You can make a temporary tattoo at home using a marker, henna, printer, cosmetic pencil or acrylic paints. Detailed master classes will help with this.
Now tattoos are in vogue. But it is not necessary to do them in a tattoo parlor. After all, it costs a lot of money, patience and there is no guarantee that in 10–20 years you will not regret getting a certain tattoo. An interesting option is to make a temporary drawing on a selected area of the body.
Temporary tattoo at home: types
You can draw a drawing using a variety of harmless tools. Of course, it is better if someone else makes such a tattoo for you. But if this is not possible, then try to apply it yourself. And detailed master classes will help this. But first, check out what materials to use for this. You will use the ones that you like best.
You can get a temporary tattoo at home if you use:
- gel pen;
- henna;
- pencil.
There are many advantages to a temporary tattoo:
- It doesn't hurt at all.
- If you get tired of the selected picture, you can replace it with another one.
- You do not have to spend a lot of money, and in most cases you can get a tattoo for free.
- Such a drawing can be useful for a photo shoot, a wedding, for playing a role in an amateur theater.
Temporary henna tattoo
Such a tattoo can last from 2 weeks to one and a half months. The length of time the pattern stays on an area of the body depends on the individual characteristics of the skin and on how often this area will be treated with water.
- Since henna is a coloring agent, you need to prepare well for the drawing process. Wear old clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. If you still plant a stain and want to get rid of it, then you will need to immediately wash this place with detergent.
- Select the area of the body where you will apply the temporary tattoo. But remember that if you already had a drawing of this type here, then you do not need to constantly apply a henna tattoo on the same part of the body. You need to wait a few months for the skin to rest.
- Start preparing in 2 days. During this period, you should not sunbathe in the sun. Immediately before the procedure, wash the selected area of the body with an alcohol-based product to degrease it. If the skin is rough, then peel or rub with a washcloth. Then later the tattoo will hold on better, because the skin here will become smooth.
- If hair grows in the chosen place, you must first get rid of it, otherwise the pattern may not be whole, and then the tattoo will disappear partially. After all, it lasts longer on the hair than on the skin. If you then want to remove them from your hair, then it will be quite painful.
Finished henna lasts less than one made with your own hands. To make henna, take:
- 40 g dry henna;
- juice of 2 lemons;
- sugar powder;
- a toothpick or thin stick;
- suitable container;
- spoon;
- syringe;
- sugar powder.
- First, sift the henna using the smallest mesh. After all, if you get lumps, and you do a tattoo at home, using thin lines, then the drawing may turn out to be sloppy.
- Now put this powder in a bowl, add the strained juice of two lemons. It should be half a glass.
- Stir this mixture until smooth and transfer to a sturdy plastic bag. In such a place, the solution should settle for 12 hours.
- If you want to have a paint of a darker shade, then at the stage of mixing henna with lemon juice, add a little basma to this mass.
- 12 hours have passed. Pour a few tablespoons of powdered sugar into the prepared substance. You can add the same amount of flavored oil. As a result, you should have a composition of such a consistency that it is convenient to squeeze it out with a syringe. If it turns out to be thick, then add a little more lemon juice and stir.
- Now this product should settle for another 12 hours. Then you can apply it. Check out how to get a temporary henna tattoo.
- Lubricate skin previously defatted with alcohol with eucalyptus oil. You need to rub the selected area of skin with a small amount of eucalyptus oil. Then the pores will expand and absorb the paint well. Prepare a cotton swab, a damp cloth. These materials will help remove excess henna when you apply it.
You can make a temporary henna tattoo at home as follows:
- using a stencil;
- pencil;
- felt-tip pen;
- by hand.
If you use a pencil or felt-tip pen, then along these lines you will begin to apply lines of henna. When the preparatory stages of work are completed, it's time to apply a tattoo. To do this, fill the syringe with henna solution, carefully squeeze the stream onto a certain turn of the pattern. In this case, you can correct these features with a wooden stick. Then you need to leave this part of the body alone, let the tattoo dry. Do not remove the excess henna yet, because they will fall off themselves gradually.
In order for the temporary tattoo to last longer, you need to wet this part of the body less. If this is the first time you apply such an ornament, then it is advisable to first practice on a sheet of paper by drawing the selected pattern here, and then apply directly to the body area.
Read How To Get Henna Tattoos On Hands And Body
How to make a temporary tattoo with a pen?
This is another way that will allow you to fulfill your desire. Take:
- tracing paper or glassine;
- gel pens of the desired colors.
Select the drawing you like. It can be printed with a printer, cut from a magazine. Now stroke over this template using different shades of gel pens. Take one color if you wish.
