A fluorescent marker that doesn’t stain the sheets. Try this out for a non-permanent take on body decoration before you run out and get that secret blacklight tattoo for your lover. This sexy kit comes with a discreet handheld blacklight to reveal your hidden messages. Hot!
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Check this out from the NYDailyNews:
If you want to see Lil Wayne’s latest tattoos, you’ll need to turn out the lights.
In the much-marked hip-hop star’s recently released video to accompany for his upcoming EP “I’m Not a Human Being”, he shows off his latest glow in the dark tattoos – visible only with a black light, reports EW.
And he wants people to know that the smattering of glowing green stars on his face and the lipstick kiss on his neck are real.
In the behind-the-scenes footage released yesterday, he says, “I want everybody to know beforehand, when you see the black light and you see the kiss and the stars, don’t think that I got some s— painted on me. The s— hurt.”
“The best thing about the black light tattoo is that when you cut the light on, you can’t see them,” he adds.
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Below is an excerpt from an article purported to be about UV Tattoos, but in the text it shows each celebrity has white ink. What do you think?
UV tattoos (or black light tattoos) are created using white tattoo ink or a special kind of ink that only becomes visible under black light. This type of tattoo ink has been used in celebrity tattoos and is currently more costly than regular tattoo ink. Tattoo art done with white ink or UV ink can be more painful, though, than those done with regular tattoo ink since thicker and more high-quality ink has to be used. But this hasn’t stopped Hollywood A-listers to get their own white ink tattoo. Kate Moss started the trend and a lot of young women followed suit. Interestingly, though, no male celebrity was reported as getting or sporting a white ink tattoo. Below are four beautiful stars who dared to be different with this type of tattoo.
* Kate Moss. The supermodel, fashion designer and mother of one has had a number of tattoos done over the years. Besides small, dainty tattoos of swallows on her lower back, a heat on her left hand, a crown on her left shoulder and an anchor on her right forearm, this stunning beauty was reported to have numerous stars in white tattoo ink done all over one side of her body.
* Lindsay Lohan. This wild girl had her first tattoo art done on her forearm-a tiny, black outline of a star. She soon became addicted to this form of body art and her collection of tattoos includes the words “la bella vita” on her lower back. Inspired by a John Lennon quote (“Get out there and get peace, think peace, live peace, and breathe peace, and you’ll get it as soon as you like”), Lindsay had the word “breathe” tattooed in white ink on her wrist.
* Jasmine Lennard. The feisty English model, reality TV star and ex-girlfriend of American Idol’s Simon Cowell transformed her body into a canvas for tattoo art by having Simon’s initials inked on the inside of her arm. She also has the words “trust no one” tattooed on a finger. She also hit the parlor-not for a blowdry-but for a white ink tattoo, which spelled “amore appassionato” (love passionately). She says she saw Lindsay Lohan’s own white ink tattoo and was inspired to get one herself.
* Khloe Kardashian. This rebellious reality TV star has numerous tattoo art in different parts of her body. She says that each tattoo she has means something to her. She has the word “Daddy” with a cross on the small of her back, the words “I love you” in her late father’s handwriting on her wrist, and her husband’s initials on her hand. She also has the letters “KK,” which are the initials of all her sisters, done in white ink on her wrist.
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This article from lookatvietnam looks at the stories of young Vietnamese getting UV tattoos:
Luminescent tattoos or UV tattoos have become the “fashion” among young Hanoians. It differs from normal tattoo only in that the normal ink is replaced by imported luminescent or UV ink.
The people with UV tattoos like going to discotheques and clubs to show off their tattoos because under ultraviolet lights, their tattoos shine.
A VNExpress reporter met several young people at a tattoo shop in Hanoi. They had paid a deposit to book the tattoos they liked.
“It is hard to find a tattoo shop like this where we can get UV tattoos, explained a girl named Lan Anh. The shop owner learned in France and his equipment is clean. Many people like tattoos, but they don’t dare use UV ink.”
A girl named Hoa acknowledged that “Tattoos are art so there is no specific price.” She pulled up her sleeve to show a new tattoo featuring a 10cm pattern and bragged, “This costs me 900,000 dong. So cheap! It would usually be 1.5 million dong!”
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Check out the story written by Anthony about getting his blacklight tattoo.
OK I’ll try and keep this story fairly short, I’ve been into tattoos since I was a teenager, got my first one on my 18 th birthday. I haven’t stopped pretty much since then, the intervals between getting tattooed became shorter and shorter and I’m not on a monthly basis working on a Japanese style body suit.
