One Life Tattoo Studio

07/18/2026

🌼A little floral flow for this awesome client🌼

Tattoo done by Branden
Branden now taking appts again.
For inquiries contact:
[email protected]

07/17/2026

One Life Tattoo is still in the running for 'Best Tattoo Studio'!
If you'd like to show some support for One Life Tattoo (or any of our artists:Branden, Arnie, Chris or Gage)... this is the way! ;)

It is ALWAYS appreciated!😊

-One Life

The nomination phase kicks off the competition, giving you the power to nominate the businesses or individuals you believe are the most deserving of the "Best of the Best" title. Select a category below to nominate a business or individual.

07/16/2026

One more thing...😉

We offered a reward for info for the storefront accident.
Kristy from Ideal Ink helped us out and instead of taking the reward, she suggested to do a promo.

So here is our promo:)

We will go through the list of everyone who 'shared' the specific post(s) that we put out when we were looking for info.
We will pick 5 random people who did, and as a way of saying 'Thank You' for the support, we will be giving those 5 people a choice of either $50 in cash or $50 in a One Life Tattoo Gift Card!
No purchase necessary, you don't have to 'like' or 'follow'.
No one has to do anything to win, if you shared that original post, you're already entered.
It's our way of saying thank you for the support when we asked for it!🙏

We'll post the winners soon so stay tuned:)

One Life!

07/16/2026

One Life Tattoo...So FRESH and so CLEAN CLEAN😀

"When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade"

As most people know, we had an unfortunate accident with a chain going through our storefront:(
It's taken some time but we finally got everything buttoned up with the help of the team at Gull Lake Glass.

We also wanted to thank all of our clients for putting up with our "impromptu" remodel and the kind words of support along the way!

With that said, if anyone has wanted to get in and hasn't been able to (especially with Branden), we are now returning to our regular schedule so don't hesitate to reach out and we can get you in before the summer ends!

PS. Here is a quick update to show the dramatic difference in the 'before 'and 'after' with our storefront!

-One Life

07/03/2026

Hello everyone! We hope everyone is primed and ready for celebrating the 4th!
We're honored to be nominated again for the "Best in the Midwest' for Best Tattoo Studio.
If you've ever been tattooed at One Life, know someone who has or want to show support for one of our artists at One Life, please take a moment and vote for us! Its truly appreciated!

Ps You can even vote daily;)

Thank again to EVERYONE for years of support!
-One Life!

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The nomination phase kicks off the competition, giving you the power to nominate the businesses or individuals you believe are the most deserving of the "Best of the Best" title. Select a category below to nominate a business or individual.

06/03/2026

Got a healed photo of this sweet Bingo dauber! I'm always looking to do more stuff like this so if you have any ideas feel free to send them my way!

Done by Arnie.

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05/31/2026

‼️UPDATE‼️
Just wanted to post a quick update.
Within a few hours of our post, and with the help of one of our friends, client, and neighbor, Kristy at Ideal Ink, we were able to identify the truck, and with a little due diligence, led us to the driver. Can't thank her enough for taking the time from her busy schedule at 'Ideal Ink' to help us out. It's awesome to see so much positive support from everyone, so we want to thank everyone for helping us get the info out.

I personally spoke with the driver, who was unaware that anything had happened, and offered a huge apology and was genuinely concerned that everyone was safe. We appreciate that. So again, there is no ill will or hard feelings.

*On another note, we did offer a reward to Kristy for the info, and she, instead of accepting it, graciously asked us to 'pay it forward' and do something for our clients instead. Which is awesome! So, in our attempt to turn 'lemons to lemonade,' that's exactly what we're going to do!
Stay Tuned.

Again, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE for the positive support!
Now back to work we go!

Sincerely,
One Life🙏

05/30/2026

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! 🙋‍♂️

We've received a ton of inquiries and an equal amount of support over the last few days, so we just wanted to give everyone a quick update on a recent crazy event at our studio.
Last Wednesday, right after closing, I received a call from a local Brainerd police officer informing us that our storefront windows had been shattered. We were told that "a passing semi-truck carrying a large cement block had a chain snap off their truck", which ended up flying into our storefront, taking out the entire storefront glass in the process (among other damage). Also, the chain was left hanging off the remaining glass (as you can see in the photo).
After some quick temporary repairs and due diligence, we were able to verify that was the case with 100% certainty.
With that said, no one was hurt, no business was affected, and yes, we are still open and conducting business as usual. 😊
We absolutely appreciate everyone's concern and support. I appreciate the crew at the shop and family members who dropped everything to immediately come help, as well as Nathan at Gull Lake Glass, who was out the very next day to start the ball rolling with getting One Life looking shiny and new again!
I'm going to post a couple of videos for people who were interested, just because it's a pretty crazy-looking scene that we first arrived at.
*Another very important video I am going to post is the semi-truck that was responsible. Unfortunately, the video couldn't capture the plate, but you will be able to see it clearly, along with the cement block that the truck was carrying, and, of course, the missing chain, which we now are keeping as a souvenir. 😊 With that said, we need your help in identifying the truck and the driver. If anyone recognizes this truck, please contact me or the Brainerd Police Dept. with the info. My email is [email protected]
There might even be a reward (in cash or a tattoo) to the person if it leads to accurate information helping resolve this issue.
*I also want to say it was NOT intentional, NOT vandalism or anything nefarious. Just an unfortunate freak accident, so there is no hard feeling or ill will toward the driver; accidents happen, and we're glad no one was hurt.

Stay tuned; I will be posting two more videos over the weekend!

Once again, we appreciate everyone's support!
Branden
-One Life 🙏

P.S. To also answer another question, no, we will not be having a 'go fund me' page. We got this! 💪

05/28/2026

Calm like a bomb! 😎

Tattoo done by Arnie.

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