@@LudmilaRamirez7 nahh, its intriguing lol. plus, it's informative for others to know what to expect from these kind of tattoos 🤷. I have no reason to be salty in this situation and I dont think it's particularly mean either.
I'm the girl with the ganesh tattoo. took no offense to you saying it looks better now because i feel 100000% the same way. The smoke was actually grey all along- the fresh picture was literally only an house after it was done so that part was pink from irritation. Loved seeing everyone's healed tattoos years later and how different styles and colors hold up.
I’m guessing because he wanted to keep the memory on his skin? I don’t think he’s with the same woman, if he was, the op would’ve called her his wife/girlfriend (whatev), not his FIRST girlfriend
Tattoo aging is probably the only thing that scares me a bit about getting more tattoos. I overthink the timing aspect of getting them because I’m not sure if I’ll like it if they’re all aging at different rates (but I sure as heck can’t afford to get them in quick succession! Lol) When I got my watercolor forearm tattoo, my artist explained to me that the key to having watercolor tattoos hold is to shade the design in black first and then put color over that shading. She also heavily encouraged me to put bits of black outline around the basic shape to anchor the design and not rely solely on the color to define the shape. A year later and it still looks super fresh, but even before I got it done I had come to terms with the idea that I will most likely have to have it heavily touched up at some point in the distant future. To me it’s worth it!
The dog tattoo is aging like fine wine, very nice. Anyways, I think it would be very helpful if you included brown skin with tattoos. The lack of that is the main reason I haven’t found subscribing necessary. The information you provide is helpful but not always for those with darker skin.🤗
Send her some photos! I think Treacle would love to see them. She's already given her opinion (several times) of tattooists who don't care enough to learn how to do tattoos on dark skin.
One of the reasons I only have black tattoos is because I don't like how coloured tattoos fade. I also think coloured tattoos don't suit me because I only wear black and dark colours while having very light skin and light or coloured hair .
Same! I only wear black and other dark neutrals. I would lose my mind if I were forced to wear the same bright colors every day for the rest of my life!
Dude same. I have all black tattoos too. I'm getting my first color tattoo on Tuesday of an in detail huskys face. But I'm ONLY doing color on the eyes. I'm right there with you, color doesn't look as good aged
Thanks for the video! I'm 32 and have been considering getting my first tattoo for some time now, and just yesterday I was looking around for videos on how tattoos age and couldn't really find anything substantial, and today I see that you posted this video yesterday! This is very informative. I'd love to see a video focusing on even older tattoos, perhaps what they look like 15, 20, 30+ years down the line.
I feel like black tattoos turn green, gray or blue toned has something to do with our skin undertone, grayish for neutral, blue for cool toned and green for warm tone skin. Could be totally wrong but seems logical, our skin "grows" on top of the tatto over time, my tatto is only a year and a half and I definitely notice a tint, like a veil, it isn't as black as it used to be
The blue and green tones often, not always, come from old/bad ink, which isn't used as much today gladly. Modern inks don't have heavy metals in them (which contribute to the greenish undertones when black tattoos age). But I do notice that my black tattoos get greyish with time, because as you said skin grows over it :D
Depends on the brand of ink as well, I have three slightly different shades of black in the tattoos on one arm because the artists all used different inks. It’s not a super obvious difference in color but it’s noticeable in good light
it also depends on what pigments the ink is made of. like with alcoholic markers, if you spray them with alcohol you get different shades at once. think of black for example: you get bluer ones, browner ones etc.
This is so interesting. I love looking at all different styles of tattoos, and I never thought I'd like traditional or neotraditional, but all those cute little microneedle and watercolor tattoos are not going to look the same 10-20 years down the road. It's funny how even permanent things change so much!
This has nothing to do with aging tattoos but since I'm on a tattoo channel and the people here seem to be nice I just wanted to share my little story: Right now I have one tattoo on my chest (Something like a heart) and I was kinda afraid to show it to my father because he is not a big fan of tattoos (Even though he has one). This August my father passed away and I never got the chance to show him or tell him about my tattoo and to be honest it kills me. When I look at my tattoo it always reminds me of my dead father.
He might not have been too happy about the tattoo but he definitely loved you. Maybe try remembering how much he loved you when looking at this tattoo. Not telling your parents everything is unfortunately a part of growing up, but it doesn’t lessen your love for your father. This is a difficult situation for you and I hope you will be able to overcome your feelings of guilt and see this tattoo as a reminder of your father’s love I wish you all the best and a lot of strength.
Stephanie i’m sure he would love it in the end, this is just a idea i had. But What if you tattoo his birthday or just «dad» next to or in the middle of the heart💖 to make it a loving memory.
Aww, you put my little leaf in there ^^ I'm well aware that it's not superduper awesome, I've been planning on a touch up for a while just haven't gotten around to it yet. When I had it done I didn't realize the need for outlines so I'll probably ask for something like that to be added.
