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St.Ives for Aftercare

3 messages · last activity 3/11/2011

Would it be ok to use St.Ives Intensive Healing Body Cream for aftercare it is 100% fragrance free, hypo allergenic and non irritating it only has five ingredients Olive Leaf Extract,Cranberry,Cocoa Butter,Grapeseed Oil and Mango Seed Butter that's it.
If you don't use it normally see if your allergic to cranberries mangos etc. try it for a week before tattooing. see if you breakout even before putting all over your new investment. As I read the ingredients this stuff is not what I would put on a scratch even. Cranberries sting.
I would avoid St Ives products as they tend to have vitamin E ( tocopherol ) and vitamin E , like honey is a drawing and healing agent. Using skin creams with those products in them can cause stinging and result in you losing ink...requiring more touch ups.