Tattoo Enthusiast Reacts To : My $2,100 Single Needle Tattoo...1 Year Later

Oh my gosh there's a torrential downpour going on right now and I'm right next to my front door so if you can hear Lorraine unfortunately I can't close my hand okay anyway hey I hope y'all are very well. Today's video I'm going to react to a video that was posted in my Facebook group and I got a heads up and stuff and people like oh my gosh Lauren you gotta react to this video oh my gosh we need to talk. about this video it's called my 2100

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so that's the thumbnail you can see like it's all a little bit oh and the video is also from a girl named alana so if you've been here for a while, You know I've talked a lot about micro

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tattoos on my channel, just raising awareness, just saying, hey, they're not super practical, they don't last long, they have a big problem with fading if they're done very , very small, they just don't hold up very well now, obviously, I'm going to stay here, right here, right now, not everyone is aware of this, not everyone, like I said, not everyone wants big, bold tattoos. you know not everyone would want this big huge flower on their neck because it's quite, you can't really see it because it's like it's an auction, not everyone wants big traditional tattoos, not everyone wants big black bold tattoos because that's not to the likes of all. aesthetic, I know, I've definitely learned over the

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s you know dng tattoos are for a lot of people, people don't want to be so nasty about their tattoos, some people just like the little good things in life, which is totally fine with you.

I know you do, boo, but that comes with complications, the bolder the tattoo the longer it lasts, you know, that's just science, that's how it works, that's not my opinion, that's how it works, there's a lot of photographic evidence and also we must take into account. Keep in mind not everyone knows this about micro tattoos when I was younger in the past I just thought that tattoos lasted forever they were permanent no matter what they were because when you hear the word tattoo you instantly think of A lifelong commitment, am I wrong? No, you already know.

If you had told me 10 years ago, I don't know, that not all tattoos last long or that not all tattoos look the same when they're freshly done, you know, 10, 20, 30 years

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, I would have said no, but they're permanent tattoos they're permanent they stay that way they don't if you look at a tattoo if you look at your grandparents or whatever and you look at their tattoos I mean yeah tattoo techniques have come a long way since then but they're a good indication of how tattoos age. I haven't looked the same since forever. I don't have any tattoos ready to show you.

What can I show you? That's a little old for me. I think my finger tattoo is probably the best when it comes to small tattoos and what have you, so right now I have this really basic heart. If I show a picture of what it looked like when I first got it done, you can see it's definitely very blurry. the lines aren't as thin anymore that's how tattoos age and I got that done eight years ago so it holds up pretty well but tattoos age they get blurry they get distorted and there are a lot of factors that can help with tattoos traditional. unfortunately because I know a lot of people don't like them and everyone gets mad at me when I mention them but traditional tattoos are the longest lasting tattoos or maybe black works, anything with solid black, good spacing, a good example is my tattoo on hand, so you can see, I mean, this needs a touch up, but some of the ink fell off, but as you can see, the tattoo on my hand has thick thick black lines, there is enough space between each petal, so there's a black there and the whole road here is black.

So when the black, you know, inevitably gets thicker, there's enough room there for it to get bigger and expand and whatever, but when you have small, compact tattoos, like micro tattoos, single needle tattoos , and then the lines start to blur and because the tattoo is so small, there's not enough growth there and then they get more blurry and cloudy as time goes on, I don't know where I'm going with this, I've probably made a mistake with one , sorry, my laptop is down there, you should leave me. Let's see if I can get a chair in two seconds, okay, so I got a micro tattoo.

It was like the first anniversary. It was July 18, 2019. I was searching on Instagram for the perfect place to get this because I honestly liked my first tattoo. It's not nice here there's barely any ink and then here it's super thick and what happened there I mean I'm sure she's aware but for those who aren't aware what happened there it's basically her tattoo has aged and um she's basically missing a little bit of I think she says "I love you" or something like that or "love someone", I'm not sure what she says, um, but basically what happened is she came out, which is completely Normal, that just happens during healing and then the blowout, which is the technical term for it, which is where the ink on a tattoo fades a little bit for the most part, it looks like it's aged faster than it should have.

Normally, with a blowout, the ink spreads underneath. and it doesn't look that pretty, it looks like it just hasn't healed and aged as well as possible, but I've seen a lot worse, this isn't terrible, honestly, it wasn't supposed to be like this, so I thought, um. Yeah, I paid 50 for it or whatever, maybe 80. But maybe that wasn't the smartest decision, maybe I should have done more research on the place I was going and the specific person who was tattooing me. Yes, that's a solid sound. advice like her, yes she is giving good advice, I totally agree, that seems so cheap for a tattoo, especially in America, like America, you guys are Americans, that's the right way to approach these tattoos in America , they look pretty expensive and that looks pretty cheap. for some script work and yeah I don't know but yeah I like her message that she says I probably should have done better research so that's good to hear after that I did two more okay so The girl has, um, I have one, two, three.

