Over the weekend my husband and I attended the drag races and while we were there I couldn't help to notice all the people that had tattoos. Of course this isn't new to me because I am a tattoo lover and I know 36% of people from the ages of 18 to 35 have at least one tattoo. But what I found most interesting is the designs that people have. And the coolest thing about it is every tattoo is unique and different. As I have mentioned before tattoo designs are practically endless. But when you are out somewhere and actually get to see all the designs people have its cool, at least it is to me. And a lot of these people had more than one tattoo, which is very common. Also one thing that I found very interesting is that a vast majority of these people had tattoos on their legs, mainly the back of the calf.

Another thing that I noticed was that most of the men there had black tattoos while the women had colored ones. Which this could mean nothing or it could mean that women prefer colored ink over black ink. Which I do not fall in that category. For some reason I prefer my tattoos to be in black ink. And as the statistics suggest most of these people were women. For some reason more 18 to 35 year olds that have tattoos are women. And interestingly enough more women regret their tattoos and have them removed more often than a man.

I just thought I would share this because it's always nice to see these statistics in real life. If that makes any sense.

Tattoos, Tattoo Supplies And Living Life To The Max

If you are not moving forward in life then you are moving backwards. Life is a journey, an experience, not one of us is perfect, and not one of us goes through life without making mistakes. With that in mind we could all do with being a bit more outgoing, a bit more adventurous and a bit more daring. Sometimes little changes can make life changing revelations in your life that will have long term effects.Well for myself I decided that 2010 was a year when I would continue to develop rather than stay in the old rut and continue to slip backwards. I made a list of all of the things that I wanted to achieve in 2010, some personal, some work related and created an action plan on a piece of paper.One of those actions was simply to get a tattoo performed on a particular part of my body. In 2010 I would be celebrating a notable birthday and to celebrate that my journey had took me to this point I thought it would be poignant to mark it with a tattoo.After speaking to some friends who performed tattoos or had tattoos themselves, we started to work on a design that would be fitting and work out the tattoo supplies that we would need to perform the task. I was staggered at how much preparation had to go into ensuring that we had the appropriate tattoo supplies in stock, I had always just assumed rather stupidly that it was just ink and needles. How wrong I was. I must admit as we continued to order the various different tattoo supplies from the store online it all started to become increasing real. This was to be my first tattoo and I had obviously heard all of the horror stories from friends who generally had never even been near a tattoo shop in their lives, but I was reassured from my friend who would be performing the tattoo that they were ordering quality authorised tattoo supplies and I had nothing to fear, it would merely be like scratching yourself repeatedly.A week passed as we waited for the tattoo supplies to arrive and then the moment of truth was upon me, my friends finally got the chance to butcher my body as they said jokingly with a smile. To be honest the tattoo was certainly not as bad as it was made out to be by my negative friends. I think there in itself is a lesson in life, don't take other people's word for something go out and experience it yourself then make your own mind up.

Tattoos, Tattoo Supplies And The New Millennium

You may not realise it, but we are currently living in the second decade of this new millennium. For those of you who knew that congratulations, for those of you who didn't know that, wake up and pour yourself a coffee. People are always thinking up ways in which they can celebrate the dawning of a new year or new era and one of the most popular ways that people pick is to get some form of body modification done to their body, whether it is body piercing or tattooing something on to their body.I had already done the prior thing when I was younger, so for 2010 I decided that I would do the later, and because I was also experiencing a landmark birthday. I contacted a number of friends to see if they knew of a reliable tattoo artist who could perform the work. A lot of them recommended me to various websites, but unfortunately when I visited the sites all I could see was a mountain of tattoo supplies and accessories, things that you might need during or after the tattoo had taken place, you know tattoo supplies like cream or gauze to bandage up the scar afterwards.Eventually I did manage to find a tattoo artist with a good website that enabled me to view some of their previous work. After I had decided on the artist it was time to meet up and discuss what I wanted to achieve out of the tattoo session, I described the design I wanted to have and also where on the body, I was reassured that it wouldn't be too painful. We arrange to meet again in a week so the artist could work on the design and also order in whatever tattoo supplies that might be needed.Although I was sure that not too many tattoo supplies would be needed for my little tattoo I knew all too well about the amount of different products that existed on the market. When I arrived the following week I got to see the design, which wasn't too complicated and after declaring myself happy with it, we scheduled an appointment for the following day when the tattoo would actually be performed. Despite pre-tattoo nerves it seemed to pass off without a hitch, all the necessary tattoo supplies were there and I needn't have worried about the pain, it was exactly as described like scratching on the surface of the skin. The only thing I need to watch out for now is to make sure that I don't get the tattoo bug and go back for several more.