Ink Ink Tattoo & Piercing Studio

I am disgusted by the message sent to a mother who lost her child. Most tattoos are a symbol of special meaning or to remember someone special. As tattoo artists, you should embrace that and make it special for your client. It is so sad that a mother who lost her child had to be told by one of your employees that it was wrong for her to want s picture of her child as a tattoo.

All of the work that comes out of this shop is awful and all the other shops in town continue to stay busy fixing or covering up work from ink ink. Do not go to ink ink you will regret it! Every tattoo hey do looks like an amateur drew it, lines are blown out, and it fades terribly in a year. Save yourself money and go to a real shop

Love my tattoos done by multiple of these girls. They are receiving lots of hate about their customer service but what business has a perfect record? Will be going back and back and back.

The staff here are amazingly shallow and untalented. Bad reviews pour out of their Facebook page so rapidly they had to disable ANY communication. Of course, not before posting racist (brown face) pictures as a whole group for cinco de mayo, and completely disrespecting and humiliating a woman who messaged about getting a memorial tattoo of her stillborn son. The words, «i was eating dinner when i saw this» were actually included in her response, as an excuse as to why she was so hateful. She said she thought it was unnatural to have a tattoo of «something dead», when their most recent share on Facebook was a memorial tattoo? Despicable. Poor customer service and if you talk to any shop in town, i promise they’ve done atleast five cover ups from this shop. Not to mention, their pricing issue? They WAY overcharge people and have been said to suddenly up the price after a piece is completed. Unprofessional. There are so many quality artists in town… don’t let these people take your money and scar you.

I would not recommend this place to anyone! If I could it would receive negative stars. A mother of an angel born sleeping, was treated very poorly by a member of staff by the name of Megan. I am the mother of two angels, and couldn’t possibly fathom how another woman could treat a grieving mother in such a way! To tell someone that getting a tattoo of something that is not living is insensitive and rude! If she feels that way about a deceased child, how does she feel about you? Take my advice and go elsewhere!

I am disgusted that one of your «artists» would treat a grieving mom so callously. It is hard enough losing a child without the parents being subjected to deliberate cruelty. Shame on you, Megan.

Would give this disgrace of a business 0 stars if I could! They employ «artists» who shame mourning mothers for wanting to get memorial tattoos. Then when people displayed her feelings about it on their Facebook page they turned off the review option. PATHETIC. They’re all disgusting and don’t deserve any business at all!!!

The disrespect shown to a grieving mother by Megan is repulsive. Then to turn off Facebook comments rather than apologize only made matters worse. I hope TLC catches wind of how you treat mother’s looking to honor their deceased child.

The owner and employees are completely unprofessional! A grieving mother inquired about a portrait tattoo of her stillborn baby and was told by employee Megan that the images «bothered her» and it was «not natural» to tattoo «a child who is dead» on her. She said, «And it’s not right to get a tattoo of anything not alive on you.» Meanwhile her profile photo and advertised tattoo art work were portraits of dead people. For real?!
Instead of handling and addressing this incredibly insensitive response to a grieving mother (a sorry we can’t do that would have sufficed), they turned off the review function on their Facebook page and deleted negative comments. Totally ignoring the painful words that were expressed.
What a sham! A woman’s tattoo parlor that won’t be there for a woman during a time she needs love and support, instead insult her by saying, «I apologize, I was eating dinner when I saw this.»
Cruel, unprofessional, and not deserving of anyone’s patronage. I will try to post photos of screen shots as proof to back up this unbelievable story.

Fantastic staff! I actually went to the Branson location but the staff there was very friendly and super easy to work with. Chrissy did an incredible job on my tattoo, the script is gorgeous, and they were very helpful in giving me all the information and help I needed with the healing process. I will definitely be traveling from Michigan to here next time I want to get a tattoo.

Do not Ink Ink — Because life is too short for bad tattoos. I wish I had Unilocaled Prior to our visit. Here are a few descriptors: only interested in money, zero tallent, self absorbed. My daughter and I had planned a mother daughter tattoo together since we both had work we wanted to color. We arrived to a crew filming — we should have left. I wanted to. Kelsey the owner was to work on us, and made us wait a very log time. We thought we wanted watercolor, but once she showed us her vision for us, we were not happy. She said we were stressing her out. So I asked her for her input, since she had a portfolio, I believed she had tallent. She told me she was a business owner and I needed to know what I wanted, since it’s perminent. But she kept looking away, not listening, uninterested. I selected colors and she started, I know she would benefit from working with color pencils and coloring books. She applied no concern of color or technique. When she told me she was done, I was shocked and disappointed. My daughter made sure she stayed on Kelsey, to get what she wanted and I’m so glad. Kelsey called her «Picky». I wanted to love them, but I can only issue a WARNING: DO NOT INK INK. Worst tattoo Ever!

