Are These Tattoos Really Made To Fade? Ephemeral Tattoo Review
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
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It's been just over one year with my Ephemeral Tattoo so I'm doing a Ephemeral Tattoo Review! Many people are upset their ephemeral tattoos are not fading like how they expected. Today I'm deep diving in this ephemeral tattoo review to find out if these tattoos are fading or not. This is not endorsed by Ephemeral at all. This is my own Ephemeral Tattoo Review. Enjoy :)
(Also sorry for my voice I had a cold while filming)
0:00 Introduction
0:26 Ephemeral Tattoo
2:00 Skillshare
3:30 My Ephemeral Tattoo Experience
4:42 Ephemeral Ink
5:35 Ephemeral Tattoo Review
10:46 My Ephemeral Tattoo
12:11 Ephemeral Tattoo Lawsuit
12:33 Ephemeral Tattoo Complaints
14:00 Ephemeral Tattoo Price
14:37 First Tattoo Tips
15:36 Final Thoughts
See you next Week! 💛
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(Also sorry about my voice in this video I had a cold while recording 🤗)
Sinus infection during this filming?
Beyond the issue with the tattoos not fading away in the *promised* time, I think a consistent thread with the upset Reddit users is that the tattoos just look bad. People may be more willing to living with the tattoo for a bit longer if the art was great. Disappearing art shouldn't excuse the quality of the art, they need better artists!
and that kiddos, is why u do ur research on artist BEFORE :D
if u want to get off cheaper, pick a apprentice. thats nice thing to do, everybody starts from same starting line and u wont learn if u dont cant practice
if u want quality, do ur research, even professionals have big differences at who does wich style and how well
Yeah of you look them up you have to go get trained by them for months. I’m shocked they let those people thru
Well then what doesn't help is that people can literally just pick up a needle gun on Amazon for probably 20 bucks or more. And just start practicing on themselves and other people. And there's some states that don't require any kind of Licensing for being a tattoo artist because it's not something that is like surgical they consider it cosmetic I guess. And in some cases you don't need licensing for cosmetic work. Every state has different. And so you definitely want to research the tattoo artist within your state or area but also research the tattoo laws so you know how to protect yourself if you come across an artist that you feel comfortable with but may have potentially sketch practices. So that way at least you can detect the red flag before you even have that artist put needle to skin. Whether it's an ephemeral tattoo or a permanent tattoo the biggest thing to really help you in the long run to get the most bang for your buck or if the tattoo and question does happen to become permanent and you don't want to be left with shity artwork the least you could do for yourself is make sure that you're getting the best quality art for what you're paying for.
Also not to mention the fact that the artist and question that you are paying for their time energy and experience that they know what the hell they're doing to. In terms of safety and sanitary precautions. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard of people getting piercings or tattoos even in professional locations and getting infections. So that's why knowing what the rules and regulations are knowing what a tattoo artist is supposed to do to keep you and themselves and future clients safe is extremely important.
@@sunakonakahara222 as a professional for over 30 years now having my own shop for almost 15. Having seen a couple infections on other artists who got tattooed at different shops. I've never seen an infection that came from a shop although I've seen two infections from people who just do not follow instructions. One artist I worked with got a big tattoo outlines on his whole upper arm and then went to the VA hospital for his appointment. As he's complaining about the shop giving him an infection he tells me this and the fact that he washed his tattoo for the first time in the public restroom. He immediately realized what he did and stop saying he got it from the other shop.
If you walk into the shop and it looks like it belongs on TV and you look at the artist portfolios and all they can show you is ignorant style or jailhouse work. If the shop you're walking into has a sign on their window permanently looking for artists and piercers these are all red flags go somewhere else.
Peace
the artwork is some of the worst i've ever seen and i've explored reddit lol. you'd be better off just going to any walk-in street shop with decades of experience and getting a real tattoo. just my hot take as someone with a lot of tattoos.
I'm totally baffled by the fact that Ephemeral Tattoo doesn't seem interested in hiring tattooers who can draw. Even if they did fade on schedule, who wants a shaky, scribbly mess on their body for over a year? This company seems like they poured all of their money into marketing and none into creating a high-quality product and service.
Real reputable artists don’t want to be associated with this crap
They probably cant get any really good artists because they all understand that the product is a bit problematic.
