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How to make a fake tattoo

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How to make a fake tattoo on your own?

Tattoo has become a phenomenon in recent years. More and more people are getting them without a second thought. The real tattoo is carved onto the upper layers of your skin with real ink and the process can be rather painful. Few years down the road when your tattoo no longer seemed "cool" to you, you regret it and want to remove it. However, removing the tattoo is yet another painful process.

Why go through all the pain and trouble?

Make your very own fake tattoo

Make your very own fake tattoo which will disappear in a few days/weeks without any part of it left.

You can always go for the easiest way and buy a tattoo sticker to stick on your body, or there is another way to do this.

I will be giving a guide on how to make a henna tattoo as the henna ink comes from a plant and it is the safest to use on your skin. Henna tattoo acts as a temporary tattoo as well and it will vanish in a few days/weeks.

Materials needed to make your Henna tattoo:

* Henna
* Lemon juice
* Sugar
* Plastic bowl
* Plastic spoon
* Small bottle for squeezing with a fine tip
* Toothpicks (For correcting the mistakes that you had made)
* A draft of your tattoo design (If you wish)
* Plastic wrap
* Toilet paper

Getting started making your own fake tattoo now!

1. Mix 2 tablespoon of henna with lemon juice into the plastic bowl to make it into a paste that looked something like toothpaste. (More henna will be needed if you want to draw a bigger tattoo)
2. Add some sugar to your paste before using it to prevent it from cracking when used on your skin.
3. Stir the mixture with the plastic spoon and cover it with the plastic wrap to wait for the dye to be released.
4. The mixture is ready when the top layer becomes brownish and the bottom layer is greenish.
5. Wash your hands very clean.
6. Scoop the henna paste into the bottle and start drawing, with reference back to your design draft if you have one.
7. Wait for the tattoo to dry.
8. Wrap it with toilet paper and the plastic wrap and leave it overnight to dry before removing the paste the next day.
9. Viola! Your henna tattoo is done! J

Please beware of black henna as it is not made with the actual henna and it includes a toxic dye known as p-phenylenediamine (PPD) which will be harmful to your skin.

Henna is harmless as compared to the actual tattoo, and it is also a traditional art practiced for many, many years. Now this is what I called a form of art!