

I recently had to get my tattoo that I got from the Owner (Chris) worked on because it was so scarred up and lost it's color. Went back to get it worked on by owner and was told that I screw up the tattoo by not taking care of it properly. What also is alarming is that I heard the shop was a hang up for skinheads. Just plan scarey. Read Less

Wow, Paradise Lost went down hill fast! This shop never was the best and was and still is very over priced. Their piercer seems to not care about anything anymore. A few unlucky friends of mine recently went to this shop and got piercings with jewelry that was too short and did not allow enough room for swelling during the healing process. Luckily there was a different place in town that actually seemed to care about their work and helped them out. Take a look at their portfolios the lines of the tattoos are shaky and inconstant. Paradise Lost is bad news, good luck. Read Less