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Henna: A Different Kind of Temporary Tattoo

For people like me who love tattoos and body art, it’s a fun activity to flip through pages and pages of tattoo photos considering and researching the symbolism in every design. It also gives me a ...
Modification Around the World

Modification Around the World: Permanent Makeup Tattooing in the West

Tired of applying your makeup every morning just to wash it off each night? Fed up with that time-consuming beauty routine? Sick of spending money on cosmetics? If so, permanent makeup may be the s...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Modification Generation: Body Art Bridging the Generation Gap

I’m in my twenties, and like a lot of twenty-somethings, I have a few tattoos.  The really cool thing though?  So does my mom.  Plus, she got hers after I got mine.  Pretty sweet, right? For a lot ...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

21st Century Tech: Modern Methods of Tattoo Removal

For most of the tattooed population, our tattoos are something we would never dream of parting with, and not just because of the cost involved.  According to recent surveys though, up to about 17 p...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Life in Ink: From Inception to Impression

If you’ve ever contacted BodyCandy, you may have spoken to a woman who has one of the coolest tattoos on the planet without even realizing it.  I’m talking about our team member Nicole, and this, m...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Masters of Body Modification: Pauly Unstoppable

Unstoppable is exactly the name that you might think of when you lay eyes on a guy like Pauly Unstoppable.  Even in the United States, it’s extremely rare to see someone who has multiple facial mod...
Life in ink

Life in Ink: the Beauty of a Work in Progress

Those of you who follow our blog on a regular basis will probably recognize our team member, Cat.  You might remember her getting funky with some cocktail rings, showing off her dark side with a pe...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Life in Ink: the Meaning of My Tattoos

Great American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters, compared to what lies within us.”  But what about what lies permanently engraved u...