Thank you so so so much for featuring my watercolor Flower of Life (the geometric design) tattoo! I was really shocked when I saw my tattoo show on screen, for a second I thought "hey, that looks like my tattoo" then I realized "wait, that IS my tattoo!" I didn't think that you would pick mine to be featured, thank you
Most of these fresh pictures are taken right after the tattoo was made (in some of these, like 13:05 it is very noticeable that the picture was taken right after the tattoo was made), without waiting for the first few days for the scrubs to shed. In those few days, the tattoos lose a lot of colour (it's the normal process), so this is why I don't think that the comparison is accurate. You could make a comparison between a tattoo right after it was made, and the same tattoo a week later, and you would see a huge difference in colours fading.
this was a super cool video. all of my tattoos are less than 2 years old so it’s interesting to see how other people’s tattoos have aged so i know what to expect from mine. (p.s. that spider heard that it’s halloween time and just wanted to help you spoopy up the room lol)
Thanks for making this video! This is a big fear of mine and the #1 reason I haven't gotten tattooed yet. I have a lot of friends with tattoos that have aged badly so that doesn't help. I am afraid I will love it when it is new but then hate how it looks a few years later.
You can always get a touch up and lots of people do! Do your research and find a good experienced artist. Bold lines and high saturation help. If you are afraid of fading, avoid watercolor tattoos.
Thanks for featuring my tattoo 😍 I really haven't been kind to her but I do love the ethereal look she has now. My artist is amazing, he's a great artist and really did a lovely job (I do need to remember the sunscreen though lol) Loved the video Lauren, it's so cool to see everyone's tattoos and how they have healed
H.R.M. Thank you :) It's a lovely guy called Tim Hinton. He works out of his own studio in Truro in Cornwall (the UK) called "House of Mojo". They have an Instagram page too if you fancy looking them up
It really is cool to see how the different styles age.. my traditional ones have held up SO much better than the other few ive got, but I love them all just the same :)
Thanks for making this video! When I've googled aged tattoos I didn't feel like there were very many before and after image comparisons so I really appreciate this video.
The yellow in your skull tattoo is wild! I'm in love with Jessica Penfold's tattoo style and colour palette but I was wary about getting a colour piece because the rest of my pieces are black linework. I love mixing styles so it's not that aspect I was worried about, I was always put off because I was told that colour will always fade faster and i thought the investment wouldn't hold up as well next to the black linework. This video was super helpful because it reminded me that tattoos are lovely when lived in!
The black turns blue/green as black is a shade which is usually made from an extremely dark shade of blue therefore as it fades it becomes a lighter shade, showing the blue tones. Hope that makes sense
I love this video, it's very important to talk about that. I had my fist tattoo done about 4 years ago, and back then I didn't know much about the subject, and I thought a tattoo would look exacly the same for our whole lives. I take good care of my tattoos though ^-^ Also, love your makeup, you're so creative!
great video! If you do a part 2, can you have the old & new tattoos side by side? It was nice to have the direct comparison with the old/new owl in this video.
4.5 😂 Fun fact: I was going to legally change my name because none of my ‘irl’ friends/family call me lizzie - they all call me lizard! Hence the reason I was so set since a young age to get a lizard tattoo! This was a super interesting video! The main thing your channel highlighted for me when I first discovered you was that tattoos change! I think it’s super important for new budding tattoo enthusiasts to understand that different styles hold up differently! Xx 🎃🧡
Once someone who had their on/of husbands name and date tattooed told me: "tattoos do completely disappear within 6-12 months by applying a creme". Right.
Thanks for this video! I have three tattoos (2 being tiny & one taking up part of my shoulder, all have no color) and have always wondered about aging but can never find a source I really trust. Glad I found you!
I went around and just asked people if they'd let me look at their ink. Young punks, old bikers, the occasional tattooed lady, and asked about what they thought of how their tattoos were working for them over time. I learned a lot!
**not a tattoo artist, but been being tattooed for 10 years and many friends that are tattoo artists. This is just my understanding of it.** Black is a very dark other color. Black is not really "a color" so it depends on the ink that the artist uses as to which color it fades to have a slight hue of. Most of the black ink in my tattoos tend to have a faded green tone to it. I am cool skin toned. Blacks, I believe, are very dark blues, greens and purples.
I think if you're made AWARE that something won't hold up or last, then decide to get it done anyway, it's fine. I have my feet done and one in particular, the flowers wrap around and the artist told me "your shoes WILL wear that off" and I was like, fine, do it anyway.
My dad got a black and gray tattoo of my name in a dream catcher around the time I was born (maybe a year or 2 later) so it was around 2003/2005. It's held up pretty well. It looks essentially the same. It's a little faded in some spots and had turned a little green but if you were to look at a picture and compare you'd have to get really close to tell if it was any different.
Hey I’m pretty new with tattoo and I was wondering how exfoliating your skin impacts your tattoo? Because I have one on my leg that I got about 4 months ago and I want to exfoliate my legs to get rid of the dead skin but I’m super nervous to damage it
Thanks for this video! Been planning out how to emphasise certain aspects of my tattoos to get the best life out of them. Cause if I’d do touch ups I’d never be able to keep up - seeing my dad be paranoid with moisturiser and sunscreen always shading his and it still fading while getting regular touch ups is disheartening:/
Some of my black work tattoos have faded to a dark grey whereas some are blueish, I've had them done by different artists and some of the ones that have gone the blueish colour are actually newer than the greyish ones so I wondered do some black inks that artists use contain more blue? Has anyone else noticed this with black work? I thought at first it was down to my skin tone but maybe it's down to what brand of ink the tattoo artist uses Loving the eyeshadow by the way!!
