by Trippidi Brown
It's a fun experience going in and getting a tattoo. This is even truer if it's your very first tattoo! If that's the case, you need to go in with some rules of thumb to follow to make sure you make the right decision. Let's take a look at 4 points to keep in mind.
1. Don't use flash artwork. There is a lot of really good flash art work out there, but it would make your tattoo much more meaningful if you either altered an existing design to your tastes so that it's original or came in with an idea yourself.
2. Choosing the right artist. You'll be happier if you find an artist whose work you admire and sense of style you can envision in a tattoo for yourself. Many will enjoy the challenge of creating original work based on what you tell them or in conjunction with flash artwork. Feel free to ask an artist for their portfolio of work or search for them on line and see if they have an on line gallery.
3. Make the tattoo meaningful, but not hyper specific. This is code phrase for "think long and hard before getting someones name inked into your arm." Words and even obvious symbols you identify with have a way of making bad tattoos. Relationships change, interests change, people change - but tattoos do not. Consider wisely before declaring your loves name on your arm. One exception is getting kids names as tattoos; this is quite nice and personally meaningful and has no potential for regret.
4. Be ready for a little bit of pain but don't worry too much. It's true that tattoos do hurt, no one is going to doubt that. But look how common they are! Somehow everyone else was able to deal with the pain involved. With that in mind, realize you can too.
Finding a good artist and getting an original meaningful design makes for the best tattoos. Don't get impatient and just get anything - this is your body, this is your first tattoo: make it count!
by Yomi A
Stretch marks worry a lot of women and so naturally there are a lot of stretch mark creams available in the market, which cater to this problem. While this is a good thing in terms of options, sometimes it gets confusing on how to go about deciding which one is right for you. Here are some tips and facts to help you determine the best choice.
1. Preventive Treatment: When you talk about stretch marks, normally you think of creams that will help you get rid of them. But, this is just one side of the coin. There are several stretch mark creams that aim at prevention. Applying them will reduce your chances of getting stretch marks and prevention is always better than cure.
2. Natural Ingredients: Stretch marks are caused by the fact that the skin is not able to grow as rapidly as the underlying tissue. To help the skin do that, you can increase its elasticity and strength. There are several natural ingredients like Aloe Vera, Coconut oil and Almond oil that helps moisturize the skin and increase its strength. A good stretch mark removal cream is one that has all these natural ingredients and helps the skin grow more elastic and strong.
3. Stimulate production of collagen and elastin: There are two agents that help the skin become more elastic and prevent stretch marks. These are known as collagen and elastin. The stretch mark removal cream that you use for prevention should stimulate these and enable your skin to fight back stretching.
4. Diminish Existing Stretch Marks: Your stretch marks removal cream should not only help you prevent stretch marks but also be good enough to reduce the effect of any existing stretch marks. If this is not the case, then you are wasting your money on a cream that does only one thing. The fact that you cant use two creams at the same time further compounds this problem. So, make sure that your cream kills two birds with one stone.
5. Be Wary of Creams That Promise Complete Removal: Stretch mark removal creams are really effective in reducing the effect of stretch marks to a point where they can hardly be noticed. But, it is simply not true that any cream can guarantee you that your stretch marks will be gone completely. Everyone is different and they have different intensities of stretch marks as well as the level of treatment and cure for everyone will be different. With that in mind, be wary of anyone who promises 100% stretch marks removal.
These are some pointers and facts that will help you determine the right stretch mark cream for you. Keep these points in mind, the next time you go shopping for a stretch mark removal cream.
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