From lilac to sea green, passing through sky blue, powder pink or even pale yellow, pastel colors have taken over this year’s trend! In your hair, your makeup, your clothes and maybe even soon etched on your skin, these soft, delicate and refreshing shades have it all. Vibrant, they bring color, light and cheerfulness to those who decide to wear them. In this article, we will reveal all the secrets of the pastel tattoo to you. Did you hesitate to succumb to it? Know that you will find here something to inspire you and much more.
Zoom on the pastel tattoo
A black ink tattoo? Too little for you who only dream of colors and subtlety! Have you ever thought about the pastel tattoo? More original and discreet than a classic colored piece, it is a very popular possibility.
Know that pastel shades are to tattoos what watercolor is to painting, so if you are adept at this gentle and refined technique, the pastel tattoo can only satisfy you. On the skin, gradation of light colors and transparency intermingle. It is with delicacy and without overdoing it that the pastel tattoo will dress the area that you want to give it.
30 pastel tattoos that have charmed us
As a picture is worth a thousand words, let's now explore this style of tattoos through the achievements of Mini Lau, a Hong Kong tattoo artist with delicate ink, who made this style of tattoos her specialty. It's certain his Instagram page that we have unearthed the thirty pieces brought together in this article among several hundred different ones, each more delicate and sublime than the other … As straight out of a fairy tale, each of his creations with various and varied patterns (but often very flowery) seems directly inspired by nature and Korean style.
Like the nearly 400,000 people who follow Mini Lau on a daily basis, be inspired as much as you want by these real little masterpieces that can only give you ideas!
The pastel tattoo, who is it?
This style of tattoo is perfect for those who want to do it gently and discreetly, while remaining original. However, an ink with such a distinctive color is still far more suitable for fair skin than dark skin, on which it does not stand out and may go completely unnoticed. In short: if you have a white to golden complexion, then you can let yourself be tempted by pastel. On the other hand, if your skin is darker, you'd better forget about that style of tattoo that is less suited to you.
The specifics of a pastel tattoo
The lightness of its colors and its absence of black outlines is certainly what gives the pastel tattoo that so characteristic and appreciated look. Unfortunately, it is also these specificities that make aging more difficult. On the one hand, because this type of color tends to lose its shine over the years, but also because the black ink – generally applied in outline – is also there to protect the tattoo and prevent diffusion and therefore l attenuation of pigments.
In order to limit unpleasant surprises as much as possible, the quality of the colors used and the tattoo artist's technique are very important. So be careful not to entrust the making of your pastel tattoo to just anyone. Either way, you will quickly find that many tattoo artists do not agree to do this kind of tattoo for the reasons mentioned above. Once engraved on your skin, you will also need to maintain it with even greater care, here are some products that can only make this essential task easier for you:
– The moisturizing and regenerating gel for tattoos by Profade – available from 69.95 euros on 1001pharmacies.com
– The after-tattoo protection cream – tattoo Derm maintenance – available from 14.88 euros on 1001pharmacies.com
– The daily care cream to preserve the color Daily Tattoo Care by Tattoo Med – available from 24.88 euros on amazon.fr
– Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydratation Protective Lotion spf 50 – available from 12.99 euros on sephora.fr
So, now that you've gotten to the bottom of all of this, will the pastel tattoo trend eventually blow your mind?
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