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Thursday, 31 July 2014
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Piercing #2 - Tragus
Let's stick with the ears for this week's piercing post. This week, it's tragus piercings! I really like this piercing and it's definitely been a more popular piercing over the last few years. The tragus is the peninsula of cartilage that lies directly in front of the ear canal: this is the part of the ear that helps us keep earphones in, as an example. For tragus piercings, jewellery is inserted through this nub of cartilage. It can be rather annoying to wear headphones with this piercing as it gets in the way a little.
The procedure for this piecing is the same as most. The piercer will mark the area where the piercing will be and make sure it's in the right spot to prevent any migration of the piercing. Then, forceps are used to clamp that area (it's not as painful as it sounds) then a needle which I believe is usually 16g (1.2mm). The piercer then removes the needle leaving a cannula in it's place which is a plastic tube. This helps the piercer put the jewellery in. They insert the jewellery, remove the cannula in this process then screw on the ball to the jewellery. It's a very pain free process. The video down below show's how this procedure is done.
The piercing takes 2-4 months to heal but you should not change the jewellery until at least 2 months. I have had mine pieced for just over 3 years now and I haven't changed the jewellery as of yet because it can be a very fiddly process but your piercer should be able to change the bar for you of you are struggling to do so yourself, so always ask.
Caring for the piercing is the same as any other. Always use salt water solution and a q-tip to clean it and make sure you wash your hands before and after cleaning it to make sure you minimise the risk of any infection taking place. The piercing may also be quite tender for a few weeks so try sleeping on the other side of your body as it can be too sore to sleep on the side you had it pierced. I would also recommend not using any hair products such as hairspray during the healing process as it may cause infection and irritation to the new piercing.
Pain wise, this piercing isn't too bad. I would probably rate it the same as a normal ear piercing, if not a little higher in my personal opinion. Don't forget though, each person's pain tolerance is different so it may be different for you.
The procedure for this piecing is the same as most. The piercer will mark the area where the piercing will be and make sure it's in the right spot to prevent any migration of the piercing. Then, forceps are used to clamp that area (it's not as painful as it sounds) then a needle which I believe is usually 16g (1.2mm). The piercer then removes the needle leaving a cannula in it's place which is a plastic tube. This helps the piercer put the jewellery in. They insert the jewellery, remove the cannula in this process then screw on the ball to the jewellery. It's a very pain free process. The video down below show's how this procedure is done.
The piercing takes 2-4 months to heal but you should not change the jewellery until at least 2 months. I have had mine pieced for just over 3 years now and I haven't changed the jewellery as of yet because it can be a very fiddly process but your piercer should be able to change the bar for you of you are struggling to do so yourself, so always ask.
Caring for the piercing is the same as any other. Always use salt water solution and a q-tip to clean it and make sure you wash your hands before and after cleaning it to make sure you minimise the risk of any infection taking place. The piercing may also be quite tender for a few weeks so try sleeping on the other side of your body as it can be too sore to sleep on the side you had it pierced. I would also recommend not using any hair products such as hairspray during the healing process as it may cause infection and irritation to the new piercing.
Pain wise, this piercing isn't too bad. I would probably rate it the same as a normal ear piercing, if not a little higher in my personal opinion. Don't forget though, each person's pain tolerance is different so it may be different for you.
Monday, 28 July 2014
Sims 2 Ultimate Collection...FREE?!
That's right guys and girls. EA has decided to release the sims 2 ultimate collection for FREE! So what do you get I hear you ask? All of these:
So why are they doing this? Following EA's announcement that it will be ending support for The Sims 2 and would be giving away all of the game's expansions to players who already own a copy of the game, the company has made The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection available completely free for anyone to download and keep until 31 July. Here's how to get The Sims 2 for free.
Is it legal? Yes it is completely legal!
