Temporary tattoos
Temporary tattoos are one of the most controversial topics for discussion. Masters of tattoo parlors, offering this service, promise that the drawing will disappear without a trace in a year or two, but in fact only its contours disappear, and in its place is not an aesthetic spot. What is a temporary tattoo and is it really possible to decorate your body with a beautiful picture or pattern for a short period of time? Let's figure it out!
Temporary tattoo myth or reality?
So, what is the service behind the name "temporary tattoos"? To understand this, let's understand what a tattoo is in principle. It refers to the process of applying a certain pattern by injuring the skin with a needle and adding pigment or simply dye to it. That is what any self-respecting master calls it that way, involves the use of a tattoo machine. Just the depth that will be "be delivered" the pigment in this case will be less than with a full tattoo.
Yes, the picture will not please you for long, but in its place will simply remain a blob. So, does it make sense to endure the same pain as with a regular tattoo, but to get a result for a year or two? Perhaps if you are thinking about a non-long-term picture, do you doubt its necessity?
But do not despair, because there are plenty of ways to decorate your body! And although they are called "tattoos" rather correct to speak "drawings" or "body art". But since such a name stuck to the short-lived drawings on the body, without breaking the tradition, we will tell you about them.
Types of temporary tattoos
Before you make a temporary tattoo, you need to figure out what they are. So the most basic types are as follows:
- Temporary henna tattoos. They are also called mehendi or mehndi.
- Temporary gold tattoos. These decals are also known as flash tattoo.
- Glitter tattoo.
- Crystal tattoo.
- Aerotatu.
- Temporary tattoo pen or pencil.
Now let's talk about the most popular types and determine their advantages and disadvantages. Perhaps one of our options will decorate your body this summer.
Mehendi or henna tattoos
Temporary henna tattoos have existed for several decades, but they received particular popularity in 2015. Today, every self-respecting fashionista is in a hurry to master this technique or sign up for a master who will write her body with henna. Drawing on the skim skin with a brush or a special cone. This cone is easy to make yourself out of thick paper and scotch, remembering how to roll a glass from a newspaper for your grandmother's seeds. As a rule, complex patterns are not performed in the technique, often they are ornate curls, spirals and dots.
The advantages of mehendi:
- The picture will last for about 2 weeks, but if after applying the pattern, wipe it with lemon juice and sugar, then carefully treat and try not to wet the skin once again, the result can be saved for almost a month.
- For drawing, you can buy ready-made, diluted henna or buy powder and cook pasta yourself. Mehendi is a very affordable temporary tattoo at home, the cost of a henna sachet is about 50 rubles, and the price of the finished composition is about 150 rubles.
- Henna is a natural dye, and therefore we can safely say that mehndi is harmless and safe. You can re-execute the drawing as soon as the previous one fades.
Disadvantages of Mehndi:
- Alas, not every one of us is an artist, so not everyone can get a beautiful pattern from the first time. But do not despair. To get henna tattoo neat, you can draw it first on parchment, and then transfer it to the skin.
- To make mendi take not so little time. The very drawing of thin elements is a painstaking matter, and even after its application it is necessary to leave the henna on the skin for at least 7 hours, and then wash off the remnants of the dye.
Considering such advantages and so minor drawbacks, such a temporary tattoo for the summer simply must appear on your body! Will try?
Aerotatu
If you want to apply a temporary tattoo without henna, an alternative can be an aero-tat. It is applied using a special airbrush sprayer. In the process of creating a pattern using a special paint for a temporary tattoo. It is considered hypoallergenic and waterproof. The scheme for creating an aerotata is very simple:
- The skin is degreased with a special tool.
- You choose a design that will decorate your body.
- Then the master places the stencil with the selected picture on the desired area of skin.
- Airbrush under pressure sprays paint, filling the voids of the stencil.
The disadvantages of aerotata can be attributed to a short period. "of life". It will last from 3 days to a week, subject to minimal friction with clothes. But it is not without its merits: the paint for a temporary tattoo can be not only black, but also colored and even luminous, that is, glowing in the dark.
Golden flash tattoos
Temporary gold tattoos or flash drives are the absolute trend of 2015 and if you are "not in topic", you need to catch up as soon as possible. They are applied according to the principle of translations familiar to us since childhood.
Pluses of gold tattoos:
- Temporary golden tattoos look spectacular and unusual, especially on a tanned body. So you need to get yourself a set, - this is the perfect temporary tattoo for the summer.
- Flash tattoo is safe and does not cause skin allergies.
- A variety of drawings will satisfy any beauty.
- The cost of a set of 250 rubles, which can afford each.
Cons of gold tattoos:
- These drawings deteriorate when they are hit by cosmetics with oils in the composition.
- The service life of gold tattoos is very short-lived for about a week, but considering their safety, you can apply them endlessly once, decorating the body for at least 3 months of summer.
Temporary tattoo pen
In order for your body to decorate your designer's drawing, you can use the usual gel pen of the color you like. For its application, you can use the stencil, after drawing your idea on paper, and then cutting the picture along the contour. Then fix it with the usual scotch stencil on the skin and fill in the gel pen blank areas.
Advantages of tattoo pen:
- Quickly. If you draw well, you can immediately begin to apply the pattern on the skin.
- Simply. No need to conduct special training or knead the composition, as is the case with henna.
- Available. Gel pens are always at hand.
- The thin handle core allows you to draw the most elegant details and do it neatly.
Disadvantages of a temporary tattoo pen:
- A temporary tattoo pen is the most short-lived option.
- Such a drawing looks cheap, it’s better to use a cosmetic eyeliner to create it.
- Handle may be smeared and dirty clothes. To fix the picture, you can sprinkle it with hair spray.
To make such a temporary tattoo at home look decent, the drawing must be done very carefully.
And how do you feel about decorating the body in such ways? Would you make yourself one of these tattoos for a month or would you like to stuff an ordinary tattoo? Leave your feedback at the end of the article, we are interested in your opinion.