Eternal Ink

[jess the dude]

eternal is great, their crimson red is a little thick and their nuc green is hard to use for some reason. but everything else has worked great for me so far.

[pirateink]

i use an array of pigments.i like certian colors and how they work for me. the best thing is not to limit youreslf. try other ones from the guys in your shop see how ya like em. give eddie van halen a sears guitar? sounds like van halen to me?

[conorblue]

Originally Posted by pirateink

give eddie van halen a sears guitar? sounds like van halen to me?

couldnt have said it better myself.

[wendykustom]

I like their colours but their lining black I had problems with. Maybe it was just a bad batch but I know of four artists who had problems with it spreading under the skin. Not the slight blowing that can happen, this stuff caused a grey halo nearly 1/4" wide - pale grey, watery looking. Happened to three of us in my studio (all using different bottles that were ordered at the same time) and to another chap I know up country.

So I've ditched the black and returned to Micky Sharpz, but their other colours are good. I love the hot pink - light and bright and shows up well in the skin. Also like the grass green - strong and deep, covers well and blends easy.

[meshay]

I've been using Eternal for 3 years and I have been very happy with them. Clients always love how bright their tattoos heal. The colors that are a lil harder to work in the skin work better when diluted in the cap with distilled water. I do not like Dark Red because it heals out more pink and the Dark Brown isn't the greatest. I have substituted some Eternals with Starbrite and between the 2 lines, I've been happy. I'm very curious about Alla Prima though and have thought about ordering some to give them a try.

[Royuno]

I actually just recently got a bunch of Eternal Ink, and I really dig some of their colors, but some colors, I definitely prefer Starbrite or Waverly.
I ordered some AllaPrima just out of curiousity, so I'll let you know how I personally like it.

[CRose]

Eternal Ink is great... I agree with most that the greens are a little hard to work. I usually just add a couple drops of water in the cup and make sure the tip is fully loaded at all times... I used Intenze for a while and ended up tossing em after I saw my first Eternal tattoo all healed... It's good stuff...

[john cothran]

Originally Posted by wendykustom

I like their colours but their lining black I had problems with. Maybe it was just a bad batch but I know of four artists who had problems with it spreading under the skin. Not the slight blowing that can happen, this stuff caused a grey halo nearly 1/4" wide - pale grey, watery looking. Happened to three of us in my studio (all using different bottles that were ordered at the same time) and to another chap I know up country.

So I've ditched the black and returned to Micky Sharpz, but their other colours are good. I love the hot pink - light and bright and shows up well in the skin. Also like the grass green - strong and deep, covers well and blends easy.

i don't use Eternal Ink. few colors from this place few from other places.
i also have had that halo thing happen to me a few times over the years not only with black but other colors too. i have asked others outside this forum years ago but always got a smart a$$ reply. the only thing i can think that would cause this is to much water retention in the skin when the tattoo is being done. i base that of off what happened to a friend i tattooed. she got a tattoo on the ankle, that night bar tended in knee high boots. it swelled up pretty good . she showed me it the next day for help and it had that halo all around it. i did not now what to tell her but to stay of it for a few days take some ibuprofen to get the swelling down. all that worked the tattoo healed up solid accept the halo witch eventually faded away. took 3 months to fade
any body else know any thing on that halo thing?

[CRose]

Originally Posted by john cothran

i don't use Eternal Ink. few colors from this place few from other places.
i also have had that halo thing happen to me a few times over the years not only with black but other colors too. i have asked others outside this forum years ago but always got a smart a$$ reply. the only thing i can think that would cause this is to much water retention in the skin when the tattoo is being done. i base that of off what happened to a friend i tattooed. she got a tattoo on the ankle, that night bar tended in knee high boots. it swelled up pretty good . she showed me it the next day for help and it had that halo all around it. i did not now what to tell her but to stay of it for a few days take some ibuprofen to get the swelling down. all that worked the tattoo healed up solid accept the halo witch eventually faded away. took 3 months to fade
any body else know any thing on that halo thing?

It happened to me once with a green outline, it was caused by edema... half the outline was perfect but the other spread like 1/4 inch... edema does some really strange things to a tattoo... and its pretty common in legs

[john cothran]

Originally Posted by CRose

It happened to me once with a green outline, it was caused by edema... half the outline was perfect but the other spread like 1/4 inch... edema does some really strange things to a tattoo... and its pretty common in legs

thanks man just looked it up make perfect sense, and all that have happen to me have been below the waist