Love this as it shows the truth of decent tattoo placement and if you use certain colours and shit like that as I'm planning on getting new work done and need a quick reminder of certain things !! Love tattoos love your content especially the creepy tattoo dudes one as that applys to me and so many others yet no one says shit thanks for saying something !! LEGEND!!✌🍀💚💜
I've been so busy, I missed your fb post! I'm glad you made a video about this because I've been very curious about the aging process. I'm getting my 2nd tattoo on my 38th birthday in November, I am so excited, can't wait!
I would love to show you my first tattoo. I got it in color (purple) and very small lines (the artist did not want to do it lol). To no surprise it doesnt look anything like it did when I first got it. I also have brown skin so Im sure that didnt help.
I have a realism tattoo on my ribs and I've shown another tattoo artist and he was amazed how well it aged. He said that he thinks ribs tattoo is a good place for tattoos to age as they won't blur out or lose pigment. As I can see with the Ganesh tattoo in this video, this seems to agree with his theory. It was interesting to see another style than mine but the same placement and I agree with you, it still looks pretty good even maybe better now!
My regular artist is very much a preacher of the bold will hold and bold outline keeps your tattoo looking fine. But each to their own I guess. Most of my tattoos are Neo trad
How often can you get tattoos touched up? I had a quite small tattoo with a lot of detail done 4 years ago. The colors and even the black have faded a lot so I would love to get a touch up. But since it‘s a small tattoo i‘m scared that the lines will get thicker because of the touch up and take away a lot of the detail. I‘m also scared that if I get it touched up now I won’t be able to get it touched up in some years because it might just cause to much trauma/scaring to the skin going over it several times. (Hope that makes sense) Would be so great full for an answer.
for anyone curious, the reason why black tattoos fade to either a blue-black or a green-black, its because black isn't a colour, its a shade of other colours, so your black tattoo, in reality is just incredibly dark blue or green, hope you find this helpful xx
A lot of people don't get that all colors have a blue or yellow base. Like the base notes in perfume, the longer you wear it the more apparent that base is gonna be. 🙂
I have a 12 year old tattoo that I'm thinking of getting reworked/updated. I should probably post pic in your group, but the before pic might be a shitty myspace quality pic though, lol.
I am 18 years old and I am thinking about getting a tatoo for quite some time. I really like your channel because it shows how many different tatoo styles and possibilties exist. I always thought of blackwork tatoos to be the major and most common tatoo style and I am absolutly amazed by all the colours you can actually use in your tatoo. I'm really fascinated about the idea of getting a traditional/neo-traditional tatoo, but I am too afraid of how the tatoo could age and that I won't like it anymore when starts to fade/blur out/settle in. Do you have any advice for me? (Sorry for the bad English, I am not a native speaker)
I had the same concerns. My best advice is try to make sure the whole tattoo is exposed to the sun or none of it is. Tattoos that stay out of the sun stay vibrant -- I've had my first ones for almost 30 years and they're almost as bright as when they were inked. I think tattoos look good whether they stay covered up or get sunfaded. The ones that are half still vibrant/ half faded look bad!
Not sure if you have already done a video on this but I would be really interested in a video about tattoo removals! Maybe include some before and after pictures and how many sessions it took people to get rid of their tattoo :)
Okay so I have been wanting a tattoo on my inner bicep but they are covered in huge stretch marks. How do tattoos do over stretch marks? My whole body is covered in them really, I’ve already tattooed everywhere that doesn’t have any
I've had a tattoo since I was 16 on my leg, 37 now ( I didnt admit that...lol) I had the same tattoo artist do a tattoo 10 years later on my upper back and its crazy the newer one looks waaayyy older then the first one. I dont know if he was diluting his ink or if it's different ink entirely or what. But it blows my mind!
In my experinec eyellow has always stuck better than expected, i went for my free touchup about a month after my third tattoo and the yellow parts were what my artist expected to touch up and hes never had to so far as its stuck and not budged at all. 2 years on and its the brightest part of the tattoo
Do tattoos slow down in the aging progress? So does a tattoo age faster during the first 10 yrs and once it has really settled down, the aging will go slower?
Do you shave your arms/ tattooed areas ? I would love to know you opinions (I am ginger so my hair is very fair ) but when I shave my tattoos always look brighter ! , would love a video about this !
I think if you have light hair anyways it isn't really worth it. Plus if you shave the hair could get darker :( i have a bunch of tattoos and only really shave on my legs but I dont notice much of a difference
They look brighter because shaving takes off the layer of dead skin with the hair. Plus there are no fuzzies over the top - shaving is like wiping the dust off of something, in that it looks brighter clean. Exfoliating will have a similar effect. Exfoliate then moisturize to have a healed tattoo looking it's best and brightest :)
The tattoo at 17:54 is actually a design / painting from the artist Audrey Kawasaki her ig is @audkawa That's kind of shitty that whoever that tattoo artist was agreed to tattoo, someone elses work on that woman's skin. The artist basically stole Audreys work.
i’M a ScOrPiO Definitely, I understand when another artist is taking "inspiration", but this is an exact copy of one of her beautiful oil paintings on wood.
