temporary tatoos:

ml22418

is the such a thing????/im not taliking aboutbthe types tha last 3 weeks?


is ther any that last 6 months?1 year?

truthinwords

There was something I heard about an ink that dissolved gradually but the results were supposed to be very unpredictable and could leave you with anything from 20%-100% fading after 3 years I think.

xtruthx

Nerin

im interested in this product/service you speak of.
also,theres always henna... that you dont wash....

truthinwords

You shouldn't be. You could basically end up with certain parts of the tattoo fading fully and others not. So you could have half a piece on your arm and you'd have to laser off the rest.

xtruthx

Nerin

hmmmm so getting henna and not washing it is then!

truthinwords

Or get a proper tattoo. Come up with something you really want, do the research and even if you tire of the image it'll still represent something.

xtruthx

Reku

Afraid that at the moment real, 100% fade, temporary tattoos are just a dream and as such you'd be stuck either getting it covered up with a proper tattoo or getting one of the removal techniques used to get rid of it.
So if you want to try it out short term then all I could suggest is keep doodling it on yourself or, as nerin pointed out, a henna version of it, neither will be really comparable to how it will look when done properly but they would give you an idea at least. If it's just something to show off and say to peers that you have a tattoo then I'm afraid you're stuck.
As such you'd need to be very certain that you want it.

Crumble Froo

getting one of the removal techniques used to get rid of it.

which, btw is a few times more expensive and time consuming than getting the tattoo itself.

Reku

narco wrote: »

which, btw is a few times more expensive and time consuming than getting the tattoo itself.

And tend to involve multiple treatments, and even then do not always result in the ink being completely faded/invisible either.

6th

With henna, can you get it black and how fine can the work be?

Gauge

'Black Henna' is available but it's not actually Henna, it's a dye made with PPD which can cause fairly bad allergic reactions.

http://www.hennapage.com/henna/ppd/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henna#Black_henna

I wouldn't recommend using black Henna to try out tattoo designs. Real Henna is safe but is orange/brown.

Knee-Vee

There's no such thing as black henna. You can get deep brown but not black.

The Artist

[edit] Black henna
“Black Henna” is a misnomer arising from imports of plant-based hair dyes into the West in the late 19th century. Partly fermented, dried indigo was called “black henna” because it could be used in combination with henna to dye hair black. This gave rise to the belief that there was such a thing as “black henna” which could dye skin black. Indigo will not dye skin black. Pictures of indigenous people with black body art (either alkalized henna or from some other source) also fed the belief that there was such a thing as “black henna.”

In the 1990s, henna artists in Africa, India, the Arabian Peninsula and the West began to experiment with para-phenylenediamine (PPD) based black hair dye, applying it as a thick paste as they would apply henna, in an effort to find something that would quickly make jet black temporary body art. PPD can cause severe allergic reactions, with blistering, intense itching, permanent scarring, and permanent chemical sensitivities[24] [25]. Estimates of allergic reactions range between 3% and 15%. Henna does not cause these injuries[26]. Henna boosted with PPD can cause life long health damage. [27]

Para-phenylenediamine is illegal for use on skin in western countries, though enforcement is lax. When used in hair dye, the PPD amount must be below 6%, and application instructions warn that the dye not touch the scalp and the dye must be quickly rinsed away. “Black henna” pastes have PPD percentages from 10% to 60%, and are left on the skin for half an hour.

Para-phenylenediamine “black henna” use is widespread, particularly in tourist areas. Because the blistering reaction appears 3 to 12 days after the application, most tourists have left and do not return to show how much damage the artist has done. This permits the artists to continue injuring others, unaware they are causing severe injuries. The high profit margins of ‘black henna” and the demand for body art that emulates “tribal tattoos” further encourage artists to ignore the dangers. It is not difficult to recognize and avoid para-phenylenediamine “black henna”:

if a paste stains torso skin black in less than ½ hour, it has PPD in it, and little or no henna.
if the paste is mixed with peroxide, or if peroxide is wiped over the design to bring out the color, it has PPD in it, and little or no henna.
Anyone who has an itching and blistering reaction to a black body stain should go to a doctor, and report that they have had an application of para-phenylenediamine to their skin.

PPD sensitivity is life-long and once sensitized, the use of synthetic hair dye can be life threatening [28]. These injuries are not caused by henna, and a person can use henna as hair dye.

and its still available at http://search.ebay.ie/henna-black_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfcclZ1QQfclZ3QQfromZR40?keyword=henna+black&crlp=935968081_6378