Greetings, Body Art Fans!

Something about the fall and Halloween makes a lot of people play with the idea of body art. Do you do something temporary as part of your costume? Or is there something about the season that made you decide to commit to the real deal?

New and Recommended Articles:

Offensive Tattoos
As much as modern culture pretty much allows for self-expression, there still both written and unwritten guidelines for what people find offensive. If you'd like to avoid extra hassles and harassment from being tattooed, here are a couple of things to consider.

Back-to-School and Body Piercings
It's that time of year again, when kids who got pierced noses over the summer worry about playing sports and or wonder how they are going to hide the new facial ring that they aren't supposed to have.

Sports Body Art Branding Goes Über-Mainstream
Super-fans are well known for doing all sorts of things to show their love for their favorite team, but now the teams may be looking to help make that public display of affection a bit more permanent.

Hot Links:

• Horror Halloween Face Painting
  A bit of face paint is one of the best ways to make a quick costume for Halloween. Here are some easy and low-cost costume ideas suitable for kids and adults. Be a skull, vampire or zombie.
• Super Simple Halloween Face Paint
  Face paint is one of the best ways to make a quick costume for Halloween. Here are some tips for classic face designs such as a clown, a cat and a butterfly.
• How To Do Vampire Makeup
  Doing your own vampire makeup can be a five minute breeze, or a more involved procedure, whichever is to your taste.
• Body Art & the TSA Poll
  with the new scanner technology, you have to choose between letting total strangers be able to actually see what you have pierced and how many times, or being groped intimately by a government official. How are you dealing with this choice? Stop by the forums and take part in the TSA body art poll!

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If you have a body art question, please come on over to the online forum. It's a great place for chatting about body art and getting an answer.

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Rae
Body Art Editor
http://bodyart.bellaonline.com