Man I only have one tattoo it’s an all color lotus zero black with a few dots, it’s only been a few months but now that I’m paying extra attention the flower has faded a lot more then the dots 😂 it’s okay though. He warned me it’d fade without line work. Next time I’m feeling adventurous I’ll get it touched up! Maybe see if I can add line work this time that’d be fun 🙂
My stepdad has tattoos from when he was 20yo and it’s been 30-40years and they all have that greenish color. Do you reckon our black tattoos will look like that or has the ink advanced so much that it shouldn’t change that severely?
It really depends on your skin type how fast a colour fades. Mine for example is a yellowish olive kind of skin type. Because of that yellow nearly doesn't fade at all on my skin! But blue fades to green unfortunately :(
Great video (as always!).... Greetings from a fan from Greece! I got 2 questions (from your experience): 1) do colour or black and grey tattoos age better? And 2) considering that a tattoo artist cannot estimate the money for a certain piece (and is rather rude to ask) how do the client get an idea about the cost of his tattoos? I mean, how do you now how much money you got to "spend"?
I'd love to seer a version of this video with those mini fine line tats...
Single needle tattoos do not age well at all
Emily Baldwin which is why it's interesting to see lol
@@TheRosemaryWest no, youre not interested, you just are salty and mean
@@LudmilaRamirez7 nahh, its intriguing lol. plus, it's informative for others to know what to expect from these kind of tattoos 🤷. I have no reason to be salty in this situation and I dont think it's particularly mean either.
I'm the girl with the ganesh tattoo. took no offense to you saying it looks better now because i feel 100000% the same way. The smoke was actually grey all along- the fresh picture was literally only an house after it was done so that part was pink from irritation. Loved seeing everyone's healed tattoos years later and how different styles and colors hold up.
I like the leaf one, as it fades it's like the natural decomposing in a real leaf 😍
INtheSPIRIT2012 oh wow that’s such a cool way of thinking about it!
my grandfather got the name of his first girlfriend tattooed over his hand when he was 14... now he's 92 and it's still there. bold will hold I guess
Is he still with the same woman ? If not why didn't he get the name covered up ?
I’m guessing because he wanted to keep the memory on his skin? I don’t think he’s with the same woman, if he was, the op would’ve called her his wife/girlfriend (whatev), not his FIRST girlfriend
How did he get that 😂 Was it legal back then?
@@southerner4566 No he's not, he met my grandmother later when he was 23 or something. He didn't get it covered up because he simply doesn't care
@@Harajukubarbie333 It was not legal at all, he was born in Soviet Russia and it was just some random guy who tattooed him.
Tattoo aging is probably the only thing that scares me a bit about getting more tattoos. I overthink the timing aspect of getting them because I’m not sure if I’ll like it if they’re all aging at different rates (but I sure as heck can’t afford to get them in quick succession! Lol) When I got my watercolor forearm tattoo, my artist explained to me that the key to having watercolor tattoos hold is to shade the design in black first and then put color over that shading. She also heavily encouraged me to put bits of black outline around the basic shape to anchor the design and not rely solely on the color to define the shape. A year later and it still looks super fresh, but even before I got it done I had come to terms with the idea that I will most likely have to have it heavily touched up at some point in the distant future. To me it’s worth it!
The dog tattoo is aging like fine wine, very nice. Anyways, I think it would be very helpful if you included brown skin with tattoos. The lack of that is the main reason I haven’t found subscribing necessary. The information you provide is helpful but not always for those with darker skin.🤗
It does depend on what pictures she got from her Facebook group (which is where she got these pictures)
Send her some photos! I think Treacle would love to see them. She's already given her opinion (several times) of tattooists who don't care enough to learn how to do tattoos on dark skin.
The science one was for the neurotransmitter serotonin. It is involved in mood (so makes you happy)
One of the reasons I only have black tattoos is because I don't like how coloured tattoos fade.
I also think coloured tattoos don't suit me because I only wear black and dark colours while having very light skin and light or coloured hair .
sofiesusi me too !!!! Black and white all the way
Same! I only wear black and other dark neutrals. I would lose my mind if I were forced to wear the same bright colors every day for the rest of my life!
Dude same. I have all black tattoos too. I'm getting my first color tattoo on Tuesday of an in detail huskys face. But I'm ONLY doing color on the eyes. I'm right there with you, color doesn't look as good aged
It’s called black and grey
But light skin is perfect for color! And the colors pop even more and look even prettier in contrast with black clothing
Thanks for the video! I'm 32 and have been considering getting my first tattoo for some time now, and just yesterday I was looking around for videos on how tattoos age and couldn't really find anything substantial, and today I see that you posted this video yesterday! This is very informative. I'd love to see a video focusing on even older tattoos, perhaps what they look like 15, 20, 30+ years down the line.