The tattoos are fine so she has been in a studio several times and they held up very well and the ink like red still looks pretty bright red. She has been holding up very well and red is a when it comes to healing and things like me. My own problems with red ink. I have red hair that took forever to heal. I obviously have a red rose tattoo and as you can see there are patches missing here and there, just because I don't heal red that well, it's a problematic color. For many people, I know some of you have also struggled with this, it is what it is, but it has healed very well.

This is a darker red and it's a lot newer than this so you would think that's it. one faded more but this one was nourished more because it was in the sun yeah ok she knows what she's talking about I like this so yeah the sun is a huge factor when it comes to tattoos that fade they fade and age much faster, unfortunately, um. So I'm guessing she's from America and America for the most part is a pretty sunny place. I don't know what part of the United States she's from, but I think it might be New York.

I'm not sure. But yes, like the sun. in America for the most part again not a joke I mean I live in England it's usually gloomy but when we have sun we have sun that's why I'm filming here because my room is too hot but yeah like she know what it is. talking about the sun affects your tattoos, so she's like, oh, she's talking about well, I always wanted this to be smaller and I thought, why does it have to be so thick? When I did, I showed the guy a photo of what he wanted. He was like if I do that that smell will smudge like it's going to bleed it won't look good and I was like how am I seeing all these little tiny ass tattoos on Instagram?

It's false? How are these people getting on? these results are fine, so her tattoo is that tattoo 22 saved her life. He did what any respectable tattoo artist would do and said, "Hey, I'm going to make this bigger, I'm going to make the sticker, it'll last you." for much longer you will get much more value for your money, they won't be doing touch ups all the time to rescue it and save the tattoo and he did good service and what she is saying is the most people say when it comes to micro tattoos or tattoos with a single needle, they say there are so many of them on the Internet like it's not a hoax, it's real, like they can be done, yes, they can be done a lot, so yeah, I'm not saying it. they can't be done, no one has said they can't be done, it's the consequences, you'll notice that most, yes, most people who do micro tattoos, small scale single needle tattoos, you won't see any healed, you won.

I don't see anyone posting heel tattoos and I keep mentioning it, but if you look, you know the neo traditional tattoo artists, the traditional tattoo artists, the black ones, when it comes to tattoos, they're not afraid to post their curated work and I always say make sure When you choose a tattoo artist, make sure they have at least a few posts or maybe like one of those highlight reels on their Instagram page that says healed work because if they're proud to show me how their tattoos were healed, that's a pretty cool one. tattoo in that he is someone who is proud of his work and is not ashamed to hide it.

When tattoos don't post their curated work like it's nothing, it's a red flag for me and I stay out of tattoo eyes. so and I advise you guys to look into it too but again you know they do but that's my advice a micro tattoo or a single needle tattoo is obviously a single needle tattoo it's just one needle so You can get a much finer line, much more detail that you couldn't get with a regular amount of needles. Right, what she says is completely true, like I did the research on her and I'm really proud of her for doing that before making a video. and I'm just talking about, oh my god, my tattoo faded.

I have no idea why, oh my god, why is this happening to me? I don't know anything about tattoos. She has really researched this and that really helps because she has a huge audience. and her audience can probably learn from what she says and stuff, which is really helpful, but it's really comforting to see that because usually I make videos like this and I'm like, oh my god, the misinformation is crazy and I have to like it. do the same. order something like that, but I don't have to do much here, I'm just talking about what she's talking about and going deeper, I spent like 2100, I think this place in town is called bang bang oh no, this was going really well, you know i made some videos about bang bang and he himself was actually cylinders by dms.

I completely ignored the message, but it slipped into my dms like you. I don't know what you're talking about and there's so much evidence of what I'm talking about, it's like dude, do you know what you're talking about? I just don't, I just don't like that study. They don't charge that much for what they do it's ridiculous I'm not saying they don't have talent what you know like they are super talented you know they are prestigious tattoo artists I just don't agree with what they do, I don't agree with them charging what they charge for a tattoo that just doesn't last as long you know to put into perspective my next tattoo this big old beast is obviously black he works with very thick outlines you know this will last many many years this was 500 pounds my hand tattoo here I'm not sure how much it was probably maximum 200 this was 300 what else can I show you?

