a personal favourite out of all the mcr tattoos I’ve ever gotten to do 🤍

By alenamcdarling

🚨 NEW TATTTOO KLAXON 🚨

I got a new tattoo!! Based on the Hartswood emojis that @jackironsides made me, done by Keely Glitters at Valentines Studio 💖

my new HIM tattoo!!!! done by kayla at squids ink tattoo in pembroke, MA (@chibicosori on IG)

New sailor moon tattoo 🥰💘

Pretty sure I've posted these before, but I'm gonna be adding these to the orange hellmarket at some point soon too! As always you can get them direct from me too which saves on all those horrid fees lol

Finally tried my hand at a glitter tattoo!

This was made by packing in dark to mid tones from the outside going in, leaving empty skin in the lightest areas, and then layering all of it with dark to mid tones of stippling, culminating in vibrant whites in the most intensely-lit spots, creating a "glitter" effect! I've always wanted to try this kind of tattoo, it does require a bit of tedium to get all those little dots in there, but it was so much fun to watch it all come together.

Big thanks to my coworker who was willing to be my guinea pig 🤣❤️ I'm definitely not a stranger to doing color tattoos, but the process of applying the glitter effect definitely made it into more of a mental exercise; I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out nonetheless!

I'm not sure yet if I'll actually start offering glitter style tattoos on a regular basis, the catch is waiting and seeing how it heals over time. The white is likely to lose its vibrancy after some time and the colors will start to "move" outwards as the skin heals and changes which will affect the appearance of the "glitter". I figure these kinds of pieces will require well-trained aftercare (I would not recommend getting one as your first tattoo until you have experience healing up color pieces!!!) and will likely need touch-ups down the road depending on how the color fades and the whites disappear.

All in all, it's a very fun technique that results in a gorgeous finish, but if I do start offering them (after a few more test runs for sure) I'll be encouraging my clients to be well-informed on both aftercare and long term expectations - get one at your own risk!!! 🙏❤️

I got these adorable pieces done yesterday and I couldn’t be more obsessed 😍

Glitter Togepi tattoo I did!