Illusion Ink

Bobby did my tattoo and I’m absolutely obsessed. My grandmother passed away and he did an amazing job capturing her handwriting. I’m so in love.

perfect. theyre great at piercings.

Jeff Tippett was very professional and did awesome work. I'd definitely recommend him to family and friends.

They were very rude and made me come in just for a price of a piercing and then i get there to ask, and he says “I think it’s 50 bucks” okay do you know or what? Cause I drove all the way there. I won’t be back that’s for sure

I still cant believe the experience I had here. I've been researching tat shops and following Illusion Ink on Instagram for MONTHS. This is my first tattoo. It's a simple outlined triangle above the elbow. When I came in the place was empty, on a saturday, the front desk was nice enough. They asked the size I wanted which my answer was "proportionate to my arm, not too small for the space or so big it's starting to curve around", they never asked anything else, they printed out a random triangle and sized it to the back of my arm but never showed me. I hadn't been shown anything until the artist had it on my arm. How thick do you want the lines, do you want shading, what color do you want it, exactly where do you want it placed? I was never asked any of this. The artist I got did not speak, I couldnt even tell you his name because he never introduced himself. He was short when he did talk, like when he told me I didnt need to get on the table, and I apologized and told him this was my first time, and I had no idea how this worked....he said nothing. The triangle was elongated, and I wanted a perfect triangle so he had to take off the stencil and go back to the lobby, which he was not happy about. Next stencil, again he says nothing, just puts it on and asks me to look, through a mirror that is behind a book case and very limited in view. I couldnt see it clearly being that it was on my back side, he never offered another mirror or even a hand held mirror. Silence. I had to ask my friend to approve it and she said it wasn't centered on my arm, he said it was centered with my shoulder, and I told him I was really wanting it centered with the elbow. His response..."that's not where you want it, but I'll stick it there anyway if you want me to". At this point I was uncomfortable, I felt pressured and rushed to get something permanent I did not love, and made to feel like I was being difficult for having an opinion on my tattoo. I ended up telling him we weren't doing it, that I was uncomfortable and unhappy with the steps (or lack of steps) taken in this process. He didnt apologize or try to make things right, it was a "ok then, come here" and he removed the stencil. The front desk was understanding, but I cannot say this place is professional. At one point I looked around for an "Illusion Ink" sign to make sure I was in the right place. I drove over an hour each way to get a tattoo I've been waiting months for. I have ideas for 11 more tats I'm wanting over the next year or two and thought for sure this would be the place for all of them. Just very very disappointed this was my experience at a place so highly thought of. I'm so upset I can't come back.

Today my family and I received matching Tattoos from Tyler. He was AWESOME. We highly recommend visiting Illusion Ink in Southaven.

Nice, clean place & nice people. Shout out to Mic, the tattoo artist who inked my first tattoo. I found Mic patient & likable.

Excellent service and mine and my ink master had a steady hand even when the back of the chair mysteriously dropped lol. He also understood I have fibromyalgia and so when I said okay that's starting to hurt too much he was awesome and went to a different spot... did our tats without missing a beat.. amazing! So if you have fibromyalgia and you love ink is suggest you go here...

It was Awesome!! Everyone was so nice, and knew exactly what I wanted, and I can't wait to go back.

Everyone here is nice and helpful. You won't regret checking them out.