Squidworx Media | Squid Inx Tattoos

Welcome to my brand new site! Have a look around and be sure to check out my growing tattoo and art galleries!

A sincere thanks to all my past and current clients for all your continuous support – I wouldn’t be able to able to make the next big step without you!

Love & laughter,

Rashelle

Check out the new tattoo booth koi fish mural. You can view more in my art gallery here.

The World’s End Last Ever Fashion Show KICKED SERIOUS ASS!!! Thank you Hayley! So honoured to be apart of it all! xoxox

Hey hair & makeup fans!

I’ll be updating my Hair/Make-Up/SPFX gallery very soon with more pics of my work. Stay tuned!

Question: I’ve been wanting to get myself a tattoo for a few weeks, but I’ve heard that tattoo inks can be toxic. Where/How can I find a tattoo artist who uses “safe” inks?

Response: The safety of tattoo inks or pigments have recently been the subject of some attention, possibly the result of a lawsuit brought by the American Environmental Safety Institute (AESI) against Huck Spaulding Enterprises, Inc., Superior Tattoo Equipment Co., and other tattoo ink sellers in the U.S. As a result of this lawsuit, the companies must place a warning for their California customers on their tattoo ink labels, catalogs and Internet sites that reads “inks contain many heavy metals, including lead, arsenic and others” and that the ingredients have been linked to cancer and birth defects. These adverse effects have been shown for exposures that occur over long time periods to these and other heavy metals, although not explicitly from these metals in tattoos. Although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to regulate tattoo pigments, tattoo pigments have not yet been approved by FDA for injection into the skin, as is done when a tattoo is made.

Heavy metals are used to give tattoo pigments their permanent color. The specific ingredients that are used in the pigments differ by color and by brand, but may include not only lead and arsenic, but also antimony, beryllium, chromium, cobalt, and nickel — metals that have also been linked to bad outcomes in people. The amount of these metals in a tattoo may be substantial. For example, AESI states that the ink used for an index card sized (3