How to make a tattoo at home

Since the house does not make a real tattoo, you need a special machine (and this is dangerous), this article will only deal with temporary tattoos, painless and easily washable. Such tattoos are made in the salons, but this is quite expensive and why such waste, if there is an opportunity to do everything yourself, especially since the procedure is not as complicated as it might seem. It's worth trying, and in time you can pamper yourself with a variety of tattoo designs on any part of the body.

What is needed for this? How to make a tattoo at home? We will explain all this in sufficient detail so that everyone can make the desired drawing on their own and without leaving home (except that only in the store for tools and paints).

Temporary tattoo at home can be done with henna. It will last several weeks and then be washed with water, without any special means for removal. The ink from the henna penetrates only into the upper layer of the skin and comes off with it.

The figure itself is applied using parchment and fixed with henna paint on the stencil. And if there is a talent for drawing, you can do without template workpiece. Ready-made mixtures of henna for drawing tattoos have long been sold in specialized departments, in online stores. You can prepare this mixture at home. There are a lot of recipes.

How to make a tattoo at home from henna? Recipe # 1

Henna choose green (40 g) and not for dyeing hair, but in specialized beauty shops. In addition to henna, the main ingredient will be either citric acid or lime juice. Everything else for sure in the house there: 2 teaspoons of tea and ground coffee.

First, boil 0.5 liters of water, add tea and coffee and cook for about an hour. Turn off the gas and inject carefully the henna powder, immediately destroying the lumps. Finally, lemon juice is added. And the more, the more intense will be the color of the prepared pasta (up to 3 teaspoons). You can add special dyes if you can find them on sale.

Ready paint should be left in the refrigerator for 3 hours (not in the freezer).

Recipe # 2

A liter of water is mixed with 250 g of henna powder. 2-3 drops of eucalyptus oil are added. Then the mixture is applied to the body with a stencil and then processed with a mixture of lemon juice and a tablespoon of sugar, so that the paint is better absorbed.

How to make a tattoo at home using parchment and stencil?

During this time, it is possible to prepare the parchment: apply a drawing to it with a water-soluble marker. You can do without parchment, just draw a felt-tip pen on the body of the desired pattern. And the stencil: cut the same pattern, so that later it can be covered with a paint from henna.

When using parchment, the skin at the place of drawing should be prepared: cleaned with alcohol or scrub, then greased with a ball deodorant, it will help dissolve lines drawn with a felt-tip pen. It is only necessary to squeeze the parchment well against the skin.

How to make a tattoo at home from henna? Choose the tool.

The paint prepared from henna will help to fix a drawing of a tattoo on a skin. For its application, you can use any improvised tools: a wide brush for staining the stencil gaps; And for deducing contours - a cotton swab, a toothpick, a needle (a blunt end). Excess paint, which went beyond the outline of the pattern, should be removed immediately.

Henna is quickly absorbed into the skin, but the paint should dry well. It takes 2 to 8 hours. And it is desirable to hold them in the sun, so that the colors have a more saturated color. Once the tattoo has dried, you can splash the tattoo with hairspray to fix the pattern. Place the tattoo is undesirable to wash in the next 2 days. And before taking a shower after two days, it is better to lubricate the tattoo with sunflower oil to protect the picture. Do not worry about clothes: a tattoo of a henna pattern does not leave a trace on it.

Doing a temporary tattoo at home is not so difficult. But what a result and what a saving money! In beauty salons such a tattoo you will cost from 400 rubles. Parchment, felt-tip pen, henna and a pair of limes cost 2 times less. Although, of course, the first time a tattoo can turn out not so beautiful, so it is worth going to the salon once and to follow the actions of a professional. Such a master class will help you to master the art of bio-tattoo yourself.