Category: Getting Tattooed
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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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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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Cover Ups: It’s not always the end of the world
Tattoo regret is completely normal, and okay. Sometimes it’s stems from no longer feel attached to a concept, not enjoying the placement or you had a goofy drunk stick and poke night with the pals. Everyone deserves to feel good in their skin, and the process of laser can be pretty expensive, and not always…
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Tattoo pricing – Small, medium, large? (This is not McDonald’s)
Often, your tattoo artists asks you to provide a size in cms, why is this? Why doesn’t small, medium, large make sense? Basically, everyone has a different gauge of what these sizes mean, cms is a universal metric system, and can easily convey what size you’re thinking. Generally your sizing impacts the price, achievable style…
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Tattoo Pricing – Why are tattoos expensive?
Hey friend! Something that can be super confronting and confusing when getting tattooed, is the price. Pricing can be determined by a number of factors, which is why they can range quite a lot! So lets run through some basics, that can help you understand pricing, your budget and how you’ll start your collection. Why…
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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…