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!

My boyfriend and I decided to stop in for New Life Tattoo's 25th anniversary. This was our first…read moretime visiting, and it was perfect. He was tattooed by Lunchbox, who is a fantastic artist. The tattoo took around 15 minutes. The environment is very clean and welcoming. They accept walk-ins and have plenty of flash to select from. I believe they accept both cash and card. Overall, this was a 10/10 experience.

I loved my piercings and my piercer Lunchbox was so funny and sweet! I absolutely recommend this…read moreplace to anyone looking for a piercing!

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.

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.

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.

From the owner: High quality tattooing, specializing in realistic, neo-japanese, and hardcore 90s…read more. While we are primarily an appointment only studio Saturdays are reserved for walk-ins.

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.

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 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.

From the owner: Hello thanks for checking out Champaign Tattoo. We specialize in high quality, original artwork…read more While focusing on giving you a tattoo that is a unique artistic expression of your inner self. We listen , draw, and wash our hands!

Susu is an extremely talented and friendly hairstylist for those with curly hair. Her salon feels…read morerelaxed and welcoming. I called on a Tuesday afternoon on the off chance that she was still accepting walk-ins for the day. I'm so grateful that she ended up having space available, because this is my favorite haircut and experience of my life. She understood exactly what I wanted based on my picture of Jenny Ortega sporting shaggy layers. She encouraged me that I had more curls than I knew (versus other hairstylists have often doubted me so I started calling my hair wavy). She is positive and affirming when chatting with customers, and by the end, I had made a new friend. Susu also took me through all of the instructions for how to keep my curls this defined, from products, to washing schedules, to how to dry hair and sleep in it overnight. She's a wonderful, professional cosmetologist who we are lucky to have in town!

My Wedding day was October 12, 2019 ... I wanted everything to be perfect... I went to SuSu the…read moreEgyptian Queen and she spent the morning preparing me for my special day... My hair was perfect and my makeup was flawless!!! She very carefully matched my skin color, eye & hair color and then selected the perfect base, eye shadow & lipstick! I refused to look until she was done with both the hair, makeup and I was dressed in my wedding dress & heels for the first reveal ... My "tribe" of bride helpers were so very impressed and speechless at her handiwork & my groom was stuck speechless!! Truly worth everything to make me so beautiful and confident as I left her shop and set off to get married!! Thank you SuSu!! You have a lifelong client!!! ~Ginny~

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!

From the owner: The Forest offers Tattoos and Body Piercing. We have a combined 20+ years experience for top notch…read moreservice, and use the highest quality products for our industry. Locally and women owned.

Had the sweetest employees help me out!! Today I came in as a birthday present for myself and the 2…read moreemployees were super sweet, patient, and encouraging! I ended up getting two piercings and the piercer was awesome, talked to me about each step while they were doing the piercings. They used the needles for both and was all around great! Would absolutely come again for another piercing, they definitely know their stuff and gave me extra tips on piercing bumps, cleaning, etc! I believe the piercer's name is Mack, and the other employee helping me with the documents was wonderful as well!

Terrible. Went here for years. Last week I came to get a simple piercing changed out and of course…read morethe piercer is not in. Tonight I go back to have the jewelry I bought changed out willing to pay $15 extra dollars for it even. Called to see if piercer was there first. Just to have her refuse my service one hour before close to change out 8 piercing for one person and another for someone who walked in after me. Very rude. Third time I've tried to simply get service s here. I don't recommend it.

I've had multiple tattoos from Matt and I'm very happy with how they came out! great artist, would…read moredefinitely recommend!

The owner Matt TRIED to do a nose piercing on me. He pierced the FIRST time so high up, it looked…read morelike it was running away from my nose piercings on the opposite side. It was very obviously out of symmetry. Then, after I requested he redo it, he couldn't get the jewelry out of my nose. He used an instrument and was pulling, jerking and twisting on my nose ring to try to pull it out, because he did not know how to remove a corkscrew nose ring. I stopped him, hooked it and turned it and it came out easily. He then tried to re-pierce it below that piercing, and pulled the needle all the way through my nose, and then tried pushing the SAME nose ring through the fresh piercing, without the needle. All the while, I am sitting impressively still for someone whose nose is being shredded, and he yelled at me to sit still. While he was attempting to shove the jewelry in my nose with his fingers. As I am leaving holding wads of paper towels on my bloody nostril with one hand, holding my debit card with the other, I was prepared to say nothing, and let it go. Then he looks over at me and says "you know, YOU wanted it high up," in the most arrogant tone. I then said, "listen buddy, you ruined my nose, can you just run my card so I can pay and get the F out of here?" He then yells at me, "wow, are you serious?! I have been piercing for 22 years!" And STILL would not take my debit card. I told him I did not care about his ego and that I just wanted to pay and get out, to which he replied "really?!" After my hair turned grey, he finally charged my card. And I ended up having to go back because he left my ID in his scanner, which he also tried to blame me for. Save your nose, do not go