


August 1988, Ardee Allen opened Skin Works Tattoo Shop in Newport Beach, Southern California. Back in the day, there were only five ink slingers in orange county, Skin Works Tattoo Parlor was one of them. Body Piercing was added to the shop's services about 6 years later. Ardee's electric tattoo style has been featured in national and international tattoo magazines throughout her 26 some years as a tattooer. Ardee is a member of National Tattoo Association for 25 years.
At Skin Werks, tattooing is our obsession and fundamental purpose. We pride ourselves in offering sterile, professional tattooing and body piercing. Skin Works is credited with jump-starting countless artistic talents, which keeps fresh ideas flowing through the shop. Each artist's style is unique unto themselves. We are sure to have a staff memeber/artist that can meet your needs. Come in and see our portfolio's our tattoo art, paintings, drawings, sketches, you'll be sure to find your " can't live without " tattoo ideas, tattoo design, body art ideas. We specialize in custom work for our distinguished clients, some of which have been, Jason Mewes, Mark McGrath, members of Korn, Social Distortion and various professional athletes. Whether it's your first tattoo or just adding to your heavily tattooed canvas.
Bring in an image or idea, choose from our wide variety of flash art or, let our artists work with you on a unique custom piece. New skool, traditional, fine line, tribal, celtic, black and grey, single needle, script style tatoo. Let us put our twist on that tatu 4 you.
Most popular tattoos in the past have been images like,grim reepers, roses, armband tattoos, sunflower,dolphin,dagger,eagle, astrology, zodiac tattoo,indian,celtic,stars, dragons, butterfly,fairies. Lately the most popular tattoo designs are, koi fish,flowers,tiger tattoo, ambigram symbols, cross shapes,script style,lettering or names,rosary, or religioustattoos,wings,Aztec,and kanji style tattoos are always popular.
The more common placement on your body are, rib tattoos, upper arm/shoulder tats, ankle tattoos,
foot tattoos, wrist tattoos, and forearm tattoos.