I love this place because my piercings always heal just perfectly! No keloids no bumps no nothing!…read moreMy ear piercings have rejected from so many places but nevr when i go here. I graduated from uofi now and moved back home but I'll always drive 1.5hrs to come back to no regrets for any piercings i need.

I got my daith pierced here. The place was clean and well taken care of. The lady was very nice and…read moreeverything went smoothly!

I reached out to Nick, and presented my idea. We spoke for almost 45 minutes in a phone call to…read morediscuss the idea. He was willing to take time to explain things to me in basic terms. His shop is very clean, and he is a very professional tattoo artist. He was good to chat with also. A friendly and welcoming experience and i would recommend him to friends and family.

Had a great experience very patient and will talk you thru any questions you have love the work I…read moregot and the place is very peaceful

Great work, I like what I got.Made an appointment two months ago from California, here for our…read moregrandsons graduation. Matt started on time. His work is amazing.Trying to see if I can get some more work done before I go back to California.

I got my first tattoo done here yesterday by Matt. The shop is pretty quiet, clean, & welcoming…read more The process went rather quickly and he helped make the experience more comfortable. I'm in love with my new tattoo & cant wait to get my next one scheduled.

I recently got my nose pierced by Christine. She was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable! She…read moremade sure I was comfortable every step of the way. I love my new piercing and can safely say that this was the best experience with any piercing I have ever had! The shop itself is quaint, welcoming, and pristinely clean. I cannot recommend The Forest highly enough!

I got my nose pierced here and the staff is very friendly and welcoming. They have had many years…read moreof experience and can help you make the right decision.

Eric gave me a simple black and white tattoo on my arm. He really understood what I wanted and made…read morea design based on my (non-expert) description. He's a bright guy and it was totally enjoyable to spend an hour in his shop. It's a clean space with a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. The price was perfectly reasonable and the tattoo looks great.

Randal is a top notch artist! my tattoo was exactly what I wanted. He made sure everything was…read moreperfect before starting end result was awsome ! Shop is clean and very relaxing atmospher. highly recommend

Tldr: the shop pawned me off on their apprentice for a large and complex piece. The apprentice,…read moreSeth Jarvis, never set an appointment with me, and stopped working on the design the second he got a deposit out of me. Don't go here. I came in with plans to get a large lettering piece that had a lot of meaning to me. There were no portfolios available for me to look at, just a tv with a screensaver cycling between AI slop and some truly shaky looking work. I mean there was a picture of Mario on there that looked like my 4 year old nephew drew it. After explaining what I was looking for, I was immediately referred to an apprentice at the shop, Seth Jarvis. Nobody told me he was an apprentice at the time, not him or his mentors: it was just listed on his Insta. His work looked sick and was in the style I was interested in though, and he had a few people talking him up in the comments so I decided to give him a shot. He quoted me $1300, which I thought was high, but if it was quality work I would have been happy to pay that. He said he'd get back to me with the design in a week and two weeks later he finally did. I'm wasn't in a rush so whatever. It looked sick, but only the left half was done. I say hell yea, can't wait to see the rest. Fastforward another week or two and he sends me the full thing. He says it's still a work in progress, but I can see a few points in the new design that really take away from what I wanted out of the piece. I communicate that with him and immediately start getting push back. He pulled out every narcissist line in the book. At first he just brushed away and disregarded my concerns and then he tried to browbeat and gaslight me about the style not allowing the changes I wanted on the right half of the tattoo, even though they were present and looked just fine on the left. I went in to the shop to try and reason with him, and he said he'd need a deposit to keep working on it. I wanted to give him a morale boost because I felt the design I wanted was a little complex, so I gave him double the amount that he asked for. He sends me a picture of the design the next day stripped of all flavor, with half the issues I had noticed in the first draft still there. I pointed out the issues that were still present and even offered an idea for how to fix them. His response to that was that I could take this new design or take the old one, but he refused to make any more changes. After giving him double his requested deposit without even the promise of a date to do the tattoo, he refused to work with me the very next day. If that's not a scam, I don't know what is.

Here is my finished work. Wade is the man. Took me a long time to post this but you can see both…read morebefore and after. Love ''em both.