Do NOT walk into a tattoo studio until you’ve read this…
I hope you’ll find this piece of advice helpful..
Believe it or not, getting infected with some nasty blood disease
isn’t the only risk you’re facing in a tattoo studio.
No, I’m not gonna tell you about the risks of getting beaten up by
some huge, crazy tattoo artist with tattoos on every inch of his
body who freaks out at you after too many “pre-qualifying”
questions…
…Although now when I think about it, that might very well be a risk
worth considering 
Well, that was a bad joke…
You have every right in the world to ask everything you want to
know before letting someone stick a needle through your skin
without getting beaten up, and the risk of that happening is
probably VERY small…
In fact, as I told you in my last email, “pre-qualifying” the
tattoo artist is a very important thing…
Ok, let’s get to the subject of today’s email…
What I want to talk to you about is the importance of having the
right mindset prior to stepping into a tattoo studio.
If you don’t have the right mindset, especially if you’re a very
impulsive person you risk….
1. …allowing yourself to be taken in by the artist’s impressive
sales-pitch on why his award-winning studio is no doubt the best in
town and why you shouldn’t even think about getting a tattoo
somewhere else.
2. ….fooling yourself into believing the artist when listening to
him/her explaining why that specific tattoo you glanced at for 3
millionths of a second is so special and “just perfect for you”.
3. …being inspired by the atmosphere - the walls covered with
tattoo flash, the people getting tattooed in every corner of your
eye - the atmosphere that just screams: “getting tattooed is the
most natural thing in the world! I need to check out the designs on
the walls and pick one ASAP and then proceed to having one of these
cool guys put it on my skin!”
The solution to avoiding these obvious risks spells
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E.
Before entering a tattoo studio you need to…
…KNOW what kind of tattoo you want.
…KNOW that the studio/artist is a skilled, reputable one who takes
hygiene seriously.
…KNOW that you’re not going to make an impusive decision that you
will regret later.
Good luck!
Talk soon,
Rebecca