Dan Avi there’s an Instagram account called vintage tattoos, probably some of the oldest work I’ve been able to find examples of.
I feel like black tattoos turn green, gray or blue toned has something to do with our skin undertone, grayish for neutral, blue for cool toned and green for warm tone skin. Could be totally wrong but seems logical, our skin "grows" on top of the tatto over time, my tatto is only a year and a half and I definitely notice a tint, like a veil, it isn't as black as it used to be
slothlady I agree! I’ve noticed it has a lot to do with your undertones/melanin
The blue and green tones often, not always, come from old/bad ink, which isn't used as much today gladly. Modern inks don't have heavy metals in them (which contribute to the greenish undertones when black tattoos age). But I do notice that my black tattoos get greyish with time, because as you said skin grows over it :D
@@ViCTiMoFouRSoCieTY Didn't know that! That's why my grandpas tattoo was so green tinted. He got it in the 50s, his friend did it with squid ink
Depends on the brand of ink as well, I have three slightly different shades of black in the tattoos on one arm because the artists all used different inks. It’s not a super obvious difference in color but it’s noticeable in good light
it also depends on what pigments the ink is made of. like with alcoholic markers, if you spray them with alcohol you get different shades at once. think of black for example: you get bluer ones, browner ones etc.
This is so interesting. I love looking at all different styles of tattoos, and I never thought I'd like traditional or neotraditional, but all those cute little microneedle and watercolor tattoos are not going to look the same 10-20 years down the road. It's funny how even permanent things change so much!
This has nothing to do with aging tattoos but since I'm on a tattoo channel and the people here seem to be nice I just wanted to share my little story: Right now I have one tattoo on my chest (Something like a heart) and I was kinda afraid to show it to my father because he is not a big fan of tattoos (Even though he has one). This August my father passed away and I never got the chance to show him or tell him about my tattoo and to be honest it kills me. When I look at my tattoo it always reminds me of my dead father.
Stephanie i’m sure he sees and loves it now 💛 so sorry for your loss
He might not have been too happy about the tattoo but he definitely loved you. Maybe try remembering how much he loved you when looking at this tattoo. Not telling your parents everything is unfortunately a part of growing up, but it doesn’t lessen your love for your father. This is a difficult situation for you and I hope you will be able to overcome your feelings of guilt and see this tattoo as a reminder of your father’s love
I wish you all the best and a lot of strength.
Thank you guys for your nice words!
Stephanie i’m sure he would love it in the end, this is just a idea i had. But What if you tattoo his birthday or just «dad» next to or in the middle of the heart💖 to make it a loving memory.
If it's a heart, consider it a memorial tattoo representing your love for your father
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Lauren: „I‘m not a fan.“
Spider: ;;-;;
😂😂😂
bet it just wanted to remind Lauren spooky season have begun, gotta decorate!
@@Tanjaaraus It just wanted to help!
We need to see more fresh vs aged tattoo information, this vid is super cool! can't wait for a part 2!!
Aww, you put my little leaf in there ^^
I'm well aware that it's not superduper awesome, I've been planning on a touch up for a while just haven't gotten around to it yet. When I had it done I didn't realize the need for outlines so I'll probably ask for something like that to be added.
Oh no it’s still a cool tattoo it’s just one of those things 😄💜
EYESHADOW HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL 😍😍
Thank you so so so much for featuring my watercolor Flower of Life (the geometric design) tattoo! I was really shocked when I saw my tattoo show on screen, for a second I thought "hey, that looks like my tattoo" then I realized "wait, that IS my tattoo!" I didn't think that you would pick mine to be featured, thank you
Most of these fresh pictures are taken right after the tattoo was made (in some of these, like 13:05 it is very noticeable that the picture was taken right after the tattoo was made), without waiting for the first few days for the scrubs to shed. In those few days, the tattoos lose a lot of colour (it's the normal process), so this is why I don't think that the comparison is accurate. You could make a comparison between a tattoo right after it was made, and the same tattoo a week later, and you would see a huge difference in colours fading.
this was a super cool video. all of my tattoos are less than 2 years old so it’s interesting to see how other people’s tattoos have aged so i know what to expect from mine.
(p.s. that spider heard that it’s halloween time and just wanted to help you spoopy up the room lol)
Thanks for making this video! This is a big fear of mine and the #1 reason I haven't gotten tattooed yet. I have a lot of friends with tattoos that have aged badly so that doesn't help. I am afraid I will love it when it is new but then hate how it looks a few years later.
Please do make another viode 😁
You can always get a touch up and lots of people do! Do your research and find a good experienced artist. Bold lines and high saturation help. If you are afraid of fading, avoid watercolor tattoos.
Thanks for featuring my tattoo 😍 I really haven't been kind to her but I do love the ethereal look she has now. My artist is amazing, he's a great artist and really did a lovely job (I do need to remember the sunscreen though lol)
Loved the video Lauren, it's so cool to see everyone's tattoos and how they have healed
It's so beautiful! Who is your artist?
