COLOURED INK BANNED...ARE COLOUR TATTOOS A THING OF THE PAST??
In the 1980s there were, at most, twelve basic colours for tattoo artists to combine and dilute. Black was the dominant pigment with colours added sparingly So...are we reliving the 80's? Are colour tattoos a thing of the past? You may have seen online that coloured inks are being banned in the EU. This is not new news REACH (EU’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) began their findings in 2016 and have carefully evaluated their analysis. Get ready to dive into the behind the scenes of your colour tattoos. Why are coloured tattoo inks being banned? The reason for the ban comes down to the chemicals found in the coloured ink used for tattoos. REACH had 4,000 chemicals typically used...