Mercury and other toxins in tattoo inks?

Oct. 1, 2011   2 Comments  

As a result of a 2007 lawsuit brought by the American Environmental Safety Institute, two leading tattoo ink makers must now place warnings on their product containers, catalogs and websites to say that the “inks contain many heavy metals, including lead, arsenic and others” and that the ingredients have been linked to cancer and birth defects. (Media credit/Thinkstock Hemera Collection)

Group calls for warning labels on ink bottles

Kat Von D re-engaged to Jesse James

Aug. 19, 2011   Leave a Comment  

It’s obviously true love this time. Jesse James, more famous for his very public, very messy break from Sandra Bullock than any of his other work as of late is back to being engaged with Kat Von D, after the couple broke it off once before. “Sometimes you are only given one chance in life,” [...]

Are temporary tattoos dangerous?

April 18, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the recent past issued import blocks on temporary tattoos that do not comply with federal labeling regulations. Buyer beware: Make sure the ones you get clearly list their ingredients on the packaging. (Thinkstock)

FDA regulation?

Kat Von D is engaged to Jesse James

Jan. 21, 2011   1 Comment  

Television personality and tattoo artist Kat Von D, 28, has been engaged to Jesse James, 41, Sandra Bullock’s ex. She wore the four-carat-plus platinum and diamond ring at the 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Show Opening Night Premiere Party. Kat Von D told US magazine, “I feel really lucky. I think in the past I [...]

Rooney Mara is now The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Jan. 13, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Actress Rooney Mara, who started as Mark Zuckerberg’s girlfriend in “The Social Network,” went hard for the February issue of W magazine. The actress underwent an incredible transformation to appear in the guise of Lisbeth Salander, her character in the upcoming film adaptation of “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” by wearing dark eye make [...]

Have tattoos lost their “badass” image?

Oct. 10, 2010   3 Comments  

Tattoo artist Jamie Clinton gives 22-year-old Danielle Rondeau a tattoo of a blue bird on her ribcage at Stingray Body Art in Allston

Now, everyone and their grandma has one

Redemption Tattoo launching new site

Sept. 17, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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They’re the best

Bad enough to wear a tattoo: Study connects body art and social deviancy

Feb. 10, 2010   8 Comments  

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What does that tramp stamp really say about you?

More than an artist

May 1, 2008   1 Comment  

Boston tattooer Natan Lin’s multi-personality complex

Celebrity skin: Mario Barth

Feb. 1, 2007   Leave a Comment  

When Hollywood has a tattoo emergency, it calls Mario Barth