It’s what the kids want nowadays lol. Gotta love this generation
@Da Communist I don't know anyone who would want a normal design done poorly. Yes, there are some styles currently that are meant to look more shaky or "raw", but they're pretty rare and still don't look horrible like an unintentionally shaky tattoo. I don't know where this idea comes from that the "younger generation" just wants crappy art? Is it just because it's different than what previous generations had thus older people immediately assume that it's bad?
@@Lin-rh6qs i like to think my rough style tattoo is in that category of looking "professionally and artistically distressed" but my artist told me to tell people he didnt do that one cause it embarrassed him, i had to beg him not to "touch it up" during my next one 😂
It's a red flag to me, that they don't tell you the formula of what they'll tattoo you with.
Because allergic reactions happen.
I've delt with propitary formulas and allergies, if pushed they can tell you if an allergen is or is not in it, bit that usually only have helps if you know what you're allergic to (for insence, we just discovered on my birthday I was slleric to shellfish - mollusk specific because I reacted to the muscles in a dish when I have never, in 42 years, reacted to shrimp, crab or lobster...that was a...fun discovery).
My guess is it's basically classic ink but the particules are smaller and therefore easier for the body to breakdown and get rid of...
So, I'm really not surprised they're not fading as quickly as advertised...
“For most clients, this is their first tattoo” says a LOT in my opinion
I bet it gets a lot of people into tattoos
I participated in an ephemeral study and I was the outlier. My tattoo was almost completely faded in 12 months and 2ish years on its completely gone. I personally wouldn’t do it again. It hurt as much as a regular tattoo, so I might as well get a regular tattoo. On top of that the tattoo artist cut me in several places and now I have a bunch of vaguely bird shaped scars on the inside of my arm.
How tf did they end up cutting you?? Did they bring a knife???
@@elvingearmasterirma7241 I have no idea. I am not super familiar with the logistics of tattooing but my guess is the artist was overworked and it was a mistake. If I remember correctly he changed needles several times because my skin was being weird, which is fair since my collagen is jacked. I was probably is 40th or so tattoo in two days for the study and I was the last person to go so between exhaustion and my weird skin 2+2= vaguely bird shaped scar lol
@@SleepyKiwi73this is something this tattoo company is really dumb about. Any time a person is tattooed theres a possibility of scarring. You're piercing the skin and damaging it. The more melanin in your skin the more likely you are to experience hypertrophic scarring. If they're "temporarily" tattooing people with darker colour skin and they're not experienced artists they're risking permanently scarring them every time.
i feel like there are so many better options for temporary tattoos that just dye the skin like inkbox or henna and it doesn't rely on needles. Seems like not really worth it to go through the whole expense and process to get a temporary tattoo even if it did work as advertised.
edit: I'll also add that another big issue with these tattoos is that the types of people getting them will be people who do not want to be tattood forever. so you are dealing with a clientele who wants a fast fashion tattoo where they don't have to live with the consequences for long term so they will naturally not be putting as much thought into what they get. when they don't completely fade away or leave scarring thats really not what they signed up for whereas a person who went in knowing they were getting a permanent tattoo would be aware of that already.
I remember a bunch of people getting inner lip tattoos thinking they would fade and then still having "sit here" 10 years later... i think the lesson is that like semi-permanent hair dye, semi-permanent tattoos are just permanent on some people and you shouldn't get anything hoping it will disappear
I have Oreo. It's been over 20 years. 😂 Totally forgot about. Thanks!
My lip tattoo lasted 3 weeks 😭
If it is hair, then it will eventually grow out. That is obviously not the case for tattoos.
Thank god mine only lasted a week
@@katrinabryce who knows, people growing extra limbs is still on my 2023 bingo card
I think the answer to the fading is sunlight, you can see that in celle's tattoo photos the part that fades first is exactly where the sunlight hits. In traditional tattooing we usually advise people to avoid too much exposure, so the opposite makes sense in this case.
Good call. I bet you hit the nail on the head here.
I thought the same! It would be interesting to see where the tattoos are that do and don’t fade to see if they get sun
I genuinely believe their ink is just normal tattoo ink with smaller particules....
Perhaps it’s also a part of the neck where the skin gets more distortion from movement? Thinking about what happens to hand and finger tattoos….
I understand that people get these to see if in general tattoos or specific designs are for them but I personally would never see myself having a (hopefully) semi-permanent tattoo. It looks kind of bad for most of the time you're having it since it's fading 🥴 That would bother me so much especially if I had it in a visible spot.
Yes! I'm glad I went with a hidden spot for mine!!
