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The tattoos are becoming increasingly popular among skint students, who want permanent pieces of body art without forking out INK-ENTHUSIASTS put off by the cost of a professional piece are turning to ...

What was the wildest thing you did in the throes of pandemic-induced boredom? My adventures escalated from buzzing my hair and filming workouts with my dog (reasonable) to piercing my ear, busting my ...

WITH time on their hands and no access to tattoo parlours, body art fans have been getting creative during lockdown. The stick and poke trend, which uses a sharp pointed needle and black ink to create ...

With salons closed across the country, many people are adopting a 'do it yourself' approach to beauty treatments. But while cutting or dyeing your own hair is unlikely to have long-term catastrophic ...

Stick-and-pokes have long been a friend to the bored. Now is the perfect time, right? By Dani Blum Shaved heads, dyed hair, billowing beards: Many are using their newly found free time to alter their ...

For purveyors of an artform that’s famously permanent, tattoo artists sure like to switch things up. In studios and shops around the world, younger artists are challenging the traditional ways of ...

You can flex your artistic muscle and give yourself a tattoo with some simple items stashed away in your house. No, not ink and a pin for an ill-advised stick-and-poke. More like toothpaste and a pen ...