Temporary Tattoos: Test Your Tattoo Ideas

henna-tattoos The best way to beat or avoid regret of hasty or impulsive decision of tattoo design is by checking out your tattoo idea with a temporary tattoo. Let me give you some tips on the different methods used for practice.

1. Henna Tattoo
The henna or the Mehendi is a temporary tattoo application. This lasts for a little around two weeks after which it will fade away. It is good idea to apply your tattoo design with henna exactly as you want it. This will give you a good idea as to what your tattoo will look like before you actually pierce one.

The limiting factor is that henna has very few colors. So if you have chosen a colorful tattoo then henna is not a good idea. But for a single color or a tribal tattoo henna can be a good choice for practice.

2. Temporary Transfer Tattoos
temporary-transfer-tattoos Earlier the temporary transfer tattoos used to come in poor quality inks in bubble gum machines. Nowadays you have good quality ink in good quality stencil paper from which the design can be transferred to your placement area. This will last for 3 to 5 days or slightly longer if you are careful. This is also a good way of trying out your tattoo before inking it.

3. Airbrushed Tattoos
There is a technique called airbrushing which is used to ink temporary colors as per your design onto your skin. In this method any color or any design can be done and it is so good that sometimes you cannot make out the difference from the original and the airbrushed tattoo.

All the above mentioned options can be put to good use depending on the design you have chosen. So, take your time, research for a good design and do a temporary tattoo job. If you like it, make it permanent otherwise you have the option of changing.