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Newspaper Page TextRose in 2021 they set out to create a women-owned tattoo studio that provided a space for clients to feel safe and comfortable. In addition to owning a tattoo parlor, Lamp- wick also runs a nonprofit called Eugene Bleeds that focuses on ending period poverty in the local community. She owes her success to “working really hard at making deep connections with people in the community.” Lamp- wick says she believes that tattooing someone is a truly sacred ritual. “Many people cry on my table; we have laughter; people are spilling blood on my table and are permanently altering their bodies forever. I help connect people back to their bodies through change and hard- ship. They get to carry that art with them forever,” she says. — Emerson Brady Best Piercer 1. Bunny Knox High Priestess 525 E. 13th Ave. 541-343-3311. BestStudioEver.com/high-priestess 2. Jared Hill Area 51 505 Willamette, ste. 100. 541-393-6572. Area51piercing.com. 3. Kenny Plimpton High Priestess 210 W. 6th Ave. 541-342-6585. BestStudioEver.com/high-priestess. Best Hair Stylist DOT BEST HAIR STYLIST Photo by Todd Cooper BUSINESS 1. Dot Anomaly Hair Collective 837 Monroe St. Anomalyhaircollective.com. 2. Desiree Diamond American Traditional Barbershop 390 W. 12th Ave. 541-915-9613. Facebook. com/AmericanTraditionalBarbershop. 3. Amanda Nicole 4247 Loft 390 Lincoln St., #220. 541-515-6477. 4247Loft.com. Looking to spice up your hairstyle? Well you’re in luck. Dot, voted ﬁrst place by readers, specializes in natural texture, razor cuts, gender-aﬃrming cuts and alterna- tive hairstyles. Anything and everything out of the ordi- nary they are able to do so with the natural texture of the hair. Dot also works with diﬀerent colors and vivids for all of your creative ideas. “I’m always stoked when people bring inspiration from characters like in TV and movies or based on a theme,” Dot says. “My favorite one was doing hair based on Tank Girl,” the 1995 science ﬁction and action film. Dot became a hairstylist in 2019 and started her career at Anomaly Hair Collective, a trans and queer owned hair studio. “I just fuckin’ love hair!! And I want people to love their hair, too,” Dot says. — Brianna Murschel KASSANDRA LAMPWICK BEST TATTOO ARTIST Photo by Todd Cooper Best Indie Bookstore 1. Tsunami Books 2585 Willamette. 541-345-8986. TsunamiBooks.org. 2. Smith Family Bookstore 525 Willamette. 541-343-4717. SmithFamilyBookstore.com. 3. Books with Pictures 99 W. Broadway, C. 541-485- 1048. BooksWithPictures.com. Best Tattoo Artist 1. Kassandra Lampwick Wild Rose Tattoo 2849 Oak St. WildRoseTattoo.com/kassandra-lampwick. 2. Katana DeVille Sad Devils Club Tattoo 76 W. Broadway. 541-357-4484. SadDevilsClubTattoo.com. 3. Suzen Tattoozen Whiteaker Tattoo Collective 304 River Rd. 541-255-2734. WhiteakerTattoo.com. Kassandra Lampwick says she has always considered herself an artist, but by the time she got her third tattoo she knew that tattooing was going to be her “lifelong mistress.” She says, “It made me feel as diﬀerent on the inside as it did on the outside — and I really loved that.” Lampwick is now the co-owner, with Sarah Knapp, of Wild Rose, an all-women artists tattoo parlor, where Lampwick brings her colorful realism style to the Eugene’s tattoo scene. When Lampwick and Knapp started Wild E U G E N E W E E K LY . C O M O C T O B E R 1 9 , 2 0 2 3 21