Blue HorseShoe Tattoo and Piercing Portsmouth, VA

Blue HorseShoe Tattoo and Piercing Portsmouth, VA World Famous Blue HorseShoe Tattoo and Body Piercing is Portsmouth's premier Custom Body Art Studio! Follow us on instagram at
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Welcome to The World Famous Blue Horseshoe Tattoo, locally owned and operated tattoo studios serving the Hampton Roads area for over the last 20 years. Our professional artists are here to work with you to give you a custom tattoo or piercing from the most extreme to the most basic of ideas. Come into one of our 4 locations in Hampton Roads and speak to our professional tattoo artist and piercers.

Our goal is to give you the best tattoo and piercing experience that proves why we are the best studio in Hampton Roads. We specialize in high quality tattoos and piercings in a sterile and friendly environment!

02/17/2026

🏃‍♂️ When Your Artist Over-Shares

02/17/2026

Do Tattoos Hurt?

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⚡️ A WILD FRIDAY THE 13TH APPEARS! ⚡️Trainers… it’s time to catch something permanent at Blue Horseshoe Tattoo – Portsmo...
02/02/2026

⚡️ A WILD FRIDAY THE 13TH APPEARS! ⚡️
Trainers… it’s time to catch something permanent at Blue Horseshoe Tattoo – Portsmouth 🔥🎮

📍 Portsmouth, VA
🕙 10AM–10PM
🗓 Friday the 13th

🎴 Flash tattoo mash-up
🖤 Arms & legs only
📏 Pre-sized designs
🎨 Color options available (+$)
💲 Prices listed with each design

👀 FREE PIERCINGS ALL FEBRUARY 👀
• Buy jewelry + aftercare
• Tip your artist 20%
• Service fees WAIVED
🚫 No ni***es, surface, or private piercings

✨ PIERCING RULES (READ THIS) ✨
➡️ 1 FREE piercing per visit
➡️ Every visit in February
➡️ Up to 3 additional piercings at 50% OFF per visit
(+ jewelry & aftercare)
♾️ Unlimited visits

Our artists have been grinding XP and drawing nonstop 🔥
Like • Share • Pull up — Gotta catch ’em all ⚡️🐎🎮

Meet Santiago 📍 Portsmouth LocationSantiago is a black and gray realism artist with a deep love for storytelling through...
01/17/2026

Meet Santiago

📍 Portsmouth Location

Santiago is a black and gray realism artist with a deep love for storytelling through ink. His work lives in the details—smooth gradients, bold contrast, and pieces that feel alive on the skin.

He thrives when working on anime characters, bringing them to life with a gritty, realistic edge. He’s equally passionate about cultural realism, religious imagery, and those weird, surreal concepts that blur the line between reality and imagination. If your idea has meaning, symbolism, or an unconventional twist, Santiago is all in.

Looking for a piece that’s powerful, emotional, or straight-up mind-bending? Santiago is the artist who’ll take your vision seriously and elevate it.

🖤 Black & gray realism
🖤 Anime • Culture • Religion • Surrealism
🖤 Now booking and taking walk-ins at our Portsmouth shop

🎉 FREE TATTOOS & PIERCINGS 🎉📍 🗓 January 9th & 10thTo thank our community for an incredible 2025, we’re giving back with ...
01/05/2026

🎉 FREE TATTOOS & PIERCINGS 🎉
📍
🗓 January 9th & 10th

To thank our community for an incredible 2025, we’re giving back with TWO FULL DAYS of FREE tattoos and piercings.
Because none of this happens without you. 🖤

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS ⬇️

🖋 TATTOOS
• Up to 3 tattoos per person
• Tattoo #1 is FREE
– With purchase of aftercare
– + 20% tip to your artist
• Tattoo #2 & #3
– 50% OFF listed price

💎 PIERCINGS
• FREE service fees
• Excludes private & surface piercings
• Simply purchase:
– Jewelry
– Aftercare
– Tip your piercer

This is our way of saying THANK YOU for choosing us, supporting us, and showing love all year long.
Let’s kick off 2026 with a bang 💥

🖤 Walk-ins welcome
📍
🗓 Jan 9th–10th
10am to 8pm

(These Tattoos will Be 1st come 1st serve so show up early and please be patient with our staff our goal is to get to everyone who walks thru the door)

As a thank you to everyone who has trusted her, supported her, and come through all year long, is closing out the year ...
12/23/2025

As a thank you to everyone who has trusted her, supported her, and come through all year long, is closing out the year with $15 piercings ALL DAY TOMORROW at our Portsmouth Blue Horseshoe Tattoo location.

Please note:
• No ge***al piercings
• No surface piercings
Everything else is fair game.

And that’s not all — Steph is also giving away 25 FREE PIERCINGS to 25 lucky followers who went and commented on her video. If you showed love, this one might be yours.

Thank you for an incredible year. Let’s end it the right way. 💎🎄

🌱 Bulbasaur Captured🌱Just dropped this clean starter-classic and now we’re officially calling out ALL Pokémon fans… 👀⚡️I...
11/26/2025

🌱 Bulbasaur Captured🌱
Just dropped this clean starter-classic and now we’re officially calling out ALL Pokémon fans… 👀⚡️

If you’ve been waiting to collect your favorite Poké-pals this is your sign!!
Reach out to our Gym Leader to begin your journey today,
Big, small, cute, fierce — we gotta ink ’em all!

Slide in, level up your skin, and let’s catch your next tattoo today. 🔥🎨
Walk-ins welcome!

We Were Never Meant To Be The Same!… it’s your story paint it how you want toBlue horseshoe tattoo 10 a.m. to 10 PM sev...
10/08/2025

We Were Never Meant To Be The Same!
… it’s your story paint it how you want to
Blue horseshoe tattoo 10 a.m. to 10 PM seven days a week!!!!

🚨 PAIN IS AN OPTION 🚨 Take control of your tattoo experience with Proper Numb, now available at every Blue Horseshoe Tat...
09/22/2025

🚨 PAIN IS AN OPTION 🚨

Take control of your tattoo experience with Proper Numb, now available at every Blue Horseshoe Tattoo location! 💉

Long sessions just got a whole lot more manageable. Ask about Proper Numb when you book your appointment and make pain a choice, not a requirement. 💪

Your comfort, your choice. Book now and take the pain out of the equation! 📅

(No it’s not available for Tap Out Sessions but nice try guys 🤣)

Fresh ink from ! We’re OPEN EVERYDAY from 10-10 • WALK-INS ALWAYS WELCOME • Consultations free! ...
07/02/2025

Fresh ink from ! We’re OPEN EVERYDAY from 10-10 • WALK-INS ALWAYS WELCOME • Consultations free!

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06/11/2025

We 💙 this from ! We’re OPEN everyday from 10am-10pm, WALK-INS ALWAYS WELCOME and consultations free!

Address

5200 George Washington Highway
Portsmouth, VA
23702

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 10pm
Tuesday 10am - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 10pm
Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 10pm
Saturday 10am - 10pm
Sunday 10am - 10pm

Telephone

+17574877172

Website

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