Featured Photos: Trick out your sleeve – UI The Daily Iowan

Michelle Balhan prepares Kayla Way’s arm for a blackout sleeve at Velvet Lotus Tattoo on Thursday, Sept. 23. Way works part time at the front desk doing inventory, scheduling, social media, and communications. Way said she got her first tattoo at age 15 in the basement a bar her mom worked at. “I don’t recommend that,” she said. “Now I stick to the professionals.”