The difference of this tattoo with a traditional one is that this one sits on your epidermis, while the latter sits on your dermis. With this thousands of years ago indigenous knowledge of tattooing, Inkbox tattoo was developed. Its basic concept of tattooing was derived from practices of indigenous tribes of Panama by using pulp of Genipapo or Huito fruit. Inkbox tattoo, as stated on its website, is a “100% organic tattoo” that “give(s) you the look and feel of a real tattoo for 2 weeks”.
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Once they’re developed, they really do look superreal, to the point where I was shocked no one in my life commented on them (or maybe I just seem like someone who’s always had a Harry Potter tattoo).Have you ever thought of getting a tattoo but afraid that one day you will get bored of it and wished you’ve never gotten one? Or you wish you could change the style every now and then and opt to have a tattoo-free skin whenever you feel like it? Well, I’ve been looking for this kind of tattoo for a long time and I thought I found it. Mine tended to last closer to eight days since I chose the inside of my wrist, but the more covered-up the spot, the longer Inkbox says it will last.Īll the tattoos take 24 to 36 hours to develop, though I found the Neverland design appeared in only about 10 hours, much faster than the one I drew myself, which did take closer to 24. (This is still a lot less painful than holding still for a real tattoo.) The ink is plant-based - water, isopropyl alcohol, genipa plant extract, L-arginine, and ultramarine blue pigment are the only ingredients - and will last an impressive 8 to 18 days, depending on how much friction or exposure the area receives. You have to wear a glove to do this, because the ink will bleed onto your hand otherwise, and you have to apply firm pressure to get a good transfer. After you stick the tattoo on your body, you rub the backing with an enclosed wipe, then heat up a moist towelette (also included) and hold it down over the tattoo for 15 minutes. What’s awesome is how long the tattoos last, which is not at all like regular temporary tattoos. How the “tattoo” actually looked on my arm. If you prefer not going freehand, you can also create a custom design on the site and have it produced into a tattoo for you those range from $26–30. Most tattoos run about $16–20, but I also picked up Inkbox’s freehand drawing kit, which was a little more expensive ($55). There are a lot of Potter tattoos on Inkbox, if you are interested in other, less subtle nods to the Wizarding World.
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(As with tattoos on real people, you do have to sift through some dubious tribal symbols and cursive mantras to find the good stuff.) For my first foray, I went with “ Neverland.” Full disclosure: I like Peter Pan, but I actually thought these were the stars on the top of each page in Harry Potter. I was drawn to the site’s designs, many of which were understated and real looking. That’s how I found Inkbox, a site where you can get tasteful temporary tattoos. When the desire became too strong, I looked into temporary options. But perhaps because of the tiny tattoo trend or Instagram, I’ve started to really want one over the last few months. As I got older, I still couldn’t - and can’t - think of anything I liked enough to have on me forever. I was 10, and after watching the Friends episode in which Rachel and Phoebe get inked, my father gave me a Serious Parenting Talk outlining the reasons I should not emulate my then-idol Rachel: how I would look bad when I got old, my inability to ever get buried in a Jewish cemetery (this is a myth!), the pain. The first time I remember being told not to get a tattoo was in 1996.