I don't know, but comparing it to something like her tattoo is like looking. in the thumbnail it's like this big two thousand like two thousand dollars I need to charge what they're worth but it's daylight robbery and they like all the celebrities okay this is what attracts people so much. when it comes to bang bang and other celebrity tattoo artists they see they tattoo celebrities and they and most people think they are amazing, like if they are tattooing celebrities they must be really good and worth it. They are not clear facts, they are not worth it just because they tattoo a celebrity, it doesn't mean that celebrities are normal human people and normal human people, it literally doesn't mean anything, it doesn't really mean, no, no, it doesn't mean anything.

It doesn't mean they're better or anything, it just means a celebrity comes across them and they get tattoos. You know, if a celebrity wants to get a tattoo, they have to be tattooed by someone, someone has to do it, but that's not the case. It doesn't mean this tattoo artist is better, but don't get carried away with that, it really doesn't mean anything at all. You can get better quality tattoos from people who simply work in local studios, like in your city or anywhere else you know. I have been tattooed by many talented tattoo artists who I don't think have tattooed any celebrities other than me.

I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I don't think of myself like that anyway. I don't even care. what i get i just wantthis person do something on my body this one has meaning this one has meaning this one has meaning I was like I just want something nice I totally listened to it and I'm not going to be embarrassed about it because we've all been there. I have been tattooed by tattoo artists because I love their work like you don't have to have a meaningful tattoo it doesn't have to be meaningful if you just want some art from a tattoo artist you admire you have every right to do so so there is no nothing wrong with that and I should own that and that's great, I'm all for it, so we finally got there.

I have to say it's really cool inside and I think I'm going to get a touch up soon and the artist will look at your tattoo afterwards. It's been a year and I will evaluate if it needs a touch up, if it does and if it will take an hour or less it is free. Well, I mean, every studio is different, obviously, in the UK and in most homes I've been in. they have tattooed you I think they give you like up to six months maybe a year and then they do the touch up um for free certainly there is no time limit or anything like that they just do it for free because you know they did that tattoo, actually they never I went back to get a touch photo done personally, I've always said I like the rough, lived-in look of tattoos, um, I feel like that gives them a little more character and a little more personality, so it's just me, like this which I guess it's great that that studio is willing to give a touch up for free, especially with the type of work, but most artists do it there, you definitely need touch ups, and since the tattoo is so small that any bit of ink that Missing it can really ruin a tattoo.

That's that small, but with me I say, for this tattoo, for example, I'm going to concentrate. You can see where I'm missing bits here and there. I believe his whereabouts. It's mainly down here, I have like a little bit of a chunk, a little bit of a chunk, I'm missing a little bit there, but it doesn't ruin the whole tattoo because the tattoo is so big that you can't. I really notice it, but when a tattoo is that small and you need those lines to hold the tattoo up, it's very noticeable, so it's great that they offer that.

I mean, when you pay that price, come on, at least I expect a free touch. Up here I'm just thinking I'm not going to be free to touch up for the rest of my life, like I'm going to spend 2000 every year if you need a touch up every year and you're not happy with life. with it, you know it looks washed out and you know the details are gone. Yes, that is another disadvantage of micro tattoos. Single needle tattoos require a lot of maintenance, especially if you want to keep touching up and also as the tattoos get older, like I was saying, like down the line. the work gets blurry using my heart tattoo as an example the lines get blurry so you can keep touching them up but the lines will get thicker and thicker and thicker and thicker as time goes on and there is no way can you rectify that.

Once that starts happening, there is no way to change it. Maybe you could put it. I don't know if it would work to be honest, but maybe you could put a white outline around the outlines to make things a little more high definition, but then. Again, you will end up with scars and damage from continually repeating the same thing over and over again, it just won't look good. What bothered me the most was that I had to urinate all the time. I was doing it and he was leaning on my stomach like his arm was here and he was, you know, and I was like, "I don't want to tell him I have to pee because I don't want to mess up the rhythm." he is dancing, she is so sweet, but if you are in this situation, this really has nothing to do with the whole topic of the video, if you yourself are in this situation, just tell the tattoo artist not to put yourself through any more pain because you They tattoo, which is not nice and then you need to pee, like we've all been there.

I have been there many times because I urinate a lot. There is nothing worse than being tattooed when you need to pee because I get super. Impatient, I'm like, oh my God, I have to go, I have to go, I have to go and especially if someone is pressing on your stomach, I can't imagine it, so please just talk, just tell your tattooed eyes in the next point stop. Can you please let me go to the bathroom? They are more than happy with it, as if it were a natural bodily function. They won't be angry. Any professional tattoo artist can get back on track.