H.R.M. Thank you :) It's a lovely guy called Tim Hinton. He works out of his own studio in Truro in Cornwall (the UK) called "House of Mojo". They have an Instagram page too if you fancy looking them up
It really is cool to see how the different styles age.. my traditional ones have held up SO much better than the other few ive got, but I love them all just the same :)
It’s a Pomeranian
CandyAshes was gonna comment this as well 😋
kkikikiisu my aunt used to have a bunch of Pomeranians they’re so cute
That yellow skull is so nice wtf
As soon as I saw the healed dog tattoo i loveeeed it. I do think the softer greys when it healed are so pretty
I really love very dainty and light tattoos without any outlines so it always saddens me to know they don't age too well :c
Fuck yeah, great job! Congratulations on your channel getting a lot of traction lately!! So proud of you :')
Ow thanks lovely 💕💕
Making this video can really help people! This helps me get a good idea how my tattoos will age over time thank you!❤️❤️you’re the best like always
Thanks for making this video! When I've googled aged tattoos I didn't feel like there were very many before and after image comparisons so I really appreciate this video.
The yellow in your skull tattoo is wild! I'm in love with Jessica Penfold's tattoo style and colour palette but I was wary about getting a colour piece because the rest of my pieces are black linework. I love mixing styles so it's not that aspect I was worried about, I was always put off because I was told that colour will always fade faster and i thought the investment wouldn't hold up as well next to the black linework. This video was super helpful because it reminded me that tattoos are lovely when lived in!
I love how that golden yellow seems to last forever. I'm going to get a lot more of that color now!
The black turns blue/green as black is a shade which is usually made from an extremely dark shade of blue therefore as it fades it becomes a lighter shade, showing the blue tones. Hope that makes sense
It's similar to how red fades to pink as pink is technically a light shade of red
I love this video, it's very important to talk about that. I had my fist tattoo done about 4 years ago, and back then I didn't know much about the subject, and I thought a tattoo would look exacly the same for our whole lives. I take good care of my tattoos though ^-^ Also, love your makeup, you're so creative!
great video! If you do a part 2, can you have the old & new tattoos side by side? It was nice to have the direct comparison with the old/new owl in this video.
4.5 😂 Fun fact: I was going to legally change my name because none of my ‘irl’ friends/family call me lizzie - they all call me lizard! Hence the reason I was so set since a young age to get a lizard tattoo!
This was a super interesting video! The main thing your channel highlighted for me when I first discovered you was that tattoos change! I think it’s super important for new budding tattoo enthusiasts to understand that different styles hold up differently! Xx 🎃🧡
TheHauntedBat my first tattoo was a snake Cause I’m a reptile freak lol! 🦎🐍🤟🏻
my next one is probably going to be a snake to go with my flaming sword~
Once someone who had their on/of husbands name and date tattooed told me: "tattoos do completely disappear within 6-12 months by applying a creme".
Right.
Little Loner is the Creme called “intense sun”?
@@haleyg8387 yes it's the 100 years of Saharas sun edition lol
Is anyone going to tell her that etc. is an abbreviation for et cetera?
the tattoo at 8:40 It’s the molecular structure for serotonin; the neurotransmitter that makes you happy. Well, supposedly.
Linda Hiorns I like your tattoo based off your profile pic! :)
And she pretends it still looks good when in fact it's gone to hell.
Please do a part 2 I have my oldest 2 tattoos to show you.Really liking the wig
Thanks for this video! I have three tattoos (2 being tiny & one taking up part of my shoulder, all have no color) and have always wondered about aging but can never find a source I really trust. Glad I found you!
I went around and just asked people if they'd let me look at their ink. Young punks, old bikers, the occasional tattooed lady, and asked about what they thought of how their tattoos were working for them over time. I learned a lot!
“The sun can fade your tattoos”
Me: *”good thing I don’t go into the sun”*
Ive wanted a video like this since ive started becoming interested in tattoos 3 years ago. Thank you finally making the content tattoo lovers need XD
**not a tattoo artist, but been being tattooed for 10 years and many friends that are tattoo artists. This is just my understanding of it.** Black is a very dark other color. Black is not really "a color" so it depends on the ink that the artist uses as to which color it fades to have a slight hue of. Most of the black ink in my tattoos tend to have a faded green tone to it. I am cool skin toned. Blacks, I believe, are very dark blues, greens and purples.
I think if you're made AWARE that something won't hold up or last, then decide to get it done anyway, it's fine. I have my feet done and one in particular, the flowers wrap around and the artist told me "your shoes WILL wear that off" and I was like, fine, do it anyway.
Great video as always Lauren, Really interesting and informative 😊 Also can we all take a minute to realise how good quality the wig looks 👌
My dad got a black and gray tattoo of my name in a dream catcher around the time I was born (maybe a year or 2 later) so it was around 2003/2005. It's held up pretty well. It looks essentially the same. It's a little faded in some spots and had turned a little green but if you were to look at a picture and compare you'd have to get really close to tell if it was any different.