Exactly! I don't see any good reason to do it, you'll be walking around with a faded tattoo? If you want a temporary one, just get tattoo stickers or something
Yeah, they don't seem to fade evenly or nicely. So for months and months you have a patchy tattoo
@@karakask5488 i wonder if that's down to the ink/person's skin or down to the artist. because most of the linework i've seen from these artists seems questionable at best and certainly not worth the price point they're charging. wouldn't surprise me if it was fading unevenly because they went different depths or something. oof.
I wish more people knew about Inkbox custom tattoo options. I put in a design that I commissioned from a tattoo artist so I could have it ACTUALLY temporary for about 2 weeks. It was nice to see the exact design I wanted in exactly the place I wanted and then have it fade quickly just in case I didn’t end up liking it.
I just don’t understand why people would want to walk around with a tattoo that looks nice for 2-3 months and then looks bad for another year. Between those inkbox tattoo’s that last for 2 weeks and a real, permanent tattoo, I don’t understand the appeal of ephermeral tattoos.
I think it’s for people too feel what a really tattoo is like as if they stop and can’t continue it’s okay as will fade not just wired lines for the rest of their life
@@pandaseal1611 could the artist go over some skin without any ink actually in the machine so you can see how it feels? Or does the ink change the feeling of it? I've never gotten a tattoo (& not sure if I ever will, I think they're gorgeous and I love learning about them but dunno if I can make that commitment lol) so i don't really have any idea. I know it can leave a scar sometimes, but that'd be less noticeable than actual lines
If you want a tattoo that goes away. Get the 1-2 week ink box tattoo.
Even with inkbox I've had a couple hold on for a couple months, granted they were in less stressed locations *and* inkbox does say certain locations will last longer for this reason
Exactly
I feel badly for Edmonds getting a tattoo that didn't fade, but I can imagine getting a tattoo of something I didn't actually want, even if it was supposed to be temporary.
Tbh the biggest problem I would have with this is that all the tattoo designs look horrible 😂 also what kind of people want to have a good looking tattoo for a couple months and then have to have a bad looking fading tattoo for like a year.
🤔 lots of people gonna be getting cover ups... I also don't understand why a tattoo that is meant to fade would cost more than a permanent one, especially with how simple and poorly done the ones you showed are
because basically u're not paying for product, u're paying for skills, handcraft, art and artist time materials including. its pretty safe to assume that this new ink formula is more expensive to make, more expensive for artist to get. and the time artist is spending on ur piece remains the same, if ink is a lot thicker then it takes more time as u need to go slower to get it saturated.
about the quality part, they look like that sum apprentices practiced with temp ink in hopes that they wont permanently fuck up someone's skin :'D
Dude right!!! Who wants to pay significantly more for something that is not going to stay! Just get the washable tattoos or the inkbox tattoos or draw your own with a pen if you're that unsure about getting a tattoo!! This seems kinda dumb
I think another big problem with ephemeral tattoos is, that given the fact that it needs to fade, the artist only tattoo simple lineart tattoos. Lineart tattoos are trendy and definitely appeal to the type of ppl with commitment issues, but you can't hide any mistakes with them. So if the tattoo artist is subpar, you can tell and frankly most ephemeral tattoos I've seen look like apprentice work at best.
This is everything. It’s also the people that want super small and “dainty” linework. Those artists need to have a lot of extra time and practice to get good at that.
What I don't understand is they seem to be more expensive than normal tattoos. They should be less since they are 'semi-permanent'.
In all fairness, I'd never get a tattoo a company CLAIMS isn't permanent without any studies or proof. The sad part is that everyone who got one of these ARE the test group, because there were never real clients before, just a random company's claims.
I was just wondering if they had any sort of “proof” or just evidence that these actually fade in around a year?
Lol right? I’d love to know their testing protocols before rolling out with these big claims. Also even some people with permanent makeup retain the ink for much longer than most. My mom got her eyebrows microbladed in the 80s and they’re still there 😂
I always found the permanence of tattoos to be one of the major appeals. Sure, they do still change over time but so does your body, so whatever you are getting is part of your life journey. So ephemerals wouldn't be for me personally, even if they did work as advertised.
My thoughts on it:
1. Why get a tattoo that’s going to look ratty and faded 80% of the time you have it, that makes no sense to me
2. I don’t understand not going into it with the mindset it might be permanent because that’s just the way life pans out sometimes
3. I’ve used hair dye that was supposed to last 3 washes that’s lasted months, dyes react differently to different people I don’t see tattoo ink that been injected into your literally skin being any different.
