Category: Before, During & After Your Tattoo
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Getting tattooed marathon
If you’ve spent some time in the tattoo chair, you may have noticed by the end, you feel like you’ve been hit by a truck. I’ve had many of you noted confusion, since you “didn’t do anything all day, but sit”. But, your body has been working! Your body has this funky thing called, neuroendometabolic…
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Am I bleeding heaps?
I’ve been asked this a lot from people who’ve been tattooed often, and the first time. A bit of bleeding is pretty normal during tattooing. You might notice it when tattooing skin that’s a bit thin, or when packing big amounts of colour, black or white. Often with packing large areas, the needle is opening…
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Sun exposure – Sunscreen is your bestie
Being from a beach side town, it’s not a surprise many of my clients love a good soak in the sun. And I’m sure many other people from all places, generally love a little bit of sun on their skin. So how does this affect tattoos? Your skin is the largest organ in the body,…
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Conditions + Medications – what’s it got to do with tattoos?
Hey friends! You may have noticed in my form, I do ask if you’re on any medications. It can be very personal, so why do I and others ask? Though your tattoo artists should be informed about their tattoo process; wearing gloves, sterilisation, cleaning and disposal methods. We do not have the training or education…
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Numbing Cream – fight or flight the pain
Numbing cream can be used during a tattoo to help manage the pain of getting a tattoo. It’s an interesting topic in the tattoo space, as some are fiercely against it, some are for and some don’t care. So let’s break it down, so you can make decisions about whether you use it or not.…
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Can you draw it up for me?
Receiving a tattoo is a pretty daunting and exciting process, it’s there forever, so it makes sense if you would like to see the design beforehand. But it doesn’t always happen, often, you don’t see the design till the night before or the day of, why is that? Let’s start with time, time is super…
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Aftercare – keeping it simple
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TATTOO HEALING:* Tattoos take about 2 weeks to heal, and about a month to settle. * During the healing, you may not go into bodies of water like pools, baths, spas and beaches. You need to avoid soaking the area in bodies of water for long periods of time. Showers are fine, just…
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Preparing for your tattoo – don’t stress!
IN PREPARATION BEFORE YOUR APPOINTMENT: *Please exfoliate and moisturise 2 weeks prior to our appointment if you can. This will soften the area of the skin and make the process a little bit easier for tattooing. Please do not apply either the day of, before your appointment, to allow the stencil to adhere well. *If…