![]() Josh Sakhai: We decided to start Ephemeral Tattoo after our former team member had to go through the painful ordeal of getting his permanent tattoos removed. RealSelf: What was the inspiration behind Ephemeral Tattoo? ![]() I’m ready for a fun summer with my disco ball, but I’m glad the party won’t last forever, which is exactly the point.īelow, cofounder Josh Sakhai explains more about how Ephemeral Tattoo came to be, how the ink works, and the company’s expansion plans. I’ve had my tattoo for two weeks now, and while it’s a good conversation starter, it doesn’t quite feel like me-I think I’m made for a bunch of small, delicate designs versus something this size. Anastasia took a few photos before someone came in to put a hydrocolloid (HC) patch on my arm, explain the healing process (it takes four to six weeks, during which time there may be redness, scabbing, and itchiness, and you can’t submerge it in water, outside of showering), and leave me with a kit containing soap, ointment, and hydrocortisone cream. I’ve always been too nervous to get a big design in a visible place, but I decided to trust that it really would fade to nothing.Īn hour and a half later, my design was finished. It was exactly what I’d envisioned, and I decided to put it on my inner arm, where I already had a couple of stars. When I got to the studio, which is filled with sunlight and plants and millennial furniture, my tattoo artist, Anastasia, showed me the disco ball she’d sketched out in different sizes. It showed examples of different styles and asked me to choose my favorites, then to submit inspiration photos and detail what I wanted to get, and where, on my body. “Regret nothing” is the promise Ephemeral makes, so I figured I might as well get the disco ball I’ve always wanted but now have enough foresight to know won’t look so whimsical in my AARP years.Īfter making an appointment, I filled out a form that explained that line designs and shading with lines (etching) or dots (stippling) look best in the fading process. It’s applied exactly like a regular tattoo (meaning it hurts just the same, if that’s a concern to you), only it disappears in 9–15 months. It was an itch I’d needed to scratch, I guess I won’t be doing it again.Īll of that is to say, I was excited when I first heard about Ephemeral Tattoo-a studio that opened in Brooklyn, New York, in March of this year and offers first-of-its-kind semipermanent ink. A few weeks later, I inked some (ugly) little hearts and a (decent) flower on my feet. I taught myself the basics about needle types and voltage settings and practiced designs on oranges while watching the Real Housewives. Instead, I did something crazy, at the height of my boredom during the pandemic: I bought a tattoo machine. They’re all perfectly fine, and perhaps I should’ve stopped there. Meanwhile, I kept getting more-delicate script across my arm and rib the female sign on my wrist lips behind my ear, because I couldn’t turn down a free tattoo by Jonboy at a lipstick launch party some stars. Around 10 laser sessions later, there’s still a faint outline and some hypopigmentation. ![]() Years later, working as a beauty editor, I jumped at the opportunity to remove it. Only I couldn’t wipe away the solid-black, misshapen horse with acetone. It was one of those paralyzing moments, similar to when the manicurist applies the first coat of polish and you hate the color but stay silent, not wanting to be difficult. I knew, the moment the needle hit my skin, that I was making a mistake. ![]() At 18, I walked into a tattoo studio on my college campus, asked for a horse on the back of my neck, and accepted a basic design the artist pulled off Google. ![]()
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