CaliLou's Tattoos at 318 Grey Street in Hamilton East is a Barbie-inspired tattoo studio created by two best friends. The website describes it as a queer and female tattoo studio, offering custom tattoos in a safe, welcoming space. Projects, collaborations and general enquiries are made through the form on the website. Customers mention the flexible time scheduling, the studio's dreamhouse theme, and the aftercare packs and cream that come with a tattoo.
Customers praise the artistry, the finishing and the colour design, and describe the studio as clean, welcoming and set up beautifully. Staff are described as lovely, and one customer had a small piece done in tribute to someone. Within a kilometre there is one other tattoo studio, Felipe Rapucci, 0.1 km away, and of the two nearby with 10 or more reviews, neither rates higher than this one. Our pick in Hamilton East for custom tattoos in a welcoming studio.