Justin has amazing customer service! Although he didn't tattoo me, he resolved an issue with no problem and makes sure his shop keeps a good reputation. Definitely recommend contacting him to get work done! read more

I finally got to stop by this place with my sister. She has gotten two tattoos done by Justin and several piercings here - everything has always come out amazing and the staff here are so nice! They were running some awesome Black Friday specials so we ran in. She got some piercings done and they are very knowledgeable. Always clean and safe... A+ from us!! read more

Culture Shock - Tattoo Near Me - Valparaiso, Indiana

I have searched high and low for a good piercing shop in Valparaiso and Culture Shock is it. I went in last week, found exactly what I was looking for and received good advice. Professional, clean, and nice staff. They also individually sell "O's" for retainers. Not many shops sell them individually. I was pleasantly surprised and it saved me from buying a new retainer when I only needed an "O." read more

I went there just a few days ago and I have to say I was very suprise. When getting out of the car and looking at the shop it doesn't look like much but once u enter your eyes are immediately drawn to the art work all over the walls. They are very professional they have clean facilities. All the needles and other tools they use are disposable so you run no risk for infection. The artists are all very talented but be warned you will almost never be able to walk in and get a quick tat. They give u an appointment and take time to prepare the tat. It's worth the wait they put quality over quantity. I'm very happy with my new tat read more

Culture Shock - Almost finished product - Tattoo Near Me - Valparaiso, Indiana

Love owner Lisa. Perfect eyebrows!! So happy not to have to draw them on anymore!!!! Will def go back to culture shock!!

Great staff. I have a few tattoos. Most from diff places. This place is by far my favorite. You walk in and it doesnt look or feel dingy like most of them do. Makes you feel comfertable wright off the bat. Very reasonable pricing. Freindly,curtiouse, knowledgable, and talented staff. Cant wait to go back for more. read more

I'm giving Culture Shock 1 star for it's piercing only. I haven't gotten a tattoo done there. I found the piercing process was good and clean but when I started having trouble with one of the piercings a few days later I decided to email the piercer. I really wanted her to look at it , for piece of mind and advice, to see if there was something wrong with it since I can't see all of the piercing myself. She refused saying she did not need to look at it. I thought this was very unprofessional and did not speak well for her work. I'm not saying it was pierced wrong, I don't know, but it's my understanding that piercers usually welcome you back with open arms to look or "check out" any piercing you may be having trouble with or have questions about. She was just very unprofessional in her email correspondence and her client after-care since she said she didn't want to look at the piercing which I basically took as she didn't weant to help me in any further way. If I continue to have problems with it I guess I'll have to go to another piercing shop to have them look at it. If that shop helps me and looks at it then they will be getting my business from now on. I was just very disappointed. These are health matters we are talking about after all. She told me to keep cleaning it with salt water; but that still doesn't negate the fact that it was reacting drastically different from other piercings I've had by maintaining it's pain, redness and swelling well past the normal time. Stay away from this piercer! Not friendly and not professional or concerned about her client health afterwards. read more

I got my tattoo here, Justin did a wonderful job! I told him basically what I wanted, but I let him design it himself. He totally blew me away with how beautiful it was! read more

I went into this place for a scheduled touch up from the artist and was told they were going to charge me a shop minim. Um excuse me arnt the touch ups suppose to be free when you are way over charged for having the work done in the first place. I have never been so beside myself. I would say if you want your work done at a reasonable... price and your touch ups included DO NOT GO HERE. I have since then had my work touched up by another artist in the area that wants to treat his clients fair and did not charge me for Bulldogs (dave Wallace) mistakes. As a matter of fact I am writing the same review for culture shock as they are the parent company of this company. SHAME ON YOU, you should treat your clients with the respect they deserve. Dear Dave Wallace: In response to your shop policy and owner I talked to both of you and neither of you did anything to correct the problem. Since I did try and talk to you and my voice was not heard then I am telling everyone including web pages about the work that I received from you and neither of you tried to fix it. Sorry that you did not try to help me and as much money as I have spent with you I still say, shame on you as it was not forever and for trying to imply that it was and for not standing by your customer and helping the people out that are paying YOUR bills! Now if you would like to make things right feel free to contact me otherwise I will continue to tell EVERYONE and ANYONE that I can about this unjustice. read more

I got my labret pierced here a long while back. The shop is clean and the staff is about as professional as you'd expect from a tattoo shop. My piercing was slightly off-center and crooked but not too noticeable. They had a large selection of flash art on display and a fairly decent selection of piercing hardware to chose from. The price was average. I would probably never go there again but it wasnt terrible, there are just other better shops in the area. read more

An exceptional visit today. I needed to have my naval piercing redone after a few years. From start to finish pure professionalism and cleanliness. They are the best! read more

After being recommended to culture shock by a friend i went there to get my monroe done. I was charged $30 and gave a $5 tip before i was pierced. Well after a couple days the swelling went down a little and the back of my jewelry was showing. You could see the back of the of it. Turns out the piercer did it wrong. The placement above my lip was just fine. But she pierced it completely dowmward and angled. I went and had it looked at by two other piercers who both confirmed it was done wrong. When i told the others she blamed it on my "little lips" and they both agreed that if she felt she couldn't do the peircing properly she should have turned me away. I then called the shop and told the piercer i got two other professional opinions and both agreed it it was done wrong. Well she then told me she had informed me that i have little lips and the back would be showing. These were her exact words "you have little lips. (Chuckles about it)" and that was it. also since i had got other opinions theres nothing they can do because thats their policy. After vsiting another shop i went into culture shock to try to get my money back they told me i should have had them look at it and all they would do is a repiercing. Granted i got my tip money back but instead of trying fix the situation they put all the fault on me by saying my lips were too little and the fact i didnt have them take a look at it if i felt it was done wrong. They said i could have gotten a repiercing but why would i go to some place that did it wrong the first time. Oh and the piercers name was MANDY. who had nothing to say to me when i came into the shop to discuss the issue. read more

Please don't get pierced here. I had my nose done and it never healed and I had to take it out. I then thought I would try to get my nipples done by the same girl and big mistake. One of them is ok, the other is completely unsymmetrical. Not only was it pierced at an angle, the bars used were super extra large and externally threaded!! I told her I wanted internally threaded. I went to a different piercing studio in Valpo today and I am so grateful they are helping me heal these piercings. The metal that culture shock uses is cheap and will never properly heal a piercing. Plus the piercer is far from informative. SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE! read more