I know she was saying like oh he. I was on the beat and you know I don't want to interrupt that that's so sweet and kind and I understand it as someone who has, you know, anxiety, I know how hard it is to talk, but you have to say a lot of you say why did you waste your money like two thousand dollars on a tattoo that's going to fade and I thought that what they hate is not going to be why they would say that I love this girl's attitude so much, she says I know it, but that you're a hater, yeah , no I can understand why he was getting those comments and stuff like that, the comments he was getting were obviously rightly so and that's why he brought it up.

It arrived on July 18th and I had to send them a photo of what it looks like so they can evaluate if I need to touch up. I took a photo of this right here, this is the day I did it or recently after I did it. oh oh oh oh well, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt with the new tattoo image. It seems to be much more saturated. The lighting looks much better. It looks like it was taken in a very well-lit place compared to um. Now the photo doesn't look like it was taken in a very bright location, that being said, we can take that into account and stuff, but that being said, you can see that there is a lot of loss of definition within the tattoo and how it looks.

Look, now you've lost a lot of those white highlights, you've lost a lot of the detail within the tattoo, whether there's bad lighting there or not, you can still tell the difference and yeah, the green has faded a lot, the pink. it faded a lot and that's why you need black and you attach it to help distinguish what's going on here. Again, not everyone likes blackened tattoos and that's okay, but this is the kind of thing that happens if you don't. I was like, “Oh my God.” It doesn't look so good girl, I'm like I just spent all this money, does it look bad from here?

It's b, it actually looks bigger than I thought it was, I thought it was small, but now seeing it on her, it's not like that. It looks that small, but I still mean from very far away or whatever, you can't really tell what it is. If there was a black outline there, you could say it, but again, you like the black outline, blah, blah, blah, um. but it doesn't look terrible and you can see that there is some sort of ring around the tattoo because I'm very careful to put on sunscreen every time I'm in the sun.

She is so sweet and she cares a lot about her tattoos and I rate her. She for that because I always say you know the sun graves with green sun cream but this day is when I forget the sun cream and I'll go to Tesco and it'll be blaring and I think just go out for 20 minutes but those 20 minutes accumulated They can make a big difference. She seems very cautious and protective about tattoos and probably looks, but after the tattoo she is better than me and some of you who know tattoo

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s, so she is already done. the best to take care of him there's nothing here that's her fault because she hasn't done anything wrong you know she hasn't been in the sun and she's just been like you know you know I don't care like she took care of him blessed she doesn't I can just I don't know is it bad for me to say I'm sorry for her that this happened to her I know it's not because of the sun it must just be because it's a micro tattoo yeah she pretty much made it if she's putting on sunscreen and she's only a year old , it's kind of heartbreaking, do you see what I'm saying with these tattoo cables they do these types of tattoos again if it's just the style you like that's fine but there are tattoo artists that can do the exact same thing and they won't charge you the same amount than a small car, how can you get a car for that amount of money, I just find it that way.

You know, those big studios go bang bang with anything. It seems like a scam to me. Sorry, it's a scam. I have said it before. I'll say it again. They are scamming you. You know this tattoo probably didn't make it. I take that one hour long piece of work, two hours of work at most and again, I'm sitting here with, you know, great works of art like this manga here right now, I'm having a lot of fun with the manga right now. , so far I've only spent a thousand dollars on this, this was all great and done by a very talented tattoo artist, so I say I know you shouldn't put a price on what makes you happy, but it's a little bit of a scam for me, my opinion anyway.

I think if I ever get a micro tattoo again I probably won't go there because it's so expensive, even though their work is amazing, but just because you're a talented artist doesn't mean the tattoo will exactly stick. Going back to my point of saying, we all expect tattoos to stay and last because they are tattoos, that's what we expect, we expect tattoos to be permanent. We never take into account that different styles of tattoos may not last as long and I'm glad you keep saying hello so it hasn't discouraged me from getting other micro tattoos, but in the future I will think about who is doing the tattoo and hope it doesn't happen again. spend so much money. the most talented tattoo artist in the world but if your skin is going to react to it if it is going to fade over time you will feel it over time it is true and it is not an individual thing it has nothing to do with her it is nothing that she is done wrong, it's not her skin, her skin isn't weird or anything like that, that's how microtattoos react.

You know, she's also very young, so I say she's not even 70 years old and she has all the elasticity and skin of her. she's gone a little south, so it's nothing she did, it's just the style of the tattoo. I hope this was helpful if you're looking to get a micro tattoo, this is what will possibly happen to you so maybe don't go somewhere you know two grand. I don't know if you do what you want, shows the point, she is right. You know the other day you do what you want, but yeah, she seems super sweet and I have no problem with this video. it's just someone saying hey, that's my situation, that's how it was, it was good for you guys to react, I'm glad you sent this to me and, um, yeah, okay, that's pretty much my reaction, um, I hope you are all very well and until my next video goodbye foreigner.