4. You’re always going to hear from the dissatisfied people more than the satisfied, it’s how it works, angry people are always more vocal.
5. If you can’t commit to a tattoo I say just don’t get one, or use those ink box kits, spending more than a permanent tattoo on a semi-permanent one that may or may not fade but is pretty much guaranteed to look rough for months makes no sense.
I’m sure for the vast majority, the tattoo worked as they were told it would but there’s always going to be outliers, it’s just an average. What I cannot comprehend is getting a tattoo you know is going to look bad for months. I don’t understand why these tattoos attract people who are afraid of commitment because I feel like it’s a lot to commit to a blurry dark splotch that looks bad on you for months.
People pay alot of money to fade a tattoo with laser they don't like anymore enough to cover it up. It can sometimes take several expensive sessions just to get it to fade slightly
I agree also why drop 2-3x the price on a not forever tattoo lol
Why don’t you understand why people would think that this is not permanent if they literally advertised it that way? Lol
@@ezbkovn Right - Ink Box is extremely successful because that’s EXACTLY what you get every single time - a tattoo that will always go away. Why wouldn’t people think this works too? Not everyone has an understanding of the epidermis and how it reacts with ink
@@yugvf exactly because it’s not forever. I have a couple tattoos but ephemeral seemed like a good option to me because I wanted to see how I felt with some other designs
I don’t understand the concept of not having experienced artists in the first place. Even though it (supposedly) fades.. you deserve to have it look professional.
They almost got me and my cousin last week in ATL. We both have over 20 tattoos and they offered us free work 5x5. When we got there, we were not aware it was designed to fade or that some un experienced artist would be working on us. If we are going through the pain we want permanent ink. You also have to sign an NDA, no posting of the tattoo, check in every 30, 60, 90 days. The designs were cute though.
I have a beautiful 6in long black and white bat tattoo on my arm & it was only $120 before tip. It’s fully shaded in and is one of my favorite tattoos, and it’s permanent. I can’t imagine paying $200-$400 for basic line work I didn’t even like that wasn’t supposed to be permanent but no idea of when it will actually fade.
I remember these being a big thing about 25 years ago, and they all shut down a few years later after everyone realised they were actually permanent.
The claim then was that they used shorter needles or something and that somehow meant the tattoos would rise to the surface and get exfoliated off.
Yeah lol… my mom got one in her twenties and now shes almost 50, and the tattoo is still there 😅
@@MrJoe-uf4oloh wow 😳😂😂
I’m with the first comment from your tik tok. I’ve had a mark from getting pencil lead under a thin layer of skin on my finger in grade school for the past like 18 years? 😂 I wouldn’t be able to do this with any illusions that it’ll fade and being more expensive than a standard tattoo typically is anyway just makes it a full no fly
Your profile picture looks like Momo.
Omg! This same thing happened to me in elementary school. It’s only recently faded.
For my first tattoo i got a simple design in white ink - like some of the ephemeral clients, I wanted to see how it felt but I didn’t want to risk regretting it since I was only 18. You could barely see it, I paid $60 so I didn’t regret it. Right now I have a bigger tattoo covering it. There are so many better ways to experiment with tattoos if you don’t want to commit fully yet..
I’m pretty sure the reason you’re seeing a lot of feeding on the lower part of your tattoo and not the upper part is because it’s pretty much protected by shadows. One of the ways that pigments can be broken down is through light exposure and the same is with Tattoos.
The clients being mostly first timers who never got a tattoo before is so sad to me, what an off putting first experience. 200-400 is nuts considering the artist didn’t do any drawing for that and just used the clients drawing so no drawing time factored in to that price. I feel like legally they should have to tell people that there is variations and it won’t fade well on some people like it should be a disclaimer in the paperwork
for my first tattoo I went for a traditional hand poked method thinking hand poked tattoos fade over time. this is actually a miss conception and the tattoo artist and his wife (the shop owner) made it very clear that it is very permeant before I got it done and will not fade as long as I take care of it :)
I was like “NOOOO🤯” until I got to the part about you being told BEFORE😅
Oh yea handpoked lasts so long. In fact we know how long they can last because of people like Ötzi the Iceman!
