Sailor's Moon Tattoo

This place is my new shop! I’ve been tattooed by Eli and Chris and they are both AMAZING! Chris made a tattoo I had that looked like child drew it, into a masterpiece with real depth!! It looks like a totally different tattoo now!! The prices here are very fair, too!! It’s such a chill atmosphere and they are so nice! I love this place!!

The artists here are all very kind, and I highly suggest them for tattoos.
However, I do not suggest them for piercings.
2 of my friends and myself had all 3 gotten piercings here - 2 nostrils and 1 ear.
The 2 nostril piercings were pierced with a corkscrew style nose stud, with zero room for swelling. Both of our studs were backsliding into our noses, and creating a ton of issues. The ear piercing also did not have enough room for swelling and developed a strange painful bump.

When I had gone back to Sailors to ask about my piercing sinking into the hole, they claimed it was normal. I’ve never had that issue, it was not normal.

We all ended up going to someone who pierces full time, and when we got them changed out to flat backs with better quality jewelry - we finally began to heal and the issues subsided almost immediately. The piercer was in absolute disbelief of the style of jewelry that we were pierced with.
One of the septum piercings that one of my friends got from Sailors Moon prior to this experience did heal fine, however we found out from the other piercer that it wasn’t pierced in quite the right spot and hung lower than that specific spot is meant to.
Since then, we’ve gotten our piercings with the piercer somewhere else and they’ve all gone smoothly.

I was also kind of skeptical of their aftercare advice on piercings. Using qtips, soap, and saline. I’ve always been told to only use saline and pat dry with a paper towel or gauze. All my piercings healed wonderfully with that method. Using soap and qtips on your piercing can irritate it and take longer for the piercing to heal.

My tattoo experiences here in the past have been wonderful, but I would not get pierced again.

I would suggest looking into different jewelry to do your piercings with - and getting different size bars to accommodate swelling. As well as slightly larger studs to avoid sinkage.

Walked in for a small tattoo I wanted and Chris was able to do it right away. He listened to what I wanted, his space was very clean, SUPER light handed, and all around just a great tattoo artist. I will most definitely be back for more ink. Thank you, Chris!

AWESOME! Maz and the crew are so friendly, talented and professional. Maz is the best artist I've been inked by. I highly recommend getting an appt as they are busy but its worth a small wait! Chris and Tim

Rizali was great! Super friendly, and a nice smile goes a long way! Her gun was almost painless. I got something real small and simple but sometimes I think those ones are the easiest to mess up but she knocked it out and created a fantastic end product. I’d recommend this place for sure. Great job Rizali! I’m sure I’ll see you again some day 👌

Chris “the Maz” did an amazing job! He was super patient from the start, very friendly and clearly passionate about his artwork. He not only did a great job on the tattoo itself, but also made it a fun experience. If I’m ever back in Seattle, I will for sure be getting another tattoo from him! 10/10 would recommend you go to him

I was tattooed by Eli, with the understanding that she had availability on Saturdays and Sundays Walk-Ins ONLY. I came multiple Saturdays in a row, and she tattooed my hands. Fast forward 3 weeks and it would be my 3rd and 4th visit in a row, and both times I showed up, I was told she made appointments. The first weekend, I understood, but I was upset, because I took time off work, time out of my day, and waited outside for 20 mins before they opened before being told she made an “exception” appointment. Fine, I understood things happen, however, I was upset because I had called the day before, and the lady answered the phone and said, “Oh Eli is ALWAYS available on weekends”, when I asked if she was available that Saturday, because I wanted to make sure.
Now fast forward to yesterday. I waited an entire week to come the following Saturday, even went as far as showing up a hour early, only to find out, as she walked out, and laughed in my face. She had another appointment. SECOND WEEK IN A ROW.
I think what also made me pretty upset is, she had my contact info, she could have contacted me. But she didn’t, and I told her I would be there every Saturday, waiting before they opened.
When we talked yesterday, yes, I was visibly upset, but I was not over bearing and rude, I just told her how I felt. She then told me she was only one person.
I asked her if we could make an “exception” for me since that was what was happening for other people. She agreed for me to come back Sunday at 12pm.
I messaged her almost immediately after I left, and told her I was sorry if she thought I was being rude, but I was upset for good reason! Customers time is valuable and I was going to spend $5-600 with her. My hand she tattooed has linework that doesn’t connect and needs touched up as well, and now apparently she says she doesn’t feel comfortable tattooing me after our interaction because her malfeasance and bad business. I’m honestly shocked by this horrible experience. She’s an amazing person and artist, I’m not so sure why she has to have such horrible business ethic!

Edit 10/20/22:
Ahhh yes, the good ole' try to save face response from the owner. Very interesting, you can, as I did and anyone else can, call the UPS store and ask the lady if she called the cops. She didnt. In fact she thinks it was the Tattoo Shop LOL. She also said I wasnt yelling, but rather talking very loudly. Also, its funny because Eli acknowledged I would be there waiting the week before....just because she "forgot or lost" my number doesnt mean its on the customer for your bad book keeping, however she DEFINATELY had my Instagram. No more long windedness here, I think everyone will be able to see through your bad business practices.

Dude couldn't even line up my spider bites with my old holes. He also had never heard of spider bites as a piercer. They have wonderful pricing but it didn't work out.

Lost my nose ring and went to get a replacement- they were so sweet and even put it in for me.

I got a tattoo from Nico yesterday, and not only was she able to get me in quickly, and give me exactly what I wanted, and do an amazing job on the tattoo itself. The entire shop in general was so wonderful! I had my best friend and my 2 year old with me thinking they were just gonna wait in the car but they were so accommodating and let them sit back with me. They gave my toddler a charging cord for her tablet and a comfy chair to sit in while she ate her snacks :) I 100% will be going back for my future tattoos