Hey I’m pretty new with tattoo and I was wondering how exfoliating your skin impacts your tattoo? Because I have one on my leg that I got about 4 months ago and I want to exfoliate my legs to get rid of the dead skin but I’m super nervous to damage it
So happy you are uploading so frequently, you are the best!! 😍
really wish I had the guts to pull of an eye look as bold as this!
in love with that shimmery blue!!!! it looks so good with your new hair colour too
Thanks for this video! Been planning out how to emphasise certain aspects of my tattoos to get the best life out of them. Cause if I’d do touch ups I’d never be able to keep up - seeing my dad be paranoid with moisturiser and sunscreen always shading his and it still fading while getting regular touch ups is disheartening:/
Definitely add a part 2!!
Loved this video! And your makeup, the colors you put together looks so good! Thanks for making the video 😊
Thanks for making this! Very interesting and educational. Fun to see other people's tattoos too! I'm looking forward to more of these videos!😊
Some of my black work tattoos have faded to a dark grey whereas some are blueish, I've had them done by different artists and some of the ones that have gone the blueish colour are actually newer than the greyish ones so I wondered do some black inks that artists use contain more blue? Has anyone else noticed this with black work? I thought at first it was down to my skin tone but maybe it's down to what brand of ink the tattoo artist uses
Loving the eyeshadow by the way!!
Natasha has a black widow tattoo that is the coolest thing
Love this as it shows the truth of decent tattoo placement and if you use certain colours and shit like that as I'm planning on getting new work done and need a quick reminder of certain things !! Love tattoos love your content especially the creepy tattoo dudes one as that applys to me and so many others yet no one says shit thanks for saying something !! LEGEND!!✌🍀💚💜
I've been so busy, I missed your fb post! I'm glad you made a video about this because I've been very curious about the aging process. I'm getting my 2nd tattoo on my 38th birthday in November, I am so excited, can't wait!
How does this girl not have more subscribers come on only 41000 that's a lot but like I think she deserves more
I would love to show you my first tattoo. I got it in color (purple) and very small lines (the artist did not want to do it lol). To no surprise it doesnt look anything like it did when I first got it. I also have brown skin so Im sure that didnt help.
I have a realism tattoo on my ribs and I've shown another tattoo artist and he was amazed how well it aged. He said that he thinks ribs tattoo is a good place for tattoos to age as they won't blur out or lose pigment. As I can see with the Ganesh tattoo in this video, this seems to agree with his theory. It was interesting to see another style than mine but the same placement and I agree with you, it still looks pretty good even maybe better now!
Love "skin is like a leather handbag" that's epic
Let me just say something, your eye look looks fucking amazing. Honey I need a tutorial on how to achieve this look
I liked to take pictures of my tattoos every year so I can see how different they are & the fade between fresh & lived in
ive been subscribed since you had around 8k and your almost at 40k! idk thats really cool im v proud i love your content sm 💕
I love the tru Blood bottle in the background, and love seeing how they age
My regular artist is very much a preacher of the bold will hold and bold outline keeps your tattoo looking fine. But each to their own I guess. Most of my tattoos are Neo trad
How often can you get tattoos touched up? I had a quite small tattoo with a lot of detail done 4 years ago. The colors and even the black have faded a lot so I would love to get a touch up. But since it‘s a small tattoo i‘m scared that the lines will get thicker because of the touch up and take away a lot of the detail. I‘m also scared that if I get it touched up now I won’t be able to get it touched up in some years because it might just cause to much trauma/scaring to the skin going over it several times. (Hope that makes sense) Would be so great full for an answer.
for anyone curious, the reason why black tattoos fade to either a blue-black or a green-black, its because black isn't a colour, its a shade of other colours, so your black tattoo, in reality is just incredibly dark blue or green, hope you find this helpful xx
A lot of people don't get that all colors have a blue or yellow base. Like the base notes in perfume, the longer you wear it the more apparent that base is gonna be. 🙂
I think it's actually good when tattoos look better aged. Because they're going to be aged a lot longer than they'll be brand new.
I love your makeup 👌👌👌
The Craft tattoo! Love it! :D
Yes!! I'm about to get my first tattoo this year, and for a long time I wanted to see the difference after a long time w tattoos.
I have a 12 year old tattoo that I'm thinking of getting reworked/updated. I should probably post pic in your group, but the before pic might be a shitty myspace quality pic though, lol.
I am 18 years old and I am thinking about getting a tatoo for quite some time. I really like your channel because it shows how many different tatoo styles and possibilties exist. I always thought of blackwork tatoos to be the major and most common tatoo style and I am absolutly amazed by all the colours you can actually use in your tatoo.
I'm really fascinated about the idea of getting a traditional/neo-traditional tatoo, but I am too afraid of how the tatoo could age and that I won't like it anymore when starts to fade/blur out/settle in. Do you have any advice for me?
(Sorry for the bad English, I am not a native speaker)
I had the same concerns. My best advice is try to make sure the whole tattoo is exposed to the sun or none of it is. Tattoos that stay out of the sun stay vibrant -- I've had my first ones for almost 30 years and they're almost as bright as when they were inked.
I think tattoos look good whether they stay covered up or get sunfaded. The ones that are half still vibrant/ half faded look bad!