The reason why the number of ads feel scammy is because you shouldnt have too many costumers as a tattoo artist. Most close their bookings for a reason, the reason being that you want to be able to dedicate time to your costumer to make sure the tattoo is well done, or have spots open in case of retouches, have time to give advice on healing and all that. Having so much ads means they probably have a huge amount of costumers which is a red flag, some of the tattoos we saw are clearly super badly done and ugly, probably due to time running out on their schedule.
idk if you're a tattoo person at all, cuz this is not really true. also I think you mean "customer."
@@2b00bsjohnson im heavily and visibly tattooed and also i self taught engish, give me a break 😭 and what ive said comes from personal experience. My tattoo artist doesnt do bookings and overtime she gained so many customers that now there is a 10 months waiting period and in between months she kinda forgets what youve asked for and she rushes stuff now (like doesnt make sure the stencil is placed right), me and my friend stopped going to her after that and now its kind of a "red flag" for us when an artist doesnt manage their number of customer by closing bookings or when they keep advertising themselves massively to gain more customers even tho they already rarelly open bookings or have months of waiting.
I remember in the late 80's/early 90's every summer carnival had a booth putting temporary tattoos on kids. I can only imagine how poorly those faded back then.
Celle out here doing the work and gathering this info. Big ups Celle
I wonder if there will be a reaction between the ephemeral tattoo ink and regular tattoo ink. For example, if you get a cover-up over an ephemeral tattoo with a permanent, will there be faster fading where the inks overlap?
i'd like to know too!
I wonder if yours faded that much because of the sun exposure. The part that is still there is mostly covered by your ear. I do cosmetic tattooing and they're also designed to fade. But we never tell people they will fade all the way. There is never guarantee, everyone is different.
True! I was thinking about when I got my eyebrows microbladed. On me it lasted about 4 months but it's hard to tell with that if it's fully faded because of the color of my eyebrows.. You would probably know or make an educated guess as to what kind of ink they use or the technique that makes the tattoo more prone to fading.
You’re goated for this authentic review because all of the reviews I’ve seen are sponsored by them. The art work looks rancid especially for how much it costs
Had a friend get one cause they claimed it would fade away in a couple of months. She was so excited but yea 3 years later she has a face tattoo still. Its cute though
i don’t understand why you’d go through the pain of getting a tattoo just for it to supposedly fade in about a year-ish??
right??? like i don’t want to have to redo my tattoos i want to keep them there!
I think for a lot of people it was about testing out whether they could handle the pain of a tattoo.
@@goldmanfan504 Could just go and not have ink in the tattoo gun itself and see how it feels...
I heard the first time for them in 2007 and the person who had this tattoo said that she choose the option the tattoo to be gone in 3 years since there was the option for the tattoo to stay for 3 or 5 years . What I know is that her tattoo is still there
I don’t much see the point in taking the risk of a “real” tattoo but getting a temporary one. I’m used to the medical side of the world where everything is a give and take between risk and reward. No matter how clean a shop is or how careful you are after getting a tattoo there is ALWAYS some sort of infection risk because it is an open wound. The only time I could see something like ephemeral tattoos’ ink being useful is for radiation markers and the like. I don’t know if this is still used, but in the 90s they used to tattoo landmarks for certain targeted radiation treatments (usually longer term treatments that were ongoing for 6months to a year or more). It would be nice if those patients didn’t have to have those markers as a reminder for the rest of their lives but it would last long enough for the treatments (unlike regular temporary tattoos).
I will admit that I have done no research into ephemeral’s ink, but I don’t like that they are able keep what is in it a secret. The idea that it is just a smaller molecule doesn’t make any sense scientifically. Fundamentally, tattoo ink works because the body can’t break it down. When tattoos “fade” it is because the ink migrates over time and therefore the edges become less defined and there is less ink concentrated in one area making it less pigmented. What worries me is that the ink isn’t really able to be broken down by our bodies but is more easily able to travel between cells. This would mean the ink is still sitting in your skin. May not mean much but could cause issues with getting multiple ephemeral tattoos or a regular tattoo. I would also like to see data on retention time when exposed to sunlight/radiation. Would it fade faster? We know that damage to your skin affects normal tattoos (which include minor sun damage) so it seems like ephemeral tattoos would also be affected. I just want to see how they developed it and what testing they did… what lab did they work with? The scientist in me needs to know
Ready for the details! I've been waiting for this since your youtube short.
After seeing other's still very there tattoos I'm happy for you because you put it in an out of the way place. Just looking on the bright side.🤔
I think the whole thrill of getting tattooed is that you are making a permanent decision.
