Most tattoos should face the center of the body, so a design on your right arm points left, a design on your left arm points right, and the focal element…
Booking a tattoo is a real commitment, and the most important question before you commit isn’t the design or the price; it’s whether the studio is actually clean. If you…
If you have ever booked a custom piece, you have probably run into a tattoo deposit request before the appointment is even on the calendar. A tattoo deposit is a…
Knowing how to prepare for a long tattoo session is the difference between sitting through five hours like a champ and hitting a wall at the two-hour mark. Any session…
Eat a balanced meal with complex carbs, lean protein, a little healthy fat, and water about 2-3 hours before your appointment. That kind of meal keeps your blood sugar steady…
You can put sunscreen on a tattoo once it is fully healed, usually 2 to 4 weeks after your appointment, and broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher is safe and strongly…
Scratching a new tattoo pulls ink out of your skin, tears healing tissue, and opens a doorway for infection. The damage can show up as patchy colour, blurred lines, raised…
Why is my tattoo raised years later? Most of the time, the answer is simple: your skin is having a small, normal reaction to the ink sitting in your dermis,…
