Award Winning Makeup Artist Sarah Brock Recommends Tattoo Secret….

By jemmak | Published: March 3, 2011

Bridal Beauty Buzz – A bridal beauty blog by award winning makeup artist Sarah Brock

At last! For brides who have a tattoo that they want to cover on their wedding day, there is now a solution – the Tattoo Secret Tattoo Camouflage Kit.

There are many products on the market to cover tattoos, but often I have had comments from brides who have used them and said that they are heavy, thick products which are difficult for them to apply. This has meant brides often relying on a professional to do this for them.

I was so excited when I heard about this kit, as it sounded the perfect solution. If you have a tattoo for example at the base of your back, your wedding dress will cover it, but there are brides who have tattoos on their chest/ upper back/ arm and whilst they may love the look of their tattoo day-to-day, they want to cover it on their wedding day.

At £25, I think that this product is fabulous value.

The Tattoo Secret Kit comes with simple to follow step by step instructions. The makeup offers superb, natural coverage which is long-lasting, easy to apply and water resistant. With powder coatings in between the layers of camouflage creams, the coverage holds tight, even when touched or wet allowing coverage to last all day.

Tattoo Secret contains stacks of base and top coat shades to ensure a good colour match, plus all the tools to help you achieve a perfect finish. The kit is available in two colour ways, Light and Medium. I have personally tested this kit and the coverage I achieved with this kit is fantastic.

My top tip: make sure you practise covering your tattoo before the big day, do a couple of trials first. Your wedding day is not the time to try covering your tattoo for the very first time!

The website www.tattoosecret.co.uk has great information, plus photographs and instructions.

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Check out the latest press coverage for Tattoo Secret

By admin | Published: July 23, 2010

The Times, 21st July 2010
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Who Will Remove Your Tattoo?

By admin | Published: March 10, 2010

Find out more about who will remove your tattoo.Once you have decided you are going to get your tattoo removed, and by what treatment, you should also consider who is going to perform the necessary procedures. Tattoo laser removal is not something that you can get done straight away walking into a clinic off the street. First, you will need a consultation, and the consultant will want to know you are physically and mentally ready for laser treatment. Likewise, you need to consider the qualifications and experience of the person who will be performing the tattoo removal. Do not be scared of asking a few questions.

Find out where the laser treatment will be performed? You really should ensure that the treatment will take place in a hospital or an accredited clinic.

Ask about the experience of the person who will actually perform the procedure. For example, how long has he or she been doing this? And, how many treatments has he or she performed in the last month, and or year? You might also enquire about any assistants and their qualifications and experience.

Find out about the success rate of the person who will be performing the procedure, and not just the clinic’s or hospital’s general success rates. Ask to see ‘before’ and ‘after’ photographs of their recent patients, not just written testimonials that may have been provided.

Specifically ask about their patients that have experienced significant complications. If they do not want to disclose this, or are flustered by the question – that is a bad sign. But being too prepared for the question is not necessarily a good sign either. Find out about their malpractice insurance, and ask if cover has ever been denied, revoked or suspended?

Ask also about the responsibilities if something does go wrong. Who will perform any repeat procedures, and more importantly who will pay for these? They really should be able to provide you with a very clear policy on this issue.

Laser treatment is not life-threatening and most people are happy with the outcomes. But, choosing carefully can also be a significant factor in meeting your expectations. Laser treatment should only be carried out by qualified and accredited professionals.

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Considering Your Tattoo Removal, ‘Before and After’ Laser Treatment

By admin | Published: March 3, 2010

Tattoo removal: before and afterJust as there are many more people getting tattoos nowadays, there are also many more people who want to have their tattoos removed. Not only are there more tattoo removal techniques available, but some of these are much more sophisticated and effective now than they were a decade or so ago. This is very true for laser tattoo removals. If you are thinking about laser treatment for your tattoo removal, here are some of the basic ‘before and after’ issues to consider.

Before a laser beam goes anywhere near your tattoo, you will be required to have a consultation with a doctor. The doctor will want to know that you are physically healthy and are psychologically stable. Besides being interested in your general health, they will also want to assure themselves, for your benefit, that you have realistic expectations about the outcomes. If, for example, you have fluorescent colours in your tattoos the treatment may not be as successful as you would like.