I literally don’t understand what these people are thinking. You’re getting a error in your skin, why suffer the pain or inconvenience of something that doesn’t necesssrily feel good only for it to be completely gone within a year? The complete other end of the spectrum are those GOING UNDER for huge or pieces that take HOURS so that they don’t feel the pain 🥴
*needle not error lol
For some, yeah
Some people are into art, but not commitment. I doubt I will ever regret a tattoo, but as life happens, most likely, I will outgrow it. This concept is appealing.
@@geminigirl5400 I agree, and I am also a Gemini. It seems to fit the Gemini archetype - we're expected to change often.
i almost did a focus-group type thing with them a few years ago, the tattoo wouldve been free but all the designs were corny so it wasnt worth it, especially if it wasnt going to fade quickly
The only thing that the people who are stuck with things they didn't want to have forever can hope for is that this "special ink" reacts quicker to laser tattoo removal.
No offense but I think the fake tattoos for kids (the wet washcloth ones) are more fun and cooler than real tattoos/ tattoos trying to be temporary
plus you can get them for a quarter
This is what laser removal does, isn't it? It breaks down the ink so your body can absorb it. It takes multiple rounds of the painful removal process to get a tattoo to be fully gone, but even still it doesn't always go away completely. I can see the appeal but honestly when spending that much I'd expect it to last forever.
I too considered ephemeral for my first tattoo until I realized that it was going to (at least somewhat) fade after a couple of months and look bad. What helped me finally commit were temporary tattoos. I didn’t try inkbox BUT shein (i know people hate shein but hear me out) has certain temp tattoos that take ~2 weeks to fade just like inkbox. Not all of the tattoos on there are like that so be sure to check images/reviews beforehand. They also have other regular temp tattoos that are not just kids’ styles. Also if you have a design you love but you want to try diff locations on your body they literally sell temporary tattoo paper that goes right in a regular print and you can print whatever you want! Helped immensely!!
Cool Ive never heard of the temp tattoo paper before.
As stated by many commenters: I wouldn't personally mind if it doesn't fade exactly on time but the designs are simply awful. I have a simple line work tattoo. Just heavy scrolling lines with serifs and a few circles. However, it was carefully laid out on my body to accentuate my shape and still looks fantastic almost 30 years later. Every person who gets a tattoo ephemeral or not deserves well drawn artwork. My tattoo artist asked me to sketch out what I wanted so I drew a torso and added some scrolling lines. My tattoo would have been horrible if they had just used my drawing. It needed the experience of my tattoo artist to place it and add the detail that makes simple line work pretty. I live a block away from Ephemeral and didn't know what they did at all. This is good information. If anyone I know talks about going there I can send them to your video Thank.
Hi!! Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I was wavering on getting the ephemeral tattoo (I have never had a tattoo before). I am just going to get a regular tattoo! There is too much risk in getting an ephemeral tattoo.
It really amazes me that so many people instantly believed that they'd fade and just got them done without waiting for some people to test it and see if they really do fade. I also don't get why you'd want one that lasts a couple months to check if it looks good? Like get one that lasts about a month from inbox or some or get a real one 🤷.
If I'm going to pay that much, I do not want it fading! Imma stick to permanent.
🤔god thank you for doing an indepth exploration on this, i was so ready
It doesn't sound like the product is a complete scam but the cost does sound like it's too expensive for what's being offered. It seems like they might want to work on the formula some more so that it fades in that promised time if they want the 9-15 months to be their main focus.
🤔🤔🤔 nice video & the sword coverup sounds awesome 🔥
Those tattoos aren't very well done either, making it worse. I feel bad for people who have tattoos they don't like, I hope to never be in that place, but you never know. Also, feel better!!🤔
Reminds me my eyeliner tattoo I got on my 16th birthday was supposed to fade in about 3 years... Well last week I turned 26 and it's still deep black as I would get it this year 😆
I hope you still like it!
