What is a temporary tattoo?

If you break this concept to 2 words "temporal" and "tattoo", it becomes clear that this is a tattoo on a certain period of time, but most people don't even know what it is but somewhere I read or heard about such a service modification of the body. To thoroughly understand what a temporary tattoo and a normal tattoo, let us consider first a "regular tattoo".

If you delve into the history of the tattoo, you can find that the term "tattoo" comes from Polynesian dialect "Tata", which meant "picture". But logically, the tattoo is the penetration of the pigment under the skin, a temporary tattoo is just a drawing on the skin.

Consider the scheme of contact of the pigment ink in the skin with a tattoo machine in the process of tattooing.

When a tattoo is applied, the stratum corneum of the skin is damaged and forms a "new layer of skin", where most of the paint pigment remains, but eventually the stratum corneum is restored - therefore, the healing, the tattoo looks not so bright, and seemed almost to be under the film. Temporary tattoo is applied without the use of needles and introducing pigment under the skin, in fact it's just a drawing on the stratum corneum of the skin, which is done in various ways.

How to make temporary tattoo?

The easiest way to draw on yourself with marker or pen. There is some difficulty - some pens / markers\markers can cause irritation on the skin. Service life of such a figure may be several hours to a couple days depending on the wet spot, oily skin and hygiene.

Henna ("mehndi")

Henna is safe for the skin and may last up to 2 weeks. You can buy it in conventional markets and shops among the cosmetic products (usually sold in the same place and hair dye), in esoteric or specialized stores.

AeroTatu

Aero Tatuirovki easily applied to the skin, is absolutely harmless. To stay on the skin for up to 14 days. For aerotolerance a wide range of colors.

The other kind is tattoos. About the same as investing in gum and children happily gnaw on the paper, resulting in a funny picture. Holds very badly damaged and in one awkward motion.

And the last one - Biotatu. Very often combined with henna, but it's a completely different look. Biotatu are the patterns of sequins or paints that stick on the skin with a special glue, harmless to the skin. Such tattoos quickly showered or washed.

Note:

If You will be able to get a tattoo in the usual way, with a link that it in 3-5 years it will disappear by itself - do not believe! Will do the usual tattoo that will last a lifetime. If you wish to withdraw it, you will have to spend a lot of money and get scars on the skin. Other craftsmen try to use the equipment and pigments for permanent makeup in the end after a year of the tattoo remains a stain that will remain on the skin for the rest of my life. Don't listen to people who say "but my friend\friend of a friend got a tattoo somewhere, and now she has gone, she after 2 years without a trace!". Everyone is talking, but somehow nobody saw the "tattoo" of a friend and nobody knows where he did it. Conclusion: all I really want temporary tattoos, but, you know, progress is not so far away ).