Custom Ink Tattoos & Piercings

Really disappointed in this shop. Went to get my first tattoo here after looking up google reviews. The artist was super unprofessional. He took a call twice before doing my tattoo. Then seemed to rush thru it. It was a really simple, little tattoo and he messed up the lines. He also didn’t give much advice as to how to take care of my new tattoo. This will be my first and last tattoo experience. My advice to others is to take your business elsewhere. If they messed up my simple tattoo, I have doubts they could do larger more complex ones.

This place doesn’t look nice on the outside/​inside but the lady who greeted me (Su) she was super friendly and was the one who pierced my septum she talked me through the whole process and gave me sea salt to clean for free very friendly, only down side is that it isn’t the nicest looking place but it wasn’t a problem the clamps and needle was all new & clean!

I’ve been wanting a hello kitty tattoo for a long time but was scared that it would come out messed up after seeing photos online. But when I walked in i was greeted by jay who did my tattoo he took the time to size and place the pic where I wanted when he started it almost painless I couldn’t even hear his machine. I will definitely be returning i was very happy with the result.

My coworker and I decided on a whim one Friday to get some piercings after work. ;) She had already been to Custom Ink multiple times and was happy with their work, and since I haven’t gotten a new piercing in 7+ years, I was open to anywhere she felt did good work.
We were greeted right away; the piercer was busy with another client but the artist who came out to meet us was friendly and personable, asking about my tattoos and what we were planning on having done. The wait for Su, the piercer, to come out was only a few minutes and she was super sweet and answered all our questions (ahem, my questions… hey, it’s been a while for me ok? Cut me some slack! haha). Their pricing was very reasonable ($ 35 for most piercings, which includes the cost of jewelry), but they do expect payment BEFORE the piercing is done. This means if you decide to back out of your piercing, you lose your moolah (no refunds!). In addition, there’s no place to add gratuity, so if you’re like me and wanted to wait until AFTER the piercing to decide how much to tip ;), you will have to run your card again afterwards (or you could ask them to add it on before they run it initially). They also have an ATM but I didn’t even bother checking it since fees on those things are usually so horrendous. :p
The piercing, as expected, was painful (just two additional cartilege piercings added on to my one existing one) but it was quick, and done well, and I have no complaints about the experience… obviously I don’t blame her for the pain! She made it as painless as possible just by being a good piercer.
Like most people who get piercings/​tattoos, I am kind of anal about cleanliness, so I am always watching/​noticing everything. Su was extremely careful about making sure she didn’t cross-​contaminate, and disposed of everything as required. I would definately come back if I decide to get another piercing and I saw some good examples of their tattoo work while we were there, so I will keep it in mind for that as well.
I didn’t count this against the shop, obviously, since I rated them a 5 star, but when we came out, there was a couple of people who tried to get us to give them a ride to a church?! Yeah, no… I know it’s obviously not the shop’s fault, and it’s not like they were just loitering outside (seemed like they were passing through), but honestly this is not the best area of San Pedro, so just be aware of your surroundings!!!

I had my nipples pierced somewhere else that did a horrific job… I didn’t want to lose them bc of migration or infection so I stopped in here to have them corrected… a very sweet young girl was all over fixing them as soon as I walked through the door. she completely disinfectant them and corrected the jewelry bc the other shop used an eyebrow jewelry on my nips when I didn’t event notice bc I was in so much pain. ugh… anyways they are all healed up and look amazing now thanks to that sweet girl

The fact that my friend who has gone here twice has received the pleasurable gift of staph. in her tattoo is beyond me. We reported it the first time we’ve gone here in hopes that our second chance would be a better experience.
We know how to treat tattoos since this would be her 9^th one. And only this place has given her skin conditions. CLEAN UP YOUR WORK STATIONS, before the conditions get worse and become untreatable.