Now attach this template with the pattern down to the selected area of the body, then you need to bring a rag moistened with warm water from the outside, and press it hard enough to press the paper with the pattern. Hold in this position for a minute, after which you need to bend one corner and see if the drawing has passed. If not, then hold the stencil near the skin for a few more seconds. After that, remove the base and wait until the image is completely dry.
Applying a temporary tattoo using a printer
This is another way to get a temporary tattoo. Take special glue paper. Print the selected image on it on a black and white or color printer.
Don't forget to adjust to the correct size. Remember that this pattern will be mirrored on the skin.
Cut out the workpiece with scissors, place it on the skin and press down with a damp cloth. Press down gently on this stencil. After 30 seconds, you can remove the paper with care. In this case, the tattoo will remain on the selected area of the skin.
How to make a temporary tattoo with a pencil at home
You will be using an eyeliner. Take one that doesn't have a shiny or very soft shaft. Use your favorite color. First, it is advisable to practice on a piece of paper, depicting the selected drawing there. To prevent the tattoo from smearing later, it is better to apply it to open skin areas that are not covered with clothes and will not be smeared from this.
Degrease the selected area using cotton wool and alcohol. Now draw the outline of the image with a pencil, and then the whole drawing. Spray the tattoo with hairspray. This will secure the drawing. Wait a bit, the tattoo is ready.
You can also use a cosmetic pencil in conjunction with carbon paper. To do this, you need to remove the hairs from the place that will be exposed. Then degrease it with alcohol. Place a carbon copy on this part of the body, place a paper drawing on top. Circle his lines. Then remove the paper and finish the tattoo to perfection by going over here with a cosmetic pencil. Secure the image with hairspray or baby powder.
In the same way, you can get a temporary tattoo using a ballpoint pen.
Temporary tattoo with Sharpie permanent marker
- First you need to find out if you are allergic to this marker. To do this, apply it to a small strip on the skin and wait for an hour. If there is itching, redness, or some other reaction, then immediately erase this line. If there is no reaction, then a marker can be used.
- Degrease the area of skin and draw the selected image on it with a marker. When you're done, cover the image with some powder and rub it lightly into the skin. After that, you need to spray a small amount of hairspray here.
- To make the tattoo more durable, you can again cover the image with powder, then walk with hairspray. It will also help to strengthen the pattern on the skin and a liquid adhesive plaster.
- You can wash off a temporary tattoo as follows. Use an alcohol-based lotion or makeup remover. If there are any strokes left that need to be removed, then do it with a scrub.
How to get a temporary tattoo for the holiday?
If a joyous event is coming, you can get a glittery tattoo. Such a tattoo for the New Year is also perfect. You will need:
- purchase a stencil on an adhesive basis or make it yourself from paper;
- acrylic adhesive for the body;
- decorative rhinestones or sequins.
Peel off the protective film from the stencil, glue it to the selected area of the body, which you must first degrease. Follow the lines of this stencil with a brush dipped in acrylic glue. Hold the stencil like this for a few seconds, then remove and wait for the glue to become transparent. Now take a brush and apply glitter to the glue line with it. Excess of these shiny materials should be brushed off with another brush.
After the first layer, you need to apply another layer of glue and after 2 minutes attach sparkles of a different color to it.
You can use rhinestones instead, but they will last for about 10 days, and sequins - up to a month. This is how to make a glitter tattoo, which is perfect for any holiday, going to a nightclub.
Temporary tattoo with a stencil
This method will allow you to make even outlines of the drawing element. You can buy such a base or make it yourself. Then transfer the drawing to paper, cut off the excess with scissors. And inside this rectangle, the elements of the pattern must be cut out with a sharp knife.
Place the stencil on your hand, see if the size suits you. To prevent this base from moving, attach it to the skin with tape. To paint over a drawing, you can use henna, a marker, a gel pen. Some people even get such a tattoo with nail polish. If you then want to apply the same pattern again, you can reuse this stencil.
Temporary tattoo with tights
This is a fun way to wear your chosen drawing or lettering. Take:
- stockings or nylon tights;
- alcohol marker or fabric paint;
- scissors;
- image printed on paper.
You will also need a cylindrical base. You can use a plastic bottle as it. But pre-fill this container with water to add weight to it.
Print a sketch on a piece of paper, wrap the selected base with this blank. Then pull one leg of a pantyhose or stocking over here and tape this material to the bottle.
Now take a marker or paints and draw elements of the image directly on the cardboard, which are visible through its transparent texture. Let this layer dry a little, then sprinkle the tattoo with hairspray.
It is important to choose tights in a color that matches your skin tone as much as possible. Then it will seem that the temporary tattoo has been applied to an area of the body.
This is how to make a temporary tattoo at home using various materials. It will be easier for you to create such art on the body if you see how others do it.
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