This tattoo parlour has some of the cleanest facilities I've ever come across. The shop area is…read morequite an open space displaying all their designs, with comfy chairs for while you're waiting. Picton Tattoo do offer a drop in Monday to Saturday but as they are so busy, I'd advise booking - although they will fit you in the same day usually. Once you're all booked in, design finalised and you've prepared yourself for the needle, you're taken upstairs into the studios which are clean and relaxing, but not too clinical that they give you the creeps! Prices start at £30 for tattoos as this is the cost to open a new needle, obviously the bigger the tatt the more expensive, but they are very reasonable. The staff are very pleasant and welcoming, they will also help you design what you want. A great studio!

Picton Tattoo is a lovely clean inviting studio with great tattooists and receptionists. I go on a…read moreSaturday as the lady who works then is great!! Really really helpul she knows her stuff!. She also does tattoo laser removal. I would definetley recommend this studio its first class.

I received such lovely assistance whilst shopping and having my ears pierced here. The assistant…read morewas confident, very professional, but also, very nice, friendly and positive. I'm thrilled with the results too!

My dayghter and i LOVE THIS SHOP!! Trouble is I always spend so much in here- £2 here, £3 there and…read morenext thing my bill is 30 quid!! They stock a massive range of hair accessories (which are a bit pricey), but my daughter loves the earrings and scarves they have. A really good choice.

Just a quick one to promote this awesome lil studio. Having not actually been tattooed here yet but…read moreI do plan to be I'll make this brief. My girlfriend Claire I. is going to be getting tattooed by Lee Piercy who works here at the Tattoo Tea Party Convention. So we visited here to see the drawing and meet the artist, the shop is decorated freaking over the top and awesome coolness, swords, huge screen, gigantic predator in the window. They have all their awards and examples of works on display also. The two people we met with the receptionist and Lee were extremely friendly and very talkative and went through every aspect and I even had him offer to be interviewed for my documentary RESULT! I will be visiting back here to get some work done for sure!

I've experienced contact with this shop via email, phone call and in person too - they're helpful,…read morepolite and eager to give you all the information you need! Fantastic! Being that The Wirral is quite a bit far out from Manchester to get a tattoo, I would never have come across them normally. Seeing the Tattoo Tea Party convention list of artists, I was keen to see who did what and whether it would be worth getting an idea I'd had done here. Whilst doing my research I came across a guy called Lee who had the style and colour that I wanted. I gave them a quick email to ask if he was taking bookings for the convention. I got a speedy reply and then another from Lee asking what I was interested in - I gave the description and Lee said he'd draw something up. I then made arrangements to go and see him at the shop to go through the design. The shop looks amazing with lots of figurines, decor to suit the style of the artists and their artwork displayed in portfolio books, folders and even on the wall! And it was lovely and clean. The receptionist is welcoming and very helpful :) Upon meeting Lee, he sat down and showed me the drawing based on my ideas and example design - it looked awesome! I was glad to have visited - he even recommended an Indian food restaurant down the road for our tea which was great!* Do visit :) *I eventually had my tattoo at the convention and it's great!

Lea & Maryam was absolutely amazing, told her what I was looking for and how much I could spend,…read moreshe worked with me to make sure I could get a design that Id love while still keeping within my budget, Maryam is a lovely person with an excellent taste in music! My tattoo was a panther in memory of my mum who passed away last October, cannot express how much this means to me

wanna start by saying Dave the tattoo artist is actually brilliant his piece of art should be put…read moreinto a museum, during every tattoo session he would always talk to me about anything and make the session go by quickly, I can not wait to get some more tattoos with him and you should start getting tattoo with him too.

Had an outstanding piece of art work started and finished today would recommend the super friendly…read moreyet very professional studio to anyone considering a tattoo I have already made a second app for further work thank u again rod

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I am something of a Tattoo Connoisseur so I have to give my opinion on this shop…read more Firstly, the shop is run by teenagers. Tattooing is an art form which you enter into as an apprentice, learn your trade over time, and then eventually become a professional tattoo artist. This has clearly not been the case here as the "artists" are still children themselves. They are the sort of people who buy a tattoo kit from the Internet and then practise on their friends. The "artwork" I have seen produced by this studio is disgracefully bad. Lines which are meant to be straight are wobbly and portraits look nothing like the realism photo effect they are supposed to have. The piercer here is of the same quality. She has completed a course which took a few days and considers herself to be a professional body piercer, which is an insult to artists who have learnt their trade and respect their art. She pierces using the blade method which has been found to be the most traumatic to the skin. The instruments are reused and therefore become more blunt with each use, again creating more trauma to the body. Please do not go here, trust me.

Excellent art work and not run by teenagers. If it was in the past then I can't comment…read more Now it is professional and the place in clean and expertly run

Design 4 Life is a professional, award-winning tattoo and piercing studio…read more They offer a wide range of tattoo designs or of course you can suggest your own designs. Analogously with piercings, you can have a piercing almost anywhere you wish on your body. Prices start from £30 for a tattoo and £15 for a piercing. Artists and piercers are very helpful and provide all the information you need prior to your request, plus there is also a detailed website where you can browse at your leisure. Personally, I do not have any piercings or tattoo's but if I were to consider one in the future, then this is the studio I would get it done.

So I went here for a tattoo once. They went though the design with me and everything, I was filing…read moreout the waiver and I asked about medication as I said I have asthma. They turned around and said "oh you need a letter from your doctor". They then took the sheet out of my hand and screwed it up and threw it in the bin. They did not securely destroy this even though it had personal information on it. I went to another studio who said asthma is no issue. In fact every other studio has said no problem. I decided to give Design 4 Life another try. I went in for a nipple piercing, and found the staff quite arrogant and condescending. One even told me that nipple piercings on men look stupid (did I ask his opinion? is it his job to pierce or tell people what to do with their bodies?). The guy who pierced me seemed shaky and inexperienced. I left the piercing in for about 2 incredibly painful months following their aftercare to the letter. It would constantly swell up and cause me pain. It was never even straight, like wonky and not even placed evenly through the skin. I ended up taking it out and getting it repierced elsewhere and it seemed healed within 2 weeks. Basically if you want arrogant talk from people who think they are great and perform poor quality work, this is the place.