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Can You Get A Tattoo While Pregnant? Stay away from sushi. Don’t eat deli meat, or canned tuna fish or smoked salmon. Only decaf when you order your Starbucks latte. Oh, and skip the wine or beer with dinner, too. Keep away from the kitty litter. Definitely no hanging out in a hot tub or sauna right now.  Don’t color your hair. Well, that  may be OK actually, it all depends who you ask….sounds familiar? There are clearly plenty of dos and don'ts during those nine beautiful months i

If You Get A Tatto Can You Donate Blood? For most of us, living through a  global pandemic is unprecedented—unless you are old enough to recall the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. As a result of the pandemic, inevitably we all know people who are near and dear to us who have been sick, and  many people are thinking about donating blood or plasma to help others who are in need to recover from their illness. Particularly now, due to Covid-19, the overall availability of  blood is lo

New York Empire State Tattoo Expo 2019 On July 19th – 21st at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan, Hustle Butter joined hundreds of other world renowned tattoo artists and vendors for one of the biggest tattoo shows of the year. “NY Empire State Tattoo The 5th Year anniversary show!!! Hustle Butter was there with Team Hustle on Hustle Row. Basically the most Brilliant Artists from around the globe. We came, We Hustled, We took Best of Show. You can’t knock the Hustle!” – Ric

How To Keep Tattoos From Fading So, you want to know what are the secrets and tips of the trade to avoid your tattoo from fading? Well, let’s just debunk one myth right from the start. There is no way to stop a tattoo from fading, because just like your skin and so many other parts of your body, tattoos do age as well over time, and fading is just a fact you need to accept from the get go. That being said, it’s not all downhill from the day you get tattooed. There are definitely a handf

Guide to Tattoo Numbing Cream & Foam The truth hurts. Tattoos hurt. Whether you know from past experience, or you’ve asked around to get the honest truth, you probably know this by now, and it likely is not stopping you from taking the next step. How painful is it?  That depends to some extent on the size of the tattoo and where it will be on your body. Maybe you consider yourself a person with a high threshold for pain, or you like the idea of “toughing it out” or developing your “