I have not and would never get a tattoo at this shop. My mother went there because she didn’t want to wait for an appointment with a reputable artist. She had a design that she wanted from a picture. So this «artist» looked at a picture, didn’t have to spend any time designing a tattoo, and charged her $ 80 for a tattoo the size of an Oreo. Overpriced and so full of themselves. Such a gimmick. Ooh they are all girls. How cool! So what! When other real shops in town offer an ink ink discount to clients that need to have their crappy ink ink tattoos redone, that’s when you know these stupid chics are hacks.

I actually went to the brand new location Branson. I am so happy that I found this place! My friend & I had been turned away by every other shop, the tattoos we wanted were too small and insignificant to them. Not worth their time apparently. Now I’m grateful, because I ended up at InkInk! Megan was fantastic. Excellent customer service, nice, clean shop. Can’t sing their praises high enough. Thank you, Megan!

Loved my Halloween tattoo. Kelly was my tattoo artist and she was great! Definitely not done getting more from them!

I just moved out here from Long Beach, Ca. and was looking for a good Tattoo place to finish my sleeve and start on my other arm. I went in to Ink Ink for my first Tattoo (out here) I told them what I wanted and where. Kelsey did the lettering quick and awesome BTW, then I told her I wanted some color and she came up with a really cool water color look. I loved it so much I was back a few weeks later to have Kelsey start on my right arm… Needless to say I will be back and would recommend them in a heart beat !! YOU GIRLS ROCK !!!

The tattoo I got at ink ink is the worst tattoo I have ever gotten and I can’t wait to get it covered up because she did such a bad job on it. I will never step foot into this barbie doll tattoo shop ever again.

I’ve gotten all 12 of my tattoos here. The girls are delightful and incredibly skilled. The shop has a unique and friendly atmosphere. The artists are very friendly and more than willing to help you flesh out your design. Their work is beautiful and I can’t recommend them enough.

Look, I get the whole feminism idea around the shop, honestly. But I’m pretty sure that a «modern» shop on «C» street isn’t what people should be signing up for when you go in for a tattoo. Doesn’t it seem more logical to go to a place that doesn’t promote the business itself and actually what they stand for? I have no clue how this place has lasted.
I went in a few months ago wanting a small-​ish piece on my wrist. I was quoted 80 and didn’t think much of it because I had heard such good things about this place. My tattoo turned out just absolutely awful. The line work was jagged, the shading was splotchy and it just all around looked like something that came out of prison cell. Seriously. And this wasn’t my first rodeo, which is where most of the reviews I read afterwards came from. Do yourself a favor and go to a place that actually takes pride in their artwork and not their image they so desperately try to uphold. I guess sex does sell after all.

Amazing Artists. An even more amazing group of people. Always involved with the community and always put their customers #1. I’ve gotten half of all my tattoos done here. Excellent, professional job every time. Any and all recommendations for a tattoo in the Springfield area is to go here!

Nice place!
It’s a privately owned tattoo parlor with a great all-​female staff, a professional beautiful salon, and TVs that run photo shoots of their previous work, which looks amazing.
I went in during a Semicolon Project awareness tattoo special. They were doing select tattoos for $ 15, $ 20, or $ 30 depending on the design you choose. The line was out the door, literally, but the staff would occasionally come out to check and make certain we were filling out the necessary paperwork, see if anyone had questions, and assured us they were moving as fast as they could. In between customers, each artist switched out for new needles and ink and cleaned with seats.
It took about 2 hours to get into the chair, but the process was good and they moved along quickly for the event. I was there with my sister, so we were talking amongst ourselves and with others, so time moved quickly and the crowd was awesome. Once in the chair, the tattoo artist was nice, friendly, cleaned the tattoo area, worked quickly along the stencil, and had us in and out in good time, without bandaging the tat or care instructions. It was my first tattoo, and she gave me no other info than «because of the placement, you’ll want to call to make a touch up appointment.» But that might have been because my sister had mentioned this would be her second tattoo, so perhaps she assumed my sister would tell me all I needed to know. I wish I had been told the care procedure ahead of time because I decided to put the tat along my instep, which not only hurt like a bitch, but it wasn’t until after I was out of the salon that I found out I shouldn’t soak my foot, wear shoes that will rub up against it, and other things, for a few weeks while it heals.
This just sucks because I’m training for a Half Marathon that is in about 6 weeks, and I’m on vacation which includes pools, lakes, and a pedi that I was really looking forward to. Not anymore. So I wish that the artist might have taken some initiative and before beginning, upon hearing one of the first things my sister and I did was a 10K that morning, maybe she could have asked «Oh, you know, you really shouldn’t wear socks or run for X days while this heals, is that OK with you?» If I knew that, I might have either not done it, or changed the placement. On the other hand, because of this special and out-​the-​door-​lines since before Ink Ink opened, I could sympathize that perhaps she was a little frazzled and no artist would remember to give the typical info schpeel she would on a usual day. So I get it, I understand, but I’m annoyed. Anyways, I might be able to update this once I do the touch up in a few months and see how the touch up goes on a typical, non crazy day! The work is great and I am excited about it!