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The tattoo platform: find & book artists, heal right with the Healing Hub, shop, and explore design ideas. For clients and artists.

East London, South Africa
Joined October 2013
Welcome to Alice Tattoos 🖤 One home for tattoo people: • Find & book artists • Healing Hub for aftercare • Shop • Design ideas & stencils, with the artist's hand making the final piece Tattoo knowledge, stories & artist love, daily. alicetattoos.com/?utm_source…
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Artists: what's one thing you wish every client knew before booking? Clients, have a read before your next appointment.
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Where did YOURS hurt most? Tell me the spot and a number out of 10.
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Artists: one thing you wish every client knew before booking. Clients, read the replies first.
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One character, permanent, on your skin. Who is it? No take-backs.
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Never get a partner's name tattooed. Agree or disagree?
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Me: just one small tattoo. Also me, 6 months later. Honest count, how many do you have now?
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Cover-up drawings are the hidden puzzle of tattooing: every dark patch and frilly edge has a job hiding the old piece underneath. Pigtails and a tutu over a butterfly is such a fun way to solve it. Lovely Halloween design.
Happy Halloween 🎃 For this one, my client asked for a clown girl, with pigtails and tutu to cover an old butterfly tattoo. This is the design i drew up for her!
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The hours you don't see: drawing the night before, setting up, wrapping, cleaning down. Artists, what did we miss?
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Tattoo styles that age best, our tier list. Artists, tell us where we're wrong.
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I regret to inform you that more ointment doesn't heal a fresh tattoo faster. A thin layer a few times a day is plenty; too much traps moisture and can bubble the scabs. What aftercare rule did your artist swear by?
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The word "tattoo" entered English in 1769, when Captain Cook's crew wrote down the Tahitian word "tatau" in their journals. Sailors brought home the word and the ink together. What's the oldest tattoo tradition you've seen up close?
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