I’ve bought tattoos from inkbox before to get a general idea if I’ll like what I’ll get
I’ve gotten roses that look similar to my sketches and I fully recommend
I was thinking about Ephemeral today. This week I put on some of those children's temporary tattoos for fun. They looked fine but when it's fading it's not so good anymore. But with Ephemeral, you've got a looonngggg fading time where it will be shit 😬
I wonder if there could be a way to “predict” if the tattoo would fade or not. For example, I have quite a few tattoos, mostly large and in full colour. Tattooers look at the tattoos I already have before they put their hands on me and often feel very comfortable because I hold on even to very tricky colours like yellow, red and even white and also I barely bleed. They already know by looking at my other tattoos that their ink is going to stay put and they adjust their technique accordingly. Also my tattoos barely faded or got blurred. I’m guessing someone like me wouldn’t see much fading when getting an Ephemeral tattoo and maybe having the info I just gave you a tattoo artist/someone working there could advise against me getting one. With people getting their first tattoo though you couldn’t guess because you don’t even know how normal ink reacts with their skin. What do you guys think? Does it make sense? Any other idea? Let me know
I saw this coming a mile away and knew this whole fad would blow up in peoples faces , but atleast they’ll be easy to cover up
Where did you get your earrings? I love them!!
8:30 I love those Playmobil hands holding the heart.
I don’t know which one it was but there was a video by inked and I recall there being a disclaimer that this particular company‘s name was not to be mentioned on threat of lawsuit.
Personally I knew this was a scam when they first came out & I saw the quality and how much they were 🤯
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I definitely think they should've disclosed that results may vary from person to person. The other day I saw a couple getting couple ephemeral tattoos and I had to warn ppl (thanks to your tik tok) that they fade but they're semi permanent.
I wonder if there’s a direct causation of those who sweat a lot and those who don’t. Also your tattoo is closer to your hair, which I assume you wash at least one a week, with shampoo and stuff so I wonder if that does anything
I guess I never got the idea of the ephemeral tattoos. If you want a temporary tattoo, just do the actual temporary ones, or even henna. People's skin will react to ink differently, and these aren't likely to fade evenly to begin with, so they can end up looking like you just have a bad tattoo. Plus they're more expensive than traditional tattoos and still hurt to get.
$195?? that could get you a really lovely permanent tattoo! also, i loveeee your chest tattoo, so pretty 💓
I guess they don’t want to do stuff with colour or a lot of shading because it would fade even slower, but i didn’t see a single one of these that looks better than a tattoo I could do on myself, or get a friend to do with some shit from Amazon. They are all about that level of complexity… and quality… that is typical of someone practicing on themself for the first time.
Every tattoo looks like a 'friend who bought a tattoo machine on Amazon' did it. BTW: I laughed so hard when you said 'this is a bummer'. 😀
Where did you get your choker?? I absolutely love it. So dainty and beautiful
I think self fading tattoos are a great idea. However, I would think the smart business would be to simply make and sell the ink to any and all tattoo artists. Also, I would think they would develop inks that last one year, five years, and ten years. This shouldn't be that difficult, but they need to work with chemists, not just artists. I have little doubt this can be done and might go into business with this idea.
OMG! It’s a TATTOO!!!!!! It’s not going to go away!
It feels like the tattoo equivalent of getting a pet vs having a kid... one will be with you a few years and one will be with you forever after
I noticed that they changed the timeline of fading a couple times, so they definitely should've done a lot more testing before rushing this to market, but money is always a motive
My mom got a ephemeral tattoo like 20 years ago in a cosmetologist shop that was supposed to disappear within 2 years and it is still there - that's why Ill never believe anything like that ;p
I got one for free when they were testing artists. it was a year ago, and I thought it would be faded by now. I'm not mad I have it, but I want to get it for real, so I'm waiting for it to fade. And it's a little higher than I would get the actual one, cause she said that would be better for the heeling process.
My friend and I once gave each other stick and pokes with calligraphy ink and they both faded completely in a few months
As a tattoo artist, if ur not ready to commit, dont even think abot getting a tattoo. Its not for you. I get so much ppl who are looking for things smaller then a milimetar (i was designing a infinity sign for 2h and then i said "im sorry i dont think im an artist for you", im not talking about normal ppl). This tattoos are the same ("im not sure, i wanna see how it will look, i want it to first grow on me then ill see...."), no, just dont get them. Its ok, u wont get social points for having a tattoo but at least ull be happy, trust me, i have seen it. Ppl who arent sure before a tattoo, wont be sure after a tattoo.
would be nice for a design that fades well, some kind of pattern maybe, dots etc
honestly the worst part is not the fading but the awful designs that these clients have on them now^^
With your ephemeral tattoo, it looks like the part that is fading slower is the part that is in the shadow of your ear. I wonder if sun exposure assists with the fading
I'll stick to sharpies. Cheap and does fade fast.