In assessing your suitability for laser treatment, the doctors will also examine your tattooed area for unusual scars, any connective tissue disorders, and be certain that you have not had any other cosmetic surgery in the tattooed area.

But what can you expect after your tattoo has been removed? While the majority of people are satisfied with their tattoo removal, your should be aware that your skin will never look as it did before you had the tattoo, even if the pigment has been entirely removed.

Immediately after treatment, the tattooed area will be slightly red as if sunburned. With more deeper tattoos you may even experience some bruising, and even bleeding. The area will be treated with antibiotic ointment and a bandage will be applied. The recovery time will depend on how often you have laser treatment and your body’s capacity to heal itself. You should follow aftercare instructions very closely.

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I Want My Tattoo Removed

By admin | Published: February 25, 2010

Cheryl Cole is the latest celebrity to want her tattoo removed.In the last few days Cheryl Cole, one of the United Kingdom’s foremost female solo artists, has announced she is to separate from her premiership footballer husband Ashley Cole. Cheryl Cole, whose single ‘Fight For This Love’ reached number one in the charts in October 2009, had ‘Mrs C’ tattooed on the back of her neck in 2007 after she married Ashley Cole the previous year.

But now, Cheryl is believed to have told her close friends that she wants the tattoo removed “as a matter of urgency.” She is set to pay about £2000 for laser treatment to remove her unwanted tribute.

Cheryl Cole joins a host of celebrities who have had a tattoo removed following the break up of a marriage or relationship. If the tabloids are to be believed, the most common reason that celebrities go to see a tattoo removal specialist is because they have the name of a lover inked on their bodies. Matching tattoos and tattoos inspired by a romantic partner are other big causes of tattoo regret.

Sadly, there are relationships that just do not last as long as the ink does, and people simply do not want those painful reminders of failed partnerships on their bodies. This is as true for celebrities as it is for your average couple, perhaps even more so as celebrity relationships are even more intense and quicker to fade than the common relationship. As a result, break-ups are the biggest cause of celebrity tattoo removal.

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Having had your tattoos removed, what next?

By admin | Published: February 17, 2010

Having had your tattoos removed - aftercare is essential to reduce scarringOnce you have had your tattoos removed, using the various skin-invasive techniques on offer, it is essential that you follow the aftercare instructions provided to the letter. This is to allow the newly broken skin to heal with as little scarring as possible. After all, there is no point in replacing an unwanted tattoo with an unsightly scar. The following are some of the more basic ‘dos and donts’.

Try not to expose the newly broken skin to sunlight and/or ultraviolet rays. If you are out in the sun, use a sunblock with a good protection factor. Healing skin is as much affected by ‘wind burn’ as it is by ‘sun burn’. Do not let your healing skin dry out – apply creams rich in vitamin E.

It is not a good idea to allow the skin to soak in water; so avoid hot tubs, pools, and saunas. And if the skin is an area you shave, wait until the skin is fully healed.

You will notice a redness appearing around the old tattoo area. And with time, a scab will form. Leave it alone! You really should resist even the slightest urge to ‘pick’ at the scab; even if it is just a bit that looks like its about to fall off anyway. Let the scab fall off when it is good and ready to do so.

During the healing process you should eat as nutritious a diet as possible, and take vitamin and mineral supplements. This might sound obvious, but it is something so easily overlooked. Remember to heal properly your skin requires essential vitamins and minerals.

And of course it goes without saying that having had your tattoos removed, you should never touch the affected skin with dirty fingers!

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Tattoo Removal by Saline

By admin | Published: February 10, 2010

There are a variety of tattoo removal techniques, fading by saline is one. There are a variety of tattoo removal techniques, and one of these is fading the tattoo with saline. It is perhaps one of the more controversial methods people use in their attempts to remove unwanted tattoo, but it is one to consider.

Tattoos are created by injecting ink into the skin. To do this an electrically powered machine moves a solid needle up and down to puncture the skin between 50 and 3,000 times per minute. The needle penetrates the skin by about a millimetre and leaves a drop of insoluble ink. The punctured skin heals and the ink remains.

There are tattoo artists who believe they can literally fade a tattoo by ‘tattooing’ saline solution into the skin where the ink is. Saline is not injected into the skin, but tattooed in the same way the ink was placed in the skin in the first place. The saline breaks up the ink molecules and causes the images to fade.

