Also known as permanent make up, cosmetic tattooing was once used only in a medical capacity to offer clients the chance to recreate or enhance features lost through illness, accident or surgery.  Now, this provision of permanent make up has caused an increase in the number of regular women that venture into a tattoo parlour, [...]

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The last weekend of September 2009 was a memorable one for East London. There were hundreds of tattoo and body artists from all over the globe attending and performing their trade from traditional Nordic facial tattoos applied with a chisel and hammer to heart-stopping full body designs ranging from Eastern mystic creatures to science fiction [...]

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Wim Delvoye is a Belgian conceptual artist known for hi rather unconventional endeavours. Born in 1965, he is a Dutchman and lives in Ghent. Among the weirdest of his projects is Wim Delvoye’s Art Farm in China. There, he has been tattooing pigs since the 1990s. Why China? Well, my guess would be that it [...]

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The Blade series of films features body art that has become nigh on legendary in its popularity. In the films, Wesley Snipes is Blade, the vampire killer, and carries the nickname Daywalker. His character is part vampire himself and is at once feared and revered by the vampires he hunts down. Blade has a martial [...]

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No matter how much I try, I cannot think of the rather sexy Ms Jackson’s choice of body art without having a flashback to that rather fortunate (do I mean unfortunate?) TV moment. It appears many of us have a similar affliction so I have taken it upon myself to try to change my mindset [...]

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For those that like the look of tattoos but aren’t quite over the fence yet when it comes right down to the ink, tattoo in fashion is appearing just about everywhere, and Ed Hardy designs is leading the pack. Ed Hardy is a street lifestyle clothing label that will allow you to express yourself through [...]

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Laura Eastwood is one woman who most in her circle would consider to be the least likely to get a tattoo. However when she wanted an accessory to match her Gucci cocktail dress for an evening out, she thought maybe a tattoo of the not so permanent kind would make for an interesting conversation piece. [...]

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