TOUGH LOVE TATTOOS

"I was in town for a few days and wanted to get some work done. The whole shop was awesome. Kevin was my artist and he did absolutely amazing and worked on his day off. It was a great experience and glad I stopped in."

"This could have been a 1* terrible review, but Boat (Marina) saved the day! I I'm not a tattoo person, but I purchased a tattoo for my dear friend for her birthday. I booked the appointment with a deposit, and we showed up for the appointment to a very rude guy who clearly did not want to do the tattoo, and probably just did not want to be there that day at all. He came with serious attitude, telling my friend that her choice and tattoo was a bad idea and "pointless" (watercolour). She sat stunned for a moment , as I intervened with "this is a bad match, let's find someone who wants to do this tattoo and we can part ways". He just walked away. After I feared for a moment that my birthday gift for her was crashing and burning, in stepped the lovely visiting artist Boat (aka Marina). She immediately put my friend at ease with her smile and enthusiasm, and went straight to drawing up the tattoo. I'll reiterate that I am not a tattoo person, but what Marina created was absolutely art. She did such a beautiful job on my friend, I actually admired it. Her personality is everything she is so friendly and so kind that she really does put you at ease, only a shame that she was a visiting artist rather than a permanent fixture @ Tough Love. Thank you Marina, for making my friend's birthday a celebration rather than a heartbreak. You are everything! As a note to the parlor, I do wish you had made some advive/accommodation for parking. The signs everywhere say residential only from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and no one would tell us where we could park, so we were constantly playing musical chairs with our vehicle to avoid towing."

"Can’t express enough how terrific this place and the staff are. Called on Thursday and was able to get an appointment for five people on Saturday. Called back on Friday and they were so great and able to accommodate us by adding two more people. We had three first timers with us and they immediately felt welcome and safe when they saw the staff cleaning the place. Unlike a lot of tattoo parlors it wasn’t dark and threatening. Artists were all easy to work with and quick, while at the same time creating beautiful pieces. Can’t recommend enough! Jason is as great for me personally. Only small recommendation I might make to the shop is to either shave the whole circumference of the arm so when you tape the covering in place it doesn’t tug out a ton of arm/leg hair or use a non adhesive/cohesive bandage tape. That would be better because you could rewrap it later if necessary. Thank so much!"

"I didn't get a tattoo here, but I was an emotional support human for a friend! And the atmosphere here was awesome! The people that work here make you feel relaxed and was an all around great experience. I'm definitely going to be hitting up Kevin for a tattoo, his work matches my energy! Jason, thank you for taking care of my friend and sharing your art with us. 10/10 recommend!"