Some tattoo artists do not believe this to be a very reliable method. But, when it works it is said to be more effective with older tattoos. Despite the controversy surrounding this tattoo removal technique, injecting the saline into the skin does not pose any harm.

If you are thinking of covering up your old tattoo with a new one, you could consider this technique if only to lighten your existing tattoo making it easier to cover the tattoo up with the new one. The most difficult part will be finding and artist that is prepared to use this technique.

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Trying a Tattoo Removal Cream

By admin | Published: February 3, 2010

Tattoo Removal Cream offers a simple and painless way of removing your tattoo permanentlyDepending on the size of your tattoo, the colours of ink used in it, a tattoo removal cream might be an option you could consider if you have decided to remove your tattoo altogether. There are a number of lotions on the market that offer a painless, non-scarring way of removing your tattoo within months.

It really is a matter of simply applying the cream to your tattoo on a daily basis. With repeated use the cream gently breaks down the pigment, causing the tattoo to fade. With time it will eventually be barely visible to the eye.

The makers of different creams suggest varying results, some say you will start to see a difference within a month, and others go so far as to suggest that your tattoo will be gone after a month of daily applications. Smaller tattoos are likely to become invisible more quickly than larger tattoos. Also, the colour green is the most difficult colour to remove. If your tattoo has lots of green ink it will take a bit longer before you start to see any results.

As with all tattoo removal techniques, except perhaps surgery, there are no guarantees as everyone’s skin reacts differently. Tattoo removal creams do not scar the skin, but you are advised to test your skin with the cream first before embarking on a continued daily programme.

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Tattoos & laser removal: how does it work?

By admin | Published: January 28, 2010

Tattoos & laser-removal: How does it work?Many people now consider laser treatment to get rid of tattoos. In this post I briefly describe the ‘science’ behind the laser removal of tattoos.

The skin is made up of a number of layers, the epidermis (the outermost layer), dermis and hypodermis (the innermost layer). Very simply, when the tattoo is created, a needle penetrates the epidermis and places ink in the dermis layer. As healing occurs, the damaged epidermis layer flakes away and the ink becomes trapped in the dermis layer.

The ink in the dermis is quite stable, but with time – usually several decades, the ink sinks deeper in the skin and the tattoo fades. Laser treatment for tattoo removal involves using laser light to break up the stable ink particles.

A laser device delivers short pulses of intense, concentrated light that pass through the outer layers of your skin. The wavelengths of light used are those that only target ink particles, without affecting the surrounding skin. Laser light causes the ink to break into smaller particles. Then the body’s natural immune system removes the fragmented particles.

The success of the laser treatment then not only depends on the laser light used but also the specific placement on the body of the tattoo. The varying wavelengths of laser light effect the different colours differently. Black inks responds better to laser treatment because they absorbs the full range of wavelengths. And, in parts of the body where there is less circulation, the hands and feet, the removal of the broken particles is not effective.

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Tattoo Removal in the UK

By admin | Published: January 21, 2010

It is said that of all the people with tattoos around 50% of these want to have them removed, for one reason or another. Tattoo removal in the UK is a growing service, and more and more people are having their unwanted tattoos removed by laser treatment.

The National Health Service do not routinely provide laser treatment free of charge. In trying financial times, Health service managers and doctors tend not to fund what they consider to be elective cosmetic surgery. There are, however, certain Primary Health Care Trusts that will make exceptions for special cases where there is a psychological problem associated with the tattoo. In any case it is always advisable to speak to your General Practitioner before treatment.

Having decided to have laser treatment you will need to have an initial consultation where a test patch of skin will be treated and evaluated. This is likely to be in the region of £25 to £50. Multiple treatment sessions are almost always required. The number of the sessions required depends on a number of factors including the size of your tattoo and the type of ink that was used. The initial test will determine how many treatments are likely to be needed.

Hospitals that carry out tattoo removal in the UK include:

  • Acland, Oxford
  • Cleveland
  • Cotswold, Cheltenham
  • Exeter
  • Glasgow
  • Hull
  • Leicester
  • Mid Yorkshire, Leeds
  • Newcastle
  • North Staffordshire, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
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