I heard a few times about UV tattoos and saw quiet a few pictures on, http://www.bmezine.com/ I asked my tattoo artist about it, he said he’s heard about it and new one of his regulars had gotten one done somewhere but wasn’t sure exactly where. So I thought hell the Internet is one of the best sources to get information. A simple search on UV tattoo ink pretty much found me a seller from America that supplied UV tattoo ink that they claim is USFDA approved.
I ordered some ink and waited about six weeks due to back orders and shipping from America to Australia. I took the ink down to my tattoo artist and said we gotta give it a shot, during the time I was waiting for the UV ink to arrive I got myself a small Ultraviolet torch which would assist in the tattooing procedure.
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Glow in the dark pigment does react under black light; it’s true. But UV reactive pigment (to simplify: “black light” pigment) doesn’t glow in the dark.
Glowing pigment aborbs and retains light—which is why it “glows” after the light source is removed. Black light pigment absorbs and reflects light as long as the UV light source is present, but returns to normal after it’s removed.
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UV Tattoo Ink
Many people ask whether UV reactive tattoo ink is safe for use in tattooing. Or they ask if it is FDA approved. Some tattoo artists think that black light tattoo ink is not legal in some states or countries because it may lack an FDA approval.
The truth is NO TATTOO INK HAS AN FDA APPROVAL FOR USE ON HUMANS. There are some misleading claims about tattoo inks being FDA approved, in fact, even some UV reactive tattoo inks claim to be ‘the first FDA approved ink’ – when in fact it sometimes refers to their manufacturing methods, not the ink itself. Or, it really means ‘approved for use on wildlife, livestock and fish’ for tracking migratory patterns of various species of animal.
Does FDA approve equal ‘legal to use’?
So knowing that NO tattoo inks are FDA approved (in fact, on some tattoo ink bottles they even specify ‘not intended for use in tattooing. User assumes all risk’) we need to ask ‘is it legal’? Yes, it’s legal. Otherwise you simply wouldn’t see tattoo shops all over the place – the ink would be contraband and confiscated pretty quickly. UV inks are not FDA approved, just like regular tattoo ink. That does not make it illegal. It just means “if something goes wrong with your intended usage of the product, don’t come running to us…we didn’t approve of it…”
How do I determine if the ink is safe?
The important thing is to use your head when deciding on a tattoo. The inks most likely will NEVER be approved for tattooing. Think about it – what government body would approve of any foreign substance being willfully left behind in skin by people that are not in the medical profession? Who is going to spend the $money$ to perform rigorous testing on each ink pigment (color) to ensure that a black light tattoo ink or regular tattoo ink poses no risk? So ask your tattoo artist what brand (or brands) of tattoo inks they use. What colors and brands would they use on your tattoo (because sometimes an artist uses yellow from one company, and red from another…). Then start doing your own research – are people discussing the brand in forums on the internet about how a particular color reacted negatively in their skin? If so, it’s best to avoid that color (not necessarily the whole product line). Even better, call a company that sells tattoo supplies and ask them about the inks they sell – they’d usually be your most informed opinion.
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For those who are private about tattoos, but still want to be able to easily show them off to the right crowd, there is now the option of glow-in-the-dark designs.
Kimberly Mulder, of Salt Lake City, wanted to have “slave bracelets” tattooed on each of her wrists, but feared such a bold move wouldn’t fly in her office.
Then, about a year ago, the customer-service rep discovered the ultraviolet tattoo ink that is nearly invisible to the naked eye, but glows a brilliant, bluish hew when placed under a black light.
“With the UV tattoo, I’m not offending anyone at work. I’m not shoving it in anyone’s faces. I can say ‘This is who I am’ and don’t have to worry what people will think.”
Some, like Kate Leroux, a 32-year-old stay-at-home parent, are taking the art to new levels, opting for “inkless tattoos,” where the needle stabs at the skin without any ink. The result is a raised, off-color scar, not always permanent.
“I was interested in the idea of the experience of a tattoo, but not necessarily the idea of permanence,” said Leroux, who initially had difficulty finding a tattoo artist to etch her without ink. “I also think it’s more beautiful than ink.”
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Blacklight Florescent Tattoos
I find these tattoos hot! It’s like two tattoos in one if you get the UV ink around and through a regular tattoo. You have your daytime tattoo and your clubbin’ night tattoo. But, may people just don’t dig the UV light.
If you want a UV tattoo, you’ll need to check with your regular tatoo artists, as not all tattooist will tatto with UV ink. Some believe that it is unhealthy wheres others either 1) don’t care or 2) think it’s safe. (I will go over possible health risk a little further down.)
Many first time tattoos are UV tattoos because they are nearly invisible during the day, if you decide that tattoos just aren’t for you, you really don’t have much to look at unless you’re under black light.
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