How do I get this? If you Google search 'origin' and click the EA link, download origin onto your pc. It's completely free, legal and powered by EA Sports. Then once this has downloaded and installed, click the redeem code button and type in: I-LOVE-THE-SIMS and click next. Then? Download it. It will take a while to download as it is a 12.5GB download so make sure you have enough space to do this! Get downloading and playing the sims guys!
Still don't trust this? EA have released this on their website: http://help.ea.com/en/the-sims/the-sims-2/
- The Sims 2
- The Sims 2: University
- The Sims 2: Nightlife
- The Sims 2: Holiday Party Pack
- The Sims 2: Open for Business
- The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff
- The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff
- The Sims 2: Pets
- The Sims 2: Seasons
- The Sims 2: Celebration Stuff
- The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff
- The Sims 2: Bon Voyage
- The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff
- The Sims 2: FreeTime
- The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff
- The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff
- The Sims 2: Apartment Life
- The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff
So why are they doing this? Following EA's announcement that it will be ending support for The Sims 2 and would be giving away all of the game's expansions to players who already own a copy of the game, the company has made The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection available completely free for anyone to download and keep until 31 July. Here's how to get The Sims 2 for free.
Is it legal? Yes it is completely legal!
How do I get this? If you Google search 'origin' and click the EA link, download origin onto your pc. It's completely free, legal and powered by EA Sports. Then once this has downloaded and installed, click the redeem code button and type in: I-LOVE-THE-SIMS and click next. Then? Download it. It will take a while to download as it is a 12.5GB download so make sure you have enough space to do this! Get downloading and playing the sims guys!
Still don't trust this? EA have released this on their website: http://help.ea.com/en/the-sims/the-sims-2/
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Couple of drawings?
Thought I would share a few drawings I have done over the last few years. Most of these are random tattoo designs but each one has been drawn by me. I haven't been able to draw in the past few weeks because I just can't focus (and I've ran out of paper which sucks). I really need to get back into drawing as I need to design my chest piece and feet tattoo's pretty soon! Too much space on my body and not enough paper in the world for all my ideas! Either way, enjoy!
Simple mandala design in black and white with some shading. This was drawn a few months ago.
Little sugar skill with a mandala design. This has still not been finished off but will be one day! I would love to get this tattooed somewhere on me but just not sure where yet.
Mandala design. (same as the one with the sugar skull)
A portrait of one of my favourite you-tubers jingleheartart. I don't really do potraits as they never come out right but I was quite happy with this one in all honesty! Click HERE for her youtube channel.
This design was for one of my closest friends. She had a basic design and I wanted to change it up a LOT. She has this tattooed on her thigh and it's a huge piece. It was drawn on A3 paper.
A random design I got asked to do a few years ago at 4am (or around that time) by someone on vampire freaks. This is a fixed up version I did last summer of the original as the original was just pencil and it wasn't as fine tuned as I would like.
My favourite drawing of all time because it took far too long to colour in (this was all done in pencil and a black pencil crayon). It's a picture of Kyoko who is a character in my favourite manga of all time, Black cat. It took around an hour to draw and around 3 to colour in. This is drawn on paper just a bit larger than A3 and I still treasure this to this day. I drew this back in 2010 so it's just under 4 years old now!
Which one is your favourite drawing and do you have any awesome drawings you'd like to share? Comment guys and let me know!
Saturday, 26 July 2014
#Caturday?
So one of the most trending things today on Google+ is #caturday so he're are my favourite cat themed clothes and tattoo's. But first, here's two of my own little babies. Jynx and Simba. They were around 5 months old when I took this and are now not much off 3 years old!
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I want this! Or something like this. The colours used makes this look fantastic. Those eyes look beautiful and it's again, very well detailed.
Okay, down to business....
This is so adorable and greatly detailed. The eyes and the look of the fur makes this look really realistic. Great tattoo.
I want this! Or something like this. The colours used makes this look fantastic. Those eyes look beautiful and it's again, very well detailed.
(this one made me laugh way to much)
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