Dear You Tattoo

Dear You Tattoo is an artist-owned tattoo studio on Rainbow Boulevard in KCK’s Rosedale neighborhood, founded by Amber Lea in 2017 and positioned as an explicitly safe space to be tattooed.

Description

Dear You Tattoo is a small, artist-owned studio at 4468 Rainbow Blvd in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, founded in 2017 by tattooer Amber Lea.¹² The shop is explicitly positioned as a “safe space to be tattooed,” with an emphasis on client care and comfort alongside the tattoo work itself.² In KCUR’s May 2025 guide to KC-area tattoo studios, Amber Lea framed the shop’s approach around “client experience, care, and connection.”¹

Ownership and history

Owner Amber Lea founded Dear You Tattoo in 2017.² The studio is one of two women-owned KCK-side shops highlighted in KCUR’s 2025 metro tattoo roundup, distinguishing it from the Westport-clustered studios that dominate KC-side coverage.¹ Additional early-history details (prior apprenticeship, prior shops, opening story).

Links

• Website: https://dearyoutattoo.com/

Services

Categories confirmed from the operator site and local press:¹²

• Custom tattoo work (by appointment)
• Safe-space consultation and client-comfort focus
• Guest-artist slots and additional services

Sources

Footnotes

1. “Where to get a tattoo in Kansas City: A guide to studios and ink artists,” KCUR, May 24, 2025. URL — names Dear You Tattoo and owner Amber Lea; quotes her on “client experience, care, and connection.” ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. Dear You Tattoo, official website. URL — states the studio was “founded in 2017 by Amber Lea” and describes it as a “safe space to be tattooed.” ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