What has me kind of floored the fact that these advertisers aren't communicating the fact that these tattoos May last longer. You would think that when they have the spectrum of time that they advertise that the longer span of time would accommodate those whose skin is going to retain the ink for longer periods of time. That you would have already taken into consideration that always some skin types May hold it for up to two years. Because then if people have an understanding of how long their skin May potentially hold the ink of the tattooed they may be more considerate about what artwork they put on their body if they know that it's going the last considerably longer possibly. And honestly after all of this it just makes me think about wanting to do henna more if wanting to decide on a tattoo. Or just really take the time and think about the tattoo that I want to put on my body permanently and then just be really selective about the artists and their professionalism and their cleanliness. As well as their art. Because a tattooist may have some incredible artwork but could have some crappy work ethic.
Seeing Snow mad shocks me, with Dean he is the sweetest but with outsiders damn
You’ll be interesting to hear people who got this temporary tattoos and see what’s happened to the tattoo in like 20 years. I’m curious about that.
If you went to an honest (albeit less "charming") shop you wouldn't have the option to get a temporary tattoo, but at least the tattoo would stay and look decent over time. These look like apprentice kitchen tattoos within a few months lmao. No sympathy from me honestly, you've got to pay to play. Don't want a permanent tattoo? Then don't get a tattoo; this is one of those "Too good to be true" scenarios. I'm absolutely positive if you got a tribal piece with this ink, it would never fade away. It may be easier to laser or cover, but none of these tattoos are truly "fading away".
While some tattoos fade, "stupid" is FOREVER.
I have my graphite pencil mark from my high school years. I agree with the person from grade school. I wouldn’t believe “temporary”. I had henna done on my hands and was all for it because if it somehow becomes permanent I thought the artist is doing beautiful work. I’m okay with her work.
5 years a go I covered up a tattoo; the lady said it was meant to be semi permanent ink. It faded very similar to these but not completely. 🤔
I wonder how much R&D they did on these tattoos, like did they do a trial run on willing participants first or did they just use fake skin/animal skin and then immediately start taking clients?
Why would you go through that pain for it to go away and wont it leave a scar?
I wonder if the fade result depends on the persons hygiene. The leg tattoo looks fresh vs the wrist on the girl being almost faded….. 🧐🤔
I'd be interested in it if there was proof it worked. You can like a style of tattoo and know you might not like it in a few years because your taste changes. Also, I might not want a tattoo as I get older. It's like piercings, people tend to take them out as they age.
Yeah, I don’t like their business model. If they are reputable tattooers, they should work with their clients to figure out what the client actually wants. If they want a light tattoo they could have gone with gray wash, white, or a colored ink. If they wanted to see how a tattoo felt they could have gotten blood lining, which disappears within a few days at most. It looks like these people are over charging for tattoos that look like apprentice work, and start to look crappy after a month. Even if they just went into the top layer of skin at a consistent depth, it would disappear quickly and people wouldn’t be left waiting two years for a tattoo to fade. Henna and jagua are great alternatives as well that only last a few weeks
Skin on the face generally heals way faster so that might be why your tattoos fading a lot more
The fading is also super inconsistent, that Reddit users at 17 months looks like a jail tattoo…
At the end of the day, it 100% doesn’t last as long as a real tattoo so 🤷♀️it does suck but I’d just file it under ‘ live, learn, don’t do if again’
Let's see, I'm going to have the pain of getting an "actual" tattoo, plus if the tattoo fades in 10 months that still leaves me 4 or 5 months where my tattoo looks horrible. This seems like an idiotic idea that somehow became trendy for a minute. Plus, as everyone has commented, the tattoos look very poor.
I'd never heard of this, wowie.
Uhh.. Inner arms are one of the least painful places to get a tat. I wondered if I was crazy after my first tattoo (inner arm, all line work) was so easy and virtually painless, but a few months later I found a tattoo pain chart and it had lower inner arms and calves as the least painful tattoo placements. I also have a tattoo butting up to one of my wrists and the only discomfort was when the tattooist was tattooing right up to the knobby bone on the outside of the wrist.
I mean all tattoos are actually not that painful, just chest ones on the ribs are uncomfortable and breathing is a little difficult. Idk why people hype the pain up or if some people just have way lower pain tolerable.
Have you heard of Jagua(fruit) ink tattoos? Heard that those also fade in 2-3 weeks.
Celle you’re a tattoo journalist at this point. I say wait the 6-9 months to see if your tattoo fades completely. The people need answers!!