Not sure if you have already done a video on this but I would be really interested in a video about tattoo removals! Maybe include some before and after pictures and how many sessions it took people to get rid of their tattoo :)
Okay so I have been wanting a tattoo on my inner bicep but they are covered in huge stretch marks. How do tattoos do over stretch marks? My whole body is covered in them really, I’ve already tattooed everywhere that doesn’t have any
I've got a tattoo in that exact place, it covered some stretch marks and a scar from my implant. It looks absolutely fine. Do it girl. 🙌✨
Stretch marks are hard to tattoo so make sure you go to a strong experienced artist! Otherwise, go for it!
I have that shirt!! can already tell this is gonna be a fab video!!
I've had a tattoo since I was 16 on my leg, 37 now ( I didnt admit that...lol) I had the same tattoo artist do a tattoo 10 years later on my upper back and its crazy the newer one looks waaayyy older then the first one. I dont know if he was diluting his ink or if it's different ink entirely or what. But it blows my mind!
slit_theory 8 does your leg tattoo still look good?
This was really helpful ^-^ great video
In my experinec eyellow has always stuck better than expected, i went for my free touchup about a month after my third tattoo and the yellow parts were what my artist expected to touch up and hes never had to so far as its stuck and not budged at all. 2 years on and its the brightest part of the tattoo
I love this! Please do a part two! :)
Completely off topic but is that a wig or did you dye your hair? It’s very cute!
Do tattoos slow down in the aging progress? So does a tattoo age faster during the first 10 yrs and once it has really settled down, the aging will go slower?
I'm gald saw this video, definitely helps me decide on what I want to get.
Do you shave your arms/ tattooed areas ? I would love to know you opinions (I am ginger so my hair is very fair ) but when I shave my tattoos always look brighter ! , would love a video about this !
I think if you have light hair anyways it isn't really worth it. Plus if you shave the hair could get darker :( i have a bunch of tattoos and only really shave on my legs but I dont notice much of a difference
I don’t normally no It’s one of those things that sometimes I’ll just do for funsies but my arm hair is very fair .
Cat Abrantes shaving doesn't make your hair darker.
They look brighter because shaving takes off the layer of dead skin with the hair. Plus there are no fuzzies over the top - shaving is like wiping the dust off of something, in that it looks brighter clean. Exfoliating will have a similar effect. Exfoliate then moisturize to have a healed tattoo looking it's best and brightest :)
I'm a natural fair ginger with colour realism and they absolutely pop after a shave and some lotion
The tattoo at 17:54 is actually a design / painting from the artist Audrey Kawasaki her ig is @audkawa
That's kind of shitty that whoever that tattoo artist was agreed to tattoo, someone elses work on that woman's skin. The artist basically stole Audreys work.
I the artist could have at least changed a little bit of it.
i’M a ScOrPiO Definitely, I understand when another artist is taking "inspiration", but this is an exact copy of one of her beautiful oil paintings on wood.
I exactly! I hate when people copy. It’s unfair.
Man I only have one tattoo it’s an all color lotus zero black with a few dots, it’s only been a few months but now that I’m paying extra attention the flower has faded a lot more then the dots 😂 it’s okay though. He warned me it’d fade without line work. Next time I’m feeling adventurous I’ll get it touched up! Maybe see if I can add line work this time that’d be fun 🙂
I love all your tattoos they still look awesome love you Lauren your always awesome
Most helpful tattoo video EVER!!!
Something I was wondering... If you're getting a touch-up, do you usually go to the same artist you got it from?
My stepdad has tattoos from when he was 20yo and it’s been 30-40years and they all have that greenish color. Do you reckon our black tattoos will look like that or has the ink advanced so much that it shouldn’t change that severely?
Ayeeee I was the 1000th like!
really love this video ! once i turn 18 i plan to get a tattoo of my cockatiel but i’m afraid of colours fading and such bc she is very yellow lol.
It really depends on your skin type how fast a colour fades. Mine for example is a yellowish olive kind of skin type. Because of that yellow nearly doesn't fade at all on my skin! But blue fades to green unfortunately :(
I think the chemical one is Serotonin.
Your video's really help me a lot.
I want a tattoo for a while and your video's really help me to hopefully not end up with a bad cheap tattoo XD
great video
I want my black outline tattoo to fade like the leaf. Thin is better
Great video (as always!).... Greetings from a fan from Greece! I got 2 questions (from your experience): 1) do colour or black and grey tattoos age better? And 2) considering that a tattoo artist cannot estimate the money for a certain piece (and is rather rude to ask) how do the client get an idea about the cost of his tattoos? I mean, how do you now how much money you got to "spend"?
most artists will give u an estimate at the consultation either a flat rate or they have an hourly charge and you just go from there.
@@camarim299 thanks!
You said that old school tattoos hold the best but what about neo traditional? Would you say they have the same longevity?
I like the healed Ganesha looks better. it looks like an Indian painting, colour-wise! the different pars are easier to pick apart, so to say.
My step dad has an alien one that was like bright green. He says he hates it, it’s faded heaps.